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The UK is likely to see an ‘unprecedented’ 5th heatwave, with temperatures rising to as high as 36C (96.8F)
Flock CEO Garret Langley says it’s “cut and dry” their cameras do not violate the Fourth Amendment
“We follow the law, we follow the Constitution… the courts have deemed this is not a warrantless search”
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Amazon spent $1.8 million on Claude for a single project, resulting in spending 860% over budget, per Financial Times
Covid-19 may affects parts of the brain responsible for memory, emotion, and executive function, a review finds
Brain scans showed structural and functional changes in people infected with covid-19
via: Cerebral Cortex
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The Argentinian peso is at a historic low, with a 99.8% fall against the US dollar since 2009
1 US dollar is worth around 1,490 Argentinian pesos
2 innocent people were detained at gunpoint by Brookfield officers after an outdated Flock alert flagged their car
The officers had forgotten to remove the alert after the car was cleared i connection to a homicide
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Apple’s iPhone Ultra may come in silver and dark blue
Expected to be announced in September
via: @SonnyDickson
Cloudflare says humans could become a “rounding error” within 5 years as automated traffic expands
“…we think in five years, non-human traffic will be as much as 1,000 times as much as human traffic”
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A 14-year-old Virginia student found a way to increase microalgae oil production while maintaining healthy growth
She uses machine learning and gene editing tech to selectively change DNA to improve results
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81 years ago, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki
The CDC is warning that daily marijuana use could lead to nausea, uncontrolled vomiting, and stomach pain as users are increasingly visiting emergency rooms
An Arizona city is ending their contract with Flock after an audit found possible misuse of Flock cameras
Elon Musk now predicts SpaceX will generate $1 trillion in annual revenue by 2030
“Our internal projections for reaching $1 trillion in revenue… have moved up from 2031 to 2030”
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29% of those who use buy now, pay later financing buy groceries with installment loans, more than double the figure from two years ago
via: LendingTree
An indie game dev claims Gemini AI leaked a character’s name after a player asked the AI about future content, which was only in a private Google doc
“Somehow, the AI spitted out the exact & highly specific character name ‘Vantage Tripod,’ which I had never mentioned to anyone”
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An Amazon gas power plant in Texas could become the most polluting power plant in the US
Amazon is being permitted to release around 33 million tons of CO2 to power an AI data center
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Annual rate spending on US data center construction surpasses $60 billion, a 900% increase from 2020
OpenAI will begin rolling out unlimited text chats for ‘Free and Go’ users of ChatGPT
GPT -5.6 Luna will also become the default model for free users
DuckDuckGo’s “Normal F****** Sunglasses” sold out within days of launching
The sunglasses have no camera, mic, or AI
the same guy who helped make Interstellar, Oppenheimer, and The Odyssey, is now shooting Kalshi commercials 😭
