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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]
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Anderson Cooper Signs New Deal To Stay At CNN
Ted Johnson
Anderson Cooper has signed a new contract with CNN to stay with the network, according to sources familiar with the matter. Cooper has had an expanded presence on CNN as it has expanded into podcast ...[Continue Reading]
Deadline
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Scientists Announce a Physical Warp Drive Is Now Possible. Seriously.
Caroline Delbert
Heres what youll learn when you read this story: <ul><li>A research paper proposes a fully physically realized model for warp drive. </li><li>This builds on an existing model that requires negative ...[Continue Reading]
Popular Mechanics
1 day ago
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How Stu Maschwitz Vibe Coded His Way Into an App Rejection and What It Means for the Future of Apps
John Voorhees
This week on AppStories, Federico and I talked about the personal productivity tools weve built for ourselves using Claude. Theyre hyper-specific scripts and plugins that arent likely to be useful ...[Continue Reading]
MacStories
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Why some African countries are prone to military takeovers
MARK BANCHEREAU
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on Sunday to claim they had seized power. A few hours later, the president ...[Continue Reading]
Yahoo Entertainment
1 day ago
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Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
JAKE OFFENHARTZ
President Donald Trumps former personal attorney, Alina Habba, said Monday she is resigning as the top federal prosecutor for New Jersey, giving up her fight to stay in the job after an appeals court ...[Continue Reading]
Yahoo Entertainment
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