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The Elusive Byzantine Empire (2019)
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Historytoday
The Elusive Byzantine Empire
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Man scammed after AI told him fake Facebook customer support number was real
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CBC
Winnipeg man caught in scam after AI told him fake Facebook customer support number was legitimate | CBC News
A Winnipeg man who says he was scammed out of hundreds of dollars when he called what he thought was a Facebook customer support hotline wants to warn others about what can go wrong.
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Spots, stripes and more: Working out the logic of animal patterns
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Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews
Spots, stripes and more: Working out the logic of animal patterns
More than 70 years ago, mathematician Alan Turing proposed a mechanism that explained how patterns could emerge from bland uniformity. Scientists are still using his model β and adding new twists β to gain a deeper understanding of animal markings.
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Legal models hallucinate in 1 out of 6 (or more) benchmarking queries
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hai.stanford.edu
AI on Trial: Legal Models Hallucinate in 1 out of 6 (or More) Benchmarking Queries | Stanford HAI
A new study reveals the need for benchmarking and public evaluations of AI tools in law.
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Debian KDE: Right Linux distribution for professional digital painting in 2024
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Debian 12 KDE Plasma: The right GNU/Linux distribution for professional digital painting in 2024. Reasons and complete installationβ¦
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NPGA: Neural Parametric Gaussian Avatars β high-fidelity digital faces
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arXiv.org
NPGA: Neural Parametric Gaussian Avatars
The creation of high-fidelity, digital versions of human heads is an important stepping stone in the process of further integrating virtual components into our everyday lives. Constructing such...
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Why does searching Google for random hex almost always lead to car dealers?
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Vista Equity writes off PluralSight value, after $3.5B buyout
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Axios
Vista Equity writes off PluralSight value, after $3.5 billion buyout
This is an example of leverage catching up with a leveraged buyout.
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Sam Altman-backed nuclear startup signs major data center contract
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Oil Price
Sam Altman-Backed Nuclear Startup Signs Major Data Center Contract
Oklo, a nuclear startup backed by Sam Altman, has inked a deal to supply 100MW of nuclear power to Wyoming Hyperscale, a data center company.
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Superconducting Computer: Imec's plan to shrink datacenters
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IEEE Spectrum
How to Put a Data Center in a Shoebox
Imecβs plan to use superconductors to shrink computers
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Eye exercises for myopia prevention and control: comprehensive systematic review
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Nature
Eye exercises for myopia prevention and control: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials
Eye - Eye exercises for myopia prevention and control: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials
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Show HN: Every mountain, building and tree shadow mapped for any date and time
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shademap.app
Simulate sun shadows
Every mountain, building and tree shadow in the world simulated for any date and time
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Trial results for new lung cancer drug are 'off the charts'
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the Guardian
Trial results for new lung cancer drug are βoff the chartsβ, say doctors
More than half of patients with advanced forms of disease who took lorlatinib were still alive after five years with no progression
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Bento: Open-source fork of the project formerly known as Benthos
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Warpstream
Announcing Bento, the open source fork of the project formerly known as Benthos
Announcing Bento, the open source fork of the project formerly known as Benthos.
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Show HN: Explore Websites by Chosen Color
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themefinder.io
Theme Finder
Find websites using similar themes!
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Armor from Mycenaean Greece turns out to have been effective
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Ars Technica
Bizarre armor from Mycenaean Greece turns out to have been effective
People suspected the Dendra armor was ceremonial, but new tests show its utility.
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Carpenter's AirTags help uncover 'massive' case of stolen tools in Maryland
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De-googling, so far
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Google Chrome's plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week
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Ars Technica
Google Chromeβs plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week
Chrome's Manifest V3 transition is here. First up are warnings for any V2 extensions.
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Heroku Postgres is now based on AWS Aurora
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Heroku
Introducing New Heroku Postgres Essential Plans Built On Amazon Aurora
Weβre thrilled to launch our new Heroku Postgres Essential database plans. These plans have pgvector support, no row count limits, and come with a 32 GB...
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