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AI’s Ad Tech Timeline: Charting Two Decades Of Algorithmic Evolution

Let’s look back at the surprisingly long history of AI innovation in ad tech, and where I see automation taking us next.

New DeepMind study reveals a hidden bottleneck in vector search that breaks advanced RAG systems

Your AI might look smart on benchmarks but could be brittle in the real world, leading to unexpected failures and eroding ...

Algorithm reconstructs evolution and clinical progression of tumors to peer inside cancer's 'black box'

An international team led by the Clínic-IDIBAPS-UB along with the Institute of Cancer Research, London, has developed a new ...

Discovery of young eclipsing binary system offers insight into early stellar evolution

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new pre-main-sequence eclipsing binary system. The newfound ...

Astronomers Discover One of the Most Massive Binary Stars in the Galaxy

NGC 3603-A1 is a pair of giant stars locked in a rapid 3.8-day orbit. Their dynamic relationship provides clues to how ...
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How Trump is using the Fed chair selection process to pressure Powell to lower rates

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is touting the Trump administration’s open approach to choosing the next chair of the Federal Reserve, but the process is just a performance that officials are using ...
Wall Street Journal1mon

Is an Algorithm Blocking Your Job Search? One Man Is Trying to Find Out.

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Annie Minoff: A few years ago, Derek Mobley was working in IT. He loved his job ...
Wired1mon

Christian Militants Are Using Instagram to Recruit—and Becoming Influencers in the Process

In a reel shared to Instagram on February 14, an account identifying itself with a group called The 13th Northeast Guerillas put out a call to prospective recruits in Vermont and New Hampshire. What ...
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America’s Largest Landlord Makes Deal With DOJ to Settle Price-Fixing Claims in RealPage Case

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. What Happened: Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord, has ...
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Enough is enough—I dumped Google’s worsening search for Kagi

Mandatory AI summaries have come to Google, and they gleefully showcase hallucinations while confidently insisting on their truth. I feel about them the same way I felt about mandatory G+ logins when ...
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MSI Claw benchmarked using AMD and Intel chips: Ryzen Z2 Extreme trumps Core Ultra 7 258V

Why it matters: MSI's new Claw A8 handheld builds on the success of the Claw 8 AI+ with notable performance gains in popular games, especially at typical handheld power levels. As handheld gaming ...
The Bulletin1mon

Deschutes River level drops to aid search for Dillon Falls victim

Deschutes County Sheriffs Department personnel search for two missing boaters on the Deschutes River, downstream of Dillon Falls, west of Bend. 07/21/25 (Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin) Central Oregon ...