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October 16, 2024
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WIRED

Anyone Can Turn You Into an AI Chatbot. There’s Little You Can Do to Stop Them

Drew Crecente’s daughter died in 2006, killed by an ex-boyfriend in Austin, Texas, when she was just 18. Her murder was highly publicized—so much so that Drew would still occasionally see Google alerts for her name, Jennifer Ann Crecente.

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Forbes

Apple iPad mini 2024 Release Date Latest: Confirmed With Full Details

Apple has just announced its new iPad mini much sooner than most had expected, including Mark Gurman, whose prediction of an unveiling “around the end of October” has been overtaken by events. Here’s what we know.

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The New York Times

Space: The Final Fashion Frontier

Prada and Axiom Space unveiled their NASA spacesuits, in the most far-out collaboration yet. Share full article.

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WWD

Prada, Axiom Space Unveil Lunar Spacesuit

Ondler said that in two years, the Artemis mission will be the first to place a woman, a person of color and the first non-American on the moon. He underscored the importance of the spacesuit …

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Space.com

Vast Space unveils Haven-2, a private space station to follow the ISS after its fiery end

“This vision of global cooperation in space will create opportunities for scientific and technological advancements, benefiting new and current sovereign partners as well as industries around the world.” Comments (0). When you purchase through links on …

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WIRED

The First Color Kindle Is Here

To catch up, Amazon has four new Kindles: Kindle (12th Gen), Kindle Paperwhite (12th Gen), Kindle Scribe (2nd Gen), and the all-new Kindle Colorsoft—its first-ever color e-reader. Panay calls it “the largest shift of the Kindle lineup in years.” …

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Phys.Org

El Niño Southern Oscillation caused spike in 2023 temperatures, study finds

A study by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science identified El Niño–Southern Oscillation as the primary cause of the spike in global surface temperature in 2023, not human-induced climate …

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Yahoo News

Android 15 is now rolling out to Pixels. Here’s what’s new

The wait for a next-generation Android experience is finally over. Google today released the public version of Android 15, and it is now making its way to compatible phones, starting with the company’s Pixel series of smartphones.

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WIRED

The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over

“Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations to implement thanks to new initiatives the FIDO Alliance announced on Monday.

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ABC News

Microsoft settles video gamers’ lawsuit over Activision takeover

Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp. has settled a lawsuit from a …

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