u/LogicalDirect

36.3k post karma · 129 comment karma · joined 12d ago

  1. 144points

    After a scandal involving a beloved artist, the brain tricks us: it reconciles a fallen artist with their adored art by rewriting our memories in 2 completely different directions. Study finds that people mentally separate creators, like Cosby, from their creations when reconstructing memories (futurity.org) [Psychology]

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  2. 714points

    A Satellite Company Tests “Sunlight As A Service” — Without Astronomers’ Knowledge (skyandtelescope.org) [Space]

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  3. 110points

    Latest Drop By Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoS) Contains Contact Info For 40,000 DHS Employees (techdirt.com) [Politics]

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  4. 205points

    A Kentucky man becomes the first humanist granted religious exemption from AI (religionnews.com) [Artificial Intelligence]

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  5. 529points

    Perth puppy farmer Jia Xu Dong jailed after more than 100 dogs found in 'horrendous' conditions (abc.net.au)

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  6. 386points

    New ITEP Study: Major Corporations Paid Lowest Federal Tax Rate in Decades Following Trump Tax Cuts (itep.org) [Research Summary]

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  7. 13points

    Experts call for climate change to be declared a global health emergency, as many health impacts outpace climate action (eurekalert.org) [🌎 International News]

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  8. 75points

    Dead star and planetary bodies: astronomers spot unique disc of debris that foretells Solar System’s future (eso.org)

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  9. 355points

    Meta AI Glasses Secretly Record Conversations, Class Action Lawsuit Alleges (classaction.org) [Privacy]

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  10. 186points

    Greenhouse gas levels once again reach record high (wmo.int)

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  11. 4,263points

    Anthropic illegally trained Claude with Stanford professors’ books (stanforddaily.com) [Artificial Intelligence]

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  12. 14.6kpoints

    Young adults with cancer report getting dismissed by doctors (futurity.org) [Cancer]

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  13. 260points

    Discord will soon let anyone find public server messages through search engines (discord.com) [Social Media]

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  14. 1,025points

    Living Alone Linked to Mortality Risk From Multiple Causes in U.S. Including Cancer; Suicide Highest (pressroom.cancer.org) [Health]

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  15. 2,472points

    The EPA is quietly killing its web archive (motherjones.com) [Politics]

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  16. 196points

    The soaring cost of shipping is lifting the price of oil for consumers (iea.org)

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  17. 328points

    How Wikipedia’s Editors Keep the Online Encyclopedia Human-Written // AI-generated text is harder to spot, but that hasn’t deterred them (spectrum.ieee.org) [Artificial Intelligence]

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  18. 9,218points

    Police Are Increasingly Pulling People Over Because AI Deems Their Driving Patterns “Suspicious” (aclu.org) [Artificial Intelligence]

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  19. 5points

    SleeperWidget: How Ad-Driven Installs Activate Hidden Browser Extension Behavior (microsoftedge.github.io) [Research Article]

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  20. 721points

    A Texas Cop Signed on to Help ICE Deport His Neighbors. It Tore the Town Apart. (propublica.org)

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  21. 71points

    Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to up to 60,000 employees across the US, UK, Canada, and India. (blogs.microsoft.com) [Business]

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  22. 117points

    IBM CEO says open weight models are now irresistibly good and cheap on-prem (theregister.com) [Artificial Intelligence]

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  23. 113points

    The Payment Model for Health Services for Seniors Rewards Insurers and Private Equity, Not Patients (cepr.net) [Research Summary]

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  24. 4,129points

    US drinking water could contain double the reported PFAS levels, model estimates (eurekalert.org) [Environment]

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  25. 1,228points

    Black holes can merge. But can one black hole become two? Physicists have investigated when such an extraordinary event might be possible. (sdu.dk)

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