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Snakes Fake Their Own Deaths, and They Even Use Special Effects

sciencealert.com

Playing dead is a common defense strategy in the animal kingdom, but some especially melodramatic snakes...
Playing dead is a common defense strategy in the animal kingdom, but some especially melodramatic snakes have now been seen dialing it up to 11.In addition to flopping inert, mouths agape, dice snakes (Natrix tessellata) add some amazingly gross special effects. They'll defecate and smear themselves in feces, excret...
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What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1B to his campaign

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Fairgen 'boosts' survey results using synthetic data and AI-generated responses

techcrunch.com

Surveys have been used to gain insights on populations, products and public opinion since time immemorial....
Surveys have been used to gain insights on populations, products and public opinion since time immemorial. And while methodologies might have changed through the millennia, one thing has remained constant: The need for people, lots of people. But what if you can’t find enough people to build a big enough sample grou...
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OpenAI could unveil its Google search competitor on Monday

theverge.com

OpenAI is reportedly gearing up to announce a search product powered by artificial intelligence on Monday...
OpenAI is reportedly gearing up to announce a search product powered by artificial intelligence on Monday that could threaten Google’s dominance. That target date, provided to Reuters by “two sources familiar with the matter,” would time the announcement a day before Google kicks off its annual I/O conference, which...
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Ferries make ReachNow cars think they're being stolen

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Apple's new ad: a perfect reflection of society

medium.com

Apple recently released an ad for the new iPad that shows a hydraulic press crushing musical...
Apple recently released an ad for the new iPad that shows a hydraulic press crushing musical instruments and other, older devices used to create art:Screen capture from Apple’s adThe idea is that the latest iPad can replace all that old “junk”.Many people have come out and said they hate the ad. But I think the ad i...

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Is Google UX Design Certificate Worth It?

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Ukraine's Air Force receives first F-16 fighter jet trainer – video

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Has Generative AI Already Peaked? [video]

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Trip C++Now 2024 – think-cell

think-cell.com

I attended C++Now for the fourth time last week, and it was definitely one of the...
I attended C++Now for the fourth time last week, and it was definitely one of the best conferences I've ever been to. I don't think I've ever experienced so many amazing talks in a row, so I can only highlight some of the talks that are definitely worth watching. C++, Rust, and safety A talk absolutely everybody sho...
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Solid-state polymer heat pump gets rid of the heat itself

arstechnica.com

Heat pumps are the most energy-efficient way of controlling indoor temperature. By moving heat between locations,...
Heat pumps are the most energy-efficient way of controlling indoor temperature. By moving heat between locations, they avoid the inefficiencies of generating heat in the first place. But that doesn't mean they can't be made more efficient. Most current heat pumps rely on materials that exhibit large changes in tempe...
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Technology crushing human creativity? Apple's iPad ad has struck a nerve online

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NEW YORK (AP) — A newly released ad promoting Apple's new iPad Pro has struck quite...
NEW YORK (AP) — A newly released ad promoting Apple's new iPad Pro has struck quite a nerve online.The ad, which was released by the tech giant Tuesday, shows a hydraulic press crushing just about every creative instrument artists and consumers have used over the years — from a piano and record player, to piles of p...

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Is the largest root of a random polynomial more likely to be real than complex?

mathoverflow.net
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Japan enacts revised law for quick deletion of social media posts

kyodonews.net

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And it begins. OpenAI mulls NSFW AI model output

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Free wine hidden in small print claimed after three months

bbc.co.uk
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Seven out of 10 Europeans believe their country takes in too many immigrants

elpais.com

Europeans view immigration with increasing suspicion. Seven out of 10 Europeans believe that their country takes...
Europeans view immigration with increasing suspicion. Seven out of 10 Europeans believe that their country takes in too many migrants, according to a survey carried out by BVA Xsight for ARTE Europe Weekly, a project led by the French-German TV channel ARTE GEIE and which EL PAÍS has participated in, as part of the ...

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Gargantuan sunspot 15-Earths wide shoots powerful X-class flare toward Earth

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I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam Run by Fake Hosts on Airbnb

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Searching for Lost Cities

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I Went to China and Drove a Dozen Electric Cars. Western Automakers Are Cooked

insideevs.com

In just the past few months, the rift between the U.S. and China has expanded at...
In just the past few months, the rift between the U.S. and China has expanded at an astounding rate. TikTok is set to be banned if it does not divest from its U.S operations. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that “nothing is off the table” when it comes to battling a surge of cheap Chinese clean energy exports. ...
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Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1B – report

theguardian.com

Donald Trump dangled a brazen “deal” in front of some of the top US oil bosses...
Donald Trump dangled a brazen “deal” in front of some of the top US oil bosses last month, proposing that they give him $1bn for his White House re-election campaign and vowing that once back in office he would instantly tear up Joe Biden’s environmental regulations and prevent any new ones, according to a bombshell...
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UniSuper's Google Cloud environment was deleted

itnews.com.au

By Ry Crozier May 9 2024 6:47AM Industry superannuation fund UniSuper has revealed that its private...
By Ry Crozier May 9 2024 6:47AM Industry superannuation fund UniSuper has revealed that its private cloud infrastructure “subscription” with Google Cloud was deleted due to an error made during provisioning. In a joint statement released overnight, the fund shed light on cryptic earlier commentary that it had lost p...
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Boeing whistleblower says he was pressured to hide defects

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