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How Europe’s new carbon tax on imported goods will change global trade The new regulation arrives on New Year's Day.

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How Europe’s new carbon tax on imported goods will change global trade

The new regulation arrives on New Year's Day.

The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers Ants with lots of workers tend to put less energy into making them armored.

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The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers

Ants with lots of workers tend to put less energy into making them armored.

Strava puts popular “Year in Sport” recap behind an $80 paywall Strava’s most viral feature is suddenly locked away.

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Strava puts popular “Year in Sport” recap behind an $80 paywall

Strava’s most viral feature is suddenly locked away.

The Ars Technica AI coding agent test: Minesweeper edition How do four modern LLMs do at recreating a simple Windows gaming classic?

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We asked four AI coding agents to rebuild Minesweeper—the results were explosive

How do four modern LLMs do at re-creating a simple Windows gaming classic?

Trump commits to Moon landing by 2028, followed by a lunar outpost two years later Also, the Trump administration wants to put some nuclear power reactors there, too.

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Trump commits to Moon landing by 2028, followed by a lunar outpost two years later

Also, the Trump administration wants to put some nuclear power reactors there, too.

Florida schools plan to vastly expand use of AI that mistook clarinet for gun Human review didn't stop AI from triggering lockdown at panicked middle school.

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School security AI flagged clarinet as a gun. Exec says it wasn’t an error.

Human review didn't stop AI from triggering lockdown at panicked middle school.

LLMs’ impact on science: Booming publications, stagnating quality Once researchers turn to LLMs, paper counts go up, quality does not.

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LLMs’ impact on science: Booming publications, stagnating quality

Once researchers turn to LLMs, paper counts go up, quality does not.

Man sues cops who jailed him for 37 days for trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil Cops may be fined for jailing a man over his Facebook posts.

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Man sues cops who jailed him for 37 days for trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil

Cops may be fined for jailing a man over his Facebook posts.

Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations The extensions, available for Chromium browsers, harvest full AI conversations over months.

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Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations

The extensions, available for Chromium browsers, harvest full AI conversations over months.

US oil industry doesn’t see profit in Trump’s “pro-petroleum” moves The financial picture around drilling is moving against the Trump administration’s hopes

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US oil industry doesn’t see profit in Trump’s “pro-petroleum” moves

The financial picture around drilling is moving against the Trump administration’s hopes...