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18h ago
Keep Roving In preparation for the first crewed lunar mission in half a century, NASA is prototyping a new Moon rover — and it looks like some pretty distinctly Earth-bound vehicles. Announced in a NASA press release, the new Ground Test Unit (GTU) is currently in development at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston ..read more
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19h ago
While seeking re-election, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro is making a huge campaign promise: free Ozempic for all. As Quartz reports based on translations from the Brazilian newspaper Extra, Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes said that he lost 66 pounds after taking the popular weight-loss injectable manufactured by Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk. "I took a lot of ..read more
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19h ago
Ad Attack Google's notoriously wonky AI Overviews are about to get a whole lot more annoying. On Thursday, the tech giant announced that its AI-generated search summaries will now begin to show ads above, below, and within them, as a way of demonstrating that the technology is capable of actually making money. It will also ..read more
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21h ago
Giving an Edge The battle over remote work continues — and it looks like chief executives are overwhelmingly willing to take extreme measures to get folks back to the office. A recent report from KPMG shows that 89 percent of corporate CEOs at US companies are willing to dangle incentives like "favorable assignments, raises, and ..read more
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21h ago
Cafe Culture Starting in January, Californians will be able to enjoy cannabis Euro-style thanks to a newly-passed bill legalizing weed cafes. As the Los Angeles Times reports, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law Assembly Bill 1775, which will allow existing dispensaries to make and serve hot food, sell nonalcoholic drinks, and host live performances in ..read more
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22h ago
Mulling Martians Elon Musk's plans to become "multiplanetary" grow more ambitious every year — but it's unclear whether he'll live long enough to actually see it happen. As the Wall Street Journal reports, experts are skeptical that the billionaire's bold plan to take humans to Mars might be a bit brash even for him. In an ..read more
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1d ago
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a newfound sense of, er, style — and his fellow tech CEOs are huge into it. As the Washington Post reports ..read more
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1d ago
Combo Meal Meta-formerly-Facebook today announced a new suite of AI-powered video-creating and editing tools, collectively called "Meta Movie Gen." Longtime CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off the new AI offering in his favorite way to promote anything: by showing off his love for fitness — albeit with some very strange, very AI twists. In a promotional ..read more
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1d ago
Meta has just announced Movie Gen, its new AI-powered video generation tool for creating realistic-looking footage with the noteworthy addition of automatically outputting matching audio, something its competitor like OpenAI's Sora don't offer out of the box. But another notable detail is its de facto choice of mascot. Featured front and center on the product's ..read more
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1d ago
Get Your Waders An image depicting former president Donald Trump wading through floodwaters alongside a fellow disaster responder went viral on social media this week, with users on Facebook, Instagram, and X-formerly-Twitter hitting share on the "photo." One tiny problem: the image is an AI-generated fake, as multiple fact checks have confirmed. The image, which ..read more