For All Mankind Deserves 7 Seasons

15/12/2023 17:00
Ronald D. Moore, the creator of the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind, has said theres a seven-season plan for the show. He should be able to execute it.

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Netflixs Big Data Dump Shows Just OK TV Is Here to Stay

15/12/2023 14:00
Earlier this week, Netflix finally released viewership numbers for nearly all of its shows and movies. Bottom line: Expect a lot more The Night Agent.

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School of Rock: The Physics of Waves on Guitar Strings

15/12/2023 14:00
Playing the guitar is an art form. But the good vibrations you hear are a science.

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Energy Drinks Are Out of Control

15/12/2023 12:00
Highly caffeinated drinks have become a cultural staple. But following a death allegedly related to Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade, has our collective obsession with energy drinks become unsafe?

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In a World First, a Patients Antibody Cells Were Just Genetically Engineered

15/12/2023 12:00
B cells are prolific producers of antibodies, but for the first time, scientists have modified them to make other proteins to counteract a serious genetic disease.

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McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hackers Say They Found the ‘Smoking Gun’ That Killed Their Startup

14/12/2023 22:59
Kytch, the company that tried to fix McDonald’s broken ice cream machines, has unearthed a 3-year-old email it says proves claims of an alleged plot to undermine their business.

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Massive Layoffs Hit Troubled Robotaxi Developer Cruise

14/12/2023 18:53
Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, will lay off a quarter of its staff. After a grisly October accident in San Francisco, GM said it would slash the unit’s funding.

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OpenAI’s Ilya Sutskever Has a Plan for Keeping Super-Intelligent AI in Check

14/12/2023 18:44
The “superalignment” team led by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever has devised a way to guide the behavior of AI models as they get ever smarter.

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My Surprisingly Unbiased Week With Elon Musks Politically Biased Chatbot

14/12/2023 17:00
Some Elon Musk fans are concerned that Grok, xAIs answer to ChatGPT, is too politically liberal. The nature of the underlying AI technology will make “fixing” its outlook difficult.

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Why Deleting Carbon From the Atmosphere Is So Controversial

14/12/2023 13:00
Delegates just agreed on a historic climate deal at COP28. But without more ambition, humanity will have to rely ever more on a contentious strategy: carbon removal.

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Pinterest Is Having a Moment

14/12/2023 12:00
Millennials may have popularized Pinterest, but Gen Z is pushing the platform to new heights.

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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Top-Secret Hawaii Compound

14/12/2023 11:00
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is building a sprawling, $100 million compound in Hawaii—complete with plans for a huge underground bunker. A WIRED investigation reveals the true scale of the project—and its impact on the local community.

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The US Supreme Court Will Decide the Fate of Medication Abortion

13/12/2023 15:44
The Supreme Court will hear a case to determine access to the abortion pill in the US. If the court decides to curtail the availability of mifepristone, it would be a major blow to reproductive health care.

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The US Supreme Court Will Now Decide the Fate of Medication Abortion

13/12/2023 15:44
The Supreme Court will hear a case to determine access to the abortion pill in the US. If the court decides to curtail the availability of mifepristone, it would be a major blow to reproductive health care.

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Tesla Is Recalling Nearly All Vehicles Sold in US to Fix an Autopilot Fault

13/12/2023 13:12
The Tesla recall, which affects nearly all vehicles it has sold in the US, follows a two-year government investigation into a series of crashes linked to the Autopilot system.

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Europe To End Robo-Firing in Major Gig Economy Overhaul

13/12/2023 12:50
Platforms will no longer be able to fire their workers automatically, in new EU rules that will affect millions of people including Uber drivers and Deliveroo couriers.

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Elon Musk’s New Monkey Death Claims Spur Fresh Demands for an SEC Investigation

13/12/2023 12:00
An animal welfare advocacy group claims in a letter to the SEC that Elon Musk again made statements about the health of Neuralink test subjects that may have misled investors.

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Stop Planting Trees, Says Guy Who Inspired World to Plant a Trillion Trees

13/12/2023 12:00
Ecologist Thomas Crowther’s research inspired countless tree-planting campaigns, greenwashing, and attacks from scientists. Now he’s back with a new plan for nature restoration.

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US Regulators Want Cars to Include Drunk-Driver Detection Technology

13/12/2023 12:00
In 2021, more than 13,000 people died in US alcohol-related crashes. The top US road safety regulator is exploring tech in vehicles that could check whether a driver is drunk.

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Why Even a Partial Digital Detox Is a Good Idea This Christmas

13/12/2023 12:00
Usually these stories are about parents begging their kids to put their phones down. This time its my daughter asking me to stop taking so many pictures.

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A Brilliant COP Agreement? It Depends Who You Ask

13/12/2023 11:46
The agreement at COP28 satisfies no-one. But it’s probably the best that countries could have hoped for.

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