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Hospital prices for the same emergency care vary up to 16X, study finds - 19/04 6:14 am

Hospitals' "trauma activation fees" are unregulated and extremely variable.





Prime Video looking to fix ???extremely sloppy mistakes??? in library, .. - 19/04 6:05 am

Business Insider reports of inaccuracy concerns that could hurt viewership.





Elon Musk???s Grok keeps making up fake news based on X users??? jokes - 19/04 5:47 am

X likely hopes to avoid liability with disclaimer that Grok "can make mistakes."





Renovation relic: Man finds hominin jawbone in parents??? travertine .. - 19/04 5:16 am

Yes, travertine often has embedded fossils. But not usually hominin ones.





LLMs keep leaping with Llama 3, Meta???s newest open-weights AI model - 19/04 5:04 am

Zuckerberg says new AI model "was still learning" when Meta stopped training.





Meta???s new $199 Quest 2 price is a steal for the VR-curious - 19/04 4:24 am

Move comes as support winds down for the original Quest headset.





Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions - 19/04 4:12 am

Google says the new ???Platform and Devices??? team will let it move faster.





SpaceX and Northrop are working on a constellation of spy satellites - 19/04 3:54 am

First launch of these operational vehicles may occur next month from California.





Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules - 19/04 3:13 am

Ruling: Thumbprint scan is like a "blood draw or fingerprint taken at booking."





LastPass users targeted in phishing attacks good enough to trick even the .. - 19/04 2:42 am

Campaign used email, SMS, and voice calls to trick targets into divulging master passwords.





Fallout games continue seeing big player jumps after the TV series??? .. - 19/04 2:14 am

Being on deep discount doesn't hurt, either.





Big Tech can???t hoard brainwave data for ad targeting, Colorado law says - 19/04 2:03 am

Neural data can reveal health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive function.





Chinese EV makers won???t get subsidies from Mexico after US pressure - 19/04 1:38 am

Mexico has offered generous incentives for automakers in the past.





Delta takes flight: Apple-approved Nintendo emulator is a great iOS option - 19/04 1:30 am

No more sideloading needed for your iOS retro game fix.





Google???s latest layoffs are in finance and real estate - 19/04 1:12 am

Google's almost uncountable number of layoffs continues.





The largest marine reptile ever could match blue whales in size - 19/04 12:07 am

Bones from the head of a reptile suggest a body that was well over 20 meters long.





The 2024 Mercedes E 350 4Matic is the thriftiest luxury workhorse - 18/04 11:35 pm

We test out the refreshed Mercedes midsize sedan.





Author granted copyright over book with AI-generated text???with a twist - 18/04 9:24 pm

Copyright Office changed course after initially denying request.





The hidden story behind one of SpaceX???s wettest and wildest launches - 18/04 8:30 pm

"It looked like a giant smoke monster."





All the pieces are in place for the first crew flight of Boeing???s .. - 18/04 8:26 pm

???This is a test flight, and a complicated one at that."





Life-threatening rat pee infections reach record levels in NYC - 18/04 6:26 am

Between 2001 and 2020, there was an average of 3 cases per year. Last year's tally was 24.





Kremlin-backed actors spread disinformation ahead of US elections - 18/04 5:55 am

To a lesser extent, China and Iran also peddle disinfo in hopes of influencing voters.





Boston Dynamics??? new humanoid moves like no robot you???ve ever seen - 18/04 5:08 am

All-electric, 360-degree joints give the new Atlas plenty of inhuman movements.





Feds appoint ???AI doomer??? to run US AI safety institute - 18/04 4:30 am

Former OpenAI researcher once predicted a 50 percent chance of AI killing all of us.





Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service - 18/04 3:42 am

Cross-server tracking suggests a new understanding of "public" chat servers.





Bodies found in Neolithic pit were likely victims of ritualistic murder - 18/04 3:30 am

One victim may have been hogtied alive in pit, ?? la Mafia-style ligature strangulation.





Climate damages by 2050 will be 6 times the cost of limiting warming to 2?? - 18/04 3:06 am

Study tracks the past costs of climate events and projects them into the future.





Tesla asks shareholders to approve Texas move and restore Elon Musk???s .. - 18/04 1:52 am

Tesla board calls June 13 shareholder vote on Musk's pay and move to Texas.





After decades of Mario, how do developers bridge a widening generation gap? - 18/04 1:02 am

Tezuka: "The secret to having a long-tenured staff is that people don't quit."





Broadcom says ???many??? VMware perpetual licenses got support extensions - 18/04 12:44 am

Broadcom reportedly accused of changing VMware licensing and support conditions.





Dwarf Fortress???s Adventure Mode brings the sim???s chaotic spirit to .. - 18/04 12:20 am

Travel your own world, meet fascinating creatures, and put bolts in their necks.





A chunk of metal that tore through a Florida home definitely came from the .. - 17/04 10:09 pm

"I don't think I've seen or heard, after my own research, any of these events occurring."





Feds expand investigation into Honda???s automatic emergency braking system - 17/04 9:57 pm

3 million Honda Accords and CR-Vs are fitted with Collision Mitigation Braking System.





Power-hungry AI is putting the hurt on global electricity supply - 17/04 9:55 pm

Data centers are becoming a bottleneck for AI development.





EV charging update in Google Maps includes ???AI-powered??? station info - 17/04 9:06 pm

The update will first roll out to cars with Google Maps built-in.





Linus Torvalds reiterates his tabs-versus-spaces stance with a kernel trap - 17/04 5:51 am

One does not simply suggest changing a kernel line to help out a parsing tool.





Attackers are pummeling networks around the world with millions of login .. - 17/04 5:31 am

Attacks coming from nearly 4,000 IP addresses take aim at VPNs, SSH and web apps.





Bogus Botox poisoning outbreak spreads to 9 states, CDC says - 17/04 5:10 am

All of the case have been in women, nine of whom were hospitalized.





Studies reveal new clues to how tardigrades can survive intense radiation - 17/04 4:55 am

Radiation damages their DNA; they're just able to repair that damage very quickly.





ISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC???s Internet rules, .. - 17/04 4:38 am

FCC plan rejected request to ban what agency calls "positive" discrimination.




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Swiss prosecutors seek jail terms for two accused in .. - Malaymail
Swiss prosecutors seek jail terms for two accused in US$1.8b 1MDB scandal ?? Malay Mail
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Perhalusi kesan walau kecil bagi Malaysia Sinar Harian .. - Sinarharian
Perhalusi kesan walau kecil bagi Malaysia Sinar Harian ?? Sinar Harian
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???Allah??? socks issue: Former technician brought .. - Malaymail
???Allah??? socks issue: Former technician brought before Sessions Court again ?? Malay Mail After conviction quashed, ex-technician charged again ?? Malaysiakini High Court quashes conviction and sentence in 'Allah' socks case ?? New Straits Times Technician pleads not guilty to initiating ..
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Takeaways from the day a jury was selected to decide .. - CNN
Takeaways from the day a jury was selected to decide Donald Trump???s fate in the hush money trial ?? CNN What We Know About the 12 Jurors in Donald Trump???s Criminal Trial ?? The New York Times Dismissed 'Juror Number 4' calls judge 'cowardly' over being dismissed ?? The Journal News Trump ..
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The Meta Quest 2 gets a permanent price cut to $199 - .. - Theverge
The Meta Quest 2 gets a permanent price cut to $199 ?? The Verge Meta Permanently Drops the Price of the Quest 2 128GB Model to $199 ?? IGN Quest 2 Accessories Got a Massive Price Cut, Is This a Fire Sale? ?? Road to VR Meta's new $199 Quest 2 price is a steal for the VR-curious ?? Ars ..
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Hugh Grant has been priced out of his 'phone hacking' .. - Voxpolitical
Hugh Grant has been priced out of his 'phone hacking' lawsuit against The Sun ?? Vox Political
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Millions of iPhone and Android owners warned of .. - The-sun
Millions of iPhone and Android owners warned of money-hungry criminals lurking in popular app ??? 4 red f... ?? The US Sun
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Hacking the Floodgates: U.S. Dams Face Growing Cyber .. - Bankinfosecurity
Hacking the Floodgates: U.S. Dams Face Growing Cyber Threats ?? BankInfoSecurity.com
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Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware .. - Arstechnica
Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions ?? Ars Technica Google???s newly formed platforms and devices team is all about AI ?? The Verge Google streamlines structure to speed up AI efforts ?? Financial Times Google's big shakeup gives more power to DeepMind and Pixel leaders ?? ..
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University of Surrey launches self-driving cars safety .. - BBC
University of Surrey launches self-driving cars safety project ?? BBC.com