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Jagged AGI: o3, Gemini 2.5, and everything after
Ethan Mollick
Amid todays AI boom, its disconcerting that we still dont know how to measure how smart, creative, or empathetic these systems are. Our tests for these traits, never great in the first place, were ma ...[Continue Reading]
Oneusefulthing.org
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The Sigma 100-400mm Contemporary Is Cheaper Than You Think, and More Versatile Than Anyone Gives It Credit For
Alex Cooke
The Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary sits in an awkward middle ground that most people dismiss without thinking too hard about it. Street shooters call it too big. Wildlife photographer ...[Continue Reading]
Fstoppers
1 day ago
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After Being Exposed by the DOJ, Epstein Survivors are Being Harassed, New Report Says
Danielle Han
A resounding Fuck-You continues to be in order for the Justice Department, which in January carelessly (and belatedly) dumped on its website a tranche of Epstein files, thus exposing the names, detai ...[Continue Reading]
Jezebel
1 day ago
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United Spirits sells site to fledgling India firm Cupid Breweries & Distilleries
Aninda Chakraborty
United Spirits, Diageos Indian arm, has agreed to sell a production site in the eastern state of Odisha to local business Cupid Breweries & Distilleries. In a stock exchange filing, Cupid Brewer ...[Continue Reading]
just-drinks.com
1 day ago
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Employee quits job after getting verbal offer from another company, only to then be told the position got frozen and discover they hired someone else: I don't know what to do
Bar Mor Hazut, Bar Mor Hazut
Some people learn the hard way the correct steps and their order before quitting a job and starting a new one. Here is a general guide in case you want to learn from others' mistakes: Step one: Put ...[Continue Reading]
Cheezburger.com
1 day ago
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WHO's Tedros says Uganda should reconsider Congo border closure over Ebola
Reuters
KAMPALA, June 8 (Reuters) - The director-general of the World Health Organization said on Monday that Uganda should reconsider its decision to close its border with Democratic Republic of Congo becau ...[Continue Reading]
Yahoo Entertainment
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