The universe may be hiding conscious minds stranger than we can imagine
What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that consciousness could arise in many different forms of
Anthropic accuses Alibaba of running the largest distillation campaign yet against Claude
Anthropic has accused Alibaba of waging the largest distillation campaign yet against a US AI company, telling senators and White House officials that operators linked
Early humans were bringing fire into caves 1.8 million years ago
A new study suggests early humans were using fire in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave as far back as 1.79 million years ago. Researchers found burned
Micron’s revenue quadrupled as AI memory demand pushes gross margins above 81 percent
Micron Technology posted fiscal third-quarter revenue of nearly $42bn, quadrupling from just over $9bn a year earlier and beating Wall Street estimates by a wide
Scientists discover ancient single-celled ancestors still live on in your blood
Scientists uncovered evidence that human blood cells may trace their origins back to single-celled ancestors that lived 700 million years ago. By rebuilding the evolutionary
Ronaldinho makes surprise return to football at 46
Former Brazil football star Ronaldinho comes out of retirement at the age of 46, signing with Italian club Ravenna FC.
Bosnia win 3-2, knock out Qatar to keep alive hopes of World Cup round of 32
Bosnia are in a strong position to be one of the best eight third-placed teams to progress to the last 32.
Qatar’s Madibo banned for 5 games after breaking leg of Canada’s Kone
Madibo’s tackle on Kone in the team’s Group B match left the Canadian player with a broken leg.
GOP gubernatorial candidate to hold rally with MAGA hate pastor who praises Hitler
James Fishback, a racist and antisemitic Republican running to become Florida’s next governor, will hold a rally on Saturday, June 27 with Christian nationalist hate
Why women are more affected by hot weather than men
Why are women’s bodies impacted by heat differently to men’s?
One-two punch delivered in global operation disrupts cybercrime “assembly line”
International authorities and a raft of private technology companies say they have disrupted a cybercrime “assembly line” that allowed crooks to collect millions of login
Underpromise, overdeliver? Hands-on with the $24,950 Slate auto.
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OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil Custom A.I. Chip Design
The maker of ChatGPT plans to use enough chips to consume 10 gigawatts of electricity, an amount that could power millions of households.
GOP’s ‘unconscionable’ omission in new farm bill has hunger experts furious
Senate Republicans unveiled annual farm legislation this week that would do nothing to address the worsening nationwide hunger crisis spurred by President Tweety McTreason and