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Science A satellite has been jamming GPS over Europe Ellsworth Toohey

Technology The YouTube channel with 77,000 videos of red and blue rectangles Ellsworth Toohey

AI Ted Chiang argues an LLM chatbot is as conscious as Microsoft Word Ellsworth Toohey

Science New solar-power desalination device leaves no brine Ellsworth Toohey

Science Why autism symptoms can ease during a fever — and how to mimic it Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction 'They're Made Out of Meat,' rewritten as a dialogue about LLMs Ellsworth Toohey

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video games Domino's Pizza picked a fight over a video game nobody asked about Grant St. Clair

movies Fall, the movie about not falling, gets a sequel about an even bigger fall this fall Grant St. Clair

Entertainment At Disney World, you'll soon be able visit Monsters, Inc.'s city to celebrate H.U.M.A.N. Day Ruben Bolling

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china China is using recruitment sites to buy top secret information Séamus Bellamy

politics Indiana declares June "Nuclear Family Month" Jennifer Sandlin

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