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Tech billionaire Trump adviser Marc Andreesen says universities will âpay the priceâ for DEI
Tech investor and Trump adviser Marc Andreessen in a private group chat attacked colleges for promoting diversity, saying they had discriminated against ânative born kids.â
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Americaâs Brain Drain Could Become the Worldâs Brain Gain
Research-funding cuts and immigration changes threaten some of Americaâs economic advantages.
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4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the worldâs energy system.
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AI Will Never Be Your Kidâs âFriendâ
Chatbots may seem fun, but they rob children of important lessons in how to be human.
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The unholy alliance that killed the AI moratorium
âTed Cruz was the biggest loser in this,â said Bannon.
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Prepare For A New Dodgy Trump-Era Tax On Netflix And Other Streaming Services
Two weeks ago the Supreme Court rejected an effort by a dodgy right wing activists to destroy an $8 billion FCC program that connects poor and rural communities to the internet. The plaintiff in the case, a fake right wing "consumer group," had tried to argue that the bipartisan subsidy (the Universal Service Fund, or USF) was an "illegal tax" the FCC lacked the authority to charge.
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The Magical Thinking Thatâs Killing Our Humanity
There is an epidemic of magical thinking. An unwillingness to confront reality. Because reality is scary. This affliction cuts across all ideological lines, manifesting in different forms but serving the same function: allowing us to avoid the difficult truths about what it will actually take to preserve human dignity, meaning, and freedom in the face of forces designed to eliminate all three.
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OpenAI delays the release of its open model, again | TechCrunch
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that the company is delaying the release of its highly anticipated open model for the second time.
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Issue 88 â The stockchain
Crypto firms hope putting a blockchain veneer on traditional equities will allow them to sidestep lessons learned in the 1929 Wall Street crash, crypto firms look to become banks, and Congress celebra...
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Grok Says White, Asian, and Jewish Are the âGood Racesâ
Days after praising Hitler, Elon Muskâs chatbot is back at it.
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Wrong Guy: Florida suspect misidentified by AI facial recognition technology, arrested
YouTube video by Action News Jax (CBS47 & FOX30)
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A cloud seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods | TechCrunch
Despite conspiracy theories, there's no way that cloud seeding operations days before the storm could have influenced the floods, scientists say.
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AI coding tools may not speed up every developer, study shows | TechCrunch
A new study from the non-profit METR suggests that AI coding tools may not offer productivity gains for experienced developers.
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Can an âethicalâ spyware maker justify providing its tech to ICE? | TechCrunch
Analysis: In calling itself an ethical spyware vendor, Paragon has opened itself up to scrutiny of its government customers.
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Firefly Space files for an IPO | TechCrunch
Firefly Space has filed for a initial public offering.
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The Federal Bureau of Paranoia
America turns on its own spies and cops.
