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Medieval Wound Man

From The Public Domain Review, The Many Lives of the Medieval Wound Man, a diagram found in many medical texts beginning in the early 1400s. Living on today in libraries from Copenhagen to Munich, the strange figure of the Wound Man gives modern viewers a glimpse of the w...

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American A.I. Companies Say Chinese Copycats Are Quickly Catching Up

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The American companies building artificial intelligence systems are loudly complaining that their Chinese competitors are unfairly copying their technology, and they are pleading with officials to do something about it.

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Bumblebees collect up to 7 times more toxic metals than honeybees

Bumblebees are picking up dramatically more toxic heavy metals than honeybees, even when both species forage in the same places. Researchers warn that this hidden pollution could quietly reduce their ability to find food, reproduce, and keep colonies healthy.

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Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out

As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.

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OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company

Joshua Achiam spent nearly nine years at OpenAI researching AI safety and made a memorable appearance in the Musk v. Altman trial.

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Beloved Bakery & Cafe Opens Second Location In Orange County

We can stop by their new location for some croissants, sandwiches, fruit creations, tarts and more! Continue reading…

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Little Dancer Fourteen Years Old, 1881 #degas #edgardegas

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If Only There Had Been a Sign That the Face-Melting Nazi...

If Only There Had Been a Sign That the Face-Melting Nazi from Indiana Jones Wouldn’t Make a Good Senator. “Marion Ravenwood said he trapped her in a room and physically assaulted her. But I decided to keep supporting Toht anyway.”

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Coinbase runs 1,200 agents and just slashed its AI bill in half

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Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong run very different companies, but they’re making the same architectural bet.

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Kia’s next electric van looks even bigger in person [Video]

Kia’s first electric van is already becoming a global sensation. The PV7 is set to go on sale soon, serving as the bigger sibling to the PV5. Here’s our first look at it.

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RIP Harry Singh, Hot Sauce and Roti King

RIP Harry Singh, Hot Sauce and Roti King

Plus remembering Philando Castile, all aboard the bicentennial train, and Misfit misfortunes in today's Flyover news roundup.

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Interviews with some of the dwindling number of...

Interviews with some of the dwindling number of survivors of World War II Japanese American incarceration camps, including George Takei.

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Democrats Fought Against Historic Tax Cuts. Now They’re Fighting Against Opportunity for America’s Kids.

President Donald J. Trump and Republicans delivered the largest middle- and working-class tax cuts in history through the Working Families Tax Cuts, which Democrats fought every step of the way. Now, Democrats are smearing Trump Accounts — the program giving every eligible American child a $1,000 head start on building real wealth. These accounts put […]

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After the Bath, 1895 #impressionism #degas

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The Atlanta Dream Are Getting Drowsy

The Atlanta Dream Are Getting Drowsy
A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor! Doctor! It hurts when I do this." The doctor replies, "Then stop doing that." To some extent, the solution to the Atlanta Dream's recent woes is for them to play well instead of playing poorly, and head coach Karl Smesko isn't pani...

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Watch AWS engineers troubleshoot agentic AI with OpenTelemetry and OpenSearch

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Your organization constantly needs more information about system performance, usage, and data while in production — or better yet, before

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Vercel acquires Better Auth to give AI agents their own identity

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AI agents increasingly act on people’s behalf, opening pull requests, reviewing code, creating deployments, querying internal systems, or updating business

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As seen on Second Avenue and Seventh Street today... plug for the book?

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A switch to school buses prompted Scottish soccer fans to donate to Mass. charity 

Scottish soccer fans have left another gift to the region: a $15,000 donation to a charity administered by the Massachusetts Teachers Association that helps students in financial need.