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  1. Frozen mammoth skin retained its chromosome structure

    Features as small as 50 nanometers preserved in a 50,000-year-old sample.

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  2. Can you do better than top-level AI models on these basic vision tests?

    Abstract analysis that is trivial for humans often stymies GPT-4o, Gemini, and Sonnet.

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  3. Arm tweaks AMD’s FSR to bring battery-saving GPU upscaling to phones and tablets

    Arm "Accuracy Super Resolution" is optimized for power use and integrated GPUs.

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  1. Apple settles EU probe by opening up its mobile payments system

    iPhone users will get more choices to make "touch-and-go" payments in the EU.

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  2. Intuit’s AI gamble: Mass layoff of 1,800 paired with hiring spree

    Intuit CEO: "Companies that aren’t prepared to take advantage of [AI] will fall behind."

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  3. To help with climate change, carbon capture will have to evolve

    The technologies are useful tools but have yet to move us away from fossil fuels.

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  4. NASA update on Starliner thruster issues: This is fine

    “What we want to know is that the thrusters can perform," Starliner's pilot says.

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  5. Latest Apple Arcade additions show Apple is looking backward, not forward

    Opinion: Games that were popular in 2011 or even 2022 won't move the needle for Apple.

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  6. Threat actors exploited Windows 0-day for more than a year before Microsoft fixed it

    The goal of the exploits was to open Explorer and trick targets into running malicious code.

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  7. Court ordered penalties for 15 teens who created naked AI images of classmates

    Teens ordered to attend classes on sex education and responsible use of AI.

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  8. Republicans angry that ISPs receiving US grants must offer low-cost plans

    Law requires grantees to offer low-cost plans. GOP calls it "rate regulation."

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  9. Three betas in, iOS 18 testers still can’t try out Apple Intelligence features

    Apple has said some features will be available to test "this summer."

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  1. Congress apparently feels a need for “reaffirmation” of SLS rocket

    Because I'm tall enough, I'm orange enough, and doggone it, Senators like me.

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  2. Nearby star cluster houses unusually large black hole

    Fast-moving stars imply that there's an intermediate-mass black hole there.

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  3. In bid to loosen Nvidia’s grip on AI, AMD to buy Finnish startup for $665M

    The acquisition is the largest of its kind in Europe in a decade.

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  1. Airbag problems force massive recalls at Alfa Romeo, BMW, Fiat, and Jeep

    Takata airbags and problematic sensors lead to recall across four car brands.

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  2. Elon Musk beats one lawsuit seeking severance for laid-off Twitter employees

    Losing plaintiffs may be able to join one of the other lawsuits against X Corp.

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  3. Users must prove Amazon ripped them off to revive Buy Box rigging suit

    Users want Amazon held accountable for hiding cheaper items with faster delivery.

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  4. Microsoft asks many Game Pass subscribers to pay more for less

    Launch day access to first-party titles now restricted to $19.99/month "Ultimate" tier.

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  5. OpenAI board shake-up: Microsoft out, Apple backs away amid AI partnership scrutiny

    Microsoft gives up non-voting observer board role; Apple rethinks a planned similar position.

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  6. Galaxy Z Fold & Z Flip 6, Watch Ultra, and new Ring are Samsung’s AI carriers

    Samsung's spec-bump products get coated in Galaxy AI lacquer for their showing.

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  1. Feds who forced Ukrainian investor to sell rocket company backtrack years later

    "I hope you now are happy. History will judge all of you guys."

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  2. How disinformation from a Russian AI spam farm ended up on top of Google search results

    A fake article about Volodymyr Zelensky’s wife buying a Bugatti with US aid was promoted by bots.

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  3. New Antikythera mechanism analysis challenges century-old assumption

    Physicists drew on statistical techniques used to analyze gravitational waves.

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  4. Europe’s first Ariane 6 flight achieved most of its goals, but ended prematurely

    Ariane 6 launched into orbit, but an upper stage problem kept it from completing the demo flight.

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  5. Drug middlemen inflate US prices, squeeze out competition, FTC says

    Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are key part of US's high drug costs, report finds.

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  6. Testers unearth touchscreen UI in tvOS beta, signs point to a touchscreen HomePod

    Rumors of a touchscreen HomePod stretch back to 2021.

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  7. Beryl is just the latest disaster to strike the energy capital of the world

    It's pretty weird to use something I've written about in the abstract for so long.

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