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1. 20% of grocery store milk has traces of bird flu, suggesting wider outbreak

   The milk is still considered safe, but disease experts are alarmed by the prevalence.

   Beth Mole - Apr 26, 2024 2:26 pm UTC

2. Lost opportunity: We could've started fighting climate change in 1971

   President Nixon's science advisors recommended building global CO2 monitoring network.

   Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate News - Apr 26, 2024 2:19 pm UTC

3. Rocket Report: SLS workforce cuts; New Glenn launch to launch in the early fall

   "This is a vital component in our preparations for launch."

   Eric Berger - Apr 26, 2024 11:00 am UTC

4. Russia stands alone in vetoing UN resolution on nuclear weapons in space

   "The United States assesses that Russia is developing a new satellite carrying a nuclear device."

   Stephen Clark - Apr 25, 2024 11:09 pm UTC

5. Tech brands are forcing AI into your gadgets—whether you asked for it or not

   The "AI mouse" is just the start.

   Scharon Harding - Apr 25, 2024 10:34 pm UTC

6. Three women contract HIV from dirty "vampire facials" at unlicensed spa

   Five patients with links to the spa had viral genetic sequences that closely matched.

   Beth Mole - Apr 25, 2024 9:37 pm UTC

7. HMD's first self-branded phones are all under $200

   HMD will still make Nokia phones but is shipping self-branded phones, too.

   Ron Amadeo - Apr 25, 2024 9:15 pm UTC

8. Apple releases eight small AI language models aimed at on-device use

   OpenELM mirrors efforts by Microsoft to make useful small AI language models that run locally.

   Benj Edwards - Apr 25, 2024 8:55 pm UTC

9. Can an online library of classic video games ever be legal?

   Preservationists propose access limits, but industry worries about a free "online arcade."

   Kyle Orland - Apr 25, 2024 7:31 pm UTC

Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren't great

Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren't great

This episode of Edge of Knowledge focuses on our rapidly transforming world.

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1. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Noble Numbat, overhauls its installation and app experience

   Plus Raspberry Pi 5 support, better laptop power, and lots of other changes.

   Kevin Purdy - Apr 25, 2024 6:59 pm UTC

2. Millions of IPs remain infected by USB worm years after its creators left it for dead

   Ability of PlugX worm to live on presents a vexing dilemma: Delete it or leave it be.

   Dan Goodin - Apr 25, 2024 6:49 pm UTC

3. Toyota will spend $1.4 billion to build electric 3-row SUV in Indiana

   This is a different new 3-row EV from the one Toyota will build in Kentucky.

   Jonathan M. Gitlin - Apr 25, 2024 5:49 pm UTC

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1. Deciphered Herculaneum papyrus reveals precise burial place of Plato

   Various imaging methods comprised a kind of "bionic eye" to examine charred scroll.

   Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 25, 2024 5:33 pm UTC

2. FCC restores net neutrality rules that ban blocking and throttling in 3-2 vote

   Broadband lobby groups prepare lawsuit, calling rules a "net fatality."

   Jon Brodkin - Apr 25, 2024 5:12 pm UTC

3. Honda to spend $11 billion on four EV factories in North America

   The new facilities are in addition to the previously announced EV hub in Ohio.

   Jonathan M. Gitlin - Apr 25, 2024 4:33 pm UTC

4. School athletic director arrested for framing principal using AI voice synthesis

   Police uncover plot to defame principal with AI-generated racist and antisemitic comments.

   Benj Edwards - Apr 25, 2024 3:30 pm UTC

5. EPA issues four rules limiting pollution from fossil fuel power plants

   Coal to be hit hard, natural gas plants will have to capture carbon emissions.

   John Timmer - Apr 25, 2024 3:07 pm UTC

6. Garry's Mod is taking down 20 years' worth of "Nintendo Stuff"

   Creator: "They don't want you playing with that stuff... we have to respect that."

   Kyle Orland - Apr 25, 2024 2:11 pm UTC

1. In the face of bans, ByteDance tightens grip over US TikTok operations

   Relationship between TikTok, ByteDance deepens as tensions over the app's ownership escalate.

   Hannah Murphy, Cristina Criddle, and Eleanor Olcott, FT - Apr 25, 2024 1:53 pm UTC

2. If Starship is real, we're going to need big cargo movers on the Moon and Mars

   "I left SpaceX knowing the width of the Starship door."

   Eric Berger - Apr 25, 2024 1:28 pm UTC

3. Qualcomm says lower-end Snapdragon X Plus chips can still outrun Apple's M3

   Same NPU, same architecture as X Elite, but fewer cores and lower clock speeds.

   Andrew Cunningham - Apr 25, 2024 12:26 pm UTC

4. Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed

   Reddit says its "communities are naturally commercial."

   Scharon Harding - Apr 24, 2024 10:18 pm UTC

5. A Polestar Phone now inexplicably exists

   Polestar normally makes electric cars, but now it's releasing a phone.

   Ron Amadeo - Apr 24, 2024 9:41 pm UTC

6. We may have spotted the first magnetar flare outside our galaxy

   Not all gamma-ray bursts come from supernovae.

   John Timmer - Apr 24, 2024 9:10 pm UTC

7. Nation-state hackers exploit Cisco firewall 0-days to backdoor government networks

   Perimeter devices ought to prevent network hacks. Why are so many devices allowing attacks?

   Dan Goodin - Apr 24, 2024 8:55 pm UTC