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U.S. workers say banned weed killer in 50 countries is giving them Parkinson's
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Los Angeles Times
This weed killer is banned in 58 countries. U.S. workers say it's giving them Parkinson's
Despite health concerns, paraquat continues to be a popular herbicide in California and other parts of the United States. Some hope to see it banned.
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AI cannot be patent 'inventor', UK Supreme Court rules in landmark case
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Reuters
AI cannot be patent 'inventor', UK Supreme Court rules in landmark case
A U.S. computer scientist on Wednesday lost his bid to register patents over inventions created by his artificial intelligence system in a landmark case in Britain about whether AI can own patent rights.
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Is Twitter/X Down
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Show HN: Talk to any ArXiv paper just by changing the URL
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GitHub
GitHub - evanhu1/talk2arxiv: Talk to any ArXiv paper using ChatGPT
Talk to any ArXiv paper using ChatGPT. Contribute to evanhu1/talk2arxiv development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Show HN: Forwarder – FOSS MITM proxy written in Go
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forwarder-proxy.io
Forwarder Proxy
Forwarder is a production-ready, fast MITM proxy with PAC support. It's suitable for debugging, intercepting and manipulating HTTP traffic. It's used as a core component of Sauce Labs Sauce Connect Proxy.
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A closer look at e/OS: Murena's privacy-first 'deGoogled' Android alternative
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TechCrunch
A closer look at e/OS: Murena's privacy-first 'deGoogled' Android alternative | TechCrunch
Murena is in the business of deGoogling Android smartphones in the name of privacy. The French/European firm has been doing this for around five years, as We recently got our hands on a Fairphone 4 running Murena's tracker-blocking /e/OS. Our curiosity was…
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New York Times Doxxes Source By Publishing Passport Number
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The Intercept
New York Times Doxxes Source Trafficked by Chinese Gang
The New York Times gave anonymity to a source to protect him from a Chinese gang. Then the paper published his passport number.
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Tesla Has the Highest Accident Rate of Any Auto Brand
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Forbes
Tesla Has The Highest Accident Rate Of Any Auto Brand
Tesla drivers had 23.54 accidents per 1,000 drivers, a study found. Tesla recently recalled 2 million vehicles over problems with its autonomous driving functionality.
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Creating a Disc Golf picker upper
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Victorguyard
Victor Guyard | Project - Creating a Disc Golf picker upper for Create-X
A look into creating the world's first and only disc golf equivalent of a golf ball picker for driving ranges, created for a startup class at Georgia Tech.
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Gameboy Music and Sound Archive for MIDI
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Most 16-year-olds don't have servers in their rooms
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Blogging Like a Hacker (2008)
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Preston-Werner
Blogging Like a Hacker
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New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroids
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www.llnl.gov
New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroid threats
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a modeling tool for assessing the potential use of a nuclear device to defend the planet against catastrophic asteroid impacts. The research, published today in the Planetary Science…
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Firefox 121
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Firefox
Firefox 121.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
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Development slowness in big and legacy applications
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Michael's Coding Spot
Development slowness in big and legacy applications [and how to hurry it up]
Software companies come in many sizes. There are small startups, medium-sized companies, and huge enterprises. As you might expect, startups are usually lean and fast. Big companies that develop large applications move much more slowly. Those might be systems…
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Responsive scrollable videos without obscure video encoding requirements
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ScrollyVideo.js
Responsive scrollable videos without obscure video encoding requirements. Compatible with React, Svelte, Vue, and plain HTML.
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South Korea Will Police 'Shrinkflation' at the Supermarket
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WSJ
This Country Will Police ‘Shrinkflation’ at the Supermarket
Some countries have sought to use political pressure to dissuade food makers from gouging consumers. South Korea is taking things a step further.
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Today I'm launching Flare, a video sharing site built on Nostr Like YouTube
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zach (npub1zac…5dy5)
zach on Nostr :
Today I'm launching Flare, a video sharing site built on Nostr!
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Like YouTube, Flare lets you upload, view, comment, and like videos from your favorite creators. BUT unlike YouTube, we can't strike, shadow-ban, or demonetize you just b
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US spent more on health care in 2022 than 6 countries combined with universal
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STAT
U.S. government spent more on health care in 2022 than six countries with universal health care combined
American taxpayers footed the bill for about 41% of the nearly $4.5 trillion in both public and private health care spending the U.S. recorded last year.
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38% of VCs disappeared from dealmaking in 2023
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PitchBook
38% of VCs disappeared from dealmaking in 2023 - PitchBook
OpenView wasn't the only firm to depart VC this year. The number of active VC firms plummeted 38% compared to the same period last year, PitchBook data shows.
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Police get medical records without a warrant
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Ars Technica
CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens hand out medical records to cops without warrants
Lawmakers want HHS to revise health privacy law to require warrants.
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