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Economy
How Russia-linked malware cut heat to 600 Ukrainian buildings in deep winter
Enlarge / The cityscape from the tower of the Lviv Town Hall in winter. (credit: Anastasiia Smolienko / Ukrinform/Future Publishing…
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Investing
House Budget Committee Seeks to Reform Emergency Spending as Senate Prepares to Raid Rainy Day Funds
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett The Senate is ready to raid the figurative emergency rainy day fund again. As we…
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Economy
The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Getty Images) In the AI world, there’s a buzz in the air about a new…
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Investing
Europe Braces for a Surge in Black Market Synthetic Opioids
Jeffrey A. Singer (Source: Google.) The German edition of Medscape Medical News reported on July 19 that Europe is beginning…
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Economy
Microsoft says 8.5M systems hit by CrowdStrike BSOD, releases USB recovery tool
Enlarge / A bad update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software crashed millions of Windows PCs last week. (credit: CrowdStrike) By…
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Economy
Astronomers discover technique to spot AI fakes using galaxy-measurement tools
Enlarge / Researchers write, “In this image, the person on the left (Scarlett Johansson) is real, while the person on…
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Investing
There’s Nothing “Absurd” or “Dangerous” about Ending the US Department of Education
Neal McCluskey If you ran a corporation, and a division you did not need suffered massive losses while proving either…
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Investing
Biden Bows Out from 2024 Race
Walter Olson With apologies to Shakespeare, nothing in his term became him like the leaving it. Even those of us…
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Investing
Government Debt Varies Widely by State
Chris Edwards, Marc Joffe, and Krit Chanwong Without reforms, exploding federal debt will generate a major economic crisis. Technically, the…
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Economy
CrowdStrike fixes start at “reboot up to 15 times” and get more complex from there
Enlarge (credit: hdaniel) Airlines, payment processors, 911 call centers, TV networks, and other businesses have been scrambling this morning after…
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