WorldPingIn Emily St. John Mandel’s new novel Exit Party, becoming a “ghost” means running afoul of the state. In this excerpt, a secret agent discovers it doesn’t take much.
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A San Francisco nonprofit has published a detailed road map of the experiments, studies, and infrastructure that it says would be needed to make informed decisions about the use of solar geoengineering, MIT Technology Review can reveal.
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WorldPingThe Black Panther villain’s hairstyle has become a default for Black video game characters because it’s easy to code. Danielle Udogaranya is changing that.
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WorldPingLooks like those seven seconds are coming to an end.
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WorldPingRohit Sharma acknowledged that the 2027 ODI World Cup is quite a way off and hasn't made any promises regarding his participation in the global event. His current form keeps alive the possibility of an international cricket return.
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WorldPingAn artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI to join Anthropic has decided to leave the industry, accusing both US companies of "gambling with our lives" in the race to develop AI models capable of self-improvement.
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WorldPingThough their origins may be shrouded in mystery, fast radio bursts could be used to probe some of the universe's biggest puzzles, including the nature of dark matter and dark energy.
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