An AI Coding Assistant Refused to Write Code—and Suggested the User Learn to Do It Himself

Last Saturday, a developer using Cursor AI for a racing game project hit an unexpected roadblock when the programming assistant ...
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Trump’s Plan for Elon Musk to Bring the ‘Stranded’ Astronauts Home ASAP Is a Headache for NASA

For reasons that were not immediately clear, SpaceX founder Elon Musk took to his social media site X on Tuesday ...
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George R.R. Martin Coauthored a Scientific Paper

Although fans of A Song of Ice and Fire might still be hankering for the long-delayed next book in the ...
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This Man Eats So Much Butter, Cheese, and Beef That Cholesterol Oozes From His Skin

What could go wrong with eating an extremely high-fat diet of beef, cheese, and sticks of butter? Well, for one ...
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Judge Ends One Man’s 11-Year Quest to Recover $765 Million in Bitcoin by Digging Up a Landfill

A British judge ruled against a man who wants to excavate a landfill where he says a hard drive with ...
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A Glowing Metal Ring Crashed to Earth. No One Knows Where It Came From

It has been more than a week since reports first emerged about a “glowing ring of metal” that fell from ...
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Elon Musk Calls Out NASA’s Moon Ambitions: ‘We’re Going Straight to Mars’

Although SpaceX founder Elon Musk is known for outspokenness and controversial comments on his social media site X, he has ...
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USB-C Is Now the Law of the Land in Europe

“It’s time for THE charger,” the European Commission posted to X on December 28, 2024. While the sentiment applies only ...
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Editors at Science Journal Resign En Masse Over Bad Use of AI, High Fees

Over the holiday weekend, all but one member of the editorial board of Elsevier’s Journal of Human Evolution (JHE) resigned ...
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How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump

Although the details remain in flux, the transition team reviewing NASA and its activities has begun to draft potential executive ...
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