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A British redcoat’s lost memoir resurfaces
Shadrack Byfield lost his left arm in the War of 1812; his life sheds light on post-war re-integration....
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Ars Technica
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A single click mounted a covert, multistage attack against Copilot
Exploit exfiltrating data from chat histories worked even after users closed chat windows....
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I can’t stop shooting Oddcore’s endless waves of weird little guys
Zippy action, fun upgrade system make for a great pick-up-and-play shooter....
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FBI fights leaks by seizing Washington Post reporter’s phone, laptops, and watch
FBI searches home and devices of reporter who has over 1,100 government contacts....
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Grok was finally updated to stop undressing women and children, X Safety says
California's AG will investigate whether Musk’s nudifying bot broke US laws....
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Federal data underscores meteoric rise of streaming subscription prices in 2025
Streaming services played a big role in 2025 inflation....
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Civilization VII is headed to iPhone and iPad with “Arcade Edition”
Apple's platforms are also getting Retrocade, a library of classic arcade games....
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Leonardo’s wood charring method predates Japanese practice
The Japanese technique of burning wood surfaces creates a protective carbonized layer in bioarchitecture....
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Researchers make “neuromorphic” artificial skin for robots
Information from sensors is transmitted using neural-style activity spikes....
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China drafts world’s strictest rules to end AI-encouraged suicide, violence
China wants a human to intervene and notify guardians if suicide is ever mentioned....
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A quirky guide to myths and lore based in actual science
Folklorist/historian Adrienne Mayor on her new book Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore...
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GPS is vulnerable to jamming—here’s how we might fix it
GPS jamming has gotten cheap and easy, but there are potential solutions....