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Background The founder of the viral AI assistant OpenClaw formerly known as Moltbot and Clawdbot is now joining OpenAI. The recent, quick name change may have...

Silent Hill: Townfall is the next entry in the long‑running survival‑horror franchise. Developed by Glasgow‑based studio Screen Burn, the game is set in the fic...

Macro Evidence of AI‑Driven Productivity Gains Erik Brynjolfsson, an IT productivity researcher, wrote in the Financial Times that he has finally found evidenc...

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New Rules Overview India has tightened regulations governing social media content, especially targeting artificially generated and manipulated material, to cur...

Running solo After these astronauts departed on January 15, just a single NASA astronaut, Chris Williams, remained in orbit. He had reached space on board a Ru...

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