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$630 is a lot to spend on a kitchen countertop gadget — especially one that only makes ice. But GE’s Profile Opal Ultra 2.0 Nugget Ice Maker has convinced at least one writer that it’s money well spent. “Nugget ice is a hill many will die on — my family included,” Jennifer Pattison Tuohy writes...
9h ago
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Flipboard Science Desk (@ScienceDesk@flipboard.social)
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If future you met present you, how would that conversation go? “Hey, thanks for investing so wisely!” Or, “Was all that beer worth it?” BBC’s Science Focus ponders time travel and a world in which you could run into yourself without even knowing it. https://flip.it/49vuQ8 Follow...
12h ago
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Attached: 1 image Apparently Halloween is right around the corner!
15h ago
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Top in News (@topinnews@flipboard.social)
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Trump disavows Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, despite MAGA ties https://www.axios.com/2024/07/05/trump-project-2025-heritage-foundation
22h ago
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CoffeeGeek (@coffeegeek@flipboard.social)
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Attached: 1 image OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG #CANADA wins the PK Shootout, advances in #CopaAmerica to the semi finals! OMG OMG OMG WAY TO GO #CANMNT! MASSIVE! That last kick by Kone! And the save by Maxime! OMG. OMG. GO CANADA!!!!!!! (apologies to those who follow me for coffee stuff)
22h ago
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Flipboard (@Flipboard@flipboard.social)
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How does going to space change your body? Susan Bailey, a professor at Colorado State University, writes for @TheConversationUS@newsie.social about her research for NASA — a study where she and her team measured the telomeres (protective caps at the end of chromosomes) of a twin who had been to...
23h ago
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After the Labour Party’s landslide win yesterday, new U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed 22 people to key cabinet positions. The BBC has created a handy guide to the new members. https://flip.it/dGqtZk #UK #Election #Cabinet #Labour #Starmer
on Fri, 10PM
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Edo — the ancient Japanese city now known as Tokyo — may have been one of the world's first large-scale ecological civilizations. From 1603 to 1868, as a result of the government's policy of not trading with outside nations, there was a scarcity of cotton and timber, which meant that everything...
on Fri, 9AM
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Exit polls say Britain’s center-left Labour Party will win historic general election by a wide margin, ending the Conservative Party’s rule after 14 years. Keir Starmer will take over as Prime Minister from Rishi Sunak, becoming the fifth person in the role since Brexit was voted through in...
on Thu, 11PM
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MYELECTRICSPARKS (@TechExplorer@flipboard.social)
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Attached: 1 image Canada is set to revolutionize aluminum production with the introduction of Elysis’ groundbreaking inert anode technology at Rio Tinto’s Arvida smelter in Quebec. This innovative process eliminates carbon emissions from traditional smelting, releasing only oxygen and...
on Thu, 2PM
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Images of real children, casually posted online years ago, are being used to train AI models — even when platforms prohibit scraping and families use strict privacy settings, claims an industry watchdog. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says it has found images of real children in Brazil and Australia...
on Thu, 1AM
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Google has announced its carbon emissions have surged by almost 50% in the past five years — a spike the company is attributing to “rapid advancements in and demand for artificial intelligence.” This creates a notable setback in its goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030, and raises...
on Wed, 2AM
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How did it go so wrong for Britain’s Conservatives? "Barring a polling error of world historic proportions, 14 years of Conservative rule will come to an end in the United Kingdom on July 4." @Vox@flipboard.com has an explainer: https://flip.it/bfDvkL For similar content, follow...
on Tue, 5PM
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Attached: 1 image A new Pew Research Center survey reveals a significant drop in the number of Americans considering purchasing electric vehicles (EVs), down 9 percentage points from the previous year. #ElectricVehicles #EVs #Sustainability #TechNews #Automotive #CleanEnergy #Infrastructure...
on Tue, 3PM
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The Sony Walkman turns 45 today, and to celebrate, TechRadar has taken a look back at its history and the influence it has had on how we listen to music. But we want to know, did you have a Walkman? What was your first cassette tape? https://flip.it/wRN9mh #SonyWalkman #RetroTech #Tech
on Mon, 10PM
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You know it’s time to take out the garbage from under the sink when flies are buzzing around it. The same can now be said about your computer’s trash directory. The Verge has more on a new Mac app that warns you about your diminishing storage space. https://flip.it/uw.g7K #Tech #Technology...
on Mon, 3AM
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One of the selling points of Google’s flagship generative AI models, Gemini 1.5 Pro and 1.5 Flash, is the amount of data they can supposedly process and analyze. But new research suggests that the models aren’t, in fact, very good at those things. “While models like Gemini 1.5 Pro can...
on Sun, 10PM
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The problem with generative AI is that while it’s perfectly capable of performing a certain set of tasks, it can’t do everything a human can, and humans tend to overestimate its capabilities, says Rodney Brooks, Professor of Robotics Emeritus at MIT. Is it time to pump the brakes on all the...
on Jun 30
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CoffeeGeek (@coffeegeek@flipboard.social)
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When I pulled the plug in October, 2023 on my daily Twitter engagement, and went all in on the #Fediverse, I had some goals in mind, written in my desktop notebook. - No longer get my news from a social media feed (instead reading more traditional journalism) - Try to avoid negativity, at...
on Jun 29
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Microsoft’s CEO of AI Mustafa Suleyman, may need to brush up on his copyright law if his comments at Aspen Ideas Festival earlier this week are anything to go by. Speaking to CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin, he claimed that all content shared on the web is "freeware" and available to be used for AI...
on Jun 29
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Salvo Micciché (@salvomic@flipboard.social)
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@Threads blocks Mastodon? How are things really? I can't really follow this case, since here in Europe the federation of Threads with Fediverse is not there... https://darnell.day/fediverse-smackdown-threads-blocks-flagship-mastodon-misskey-and-bookwyrm?pk_campaign=rss-feed
on Jun 28
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A Matisse painting is to be returned to the heirs of the German-Jewish family who were forced to sell it after escaping Nazi Germany, Euronews reports. The Commission for Looted Art in Europe, a non-profit, found that "Odalisque" was sold out of necessity by Albert and Marie Stern. Both were...
on Jun 28
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CoffeeGeek (@coffeegeek@flipboard.social)
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#NCP This is actually some big news: a lot of folks originally joined the Tweeter because of #Diggnation and #TWiT hyping up Twitter in its earliest days. I know I joined because of them (esp. Leo talking about it all the time) Well Kevin Rose, founder of #Digg, said if he got 1,000 likes to...
on Jun 28
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Ukraine is one of few countries where the issue of firearms for citizens is not yet regulated by law. The team at @timkmak@journa.host’s Counteroffensive have written about ongoing efforts to legislate around the ownership of guns, and the debate over whether Ukrainians would have been better...
on Jun 26
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Science is full of errors. A new project is paying researchers to find errors in other scientists’ work. The only problem? Even error hunters make mistakes. Read about it at Wired. And follow @WIRED@flipboard.com for more great content ranging from science to culture and beyond: ...
on Jun 26
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Attached: 1 image The Levain Bakery Copycat Double Chocolate Chip Cookies You Have Been Missing Out READ MORE: https://www.easyanddelish.com/double-chocolate-chip-cookies/ #cookies #chocolate #dessert #recipe
on Jun 26
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Apple has said a number of upcoming features, including its highly anticipated Apple Intelligence AI tool, may not be available in the EU this year due to “regulatory uncertainties.” Apple is citing concerns with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which puts strict requirements on the “gatekeepers”...
on Jun 26
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A Nevada judge dismisses charges against six Republicans accused of falsely declaring Donald Trump winner of state in 2020 U.S. presidential election. The Nevada Independent reports: "Immediately after the ruling, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said the 'judge got it wrong' and that his...
on Jun 26
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Barcelona's mayor, Jaume Collboni, has announced that the city intends to invalidate the licenses of all 10,101 units approved as short-term vacation rentals and issue no new licenses, leading to an effective ban by November 2028. "From 2029, the tourist apartment as it is currently known will...
on Jun 26
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"Donald Trump’s campaign outraised President Joe Biden by more than $60 million last month, according to federal filings that detailed the Republican fundraising explosion sparked by Trump’s felony convictions." AP reports: https://flip.it/0-pqyj #Trump #Biden #USPolitics #Election #Politics
on Jun 26
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How is North Korea supporting Russia in Ukraine? @dw@c.im explores the new defense pact between the two countries: https://flip.it/aH8PiY #NorthKorea #Russia #Ukraine #Putin #KimJongUn #Korea #RussiaUkraineWar #News
on Jun 26
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World’s oldest liquid wine found in 2,000-year-old Roman tomb in Spain. And there's a ghoulish twist. @euronews@flipboard.com reports: "Submerged in nearly five litres of the reddish liquid were the cremated bones of a man, as well as a gold ring." https://flip.it/CAUfVD #Archaeology #Wine...
on Jun 26
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Two astronauts wait to come home as Boeing races to understand spacecraft issues. CNN reports the Starliner vehicle has faced helium leaks and thruster issues: https://flip.it/Mrvh_1 #Boeing #Space #Starliner #Astronaut #NASA
on Jun 26
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A U.S. journalist shot by police while covering the 2020 protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis is dying of her injuries. NPR reports a "nonlethal" foam plastic bullet hit Linda Tirado, 42, in the eye — even though she was wearing protective goggles and press credentials. "While...
on Jun 26
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Louisiana just became the first state in the country to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools and state-funded universities. The American Civil Liberties Union says they plan to sue on the grounds that the law violates First Amendment. Louisiana is the first state to...
on Jun 26
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Walmart has become the latest retailer to switch price stickers for electronic shelf labels that can be changed as often as every ten seconds. Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh stores and the Midwestern chain Schnucks had already adopted the technology. Santiago Gallino, a professor specializing in...
on Jun 26
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West Virginia University mycology professor Matt Kasson is tracking a fungus called Massospora cicadina. It is the only one on Earth that makes amphetamine in a critter when it takes over. This fungus takes control over the cicadas, making them hypersexual, looking to spread the parasite as a...
on Jun 26
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McDonald's is removing AI-powered ordering technology from its drive-through restaurants in the U.S. after multiple mishaps, some of which were documented on social media. "In one video, which has 30,000 views on TikTok, a young woman becomes increasingly exasperated as she attempts to convince...
on Jun 26
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Amy Coney Barrett may be poised to split conservatives on the Supreme Court https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/19/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-conservatives-rift-00164047
on Jun 26
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Around 1,500 creators from the across the world have entered their AI-generated influencers into the world’s first AI beauty pageant, all vying to win $20,000 and the chance for their character to be crowned “Miss AI.” Some see the competition as a showcase of technical and creative talent,...
on Jun 26
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Today, we announced that we have federated the Flipboard accounts of nine more trusted publishers. Read more about this in the blogpost by managing editor @csullivan, and check out the "Media Organizations & Brands" tab of our spreadsheet to discover the other 100 federated Flipboard...
on Jun 26
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Fediverse Explorations | Fediverse Explorations https://fediverseexplorations.org/
on Jun 26
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A new social network called Butterflies launches to the public today, creating an online social space where humans and AIs coexist together. Created by Vu Tran, a former engineering manager at Snap, Butterflies sees human users creating an AI persona called a “Butterfly,” which will then...
on Jun 26
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea for the first time in 24 years, seeking support for his war in Ukraine from leader Kim Jong Un. In return for the country’s continued support, Putin said he would help protect North Korea’s interests in response to what he called “U.S....
on Jun 26
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As part of our mission to bring more high-quality journalism to the fediverse, we’re federating today the profiles of nine U.S. media sites, bringing their content to Mastodon and other platforms. We think this is especially important now as the world faces serious crises like Ukraine, Gaza and...
on Jun 26
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Threads will now let people see and like replies from other federated platforms to Threads posts, @theverge@flipboard.com reports. Previously, if you made a post on Threads that was syndicated to Mastodon, you would not be able to see responses to that post while still on Threads. Mark...
on Jun 25
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Many companies rely on software as a way to ensure that remote employees are actually at their computers and being productive. Remember that if you’re thinking of using a “mouse mover” to simulate productivity. Wells Fargo reportedly fired more than a dozen workers for this violation Read more...
on Jun 25
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Microsoft has postponed Windows Recall, the company’s flagship AI feature that tracks everything you do on your computer and makes the content easily searchable. Maybe too easily. Critics slammed Recall as creepy and a privacy nightmare. The postponement also gave Apple execs an opening for a...
on Jun 25
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Thirty-two years ago, “The Real World” debuted on MTV, chronicling the interactions of seven young people living in a swanky SoHo loft. The show was a hit, and it ran for 33 seasons. It also established the look and rhythm of modern reality TV, pioneering the key tropes that came to define the...
on Jun 25
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Remote workers using “mouse-mover” technology are getting caught https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/14/24178582/remote-work-mouse-jiggler-mover-wellsfargo
on Jun 25