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Google DeepMind Boss Demis Hassabis Steps Down From CEO Role

Bruce Gil

Google parent company Alphabet just announced major changes to the leadership of its AI lab. The biggest update is that Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down from his day-to-day role o

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Your VPN isn't hiding what country you're in your devices ha...

Adam Conway

My Mac randomly decided that it was in Germany, despite the fact that it was clearly sitting in front of me on my desk. Which is in Ireland. It didn't magically teleport anywhere and come back, and I

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Infantino remains FIFA president following crisis meeting

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Under-fire FIFA president Gianni Infantino has shaken off calls to resign - for now - with the backing of the governing body's leaders, though apologised for "mistakes" in his botched attempts to sel

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Defiant Infantino plans to fight on after marathon FIFA crisi...

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino is set to remain in post - for the moment - after marathon crisis talks in Morocco on Wednesday. Infantino instead believes he is accountable to the 211 football asso

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I Shot the Sky With 2 Smart Telescopes, Both Under $400. Here...

John Carlsen

Astrophotography is more accessible than ever. John Carlsen/CNET Astrophotography and wildlife photography require patience, but the payoff is significant at least it is for me. It also helps to h

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New Mexico sues US Justice Department for impeding Epstein probe

Al Jazeera Staff

New Mexico has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Justice and its leader, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, accusing the nations top law enforcement agency of stonewalling th

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El-Sayed won crucial Michigan Senate primary. Now comes the c...

Averi Harper

Abdul El-Sayed proved that a progressive can win a statewide Democratic primary in one of the nation's biggest battlegrounds. But his narrower-than-expected victory also underscores that his most sig

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Muse Code and Muse Spark 1.2

Meta Superintelligence Labs

We're excited to release MuseCode (beta), a terminal coding agent powered by MuseSpark1.2, our newest model. This marks our next step toward the frontier, with larger and much more capable models

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Senate votes to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director

Mary Kekatos

The Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Schwartz was confirmed in a 51-44 vote that generally fell a

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I put this NAS through 2,500 hours of testing and 50TB of wri...

harish.jonnalagadda@futurenet.com (Harish Jonnalagadda) , Harish Jonnalagadda

As I write this, I have 78 devices connected to my home network, including phones, tablets, Windows machines, Android TVs, way too many Govee lights, and other smart home tech. The most important dev

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The Future Of Discoverability

Harry Clarkson-Bennett

Rightly or wrongly, publisher discoverability has been taken care of by search for years. Traffic from Google was and is so valuable and in recent times, so vast from Discover that reach has nev

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Malaysia vows not to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar if l...

Tracy Jawad

Malaysia has said it will not proceed with the repatriation of 5,000 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar if their lives would be at risk upon return. On Wednesday, government spokesman Fahmi Fadzil said th

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Now that Generative AI Is the Villain, Luminar Is Spinning It...

Jeremy Gray

Skylum, best known for its AI-powered photo editing software Luminar, is grappling with todays increasingly negative attitude toward artificial intelligence by changing its messaging to double-down

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US law enforcement reports deadly mass shooting in North Caro...

Al Jazeera

Law enforcement in the US state of North Carolina has reported a fatal mass shooting in the city of Prospect Hill. Deputies arriving on scene found multiple people who had been shot. One person was

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Ninth Circuit: Your AI Agent Cant Violate Hacking Law. But Yo...

Mike Masnick

from the agentic-law dept The rise of AI is bringing a bunch of fascinating legal questions that are harder to answer than many expect. The latest one: who is liable if an agentic system running on

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Is the conflict between Russia and Ukraine deepening?

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The war sees a surge in attacks by both sides with little diplomatic movement.A surge in missile and drone attacks by Russia and Ukraine has left civilians dead on both sides. There has been little

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Vollering wins stage five as Reusser retains yellow

Matt Warwick

Demi Vollering won stage five of the Tour de France Femmes following a sprint victory over yellow jersey holder Marlen Reusser. FDJ United-Suez rider Vollering came across the line just ahead of Mov

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Group pushing for open primaries takes fight to court after N...

Brigid Bergin

A group hoping to bring open primaries to New York City is taking the city clerk and the city's Board of Elections to court after they thwarted the groups effort to bring the issue to voters. In cou

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New Mexico sues DOJ, Blanche; Alleging they blocked Epstein p...

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The state of New Mexico sued the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday, saying the federal government blocked the states ability to investigate the sex crimes of

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Xbox will finally let you record party chat in gameplay clips...

Alexander Cope

Xbox has just announced on its website that it is rolling out new Xbox Series X|S console features for Xbox Insiders before sending them out to the general public, one of which has been requested by

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New Mexico sues US government for access to Epstein files

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By Andrew Hay Aug 5 (Reuters) - New Mexico sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday for access to unredacted files on Jeffrey Epstein, alleging the federal agency was stonewalling the state'

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Susan Collins would like Maine to notice this principled vote

Jason Weisberger

Facing a difficult reelection campaign, Susan Collins has located a line she says she will not cross: confirming Donald Trump's former personal lawyer as attorney general. She has made abrupt about-f

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Blanche confirmation for Trump attorney general a 'work in pr...

By David Morgan and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff

By David Morgan and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, faced renewed uncertainty over his U.S. Senate confirmation

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