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Your Pixel has a hardware diagnostic menu you should open before requesting a repair
Yadullah Abidi
You're using your Pixel and suddenly, the speaker sounds muffled, the screen has a weird dead spot, or the battery drains faster than it used to. We've all had this moment, and the first thought that ...[Continue Reading]
MakeUseOf
1 day ago
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The Antitrust Problem With Metas Settlement With The States
Eric Goldman
from the the-incentives-are-bad dept Originally published as an op-ed in The Mercury News. Republished here with permission from the author. Metas settlement with the state attorneys general (curre ...[Continue Reading]
Techdirt
1 day ago
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An AI agent hacked a government website, and officials dont know what to do
Hamed Paydarfar
Summary <ul><li> OpenAI agent breached Australia's Medicare portal, accessing public and non-public health data. </li><li> OpenAI only detected the June breach in August and notified officials ...[Continue Reading]
MakeUseOf
1 day ago
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Italy ministers agree to ban burqa and niqab in school and cap foreigners in class
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The Italian government has approved a ban on the burqa and niqab in schools, along with a limit on the share of pupils who speak little Italian in any one class. A 30% cap will be imposed on childr ...[Continue Reading]
BBC News
1 day ago
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Delegates walk out of Netanyahus UN speech
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Dozens of delegates walked out of the assembly hall as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his UN General Assembly address on Thursday. Netanyahus speech came as Israel faced growing crit ...[Continue Reading]
Al Jazeera English
1 day ago
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Using LLMs to trace alchemical knowledge and decode 17th century letters
Benjamin Breen
Ive written previously about the pitfalls and use cases for AI in augmenting historical research, but things have changed significantly since 2024-25. Occasioned by the dueling releases of GPT-6 Sol ...[Continue Reading]
Substack.com
1 day ago