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2025-06-01

Police Tech That I Saw During 'Cop Con'

After walking thousands of steps around the expo floor over several days, where nearly 700 vendors were demonstrating and showcasing their latest, I got to see and learn a bit...

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New AI Startup Giving Robots Virtual Heart Rate, Body Temperature, Sweating Response So They Can Better Emulate Human Emotions Like Fear and Anxiety

A teen tech titan wants to retrofit robots to give them artificial bodily functions and feelings — and train AI models on their data. In an interrview with TechCrunch, Teddy...

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The HackerNoon Newsletter: OpenAI Wants to Design How You Live With AI (6/1/2025)

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, June 1, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Marilyn Monroe Was...

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Hanky Panky With Naughty AI Still Counts as Cheating, Therapist Says

Having phone sex with an AI chatbot is, as it turns out, quite upsetting to one's unwitting IRL partner. That's the takeaway from a recent HuffPost column in which Marisa...

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Taylor Swift has bought back the rights to her first six albums....

Taylor Swift has bought back the rights to her first six albums. “All of the music I’ve ever made now belongs to me.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

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Elden Ring Nightreign is the first FromSoftware game that I honestly wish I could play on easy

Nightreign would be a much stickier roguelike if its randomness extended to easier, and more varied, challenges.

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Suddenly Freed From Prison, Silk Road Founder Stunned by Advancements in World Since 2013

The 12 year campaign to free Ross Ulbricht — the criminal mastermind behind the Silk Road, a dark web mail-order-drug store — finally ended in January, when Donald Trump officially...

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Second Order Retreat - June 13th to 16th

Published on June 1, 2025 2:29 PM GMTHi all — I’m helping organize a small economics unconference that I think will be exciting for rational-ish people. It's coming up soon...

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Virginia-Class Submarine Achieves Landmark: First Forward-Deployed UUV Mission via Torpedo Tube

Key Points – In a significant advancement for naval warfare, the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, USS Delaware (SSN 791), has successfully executed a pioneering unmanned mission within the U.S....

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400 Women Are Suing Pfizer Over Birth Control Shot That Allegedly Gave Them Brain Tumors

Recent research has linked Pfizer's widely-used Depo-Provera birth control shot to massively increased risk of developing brain tumors — and hundreds of women are suing the pharmaceutical giant over it....

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Is Escalation Inevitable?

Published on May 31, 2025 10:10 PM GMTIn competitive systems, whether geopolitical, economic, technological, or memetic, a recurrent pattern emerges: actors willing or able to escalate tend to outperform those...

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Russia Won’t Give Up on Su-57 Felon Stealth Fighter

Key Points – Russia’s cutting-edge fifth-generation fighter, the Sukhoi Su-57 (NATO reporting name ‘Felon‘), was prominently featured by Rosoboronexport at the LIMA 2025 exhibition. -Developed by the renowned Sukhoi Design...

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The Carbon Removal Industry Is Already Lagging Behind Where It Needs to Be

It may be time to suck it up — and we don't just mean the carbon in the atmosphere.  No, we're talking about reckoning with the sobering possibility that our...

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PowerWash Simulator's last free update is out now, letting you scrub up a subway train and polish a sculpture park

"We hope you enjoy this final PowerWash Simulator update as much as we have enjoyed creating it."

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Sweden Bolsters NATO Air Defense in Poland with More JAS 39 Gripen Fighters

Key Points – The Swedish Air Force (Flygvapnet) has significantly increased its presence in Poland by deploying an additional six JAS39 Gripen C fighter jets to Malbork Air Base. -Announced...

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India Greenlights Indigenous Stealth Fighter Program: A Leap Towards Self-Reliance in Aerospace

Key Points – India has taken a monumental step in its pursuit of military self-sufficiency with the official approval to proceed with the development of its indigenous Advanced Medium Combat...

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Lockheed Martin Explores Pilot-Optional F-35 and Advanced Stealth Coatings

Key Points – Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet has unveiled a forward-looking vision for the F-35 Lightning II, suggesting potential enhancements that could include an unmanned operational mode and advanced...

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Scientists Spot Mysterious Object in Our Galaxy Pulsing Every 44 Minutes

Astronomers have spotted something strange and spectacular: a mysterious object that keeps emitting dual X-ray and radio wave pulses every 44 minutes. In a press release from Australia's Curtin University,...

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