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- Europe Is The Fastest-Warming Continent
With fast warming and an aging population, Europe has become vulnerable to heatwaves. More air conditioning could help, but has set off a debate over climate change culprits and if better solutions are possible.
- Why AI Enhanced Sound Is Suddenly The Ultimate Competitive Advantage
Currently AI systems cannot "read" audio and video files, making it difficult to search and index them. but there is new technology that may be fixing that.
- After Dusty May’s Departure, Michigan Retains Roster As It Seeks Repeat National Title
Since Dusty May left for the Mavericks, most of Michigan’s top players have committed to play next season for Mike Boynton, who was named interim coach after May left.
- World Cup fever is real. This CEO is betting it’s not fleeting
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- AI didn’t break higher education—It exposed the credential trap
As tuition soars past crisis levels and AI reshapes the classroom, students are rationally optimizing for diplomas over discovery. Call it the degree trap.
Technology
- Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution
Anthony Agueda, a third-generation California dairy farmer, pulls a rake through a bed of dark, wet wood chips on his family’s land in Hickman, a tiny town in the state’s agricultural heartland. He reaches down with both hands and pulls up a clump of muck, turning it over to reveal a half-dozen squirming red earthworms.…
- FCC to end Biden-era rule that forces ISPs to list all their fees
FCC to let ISPs stop listing all passthrough fees, give single "up to" price.
- Kremlin suspected of flying drones over Europe using Russian shadow fleet
Drone intruders that possibly flew from Russian ships showed Europe isn’t ready.
- What is the oldest American object ever launched into space?
From a Revolutionary War flag to the Statue of Liberty...
- Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s oft-discussed promise that Americans will share in the wealth AI creates was in the news again last week. On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that Altman is in…
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