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“Things we’ll never know” science fair highlights US’s canceled research

July 9, 2025 Blogmaster

Washington, DC—From a distance, the gathering looked like a standard poster session at an academic conference, with researchers standing next to large displays of the work they were doing. Except…

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Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots

July 9, 2025 Blogmaster

Extensions installed on almost 1 million devices have been overriding key security protections to turn browsers into engines that scrape websites on behalf of a paid service, a researcher said.…

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Report: Apple M4, more comfortable strap will headline first major Vision Pro update

July 9, 2025 Blogmaster

Apple hasn’t iterated on its Vision Pro hardware since launching it in early 2024 for $3,499, opting instead to refine the headset with a steady stream of software updates. But…

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Cloudflare wants Google to change its AI search crawling. Google likely won’t.

July 9, 2025 Blogmaster

After Cloudflare started testing new features that would allow websites to block AI crawlers or require payment for scraping, the tech company immediately faced questions over the logistics of the…

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ChatGPT made up a product feature out of thin air, so this company created it

July 9, 2025 Blogmaster

On Monday, sheet music platform Soundslice says it developed a new feature after discovering that ChatGPT was incorrectly telling users the service could import ASCII tablature—a text-based guitar notation format…

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Litigious Company Demands Removal Of A Tweet Linking To An Article About How Litigious They Are

July 9, 2025 Blogmaster

It’s not every day you watch a company faceplant so theatrically in public, but Cloud Innovation’s latest stunt deserves a slow clap. Cloud Innovation, which you’d probably never heard of…

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Ideas Without Love

July 9, 2025 Blogmaster

I recently sat through this hour-long interview between New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat and Peter Thiel. It was honestly a somewhat hypnotic experience for me. And on reflection,…

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Linda Yaccarino quits X without saying why, one day after Grok praised Hitler

July 9, 2025 Blogmaster

Linda Yaccarino has announced she is stepping down as CEO of X, one day after the platform was forced to take action to stop its chatbot Grok from praising Hitler…

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Northwood Space successfully tests second-generation phased array antenna

July 9, 2025 Blogmaster

Northwood Space has completed initial testing of the second generation of its phased array antenna technology, which can simultaneously communicate with spacecraft across a range of orbits, from near Earth…

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2025 Volvo EX90: A low-key luxury electric SUV

July 9, 2025 Blogmaster

Volvo was among the very first of the global automakers to declare plans to build an all-electrified future. Note the choice of word—electrified, not electric, as it includes hybrids, both…

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