š Useless Fact of the Day
Koala is Aboriginal for "no drink".
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Google says ācontent chunkingā for LLMsāsplitting articles into tiny Q&A-style bitsāwonāt boost search rankings. Instead, it urges publishers to write naturally for humans, warning SEO tricks tied to LLM behavior are fragile and likely to break as systems evolve.
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Scientists report that in 2025 the oceans absorbed a record 23 zettajoules of heat, the eighth consecutive record year. This deep-ocean warmingāequivalent to 12 Hiroshima bombs per secondālocks in longāterm climate impacts that will persist for centuries even if emissions stop.
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Mira Muratiās startup Thinking Machines Lab lost co-founders Barret Zoph and Luke Metz, plus Sam Schoenholz, all returning to OpenAI. Soumith Chintala becomes CTO. The rapid, seemingly tense exits raise questions about stability at the heavily funded young AI lab.
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NASAās Artemis 2, targeted for launch February 6, will send four astronauts around the Moon, marking the first crewed flight of SLS and Orion, farthest human distance from Earth since Apollo, record reentry speed, and first woman, person of color, and Canadian in lunar orbit.
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AI safety researcher David Dalrymple warns rapid AI advances may outpace governmentsā ability to manage risks. He fears powerful systems could outcompete humans in key domains, destabilising security and economies, and urges urgent technical work and regulation before 2030-level breakthroughs arrive.
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NASAās new administrator Jared Isaacman backs flying Artemis II with Orionās existing heat shield after intensive internal and independent review, new tests, and revised reentry profile, while publicly exposing prior transparency failures and detailing worstācase āwhat if weāre wrongā safety analysis.
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Donut Lab claims its solidāstate EV batteries are already in production, offering 400 Wh/kg, 5ā10 minute charging, huge cycle life, better cold performance, and lower cost. Details and chemistry remain secret, so experts are intrigued but highly skeptical until independent verification.
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OpenAI invested heavily in Sam Altmanās new BCI startup Merge Labs, which aims to noninvasively link brains and AI using molecules and ultrasound. It rivals Elon Muskās Neuralink, raises governance/conflict concerns, and fits Altmanās long-term āhumanāAI mergeā vision.
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California launched DROP, a single portal letting residents demand deletion of data held by 500+ registered brokers under the Delete Act. Enforcement starts August 2026; some public and regulated data is exempt. Violators face $200-per-day penalties plus enforcement costs.
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Utahās pilot lets Doctronicās AI chatbot autonomously refill 190 common chronic-medication prescriptions after initial human review. Supporters cite convenience and innovation; critics warn of safety risks, inadequate oversight, and erosion of the human clinicianās role in prescribing and monitoring care.
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peer-2-peer that just works
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A cross-platform Markdown AI note-taking software.
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Tailsnitch ā A security auditor for Tailscale
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Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform.
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A components library built with Tailwind CSS that works with any web stack.
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