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Economy
Stone-hearted researchers gleefully push over adorable soccer-playing robots
Enlarge / In a still from a DeepMind demo video, a researcher pushes a small humanoid robot to the ground.…
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Catastrophic Enrollment Declines at Some Community Colleges
Marc Joffe College enrollment has been shrinking, putting pressure on institutions below the elite tier. Although most attention has focused…
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Seven months in, iOS and macOS get their first rapid security updates
Enlarge / Macs running macOS Ventura. (credit: Apple) When it announced iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura at its…
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Investing
The 2023 Bitcoin Policy Summit: Shining a Light on the Infrastructure Act
Nicholas Anthony Last week’s inaugural Bitcoin Policy Summit covered everything from Bitcoin’s energy use to the state of regulatory clarity.…
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Investing
Presidents Must Take Accountability for the Officers They Choose
Thomas A. Berry The Constitution requires, as a default rule, that “Officers of the United States” must be nominated by the…
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Economy
Warning of AI’s danger, pioneer Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to speak freely
Enlarge / Geoffrey Hinton, chief scientific adviser at the Vector Institute, speaks during The International Economic Forum of the Americas…
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Economy
Two core Unix-like utilities, sudo and su, are getting rewrites in Rust
Invoking another user’s privileges to execute a command. (credit: Cavan Images/Getty) Two of the most fundamental tools of the modern…
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Investing
The Jones Act’s Role in Encouraging Puerto Rico’s Use of Russian Energy
Colin Grabow and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon In February of last year, the tanker Catalunya Spirit berthed next to a power plant…
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Economy
Those scary warnings of juice jacking in airports and hotels? They’re nonsense
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Federal authorities, tech pundits, and news outlets want you to be on the…
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Economy
Sensitive data is being leaked from servers running Salesforce software
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Servers running software sold by Salesforce are leaking sensitive data managed by government agencies, banks, and…
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