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Ars Technica

Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

"Black hole stars," making cookies from plastic, tiny sound-powered drones, and more.

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Ars Technica

A newborn and child reportedly died of measles; CDC isn’t counting them

Historically, state health departments determine cases and deaths, not the CDC.

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Mobile & Gadgets

Ars Technica

New Android Drop adds remembered items in Find Hub, makes anti-nausea dots official

New features are rolling out across the Android ecosystem starting today.

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TechCrunch

Pangram’s Max Spero on why AI detection is harder than ‘Real or Fake’

The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop. AI-generated text and images are now making their…

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TechCrunch

X shifts US creator payouts from Stripe to X Money

X says U.S. creator payouts will now be handled through its X Money payments service, a change that appears to replace the previous Stripe-powered payout…

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TechCrunch

US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material

"The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive artificial intelligence industry that sets the standard for the practice…

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Startups & Tech

TechCrunch

Wonderful more than doubles its valuation to $5B in under 6 months

Wonderful said it will use its $550 million Series C funding to develop products faster, expand its FDE teams, and meet demand for its products.

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TechCrunch

India’s richest man now wants to turn aging computers into AI-ready PCs

Jio is betting it can turn an aging computer into an AI-ready PC for as little as about $11 for two months.

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TechCrunch

HiddenLayer nabs $100M as enterprises rush to secure their AI deployments

Security companies are scrambling to build products that can monitor not just agents but also the tools and add-ons they use.

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Ars Technica

US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case

The DOJ proved to the court that Google acted illegally, but it won't get the big win it wanted.

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Ars Technica

Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84

He reported from space that only "fat" Japanese tree frogs enjoyed weightlessness.

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Ars Technica

The Army just used a 20-kilowatt laser to take out three drones

The Army says its laser system can track and destroy hostile drones.

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