π Useless Fact of the Day
Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Clevelandβs daughter, Ruth, not the baseball player.
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Food bloggers are struggling as Google's AI Mode creates error-prone, merged recipes from multiple sources, causing a drastic drop in their site traffic and ad revenue. Without copyright protections for their recipes, many are reconsidering their business models.
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The study by Berkeley and Cornell researchers found that while the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) has significantly increased the number of scientific papers produced, it has not improved their quality. Researchers, especially non-native English speakers, benefit from clearer language, but these LLM-assisted papers are less likely to be published in peer-reviewed journals.
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An AI system at a Florida middle school erroneously flagged a clarinet as a rifle, causing a lockdown. Despite no real threat, the school and AI company defended the action, emphasizing safety over potential false alarms. Critics argue these systems may cause undue stress and misuse resources.
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Quagga mussels have heavily infested Lake Geneva, causing severe infrastructural issues at EPFL and disrupting ecological balance. Originally from the Black Sea, these invasive mollusks are rapidly spreading, posing threats to water systems and local biodiversity in Switzerland and beyond.
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DXS International, a healthcare tech provider for Englandβs NHS, disclosed a cyberattack affecting its office servers, discovered on December 14. A ransomware group claims to have stolen 300GB of data. The breach had minimal impact on services; investigations are ongoing.
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π± Good First GitHub Issue
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Language:
Repository: flutter
(Flutter is Google's UI toolkit for building beautiful, natively compiled applications for mobile, web, desktop, and embedded devices from a single codebase.)
Why: Addresses a specific error, ideal for understanding Flutter's device discovery mechanism.
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β 3033, π 471
Wrap Gemini CLI, Antigravity, ChatGPT Codex, Claude Code, Qwen Code, iFlow as an OpenAI/Gemini/Claude/Codex compatible API service, allowing you to enjoy the free Gemini 2.5 Pro, GPT 5, Claude, Qwen model through API
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β 259, π 4
Trained LLMs exclusively on pre-1913 texts
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β 2940, π 320
εΊδΊεΎεθ―ε«ηθͺε¨ει»ηζ΅θ―ζ‘ζΆ | An automation black-box testing framework based on image recognition
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β 101, π 2
Composify β Open-Source Visual Editor / Server-Driven UI for React
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β 3090, π 187
Sharp Monocular View Synthesis in Less Than a Second
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