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Dec 20 • 5 months ago

Google lobs lawsuit at search result scraping firm SerpApi

Google says the lawsuit is its last resort. ...

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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

Russia is about to do the most Russia thing ever with its next space station

"Russia, meanwhile, will be left to carry on the legacy of the ISS, with all its problems." ...

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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

We asked four AI coding agents to rebuild Minesweeper—the results were explosive

How do four modern LLMs do at recreating a simple Windows gaming classic? ...

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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

Strava puts popular “Year in Sport” recap behind an $80 paywall

Strava’s most viral feature is suddenly locked away. ...

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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

Instacart agrees to refund subscribers $60 million in FTC settlement

The grocery app will also stop hiding refund options and obscuring delivery costs. ...

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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

Trump’s energy secretary orders a Washington state coal plant to remain open

Chris Wright declared an energy “emergency” in the Pacific Northwest. ...

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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

Peacock showing ads upon launch opens the door for more disruptive streaming ads

Subscribers will start seeing ads when selecting a user next year. ...

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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

YouTube bans two popular channels that created fake AI movie trailers

Google loves AI content, except when it doesn't. ...

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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

Trump commits to Moon landing by 2028, followed by a lunar outpost two years later

Also, the Trump administration wants to put some nuclear power reactors there, too. ...

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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

Parasites plagued Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall

They were infected by roundworm, whipworm, and microscopic protozoans called Giardia duodenalis. ...

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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

These are the flying discs the government wants you to know about

DiskSat's design offers "a power-to-weight ratio unmatched by traditional aluminum satellites." ...

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Dec 18 • 5 months ago

The inside story of SpaceX’s historic rocket landing that changed launch forever

"It's hard to describe how epic this comeback was after our first Falcon 9 launch failure." ...

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