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   THE 5 MOST INTERESTING PC MONITORS FROM CES 2024
   
   Lines keep blurring between work and play screens, and OLED overwhelms.
   
   Scharon Harding – 1/14/2024, 8:45 PM
   
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 * ANTIFUNGALS ARE GOING THE WAY OF ANTIBIOTICS—OVERUSED, HITTING RESISTANCE
   
   CDC urges clinicians to confirm fungal infections before prescribing
   antifungal medications.
   
   Beth Mole – 1/16/2024, 7:49 AM
   
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 * ELON MUSK’S RECENT ALL-HANDS MEETING AT SPACEX WAS FULL OF INTERESTING NEWS
   
   Starship exploded during a liquid oxygen vent on its most recent test flight.
   
   Stephen Clark – 1/16/2024, 7:35 AM
   
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 * AI POISONING COULD TURN OPEN MODELS INTO DESTRUCTIVE “SLEEPER AGENTS,” SAYS
   ANTHROPIC
   
   Trained LLMs that seem normal can generate vulnerable code given different
   triggers.
   
   Benj Edwards – 1/16/2024, 7:02 AM
   
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 * SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY FIRST KNOWN PREHISTORIC PERSON WITH TURNER SYNDROME
   
   Studying skeletons could provide further insight into the past's gender
   variability.
   
   Jennifer Ouellette – 1/16/2024, 6:37 AM
   
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 * ANTS MAKE THEIR OWN ANT-IBIOTIC FOR INFECTED WOUNDS
   
   Ants have a gland that makes an antibiotic, and use it in response to
   pheromones.
   
   Elizabeth Rayne – 1/16/2024, 6:12 AM
   
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 * YOUTUBE APPEARS TO BE REDUCING VIDEO AND SITE PERFORMANCE FOR AD-BLOCK USERS
   
   Latest consensus is that YouTube performance issues seem to be Adblock Plus'
   fault.
   
   Ron Amadeo – Updated 1/16/2024, 5:36 AM
   
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 * FIRST STREAMING-ONLY NFL PLAYOFF GAME BREAKS RECORDS WITH 23 MILLION VIEWERS
   
   Despite griping from fans, the Peacock-exclusive game did NFL-class numbers.
   
   Ron Amadeo – 1/16/2024, 4:30 AM
   
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 1. VERIZON WON’T STOP CHARGING $3.30 “TELCO RECOVERY” FEE, MAY RAISE IT AGAIN
    
    Users will get up to $100 each in refunds, but Verizon fee isn't going away.
    
    Jon Brodkin – 1/16/2024, 3:37 AM
    
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 2. META VERIFICATION PROVED USELESS—AND MY FAMILY IS STILL LOCKED OUT OF
    INSTAGRAM
    
    Bottom-of-barrel support experience shows the company's true feelings for
    customers.
    
    Eric Berger – 1/16/2024, 3:18 AM
    
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 3. REPORT: BLACK MARKET KEEPS NVIDIA CHIPS FLOWING TO CHINA MILITARY,
    GOVERNMENT
    
    Unknown suppliers keep Nvidia's most advanced chips within China's reach.
    
    Ashley Belanger – 1/16/2024, 3:01 AM
    
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 1. FAMOUS XKCD COMIC COMES FULL CIRCLE WITH AI BIRD-IDENTIFYING BINOCULARS
    
    Swarovski AX Visio, billed as first "smart binoculars," names species and
    tracks location.
    
    Benj Edwards – 1/16/2024, 2:04 AM
    
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 2. TWIN GALAXIES, BILLY MITCHELL SETTLE DONKEY KONG SCORE CASE BEFORE TRIAL
    
    Both sides faced potential sanctions after years of pre-trial maneuvering.
    
    Kyle Orland – 1/16/2024, 1:54 AM
    
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 3. GETTING “FOREVER CHEMICALS” OUT OF DRINKING WATER IS EXPENSIVE
    
    Can water utilities meet the EPA's new standard for PFAS?
    
    Charles Schmidt, Undark Magazine – 1/16/2024, 12:51 AM
    
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 4. DAILY TELESCOPE: LIFE ON EARTH, AND MAYBE IN THE HEAVENS ABOVE, IN A SINGLE
    PHOTO
    
    It is fun to contemplate all of the life on display in this image.
    
    Eric Berger – 1/15/2024, 9:00 PM
    
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 5. WOULD LUDDITES FIND THE GIG ECONOMY FAMILIAR?
    
    Luddites were hardly the anti-tech dullards historians have painted them to
    be.
    
    Diana Gitig – 1/13/2024, 7:00 PM
    
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 6. CDC REPORTS DIPS IN FLU, COVID-19, AND RSV—THOUGH LEVELS STILL VERY HIGH
    
    The dips may be due to holiday lulls; CDC is monitoring for post-holiday
    increase.
    
    Beth Mole – 1/13/2024, 7:34 AM
    
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 7. REDDIT MUST SHARE IP ADDRESSES OF PIRACY-DISCUSSING USERS, FILM STUDIOS SAY
    
    Reddit says First Amendment rights protect it from having to disclose users'
    info.
    
    Scharon Harding – 1/13/2024, 7:02 AM
    
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 8. THE SPACE FORCE IS CHANGING THE WAY IT THINKS ABOUT SPACEPORTS
    
    There's not much available real estate to grow Cape Canaveral's launch
    capacity.
    
    Stephen Clark – 1/13/2024, 6:25 AM
    
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 9. COVID SHOTS PROTECT AGAINST COVID-RELATED STROKES, HEART ATTACKS, STUDY
    FINDS
    
    Data provides more evidence older people should stay up to date on COVID
    vaccines.
    
    Beth Mole – 1/13/2024, 5:10 AM
    
    179


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 1. LAZY USE OF AI LEADS TO AMAZON PRODUCTS CALLED “I CANNOT FULFILL THAT
    REQUEST”
    
    The telltale error messages are a sign of AI-generated pablum all over the
    Internet.
    
    Kyle Orland – 1/13/2024, 4:56 AM
    
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 2. EPA EXPANDS “HIGH PRIORITY” PROBE INTO AT&T, VERIZON LEAD-CONTAMINATED
    CABLES
    
    EPA plans to meet with telecom giants this month to discuss lead cables.
    
    Ashley Belanger – 1/13/2024, 4:38 AM
    
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 3. VALVE REQUEST TAKES DOWN PORTAL 64 DUE TO CONCERNS OVER NINTENDO INVOLVEMENT
    
    It's not the use of Portal, it's the use of an N64 SDK that's the issue.
    
    Kevin Purdy – 1/13/2024, 3:23 AM
    
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 1. ANDROID 15 MIGHT BRING BACK LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS
    
    After iOS 16 reintroduced lock screen widgets, Google is dusting off its old
    code.
    
    Ron Amadeo – 1/13/2024, 3:14 AM
    
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 2. NASA SCIENTIST ON 2023 TEMPERATURES: “WE’RE FRANKLY ASTONISHED”
    
    NASA, NOAA, and Berkeley Earth have released their takes on 2023's record
    heat.
    
    John Timmer – 1/13/2024, 2:33 AM
    
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 3. COMPRESSION ATTACHED MEMORY MODULES MAY MAKE UPGRADABLE LAPTOPS A THING
    AGAIN
    
    The CAMM2 spec was recently finalized, and memory makers are testing the
    waters.
    
    Andrew Cunningham – 1/13/2024, 2:20 AM
    
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 4. LUCID DELIVERED JUST 6,001 ELECTRIC SEDANS IN 2023
    
    The Saudi-backed builder of high-end EVs is not having an easy time.
    
    Jonathan M. Gitlin – 1/13/2024, 2:03 AM
    
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 5. APPLE AIRDROP LEAKS USER DATA LIKE A SIEVE. CHINESE AUTHORITIES SAY THEY’RE
    SCOOPING IT UP.
    
    Chinese authorities are exploiting a weakness Apple has allowed to go
    unfixed for 5 years.
    
    Dan Goodin – 1/13/2024, 1:52 AM
    
    128


 6. EBAY HIT WITH $3M FINE, ADMITS TO “TERRORIZING INNOCENT PEOPLE”
    
    eBay must pay maximum fine for putting Massachusetts couple “through pure
    hell.”
    
    Ashley Belanger – 1/13/2024, 1:00 AM
    
    170


 1. I PARKED A BMW FROM ACROSS THE PARKING LOT AT CES 2024
    
    BMW's Remote Valet is one premium feature we'd pay for.
    
    Tim Stevens – 1/12/2024, 11:51 PM
    
    120


 2. CHILD ABUSERS ARE COVERING THEIR TRACKS WITH BETTER USE OF CRYPTO
    
    “Mixers” and “privacy coins” like Monero enable them to launder profits,
    stay online.
    
    Andy Greenberg, wired.com – 1/12/2024, 10:47 PM
    
    158


 3. ROCKET REPORT: A CHINESE LAUNCH YOU MUST SEE; VULCAN’S STUNNING DEBUT
    
    "I am so proud of this team. Oh my gosh, this has been years of hard work."
    
    Eric Berger – 1/12/2024, 9:00 PM
    
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 4. THOSE GAMES TURNS CRAPPY MOBILE GAME ADS INTO ACTUALLY GOOD PUZZLES
    
    It's pin-pulling, color-pouring, fake-but-real fun, and you only pay once.
    
    Kevin Purdy – 1/12/2024, 6:53 AM
    
    92


 5. REPORT: DEEPFAKE PORN CONSISTENTLY FOUND ATOP GOOGLE, BING SEARCH RESULTS
    
    Google vows to create more safeguards to protect victims of deepfake porn.
    
    Ashley Belanger – 1/12/2024, 5:55 AM
    
    124


 6. ASTRONOMERS FOUND ULTRA-HOT, EARTH-SIZED EXOPLANET WITH A LAVA HEMISPHERE
    
    Also: A separate team found a small, cold exoplanet with a massive outer
    companion.
    
    Jennifer Ouellette – 1/12/2024, 5:34 AM
    
    51


 7. “SUCH SIGNAL, MUCH WOW”: STARLINK’S FIRST TEXTS VIA “CELLPHONE TOWERS IN
    SPACE”
    
    Starlink's Direct to Cell satellites to fill in dead spots in T-Mobile
    network.
    
    Jon Brodkin – 1/12/2024, 5:03 AM
    
    170


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