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• 'I can't run a business like this': Why the WordPress row matters

  25-10-2024 23:55 via bbc.com
  
  WordPress's tools are used by 40% of the world's websites, making this a spat with big consequences.
  
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• AI's shocking views of how Europeans see Americans based on their state

  25-10-2024 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An AI was asked to create images of what Europeans think the average American from different states looks like, and the results are shocking.
  
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• Food safety experts reveal fast food red flags amid McDonald's E. coli outbreak

  25-10-2024 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As a deadly E coli outbreak sickening 75 people in 13 states has been linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders, food safety experts revealed to DailyMail.com their fast food restaurant red flags.
  
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• You are being secretly tracked by your iPhone with three settings - but here's how to turn them off

  25-10-2024 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Developers have taken advantage of Apple's iPhone settings to gain access to the websites you use and where you travel But there are three settings that will stop them from tracking you.
  
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• The Tragic Consequences Of AI Chatbots: A Teenager’s Struggle Led To Suicide

  25-10-2024 19:01 via technocracy.news
  This story underscores my warnings about AI causing a break with reality and its consequences. Psychosis is “a severe mental condition in which thought and emotions are so affected that contact is lost with external reality.” (Oxford) The end state is simulacra, plunging the subject into an Alice in Wonderland freefall into oblivion. In the end, most of humanity will fall into this state. ⁃ TN Editor TN Editor [/su_note]
  In February 2024, a heartbreaking incident involving
  
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• The Tragic Consequences Of AI Chatbots: A Teenager Trapped In A Simulacrum Led To His Suicide

  25-10-2024 19:01 via technocracy.news
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• The Tragic Consequences Of AI Chatbots: A Teenager Trapped In A Simulacra Led To His Suicide

  25-10-2024 19:01 via technocracy.news
  This story underscores my warnings about AI causing a break with reality and its consequences. Psychosis is “a severe mental condition in which thought and emotions are so affected that contact is lost with external reality.” (Oxford) The end state is simulacra, plunging the subject into an Alice in Wonderland freefall into oblivion. In the end, most of humanity will fall into this state.
  Simulacra is a copy without an original, a reproduction without reference. It is not a simulatio
  
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• Microsoft boss gets 63% pay rise despite asking for reduction

  25-10-2024 18:49 via bbc.com
  
  Satya Nadella asked for a reduction because of cyber attacks the firm suffered - but still saw his earnings increase massively.
  
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• Hurricane watchers issue 'advanced risk' warning for storm Patty that could hit the US

  25-10-2024 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meteorologists are tracking an area of potential tropical storm development in a Caribbean that could send another hurricane barreling toward Florida just weeks after Milton.
  
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• Walmart's deadly workplace laid bare amid walk-in oven death: Staff poisoned, amputated and crushed by forklifts

  25-10-2024 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Walmart has a long list of deadly incidents at its locations across the US, including employees killed by forklifts and semi-trucks. Other staff have lost fingers or been poisoned.
  
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• Scientists SOLVE the mystery of the 'Holy Grail' cup discovered in a secret tomb in the ancient city of Petra - but they still have no idea about the identities of the 12 people buried there

  25-10-2024 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'Holy Grail' cup was found buried in a secret tomb in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan - used as a filming location for the third Indiana Jones film.
  
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• NASA astronaut reveals what happens when you squirt ketchup in low-gravity - as fans call his demonstration 'awesome and gross'

  25-10-2024 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To demonstrate the bizarre nature of a usually straightforward kitchen task, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick has shared a clip of him squirting ketchup on the ISS.
  
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• First-of-its-kind wearable tracker is worn on the PENIS to monitor health - it could flag up a fatal condition

  25-10-2024 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The appropriately named 'Tech Ring' uses sensors to measure the health of the penis both during the act of sex and nocturnal erections while men are asleep.
  
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• Secretive $120 million weapon built for US Space Force that JAMS Russian and Chinese satellites is finally set for delivery as flaws are fixed following a two-year delay

  25-10-2024 16:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  America's secretive electronic weapon designed to jam Russian and Chinese satellites is finally ready for delivery after more than two years of delays.
  
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• Say hello to the epi-bit, a new approach to DNA data storage

  25-10-2024 14:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  A single gram can hold 215,000 TB. Technique inspired by epigenetics might help unlock that potential Scientists have developed a new approach to using DNA as a data storage medium, slashing the cost and time of writing to the biological substance.…
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launches with eyes on Game Pass

  25-10-2024 13:02 via bbc.com
  
  It is available straight away to subscribers of Microsoft’s Game Pass service, a first for a game this big.
  
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• Horrifying images show polar bears with painful ULCERS on their feet in the Arctic - and scientists say climate change is to blame

  25-10-2024 11:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists who studied the mammals in the Arctic over 10 years found lacerations, skin ulcers and hair loss on more than 40 of the creatures.
  
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• The swarm of UFOs caught on video near US Air Force base by dozens of stunned onlookers

  25-10-2024 08:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Air Force base has become the latest hotspot for mysterious UFOs after residents spotted swarms of fast-moving, glowing orbs in the skies.
  
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• Go with your gut: Making everyday decisions on instinct is a 'surefire way to improve mood', experts say

  25-10-2024 01:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts have discovered that relying on your instinct really is a good idea, as it results in a bigger boost to our mood
  
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• The green software that could make big carbon savings

  25-10-2024 01:07 via bbc.com
  
  Greener software could make devices last longer and use less electricity.
  
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• Swarm of UFOs spotted near Indiana Air Force base where 20 MILE-long 'mothership' was detected weeks ago

  25-10-2024 00:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Air Force base has become the latest hotspot for mysterious UFOs after residents spotted swarms of fast-moving, glowing orbs in the skies.
  
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• McDonald's E coli recall spreads to Burger King, KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell as national chains are urged to pull key ingredient NOW

  25-10-2024 00:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Burger King , KFC , Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell have followed McDonald's lead and stopped using fresh onions in their foods, citing them as the most likely source of a deadly E. coli outbreak in western states.
  
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