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Jan 30 • 3 months ago

US spy satellite agency declassifies high-flying Cold War listening post

The JUMPSEAT satellites loitered over the North Pole to spy on the Soviet Union. ...

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Jan 30 • 3 months ago

Having that high-deductible health plan might kill you, literally

With ACA tax credits gone, more people are turning to high-deductible plans. ...

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Jan 29 • 3 months ago

New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research

New "Prism" workspace launches just as studies show AI-assisted papers are flooding journals with diminished quality. ...

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Jan 29 • 3 months ago

County pays $600,000 to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security

Settlement comes more than 6 years after Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn's ordeal began. ...

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Jan 29 • 3 months ago

What ice fishing can teach us about making foraging decisions

Social density increases likelihood of sticking with a location. Environmental factors had little influence. ...

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Jan 29 • 3 months ago

She'll mess with Texas: Nurse keeps mailing abortion pills, despite Paxton lawsuit

Texas sues Delaware nurse practitioner shipping out hundreds of abortion pills each month. ...

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Jan 29 • 3 months ago

Comcast keeps losing customers despite price guarantee and unlimited data

Comcast overhauled Internet plans to stop customer losses. It isn't working yet. ...

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Jan 29 • 3 months ago

South Korea’s ‘world-first’ AI laws face pushback amid bid to become leading tech power

The laws have been criticised by tech startups, which say they go too far, and civil society groups, which say they don’t go far enoughSouth Korea has embarked on a foray into the regulation...

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Jan 29 • 3 months ago

SpaceX sends list of demands to US states giving broadband grants to Starlink

SpaceX won't make specific promises on Starlink network capacity or subscribers. ...

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Jan 29 • 3 months ago

Stranded boys struggle to survive in Lord of the Flies trailer

“We need to think about food and shelter. We need to help each other and be good camp mates.” ...

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Jan 29 • 3 months ago

Seven things to know about how Apple's Creator Studio subscriptions work

For the Mac versions of pro apps, things aren't actually changing much (yet). ...

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Jan 29 • 3 months ago

Site catering to online criminals has been seized by the FBI

One of the last holdouts for ransomware discussions, RAMP is taken down. ...

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