Ads are “rolling out gradually” to WhatsApp

For the first time since launching in 2009, WhatsApp will now show users advertisements. The ads are “rolling out gradually,” ...
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Delightfully irreverent Underdogs isn’t your parents’ nature docuseries

Madagascar’s aye-aye: “as if fear and panic had a baby and rolled it in dog hair” National Geographic/Eleanor Paish Madagascar’s ...
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Companies may soon pay a fee for their rockets to share the skies with airplanes

Assuming Falcon 9s continue to launch Starlink satellites in 2033, the fees would rise to approximately $56,000 per launch. SpaceX may ...
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Biofuels policy has been a failure for the climate, new report claims

The new report concludes that not only will the expansion of ethanol increase greenhouse gas emissions, but it has also ...
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These VA Tech scientists are building a better fog harp

Unlike standard fog harvesting technologies, “We’re trying to use clever geometric designs in place of chemistry,” Boreyko told Ars. “When ...
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Meta beefs up disappointing AI division with $15 billion Scale AI investment

Meta has invested heavily in generative AI, with the majority of its planned $72 billion in capital expenditure this year ...
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After a series of tumors, woman’s odd-looking tongue explains everything

Breast cancer. Colon cancer. An enlarged thyroid gland. A family history of tumors and cancers as well. It wasn’t until ...
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RFK Jr. announces 8 appointees to CDC vaccine panel—they’re not good

Anti-vaccine advocate and current health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took to social media Wednesday to announce the names of ...
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In landmark suit, Disney and Universal sue Midjourney for AI character theft

The legal action follows similar moves in other creative industries, with more than a dozen major news companies suing AI ...
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False claims that ivermectin treats cancer, COVID leads states to pass OTC laws

Doctors told the Times that they have already seen some cases where patients with treatable, early-stage cancers have delayed effective ...
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