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Roman tomb reveals burnt remains left in place, covered by bricks, sealed with lime, encircled by bent and broken nails — rites to restrain the dead from rising

arstechnica.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_11u4ue5 on March 17, 2023 at 9:45 PM in history

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First archaeological correlate of the Egyptian rebellion described on the Rosetta Stone, 196 BCE — Evidence of violent destruction across the ancient city of Thmouis, in Egypt’s Nile delta, ca. 204-186 BCE

theconversation.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_11kh7pr on March 6, 2023 at 11:02 PM in history

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Sea creatures in Greek manuscript and Norse mythology may have been whales with mouths agape — Fish instinctively swim toward apparent shelter of creature’s mouth, a phenomenon depicted in ancient texts as early as 2,000 years ago

theguardian.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_11gb5z9 on March 2, 2023 at 7:15 PM in history

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AI-powered Bing Chat loses its mind when fed Ars Technica article — "It is a hoax that has been created by someone who wants to harm me or my service."

arstechnica.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_112mgxh on February 15, 2023 at 1:51 AM in technology

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Reddit aims for IPO in second half of 2023 - The Information

reuters.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_112hmx2 on February 14, 2023 at 10:09 PM in technology

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Enter ‘Dark ChatGPT’: Users have hacked the AI chatbot to make it evil

thelatch.com.au

Submitted by marketrent t3_10yj8xj on February 10, 2023 at 7:30 AM in technology

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Tech: After layoffs, CEO paycuts are the new trend — here's how much they are earning in 2023

gulfnews.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_10ucc6j on February 5, 2023 at 1:22 PM in technology

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Colombia court moves to metaverse to host hearing

reuters.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_11ca5tt on February 26, 2023 at 9:31 AM in technology

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AI image generator Midjourney blocks porn by banning words about the human reproductive system

technologyreview.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_11bzmmx on February 25, 2023 at 11:50 PM in technology

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Microsoft brings Bing chatbot to phones after curbing quirks

apnews.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_11acdbg on February 23, 2023 at 11:35 PM in technology

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Welcome to the oldest part of the metaverse — Ultima Online, which just turned 25, offers a lesson in the challenges of building virtual worlds

technologyreview.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_116u996 on February 20, 2023 at 1:33 AM in technology

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Nigeria asks social media giants to curb fake news ahead of election

reuters.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_10udoc4 on February 5, 2023 at 2:25 PM in technology

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How many HPE staff does it take to pay for one CEO? 271 — Antonio Neri bags $17m+ in compensation in fiscal 2022 versus $64,000 average for the grunts

theregister.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_118wu1v on February 22, 2023 at 12:25 PM in technology

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China tells big tech companies not to offer ChatGPT services — State media outlet blasts chatbot as spreading U.S. government 'misinformation'

asia.nikkei.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_119ui2k on February 23, 2023 at 10:29 AM in technology

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WhatsApp is working on a private newsletter feature

theverge.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_11cv8np on February 26, 2023 at 10:45 PM in technology

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Caught between Microsoft's and Google's search war, the ad industry grapples with a 'exciting and terrifying' new reality

businessinsider.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_11cywog on February 27, 2023 at 1:22 AM in technology

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‘The real goal is to not blow up the launch pad, that is success.’ — An unprecedented test-firing today, of all 33 Raptor rocket engines on Booster 7, with the rocket held firmly to the ground

arstechnica.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_10xxauv on February 9, 2023 at 3:18 PM in space

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‘We found the Artemis-I noise level at 5 km had a crackling quality about 40 million times greater than a bowl of Rice Krispies.’ — Maximum noise measured during Artemis-I launch on 16 Nov. 2022 was higher than predicted

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Submitted by marketrent t3_116vp3f on February 20, 2023 at 2:45 AM in space

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Shortly before liftoff, SpaceX cancels a crew launch due to igniter issues — "Standing down from tonight's launch of Crew-6 due to a TEA-TEB ground system issue."

arstechnica.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_11d82xw on February 27, 2023 at 9:55 AM in space

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Euclid space telescope launch scheduled for July — ESA mission to chart a 3D map of the universe, in search of dark matter and dark energy

rfi.fr

Submitted by marketrent t3_11bhrod on February 25, 2023 at 10:21 AM in space

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From TV to TikTok, young people in Australia face constant exposure to gambling promotions, contributing to perceptions that gambling is a normal activity

theconversation.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_11ck1na on February 26, 2023 at 3:33 PM in science

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Children born after induced labour score lower in school tests 12 years later

amsterdamumc.org

Submitted by marketrent t3_11a52s7 on February 23, 2023 at 6:36 PM in science

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New calculations find that the U.S. housing market is overvalued by $121 to $237 billion, due to unpriced flood risk amid climate change

nature.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_1192dax on February 22, 2023 at 3:25 PM in science

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~2,000 year-old artefact — the first known example of a disembodied wooden phallus recovered anywhere in the Roman world — may have been a device used during sex

ncl.ac.uk

Submitted by marketrent t3_11735wa on February 20, 2023 at 10:14 AM in science

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First observational evidence linking black holes to dark energy — the combined vacuum energy of black holes, produced in the deaths of the universe’s first stars, corresponds to the measured quantity of dark energy in our universe

news.umich.edu

Submitted by marketrent t3_113985q on February 15, 2023 at 9:35 PM in science

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