Introducing the OpenAI Partner Network
OpenAI launches the Partner Network, investing $150M to help global partners accelerate enterprise AI adoption, deployment, and transformation.
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The FCC Wants to Eliminate Burner Phones
A proposed FCC rule would kill burner phones: phones whose accounts are not attached to a particular person. The FCC plans to do this by legally forcing the country's telecoms to store a wealth of personal information about essentially all phone customers, inc
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Introducing the Summer 2026 Print Issue
The end of the world as we know it.
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The End of Neoliberalism
The virtues it extolled—cosmopolitanism and competition—led to its demise.
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The End of the U.S.-Israel Alliance
A joint war against Iran might be its apex.
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The End of Trans-Atlanticism
As an ideology, it’s over. But the relationship is not.
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The End of Climate Politics
As the West debated a green energy future, Beijing was building it.
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Quoting Julia Evans
[...] Instead, I picture a specific person and I just write for them. Often this person is "me, but 3 years ago" or a good friend. — Julia Evans , write for 1 person Tags: writing , julia-evans
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Why AI hasn’t replaced software engineers, and won’t
Why AI hasn’t replaced software engineers, and won’t Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kappor take on the question of AI job losses through the lens of a profession that is uniquely suited to AI disruption - software engineering. In this essay, we argue that there i
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Oil prices fall and shares jump after US-Iran deal announced
Under the agreement, the key Strait of Hormuz waterway will be reopened, US President Donald Trump said.
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Russian strikes kill 11 and set historic cathedral in Kyiv ablaze
A Ukrainian drone attack in the Russian city of Tula, south of Moscow, killed three people.
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Fox is buying Roku
Fox has announced that it's acquiring Roku outright, in a deal that values the streaming company at $22 billion. The deal will see Fox's TV networks and Tubi streamer combine with Roku's network of streaming devices, smart TV software, and The Roku Channel. Th
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Import AI 461: "Alignment is not on track"; FrontierCode; and synthetic research interns
Where are your agents right now?
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All the gear a 20-year gadget blogging veteran packs when traveling
Through more than two decades of travel for both work and leisure, my packing list has evolved from a random assortment of gadgets and accessories thrown together at the last minute into a refined checklist of gear honed by trial and error. The right packing l
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Norwegian crown princess's son found guilty of two counts of rape
Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette Marit, has been found guilty of two counts of rape and given four years in jail.
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Honor’s Magic V6 sets three foldable firsts
On paper, the Honor Magic V6 sounds like a tremendous leap forward for foldable phones: It's the thinnest one yet, with the biggest battery, and the best water-resistance ever. In practice, only the bigger battery feels like a meaningful improvement. The other
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The Kratom Civil War Is Heating Up, and MAHA Has Picked a Side
Both kratom and one of its active components, 7-OH, have opioid-like effects and are widely available across the US. As health secretary RFK Jr. aims to get 7-OH banned, proponents of both are fighting.
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How Apple Is Making Your Older iPhone Run Faster and Stay Alive Longer
Even the aging iPhone 11 will feel a little more responsive soon, thanks to improvements in an unsung iOS feature.
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Brazil woman dies after rope-jumping instructors fail to attach cord
Three men have been arrested after instructors failed to attach a rope to her before helping her jump from a bridge.
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South African TV star arrested after allegedly kidnapping man in girlfriend dispute
Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye is accused of trapping a taxi driver in a car and firing a gun in the man's direction.
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A Crypto Scam Targeted a Gay OnlyFans Star. Then His X Feed Was Flooded With ‘MAGA Propaganda’
In recent months hackers have attempted to extort money from porn stars with big followings, in some cases filling their feeds with pro-MAGA and crypto content.
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1 in 4 World Cup Matches Could Be Played in Dangerous Temperatures
A new report warns that Miami, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Houston could be particularly hot places to play during the 2026 World Cup.
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The US Government Is Letting a Key Data Center Regulation Expire
The federal government is planning to let a rule regulating federal data center operations sunset in September with no replacement.
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These new solid-state ACs promise a cool future. Scientists aren’t so sure.
After three years of record-breaking heat, this one is set to be yet another scorcher. Air-conditioning? Not going anywhere. The International Energy Agency projects that the number of AC units will triple by 2050. That’s good for health—one Lancet study esti
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Under-16 social media ban announced by UK government
The UK is the latest country to follow Australia in implementing a total social media ban for children under 16, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced. The ban, which could take effect from early next year, will be joined by wider measures that will also p
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How Japan Could Co-Produce the Navy’s Future Fleet
America's defense industrial base cannot build the Navy out of the threat it faces. Decades of industry consolidation, persistent resource shortages, and inconsistent demand signals have delayed the production of critical vessels and munitions. With production
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South Korea Could Build Nuclear Submarines, But It Shouldn’t
In late May 2026, South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back unveiled a roadmap to achieving one of Seoul's top military acquisition goals: nuclear-powered submarines. This roadmap is heading in the wrong direction.During last month's inaugural meeting of the
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Evil MSI Background: BASE64 Statistical Analysis, (Mon, Jun 15th)
I like it when a fellow handler posts a diary entry about images with malicious content. Last one is Xavier: "The Evil MSI Background is Back!".
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Attacks on education, pupils and staff around the world up by 40%, says study
Cases reported in 83 countries, with at least 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted or arrested, GCPEA says Attacks on education globally have surged by 40% with more than 8,556 recorded incidents and 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, ab
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The False Promise of U.S.-China Stability
Washington will come to regret its stalemate with Beijing.
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, June 15th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9972, (Mon, Jun 15th)
Latest item from SANS Internet Storm Center.
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The FBI built a small town to simulate cyberattacks
Last year, the FBI opened a Cyber Range in Huntsville, Alabama, for simulating cyberattacks. Think of it sort of like the famous Hogan's Alley, but for modern digital crime training. It's a massive 22,000-square-foot replica of an entire town, complete with a
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US musician Oliver Tree, 32, killed in helicopter crash in Brazil
Alternative singer and internet personality among six who died when two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro The American musician Oliver Tree has died in a helicopter crash in Brazil at the age of 32, according to reports. Two helicopters collided over Ri
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Supporting Europe’s work in ensuring a trustworthy AI ecosystem
OpenAI supports the EU Code of Practice on AI content transparency, advancing provenance standards and tools to help people understand AI-generated content.
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Welcome to the AGI era of AI governance
It's a one-way door and we weren't ready for it.
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A satellite just learned to find things on its own — here's what that means
In April, for the first time ever, an Earth observation satellite found what it was looking for, all on its own.
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In photos: Kyiv’s historic Pechersk Lavra monastery burns after a Russian strike
Russia struck Kyiv overnight on June 15. The attack set fire to the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a historic and architectural monument on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Icons and relics were carried out of the lavra to save them from the fl
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AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS FinOps Agent in preview, Gemma 4 on Bedrock, Kiro Pro Max, and more (June 15, 2026)
This week, New York City is hosting AWS Summit, bringing together builders, customers, and AWS teams for a full day of announcements, demos, and technical sessions at the Javits Center. I wrote blog posts for some of the Summit launches, so I am excited to see
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152 Chrome Wallpaper Extensions with 105K Installs Linked to Adware and Fake Traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a network of 152 Google Chrome extensions that act as new tab live wallpaper add-ons to distribute a potentially unwanted program (PUP) family. The cluster spans 38 separate Chrome Web Store publisher accounts and thre
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Podcast: Increasing Users' Data Agency: From BlueSky's AT Protocol to the Local-First Software Movement
Martin Kleppmann, an associate professor at Cambridge and author of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, discusses the evolution of data systems over the last decade, mainly the shift from monolithic databases to modular building blocks. Kleppmann underlines
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Article: Governing AI in the Cloud: A Practical Guide for Architects
In this article, the author outlines a practical approach to AI governance in the cloud, covering discovery of shadow AI, data classification at creation, IAM-based enforcement, policy-as-code, and operational controls. The article shows how organizations can
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Can open-source beat OpenAI?
Former Hugging Face executive Tiezhen Wang explains how China's open-source strategy is reshaping the AI race.
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Anthropic's Safety Superpower
Anthropic's belief in its own commitment to safety gives the company license to aggressively favor its business and even challenge the U.S. government.
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Popular WordPress Plugin Scripts Tampered to Plant Hidden Backdoors on Sites
An attacker tampered with trusted JavaScript files used by WordPress sites running PushEngage, OptinMonster, and TrustPulse, turning those files into a way to break into the sites. When a site administrator was logged in as the file loaded, the code created an
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We may have finally solved cosmology's chicken-or-the-egg problem
Galaxies and their supermassive black holes evolve together, but which came first is an ongoing question. Now we may finally have an answer, says columnist Leah Crane
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Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses
Rank One, whose board includes a former CIA deputy director and a former FBI science chief, supplied face recognition to Meta for internal development of its smart glasses app.
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Oxford physicists just made Schrödinger’s cat even stranger
Oxford physicists have created an entirely new type of Schrödinger’s cat-like quantum state using components that are themselves highly quantum in nature. The advance could open new possibilities for more resilient quantum computers and deeper insights into th
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The AI layoff wave is becoming a powder keg
What makes this combustible: at the very moment that tens of thousands of workers are being shown the door, a small cohort of AI insiders is becoming wealthy on a scale that's hard to comprehend.
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Sniper Dz Scams Target MENA Users via Fake Facebook Offers and Browser Alerts
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of fraudulent activity targeting users across the Middle East and North Africa by employing various fraudulent Facebook accounts impersonating politicians, public figures, and trusted organizations. "These accou
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Palo Alto Warns of Active Exploitation of PAN-OS GlobalProtect VPN Flaw
Palo Alto Networks has revealed that it has observed "active exploitation" of a recently disclosed PAN-OS vulnerability by an unknown threat actor to obtain unauthorized access to GlobalProtect portals. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-0257 (CVSS scor
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Risky Bulletin: Arch Linux supply chain attack hits 1,900 packages
Almost 2,000 Arch Linux packages have been infected with malware in a supply chain attack, FISA surveillance powers expire for the first time since 2008, the FBI takes down a Chinese phishing service, and a major supply chain attack hits the WordPress ecosyste
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Enhanced License Plate Tracking
The surveillance company Leonardo wants more data : A surveillance company plans to add sensors to automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) that would mean the devices, as well as capture the license plate of passing vehicles, would also sweep up unique identif
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Anthropic Releases and Temporarily Suspends Claude Fable 5
On June 9, 2026, Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5, a model designed for long-horizon tasks, but it was taken offline shortly after due to a U.S. government export directive. It shares architecture with Claude Mythos 5, supporting extensive token usage. The mo
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Beneath our feet lies a fungal superhighway stretching 68 quadrillion miles
Beneath our feet lies a vast hidden fungal superhighway that helps sustain much of life on Earth—and scientists have now mapped it for the first time. Researchers estimate that these underground networks stretch an astonishing 110 quadrillion kilometers, move
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Spring Boot 4.1 Adds gRPC Auto-Configuration, SSRF Mitigation, and Kotlin 2.3 Support
Broadcom released Spring Boot 4.1 on June 10, 2026, to deliver gRPC auto-configuration, HTTP-client SSRF mitigation, and upgrades to Kotlin 2.3. It also brings lazy datasource connections, async context propagation for @Async methods, and improved OpenTel
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Orbio raises $21 million to automate hiring and onboarding for frontline workers
Orbio announces $21 Million Series A in round led by Dawn Capital.
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SRE Weekly Issue #521
View on sreweekly.com A message from our sponsor, Bronto: Stuck with slow queries and scattered logs? What if you could easily retain all of your telemetry data in one place for a full year without sky-high bills? Now with Bronto, it’s possible. Connect the do
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Vercel Labs Open-Sources Zero-Native: A Zig-Based Cross-Platform Native Application Framework
Vercel Labs recently open-sourced zero-native, a cross-platform framework for native desktop applications. Zero-native bypasses Electron runtime in favor or native OS WebViews and claims to achieve smaller, more efficient native apps with minimal overhead. Zer
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Spotlight on SIG Storage
In our ongoing SIG Spotlight series, we shine a light on the groups that keep the Kubernetes project moving forward. This time, we catch up with SIG Storage , the group responsible for persistent data, volume management, and the interfaces that connect Kuberne
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Startup CEO Charlie Javice is reportedly angling for a Trump pardon
JPMorgan can't be pleased by any of this.
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Honey bees have their own personal flight paths and fly them with stunning precision
Researchers tracked honey bees in the wild using a drone-based system and found that each bee follows its own highly consistent flight path. Some repeated their routes so precisely that they flew only centimeters from where they had flown before. Landmarks lik
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UK may ban social media for children under 16
The U.K. seems to be following Australia's lead in banning a wide swath of social media for teens.
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Sponsored: Ent on using AI to track human behavior on the endpoint
In this Risky Business sponsored interview, Catalin Cimpanu talks with Brandon Dixon, co-founder and CTO of Ent AI, about the company’s innovative use of local LLMs to track user behavior on the endpoint, and add context to suspicious events to detect or preve
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Ukrainian Man Pleads Guilty in US to Conti Ransomware Charges
Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko admitted to working on the development of a loader for the Conti gang. The post Ukrainian Man Pleads Guilty in US to Conti Ransomware Charges appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Ozempic Maker Novo Nordisk Says Hackers Breached IT Systems
The pharmaceutical giant says the attackers gained access to personal data stored on the compromised systems. The post Ozempic Maker Novo Nordisk Says Hackers Breached IT Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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French Government Messaging Platform Breached by Mysterious ‘Misere’ Hacker
French officials say roughly 73,000 government accounts were affected, while the threat actor claims to have stolen messages and user data from the sovereign Tchap platform. The post French Government Messaging Platform Breached by Mysterious ‘Misere’ Hacker a
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pyinfra — agentless infrastructure automation, in plain Python
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Improving Arm64 support in CNCF projects with OCI credits
In recent years, Arm64 has been taking the cloud service provider world by storm. Recent reports indicate that, as of the end of 2025, over 50% of new instances on AWS and over 33% on Azure...
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Scientists crack a decades-old CO2 problem and triple fuel production
A new catalyst design could significantly improve the conversion of CO2 into methanol, an important fuel and chemical feedstock. Researchers separated key reaction steps across different catalyst sites, avoiding a long-standing trade-off between speed and effi
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ShinyHunters Claims Council of Europe Hack
The extortion group threatens to leak 297 GB of data allegedly stolen from the Council of Europe, including employee personal information. The post ShinyHunters Claims Council of Europe Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Removing my nix flakes vs guix post
I have known the author personally for quite a while, I am sad they had to go through this. Comments
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FBI, Google Dismantle 'Outsider Enterprise' Phishing Service
The platform used more than 9,000 phishing sites, stealing nearly 4 million credit cards and causing roughly $1.9 billion in losses. The post FBI, Google Dismantle 'Outsider Enterprise' Phishing Service appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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I Am Not a Reverse Centaur
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A week in security (June 8 – June 14)
A list of topics we covered in the week of June 8 to June 14 of 2026
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Investing in multi-agent AI safety research
Google DeepMind and partners announce a $10M funding call for multi-agent safety research.
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First Plain Language Summary of Publication in veterinary science
Taylor & Francis has announced the publication of the first Plain Language Summary of Publication (PLSP) in veterinary research, a milestone in making discoveries in animal health more accessible, engaging and impactful. This new initiative bridges the gap bet
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Belgian politicians would rather risk treason charges than trust engineers
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Court reporting shows AI's limits in replacing human skill, as reporters remain crucial for capturing gestures and working through noise, amid a worker shortage (Allison Pohle/Wall Street Journal)
Allison Pohle / Wall Street Journal : Court reporting shows AI's limits in replacing human skill, as reporters remain crucial for capturing gestures and working through noise, amid a worker shortage — Court reporters outmatch the technology
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Our experts recommend these image-stabilized Canon binoculars for stunning, steady views of the night sky, now $100 off in this early anti-Prime Day deal
We rank these Canon 18x50 IS binoculars as the best for shake-free, high-magnification stargazing. Take advantage of this summer binocular deal for fantastic views of June’s moon and Mercury conjunction.
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Researcher explores how sacrifice shapes judgments
As global audiences follow ongoing conflicts, stories of personal sacrifice often stand out. New research from the Kelley School of Business shows that people across the United States consistently view self-sacrificial actions as more heroic and inspiring—even
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Quasi-1D material unlocks electric control of charge waves beyond standard limits
The ability to control the movement of negatively charged particles (i.e., electrons) is central to the functioning of all modern electronic devices. This control is typically attained using a gate, an electrode via which an applied electric field alters a mat
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We have 4 fundamental forces of nature. 'Quantum gravity' could help lead us to a mysterious 5th
Scientists think a new framework for quantum gravity could offer clues about a mysterious 5th fundamental force of nature.
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Climate change reshapes Spain's rockfall risk as frost weathering moves uphill
Climate change is altering where and when rocks are most likely to fracture across Spain, according to new research that suggests warming temperatures are redistributing a key process responsible for breaking down mountain landscapes.
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Some bees cannot escape rising heat, and their tiny homes make crisis even harder
Bee species that nest in plant stems appear to be at the greatest short-term risk from increasing temperatures due to climate change, while those that nest in the ground are better able to evade extreme heat, according to new research from Australian evolution
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What the Fuck Happened to Nerds
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Profiling in PyTorch (Part 2): From nn.Linear to a Fused MLP
Latest item from HuggingFace Blog.
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Hundreds of hidden earthquakes discovered beneath Antarctica — and they're happening in a very odd location
Antarctica was long thought to be seismically calm, but new technology makes it possible to detect unexpected types of earthquakes beneath the ice.
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An ancient piece of the moon found in Africa hints at a long-ago collision that turned the lunar surface molten
A meteorite shows evidence that an ancient crash on the moon 3.5 billion years ago was so powerful, it turned the surface molten.
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HarmonyOS 7 steps into the AI gap Apple left open in China
Four days after Apple confirmed that Siri AI would not launch in China, Huawei took the stage in Dongguan and declared HarmonyOS 7 the beginning of the agent era. The gap Apple could not fill, Huawei has moved into with an architecture built specifically for i
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Mask of Mictlantecuhtli: A 500-year-old mask of the Aztec god of the underworld, who tore apart the dead as they entered his realm
This skull-shaped mask was made to be used in a ritual involving the Aztec god of death.
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Accenture: Consumers show growing trust in AI shopping agents
Consumers are showing a willingness to let AI agents take on more shopping-related tasks, according to new research from Accenture. The company’s 2026 Consumer Pulse Research, based on a survey of 25,590 consumers across 16 countries, found that 74% of respond
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The AI off switch: How Anthropic's export controls sparked a global AI sovereignty scramble
Anthropic export controls turned an abstract policy fear into a live one last week: as of June 13, 2026, one US government directive took the company's two most powerful AI models offline for users everywhere, including, briefly, Anthropic's own foreign-born e
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World Cup Fever in Guadalajara
The city’s metro area has pushed westward since it last hosted World Cup matches in 1986, expanding across a landscape shaped by ancient volcanoes.
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MIT affiliates win 2026 Hertz Foundation Fellowships
The fellowships in applied sciences, engineering, and mathematics recognize doctoral students who are pursuing solutions to the most pressing challenges in science and technology.
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How an Agent Built a 3D Paris Gallery by Chaining Two Hugging Face Spaces
Latest item from HuggingFace Blog.
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[AINews] Open Models, Model Labs vs Agent Labs, and What's Untrainable — Sarah Guo
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Why AI hasn’t replaced software engineers, and won’t
Coding agents as normal technology
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4 Lines You Should Include in Your Claude Skill
Without these, Claude will be confidently wrong. The post 4 Lines You Should Include in Your Claude Skill appeared first on Towards Data Science .
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