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Meta's AI 'Companions' Talk Sex, Even With Children
Highlighting disturbing revelations and concerns among employees, Meta's "digital companions" will reportedly talk explicitly about sex with users, including children...
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Texas County to Vote on Making SpaceX Base a City
Texans in Cameron County are set to vote on a proposal to make the industrial complex Starbase, the headquarters of SpaceX, an official city, Fox 7 Austin reports.
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US Finalizes Tariffs on Southeast Asia Solar Imports
U.S. trade officials finalized tariff levels on solar cells and panels from Southeast Asia, a key step toward wrapping up a year-old trade case brought by American manufacturers that accuse their overseas rivals of flooding the market with unfairly cheap goods. The decision ...
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FAA to Deploy New Pilot Messaging Database System by Sept.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it plans to deploy a new pilot messaging database by September after a series of outages have raised safety concerns. The FAA said it had selected CGI Federal to work on modernizing the "Notice to Airmen" system that provides ...
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Story of Interdimensional Doorway Near Area 51 Resurfaces
An old story about UFOs, interdimensional doorways, and secret military bases in the American desert has resurfaced in the news in light of a classification deadline and the promise of the Trump campaign to disclose national secrets...
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Success of Religious App Hallow - 'Just God Showing Off'
The success of the religious mobile phone app Hallow shows no sign of diminishing. At 23 million downloads and growing, it is nothing short of a media superstar.
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Humanoid Robots Run a Chinese Half-Marathon Alongside Humans
In one small step for robot-kind - thousands of them, really - humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital on Saturday.
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NASA: Lunar Eclipse May Pinpoint Day of Christ's Crucifixion
NASA has discovered evidence suggesting that a cosmic event - a lunar eclipse - could have led to the biblical descriptions of the skies turning red on the day Jesus Christ was crucified.
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Scientists Find Strongest Evidence Yet of Life on Alien Planet
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in a planet's atmosphere chemical fingerprints of gases produced only by biological processes on Earth.
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RFK Jr.: Autism Epidemic 'Running Rampant'
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday said the U.S. is experiencing an "autism epidemic" that he claims cannot be explained by "better diagnostic criteria" or "genes."
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Quinnipiac Poll: Americans Mixed About AI Impact
A new poll from Quinnipiac University shows Americans have conflicting views about the impact artificial intelligence could have on the job market and its impact on society.
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Bahamas Suspends SpaceX Landings Pending Post-Launch Probe
The Bahamas' government said Tuesday it is suspending all SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket landings in the country, pending a full post-launch investigation. "No further clearances will be granted until a full environmental assessment is reviewed," Bahamian Director of Communications ...
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CDC: Autism Rates Rise to 1 in 31 Kids
An estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, marking another jump in a long string of increases. The CDC's data was from 14 states and Puerto Rico in 2022. The previous estimate - from 2020 - was 1 in...
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Document: Zuckerberg Eyed Instagram Spinoff Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off the popular social media app Instagram in 2018 in anticipation of a potential antitrust lawsuit, documents unveiled at trial on Tuesday in Washington showed.
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Solar Storm Heads to Earth: What to Know About Northern Lights
A strong solar storm headed to Earth could produce colorful aurora displays across more U.S. states than usual Tuesday night.
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Human Tooth Grown in Lab
Scientists at King's College in London announced they have managed to grow a human tooth, the BBC reported.
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Memo Details NOAA Climate Research Cuts, Shift to Fossil Fuels
The Trump administration is planning to close the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's primary research office for alleged man-made climate change and to use the agency to boost U.S. fossil-fuel production.
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FDA to Phase Out Animal Testing in Drug Development
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it plans to replace animal testing in the development of monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs with "human-relevant methods," including the use of artificial intelligence-based models.
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Authors Withdraw Evolution Paper Fearing Deportation
Two scientists who co-authored a paper on evolution opted against publishing their research out of fear of retaliation, including deportation, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
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Trump Ends $4M in Funding to Princeton's Climate Programs
The Commerce Department on Tuesday ended about $4 million in funding to Princeton University for assessing climate-related risks, saying those programs were not aligned with the Trump administration's priorities.
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Top FAA Air Traffic Control Official Stepping Down
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic organization is stepping down after 40 years of federal government service, an agency spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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Army Adjusts Tracker Policy, Training After Jan. Jet Collision
The Army has made changes to how its helicopters use a safety system that broadcasts aircraft location and has reduced the number of flights over Washington following a collision with a passenger jet that killed 67 people, the head of Army aviation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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Trump's NASA Pick: Agency Will Prioritize Mars Mission
President Donald Trump's pick to lead NASA will tell senators on Wednesday that the agency will prioritize an astronaut mission to Mars, while noting that most U.S. space programs are over budget and behind schedule.
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Trump Ignites US Nuclear Comeback With Texas Plant
The Trump administration's drive to revive American manufacturing and power a growing artificial intelligence industry is accelerating with a new nuclear energy project in Texas, The Washington Times reported.
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Concern Grows Alaskan Volcano May Be Close to Eruption
An earthquake that hit 30 miles away from a volcano in Alaska has scientists concerned it may erupt in a few weeks, according to the Daily Mail.