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More than a few prisons host programs to train canine companions for the elderly, visually impaired, and people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. But one facility in South Carolina also houses a rare cat program.
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Algae blooms, peeling paint, and a host of fixes from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubblers have made it hard to diagnose what's wrong with the Reflecting Pool, let alone how to clean up the mess.

A newly identified species of fungus attacks the famous “zombie mushrooms” that control ants.

“A viral photograph of a dead duck floating in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has intensified scrutiny of the landmark’s recent $14 million renovation, fueling a mounting debate over water quality, chemical treatments, and alleged vandalism at the historic site.” — New...

Anthropic has announced Claude Tag, a new product that embeds Claude directly into Slack as a persistent, shared team member

The post Anthropic gives @Claude a permanent seat in your Slack channels appeared first on The New Stack.

Four years ago, after authorities in San Antonio found 53 immigrants dead in a trailer in San Antonio, Governor Greg Abbott knew exactly whom to blame. “These deaths are on Biden,” Abbott posted on social media about the then-president, going on to say that “deadly open border policies” encourage migrants to risk life and limb […]

The post Deaths Uncovered in Laredo Show the Ongoing Toll of Border Militarization appeared first on The Texas Observer.

The Fellow Series 1 espresso machine has its first sale, and it's a whopper. Other Fellow devices are 20 percent off, too.

For each of their on-camera interviews with filmmakers, actors, critics, and other film nerds, Criterion records 30 seconds of “room tone” that is used to cut the footage into a seamless video. When trying to explain what room tone is to someone unfamiliar with the concept...

Nolen Royalty on how LLMs have changed the signals we use to gauge human effort

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The British government is asking social media companies to put more news — real news, produced by public service broadcasters like the BBC — high up in people’s feeds. And if companies refuse, it’ll pass laws to require it. That’s the main takeaway from a new report issued Tuesday on a host of issues relating...

Giant Banana Pulled Over in Montana: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s Of Times. “The reason I pulled you over, that light back there, you peeled out.”

At Microsoft’s Build keynote this month, CEO Satya Nadella described a platform shift away from operating systems and apps, and

The post OpenClaw and Hermes agree on what an agent is. They disagree on what controls it. appeared first on The New Stack.

As if they were trying to win the 2019 NBA Championship seven years too late, the horrible Washington Wizards made two of the most interesting moves at the deadline last year, relieving the Dallas Mavericks of Anthony Davis in exchange for basically one good first-round pick...

With an eye on the huge downstream pressure that AI code tools are putting on software engineering teams, GitLab released

The post Developers are now validating code they didn’t write — and may not understand appeared first on The New Stack.

If anyone can build it in a world of generative AI, what, then, are people paying for when they buy software? Why would people buy software?

The first round of the NBA Draft is tonight! Who will go first overall? Will any of the top four teams deviate from consensus? In what order will the huge swarm of point guards go after the fourth pick? On this week's Nothing But Respect, we answer some of these questions, but we also get into larger-order matters of draft philosophy, scouting, and why draft people use such crazy language. Our guest this week was David Lee, the writer and analyst, not the former NBA All-Star.

We also discussed Harry's new podcast/magazine project, TRANCHE 001. He put together five one-off podcast episodes with smart, interesting people from around the internet on such topics as the Palantir chore coat, Chaotic Good and the question of the Geese psy-op that drove people crazy, and the history of the word "based." It's only $5, which is a steal.

Nx, the company behind the open-source monorepo build system of the same name, on Tuesday launched Polygraph, a service that

The post Nx debuts Polygraph, taking aim at what’s stalling AI coding agents appeared first on The New Stack.

The software industry is still talking about AI mostly in terms of speed. Models and agents can now generate code

The post AI can write the code. Your team still owns the debt. appeared first on The New Stack.

Amazon is doing their Prime Day sale again this summer and for those with Prime memberships, it’s a chance to upgrade some tech items at rarely seen prices. Here are a few items I’ve got my eye on: The AirPods Pro 3 are still my daily headphones; I really do love them s...

Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, talks about the competitive congressional races in New York's primary, and what voter turnout is signaling so far. Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about the Democratic primary in NY-17, where t...