Around the world, people are drawing down reserves of fresh water faster than they can be replenished. The heedless consumption of water, combined with worsening drought globally, has ushered in an era of “water bankruptcy,” according to a dire new U.N. report.

ChatGPT is rolling out age prediction to estimate if accounts are under or over 18, applying safeguards for teens and refining accuracy over time.

Handbooks discovered in police raids detail how cyberfraud gangs groom victims for romance scams.

Exploring alternatives to the archived_at column pattern: triggers, application events, and WAL-based change data capture.

Gemini's Alliance Bank scam wins 70% against other AIs. Then 605 humans played. Humans won 88.4%. AI deception works on AI. Not on humans.

A radio telescope on the moon's far side could change our understanding of the universe. Learn how LuSEE-Night plans to listen to the cosmos like never before.

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A collaborative DAW with built-in version control. Record, branch, merge, and collaborate on music without losing creative control.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was a work for hire, but the department store employer returned the copyright to the author. This is how copyright registration turned Rudolph into a gold mine for the writer's family.

Anthropic's original performance take-home, now open for you to try! - anthropics/original_performance_takehome

Bound Book Format: A high-performance container format for comics and manga - ef1500/libbbf

Do visual effects look worse than they used to? The director of Pirates of the Caribbean says Unreal is the culprit.

Scott Bessent replied to a question on Danish investments by saying that ‘Denmark’s investment in US treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant’

Join the alliance building a strategic coalition for Europe's digital independence. Break free from hyperscaler control and reclaim European data sovereignty.

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