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NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope

TL;DRNASA scrapped plans to rescue the aging Swift telescope due to control system issues.

Why it matters: Swift has made critical gamma-ray discoveries; its loss diminishes space astronomy capabilities.

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With each successive era of LLMs, from early scaling

Open-source AI models are catching up to commercial ones twice as fast with each generation.

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How politicians who once championed data centers, including Greg Abbott

State governors backing away from data center projects as public concern over AI grows.

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Brand Hype Has Existed Since the Bronze Age, Scientists Discover

Ancient Arabian pottery shows early humans used branding tactics similar to modern marketing.

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Back-to-back Amazon CPU scam delivers empty Ryzen 5 9600X boxes

Amazon seller shipped empty CPU boxes twice to a business customer in 72 hours.

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Skylab completists, clear some shelf space for 26 DVDs

NASA recovered decades of lost Skylab footage now released on 26 DVDs.

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World models that ignore human beliefs predict the wrong actions, new

AI video models need to simulate human thoughts, not just physics.

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Casio decides it's about time the simple digital watch got a little

Casio added Bluetooth and step tracking to its basic digital watch.

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RayNeo's new AI glasses skip the camera, focus on text overlays

RayNeo releases AI glasses with text overlays, ditching cameras and speakers.

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[AINews] 10% worse, 100x cheaper, 10000x faster: Why Simulation is

AI simulation is becoming cheaper and faster, trading some accuracy for speed.

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The Evolution of the Agent Harness

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