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According to a study published in Personality & Individual Differences, belief in a just world is negatively associated with conspiracy theory endorsement, but only among individuals with low ambiguity tolerance. There is long-standing interest in how people make sense of…
AT&T improperly obtained money from a government-run broadband discount program by submitting duplicate requests and by claiming subsidies for thousands of subscribers who weren’t using AT&T’s service. AT&T obtained funding based on false certifications it made under penalty of perjury.…
Streaming in the US has become a broken and fiendishly complex tangle of ephemeral choices—and that’s before you factor in sports. You can see why it might seem somehow easier to stream shows from other countries, where the networks, some…
Robert Downey Jr. has declared that he will sue any future Hollywood executives who try to re-create his likeness using AI digital replicas, as reported by Variety. His comments came during an appearance on the “On With Kara Swisher” podcast,…
In May 2023, Reddit announced that its API would no longer be free, signaling the demise of most third-party Reddit apps and the start of a new Reddit era. Reddit was always interested in making money, but the social media…
Paleontologist David Hone’s latest book fleshes out our understanding of dinosaur behavior.
A Bronze Age settlement hidden on the Arabian Peninsula reveals secrets about the slow growth of urbanization in the region.
New research published in The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine has found a link between higher omega-3 fatty acid intake and improved cognitive abilities in older adults. Analyzing data from a nationally representative health survey, researchers discovered that participants…
The fossilization of the tadpole’s “delicate structures,” like its eyes and gills, allowed for a detailed analysis of the rare find.
On Tuesday, Google’s CEO revealed that AI systems now generate more than a quarter of new code for its products, with human programmers overseeing the computer-generated contributions. The statement, made during Google’s Q3 2024 earnings call, shows how AI tools…
