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Once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away (this one, in fact), a few internet rebels decided that they were tired of the corporate overlords controlling their online lives. Thus, the fediverse was born — an attempt…

Giving robots a human-like exterior has been the standard for years — centuries even. But giving them actual, living skin that can be manipulated horrifying, slimy expressions? That’s new. The new work, published in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science,…

Can you solve this puzzle? Mike Knoop A set of puzzles that will challenge even today’s most sophisticated artificial intelligence models, while being relatively easy for people, aims to encourage AI developers to create new techniques. Any AI that solves…

Meta just made an important update for Threads users who are sharing posts to the fediverse. The company began allowing users to opt-in to sharing their Threads posts to Mastodon and other ActivityPub-powered services back . But the integration has…

While there are indeed a ton of multitools on Kickstarter, most of them are pretty darn similar to one another. The GT-1 is different, in that it utilizes a unique folding form factor to pack 12 functions into one compact…

Earlier today Motorola unveiled the S50 Neo for the Chinese market, and in the meantime the same device seems to have been quietly listed by the brand across Europe as the Moto G85. Like the S50 Neo, the G85 is…

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After an MDMA therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder dramatically failed to impress Food and Drug Administration advisers earlier this month, researchers are moving forward with another psychedelic—a slow-release oral dose of the hallucinogenic drug ketamine—as a therapy for treatment-resistant depression.…

At 11:03 A.M. on April 17, 2018, metal fatigue caused a fan blade to break off inside the left engine of Southwest flight 1380 en route from New York to Dallas at 32,000 feet. The rupture blew the ex­­terior of…

Reddit has a warning for AI companies and other scrapers: play by our rules or get blocked. The company said in that it plans to update its Robots Exclusion Protocol (robots.txt file), which allows it to block automated scraping of…