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Waymo is set to begin offering robotaxi rides on freeways in San Francisco, LA and Phoenix. The company also installed additional infrastructure needed to charge its fleet of electric robotaxis given the freeway expansion. cnb.cx/3JZsj1B
Waymo begins offering freeway robotaxi rides in San Francisco, LA and Phoenix
The Google sister company has been testing robotaxi freeway rides with employees for more than a year.
cnb.cx
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Waymo is set to begin offering robotaxi rides on freeways in San Francisco, LA and Phoenix. The company also installed additional infrastructure needed to charge its fleet of electric robotaxis given the freeway expansion. cnb.cx/3JZsj1B
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"In the room for 5- to 7-year-olds, a large TV on one wall displays circle charts that update every minute with completion rates and other metrics from each student’s personalized learning software" www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out
In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
www.wired.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"In the room for 5- to 7-year-olds, a large TV on one wall displays circle charts that update every minute with completion rates and other metrics from each student’s personalized learning software" www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
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We're excited to reveal Strata, a strategy game we developed for Board, a new game console that blends physical and digital play: board.fun
In Strata, you use physical 3D blocks to claim territory and outmaneuver opponents.
Tetris meets Chess.
In Strata, you use physical 3D blocks to claim territory and outmaneuver opponents.
Tetris meets Chess.
October 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We're excited to reveal Strata, a strategy game we developed for Board, a new game console that blends physical and digital play: board.fun
In Strata, you use physical 3D blocks to claim territory and outmaneuver opponents.
Tetris meets Chess.
In Strata, you use physical 3D blocks to claim territory and outmaneuver opponents.
Tetris meets Chess.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Bluesky is a site explicitly founded by cryptocurrency libertarians with the idea that it would be a decentralized platform where users would be free to choose the open-source moderation and algorithmic feed tools they wanted, and by accident acquired a power userbase that hates all of those things.
Are people mad at the Bluesky ceo for a real reason or an internet madness reason?
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bluesky is a site explicitly founded by cryptocurrency libertarians with the idea that it would be a decentralized platform where users would be free to choose the open-source moderation and algorithmic feed tools they wanted, and by accident acquired a power userbase that hates all of those things.
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Now on @sciam.bsky.social: A fresh look at old Cassini data shows surprising chemical complexity brewing within Enceladus. This time we've found oodles of chonky organic molecules that could be precursors to (or byproducts of) even chonkier biomolecules.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-l...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-l...
Is Life inside Enceladus? Saturn’s Ocean Moon Is Awash with Biology’s Raw Ingredients
A fresh analysis of old data has found rich organic chemistry within the hidden ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus
www.scientificamerican.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Now on @sciam.bsky.social: A fresh look at old Cassini data shows surprising chemical complexity brewing within Enceladus. This time we've found oodles of chonky organic molecules that could be precursors to (or byproducts of) even chonkier biomolecules.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-l...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-l...
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Just when you start to doubt Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s prediction — that AI will replace half of entry-level, white-collar workers within five years — a story like this comes along.
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/pas...
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/pas...
September 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Just when you start to doubt Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s prediction — that AI will replace half of entry-level, white-collar workers within five years — a story like this comes along.
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/pas...
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/pas...
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".. Robotaxis -- self-driving vehicles for hire -- are about to eat the drivers’ lunch. Within a few decades, hiring a driver to operate a car will go the way of human elevator operators, bowling pin setters, and switchboard operators."
www.persuasion.community/p/human-driv...
www.persuasion.community/p/human-driv...
Human Drivers Are Becoming Obsolete
The rise of the robotaxi.
www.persuasion.community
September 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
".. Robotaxis -- self-driving vehicles for hire -- are about to eat the drivers’ lunch. Within a few decades, hiring a driver to operate a car will go the way of human elevator operators, bowling pin setters, and switchboard operators."
www.persuasion.community/p/human-driv...
www.persuasion.community/p/human-driv...
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Scientists are striving to unlock the genetic secrets of unusually long-lived animals to find clues to extending healthy human life. on.ft.com/4n3Rlej
September 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Scientists are striving to unlock the genetic secrets of unusually long-lived animals to find clues to extending healthy human life. on.ft.com/4n3Rlej
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In June, almost one-quarter of US power generation was green, up from 18% in the year-earlier period, according to data compiled from the US Energy Information Administration.
The US Keeps Breaking Renewable Energy Records
New highs for solar and wind power and battery storage are emerging on an almost weekly basis across the country.
www.bloomberg.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
In June, almost one-quarter of US power generation was green, up from 18% in the year-earlier period, according to data compiled from the US Energy Information Administration.
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"Last year, more than 90 percent of wind and solar projects commissioned worldwide produced power more cheaply than the cheapest available fossil-fuel alternative."
‘China Is the Engine’ Driving Nations Away From Fossil Fuels, Report Says
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
"Last year, more than 90 percent of wind and solar projects commissioned worldwide produced power more cheaply than the cheapest available fossil-fuel alternative."
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In 1983, Philips produced the first FM radio receiver on a chip, leading to products such as the FM radio wristwatch. Let's look at the tiny silicon die inside this chip and see how it works. 1/N
August 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In 1983, Philips produced the first FM radio receiver on a chip, leading to products such as the FM radio wristwatch. Let's look at the tiny silicon die inside this chip and see how it works. 1/N
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Organ clocks, protein clocks, immune system clocks—the longevity research space is filled with so many new ways to measure biological age. I spoke with @erictopol.bsky.social to discuss the latest in aging tests ⏰ @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
A Longevity Expert Breaks Down the Science and Hype of Biological Aging Tests
Super Agers author Eric Topol unpacks the rise of biological age tests—from organ clocks to immune system clocks—and how they might revolutionize early diagnosis of disease
www.scientificamerican.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Organ clocks, protein clocks, immune system clocks—the longevity research space is filled with so many new ways to measure biological age. I spoke with @erictopol.bsky.social to discuss the latest in aging tests ⏰ @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
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It’s Bulletproof, Fire-Resistant and Stronger Than Steel. It’s Superwood.
Waste wood scraps, changed at the molecular level, could become heavy-duty building materials—and even replace plastic, aluminum and carbon fiber in our vehicles and gadgets
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/tech/inventw...
Waste wood scraps, changed at the molecular level, could become heavy-duty building materials—and even replace plastic, aluminum and carbon fiber in our vehicles and gadgets
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/tech/inventw...
It’s Bulletproof, Fire-Resistant and Stronger Than Steel. It’s Superwood.
Waste wood scraps, changed at the molecular level, could become heavy-duty building materials—and even replace plastic, aluminum and carbon fiber in our vehicles and gadgets.
www.wsj.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It’s Bulletproof, Fire-Resistant and Stronger Than Steel. It’s Superwood.
Waste wood scraps, changed at the molecular level, could become heavy-duty building materials—and even replace plastic, aluminum and carbon fiber in our vehicles and gadgets
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/tech/inventw...
Waste wood scraps, changed at the molecular level, could become heavy-duty building materials—and even replace plastic, aluminum and carbon fiber in our vehicles and gadgets
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/tech/inventw...
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From living matter to molecules to elementary particles, the world is made of “chiral” objects that differ from their reflected forms. www.wired.com/story/how-th...
How the Universe and Its Mirrored Version Are Different
From living matter to molecules to elementary particles, the world is made of “chiral” objects that differ from their reflected forms.
www.wired.com
June 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
From living matter to molecules to elementary particles, the world is made of “chiral” objects that differ from their reflected forms. www.wired.com/story/how-th...
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![Comic. [planets and astronomical bodies in various shapes with comments pointing to them] Typical Exoplanet System: Giant planet orbiting so close that it’s actually rolling on the star’s surface; Hot Jupiter; Mini Neptune; Planet that could be habitable, if there’s a form of life that hates water but loves acid and being on fire; Cold Jupiter; Potentially habitable void; Hot Mars; Planet that may actually be in the habitable zone, according to a very optimistic modeling paper by some desperate postdocs; There’s a pulsar here but it’s probably fine; A waterworld paradise with beautiful oceans and warm— Wait, no, we just got new measurements, it’s a hellish steam oven; Mini Pluto; Earthlike data artifact; Wet Saturn; Either a gas giant or a fist-sized rock, depending which calibration method you use; Faint dust cloud that will cause several papers to be retracted; Somehow this whole system is smaller than the orbit of Mercury?!; Planet whose surface may host conditions suitable for rocks](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiarfi2ggmv32pbpagsawnfvq3qpvww6qnptusklp2skmj7dqclewm@jpeg)
June 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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About 70,000 years ago, a new study suggests, our species learned to live just about anywhere. Later, that ability helped our ancestors expand from Africa across the world. Here’s my story on the human niche [Gift link] nyti.ms/3ZBc7ID
When Humans Learned to Live Everywhere
About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for our global migration.
nyti.ms
June 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
About 70,000 years ago, a new study suggests, our species learned to live just about anywhere. Later, that ability helped our ancestors expand from Africa across the world. Here’s my story on the human niche [Gift link] nyti.ms/3ZBc7ID
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Lab-grown salmon cleared for sale in the United States. Wildtype’s 'cultured' salmon is made in a lab from a few cells. In May 2025, the FDA approved Wildtype’s salmon for commercial sale, paving the way for the world’s first commercial sales of cell-based seafood. buff.ly/yJiHfus
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FDA clears Wildtype’s cell-cultivated salmon for US debut
Wildtype is the first to launch cultivated seafood in the US after securing an FDA no questions letter re. the safety of its cultivated salmon
buff.ly
June 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Lab-grown salmon cleared for sale in the United States. Wildtype’s 'cultured' salmon is made in a lab from a few cells. In May 2025, the FDA approved Wildtype’s salmon for commercial sale, paving the way for the world’s first commercial sales of cell-based seafood. buff.ly/yJiHfus
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Sometimes I think I do cool things at work and then my colleagues are like, oh we discovered a new T Rex ancestor.
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
Meet Khankhuuluu: The Dragon Prince Dinosaur That Came Before T. Rex
Learn more about a newly discovered dinosaur species that is now the closest-known ancestor to the Tyrannosaurs.
www.discovermagazine.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Sometimes I think I do cool things at work and then my colleagues are like, oh we discovered a new T Rex ancestor.
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
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👀This is impressive: Using an autonomous agent based on o3-mini and GPT-4.1, a team from Harvard, MIT & other institutions reproduced and updated an entire issue of Cochrane Reviews in two days… saving 12 person-years of work.
The AI reviews captured more papers & were more accurate than humans.
The AI reviews captured more papers & were more accurate than humans.
June 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
👀This is impressive: Using an autonomous agent based on o3-mini and GPT-4.1, a team from Harvard, MIT & other institutions reproduced and updated an entire issue of Cochrane Reviews in two days… saving 12 person-years of work.
The AI reviews captured more papers & were more accurate than humans.
The AI reviews captured more papers & were more accurate than humans.
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Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
June 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024