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The iPhone’s Notes App Is the Purest Reflection of Our Messy Existence
In an informal survey of the contents of my coworkers’ Notes apps, I found that multiple people keep drafts of…
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How Spamouflage Dragon, China's largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese policies and criticize dissidents (Margi Murphy/Bloomberg)
Margi Murphy / Bloomberg: How Spamouflage Dragon, China’s largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese…
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Tesla's Autopilot recall threatens to hurt the company's defense in six high-profile lawsuits set for 2024 over crashes linked to the driver-assistance program (Malathi Nayak/Bloomberg)
Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: Tesla’s Autopilot recall threatens to hurt the company’s defense in six high-profile lawsuits set for 2024…
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Memo: Weibo sent notices warning users to "avoid expressing pessimism about the economy" and "avoid crossing the red lines" around economic or financial topics (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Memo: Weibo sent notices warning users to “avoid expressing pessimism about the economy” and “avoid crossing the red lines”…
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Docs: ByteDance used OpenAI API to develop its own LLM, codenamed Project Seed; employees discussed "whitewashing" the evidence through "data desensitization" (Alex Heath/The Verge)
Alex Heath / The Verge: Docs: ByteDance used OpenAI API to develop its own LLM, codenamed Project Seed; employees discussed…
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‘For All Mankind’ Deserves 7 Seasons
The Apple TV+ series For All Mankind is an alternate history story in which the Soviet Union beats the United…
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Microsoft launches the basic Office suite on the Meta Quest store for free; all three apps run in a MR environment and all Quest headsets are supported (Nicholas Sutrich/Android Central)
Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central: Microsoft launches the basic Office suite on the Meta Quest store for free; all three…
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The Best Soundbars for Every Budget
There are a lot of great soundbars out there, and we don’t have room to feature them all. Here are…
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School of Rock: The Physics of Waves on Guitar Strings
The rubber band example does indeed have two nodes—they are at the ends of the rubber band where your fingers…
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Netflix’s Big Data Dump Shows Just OK TV Is Here to Stay
Netflix just did the unthinkable: It released viewership numbers. After years of withholding information on how many hours subscribers spent…
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