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  1. Raw milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus

    Raw milk fans called warnings "fear mongering," despite 52% fatality rate in humans.

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  2. Air Force is “growing concerned” about the pace of Vulcan rocket launches

    US military seeks an "independent review" to determine if Vulcan can scale.

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  3. Disarmingly lifelike: ChatGPT-4o will laugh at your jokes and your dumb hat

    It's amazing what a few well-placed chuckles and vocal tone shifts can do.

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  4. Apple releases iOS 17.5, macOS 14.5, and other updates as new iPads launch

    Latest updates launch in the shadow of WWDC keynote on June 10.

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  5. Before launching, GPT-4o broke records on chatbot leaderboard under a secret name

    Anonymous chatbot that mystified and frustrated experts was OpenAI's latest model.

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  6. M4 iPad Pro review: Well, now you’re just showing off

    This tablet offers much more than you’ll actually need.

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  7. M2 iPad Air review: The everything iPad

    M2 Air won't draw new buyers in, but if you like iPads, these do all you need.

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  8. Black Basta ransomware group is imperiling critical infrastructure, groups warn

    Threat group has targeted 500 organizations. One is currently struggling to cope.

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  9. Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them

    Last week the CEO said Tesla will spend $500 million expanding the charger network.

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  10. AT&T loses key ruling in attempt to escape Carrier-of-Last-Resort obligation

    AT&T submitted "flawed and erroneous assertions," California agency judge says.

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  11. Krysten Ritter has lost her memories in trailer for Orphan Black: Echoes

    How far would you go to discover who you are?

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  12. Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot

    New GPT-4o model can sing a bedtime story, detect facial expressions, read emotions.

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  1. Warner Bros. gives Adult Swim games back to their creators rather than kill them

    It's still unclear why WBD wouldn't have done this in the first place.

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  2. Elon Musk’s X dodges Australian order to remove church stabbing video

    Elon Musk accused Australia of trying to have "jurisdiction over all of Earth."

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  3. Beethoven likely didn’t die from lead poisoning, new DNA analysis reveals

    There was also mercury and arsenic but none of the toxins likely caused composer's death.

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  4. Game dev says contract barring “subjective negative reviews” was a mistake

    Early streamers agreed not to "belittle the gameplay" or "make disparaging... comments."

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  5. Biden set to levy 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs this week

    Both the US and EU are deeply concerned about heavily subsidized Chinese OEMs.

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  6. Pixel 8a review—The best deal in smartphones

    It's still $500, with a better screen, longer support, and the same great camera.

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  7. Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams

    Unbundling Teams from Office has apparently failed to impress EU regulators.

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  8. The 2025 Aston Martin Vantage gets a bold new body and big power boost

    It features modern tech, a better interior, and an extra 150 hp on the old model.

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  9. In the race for space metals, companies hope to cash in

    Mining asteroids could reduce the burden on Earth’s resources. Will it live up to its promise?

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  10. Forget aerobars: Ars tries out an entire aerobike

    Taking to the road in a modern, high-speed version of a 40-year-old dream.

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  11. Monster galactic outflow powered by exploding stars

    Star death and birth both contribute to driving material out of a galaxy.

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  12. NOAA says “extreme” solar storm will persist through the weekend

    So far disruptions from the geomagnetic storm appear to be manageable.

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  1. Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead?

    There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests.

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  2. Cryptmaster is a dark, ridiculous RPG test of your typing and guessing skills

    Ask a necromancer to lick a shield. Type out "HIT," "YELL," "ZAP." It's funny.

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  3. How the Moon got a makeover

    The Moon's former surface sank to the depths, until volcanism brought it back.

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  4. NASA wants a cheaper Mars Sample Return—Boeing proposes most expensive rocket

    "To reduce mission complexity, this new concept is doing one launch."

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  5. More children gain hearing as gene therapy for profound deafness advances

    The therapy treats a rare type of deafness, but experts hope it's a "jumping point."

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  6. Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says

    Judge rules copyright law governs public data scraping, not X’s terms.

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  7. How you can make cold-brew coffee in under 3 minutes using ultrasound

    A "sonication" time between 1 and 3 minutes is ideal to get the perfect cold brew.

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  8. Big Three carriers pay $10M to settle claims of false “unlimited” advertising

    States obtain settlement, but it's unclear whether consumers will get refunds.

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  9. Exploration-focused training lets robotics AI immediately handle new tasks

    Maximum Diffusion Reinforcement Learning focuses training on end states, not process.

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  10. OpenAI revs up plans for web search, but denies report of an imminent launch

    The search.chatgpt.com URL is being set up, and Google employees are being poached.

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  11. Studio: Takedown notice for 15-year-old fan-made Hunt for Gollum was a mistake

    The Hunt for Gollum fan film racked up more than 13 million views on YouTube.

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  12. Google patches its fifth zero-day vulnerability of the year in Chrome

    Exploit code for critical "use-after-free" bug is circulating in the wild.

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