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Barnes and Noble CEO Says Sure, Why Not Sell AI-Generated Books and Set Our Reputation On Fire?

"I have actually no problem selling any book." The post Barnes and Noble CEO Says Sure, Why Not Sell AI-Generated Books and Set Our Reputation On Fire? appeared first on Futurism.

5 hours ago

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Barnes and Noble CEO Says Sure, Why Not Sell AI-Generated Books and Set Our Reputation On Fire?

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Insiders at SoftBank Worry Their CEO Is Getting Conned by Sam Altman

They're jittery. The post Insiders at SoftBank Worry Their CEO Is Getting Conned by Sam Altman appeared first on Futurism.

5 hours ago

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Insiders at SoftBank Worry Their CEO Is Getting Conned by Sam Altman

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The Amish Are Embracing ChatGPT

"The more I used it, the more I thought this could actually be a good thing." The post The Amish Are Embracing ChatGPT appeared first on Futurism.

7 hours ago

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The Amish Are Embracing ChatGPT

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Doomsday Glacier Shows Signs of Imminent Disintegration

"Suddenly, large areas are just falling to pieces." The post Doomsday Glacier Shows Signs of Imminent Disintegration appeared first on Futurism.

8 hours ago

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Doomsday Glacier Shows Signs of Imminent Disintegration

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Research Paper Warns That There’s a Massive Experiment at Work to Geoengineer the Earth’s Climate

"We need to be extremely cautious." The post Research Paper Warns That There's a Massive Experiment at Work to Geoengineer the Earth's Climate appeared first on Futurism.

9 hours ago

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Research Paper Warns That There’s a Massive Experiment at Work to Geoengineer the Earth’s Climate

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Peter Thiel Working on Floating Data Centers in the Ocean

"The future demands more compute than we can imagine." The post Peter Thiel Working on Floating Data Centers in the Ocean appeared first on Futurism.

10 hours ago

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Peter Thiel Working on Floating Data Centers in the Ocean

WIRED Science

Quantum ‘Jamming’ Could Help Unlock the Mysteries of Causality

To keep communications secure in a post-quantum world, cryptographers are digging down into the concept of cause and effect.

10 hours ago

WIRED Science

Quantum ‘Jamming’ Could Help Unlock the Mysteries of Causality

WIRED Science

Cosmic Voids May Contain the Universe’s Best Secrets

Once dismissed as empty expanses between galaxies, cosmic voids are becoming one of the most promising tools for probing the universe’s biggest mysteries.

11 hours ago

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Cosmic Voids May Contain the Universe’s Best Secrets

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A 'Golden Orb' on the Ocean Floor Came From a Mysterious Animal

A fascinating, unclassifiable orb found in the Gulf of Alaska is not an alien object, as some speculated, but the remains of a poorly documented animal.

12 hours ago

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A 'Golden Orb' on the Ocean Floor Came From a Mysterious Animal

National Science Foundation

Podcast: Onboard autonomous IndyCar racing (part 2)

Madhur Behl, an NSF-supported associate professor, discusses software challenges in autonomous racing and how his program is helping to develop the AI workforce of the future...

1 day ago

National Science Foundation

Podcast: Onboard autonomous IndyCar racing (part 2)

New York Times Science

A Very Lonely Caterpillar, Possibly the Last of Its Kind, Has Died

The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly hasn’t been seen in the wild since 2022. The caterpillar was the last individual in human care.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

A Very Lonely Caterpillar, Possibly the Last of Its Kind, Has Died

WIRED Science

All the Fancy Measuring Devices Used in Science Rely on Two Stone-Age Techniques

The many methods we use to gather data ultimately boil down to either counting or comparing.

1 day ago

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All the Fancy Measuring Devices Used in Science Rely on Two Stone-Age Techniques

New York Times Science

A New Era of Exploring the Universe in Radio

With 263 antennas spread across the U.S. and Mexico, the Next Generation Very Large Array, would join a new wave of radio astronomy.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

A New Era of Exploring the Universe in Radio

New York Times Science

When Humans Went Away, the Wildlife Strayed

When people disappeared from the landscape, as they did during the pandemic, wild animals changed how they used space and resources, scientists found.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

When Humans Went Away, the Wildlife Strayed

New York Times Science

A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.

The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.

WIRED Science

Why the 2026 Hurricane Season Might Not Be That Bad

The impending arrival of El Niño will help keep the number of storms low. But it only takes one landfall to create a catastrophe.

2 days ago

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Why the 2026 Hurricane Season Might Not Be That Bad

New York Times Science

Pigeons and People Have Been Frenemies for Longer Than You Think

Bones discovered at an archaeological site in Cyprus suggest the birds have been strutting around human settlements since at least 1400 B.C.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

Pigeons and People Have Been Frenemies for Longer Than You Think