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I Spent a Week Eating Discarded Restaurant Food. But Was It Really Going to Waste? Jun 17, 2024

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Food app Too Good To Go promises to cut waste by directing hungry bargain hunters to leftover restaurant food. But the week we spent living off the app had me wondering if Too Good To Go is too good to be true.

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From the Archives: Scientists Have Finally Found the Origins of a Mysterious Asteroid Jun 14, 2024

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Astronomers show how a 50-meter space rock orbiting near Earth isn’t a typical asteroid: It probably blasted off the moon millions of years ago.

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Apple Proved That AI Is a Feature, Not a Product Jun 14, 2024

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Other tech companies want to sell you chatbots. Apple’s demos show the value of seeing the AI as an integrated, holistic experience rather than a stand-alone app or device.

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US National Security Experts Warn AI Giants Aren't Doing Enough to Protect Their Secrets Jun 13, 2024

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Susan Rice, who helped the White House broker an AI safety agreement with OpenAI and other tech companies, says she's worried China will steal American AI secrets.

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From the Archives: The ‘Green’ Future of Furniture Is a Sofa Stuffed With Seaweed Jun 12, 2024

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Foam rubber—like the filling inside your couch—produces an enormous amount of CO2. A Norwegian company called Agoprene thinks seaweed could be the solution.

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An AI Cartoon May Interview You For Your Next Job Jun 12, 2024

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As if trying to land a new gig isn't demoralizing enough, job seekers are meeting with characters powered by generative AI who are capable of meeting with infinite candidates to judge their skills.

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The Snowflake Attack May Be Turning Into One of the Largest Data Breaches Ever Jun 11, 2024

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The number of alleged hacks targeting the customers of cloud storage firm Snowflake appears to be snowballing into one of the biggest data breaches of all time.

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The Case for MDMA's Approval Is Riddled With Problems Jun 10, 2024

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The FDA is considering approving MDMA alongside psychotherapy as a treatment for PTSD. But evidence of the drug’s effectiveness isn’t clear cut.

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From the Archives: Energy Drinks Are Out of Control Jun 09, 2024

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Highly caffeinated drinks have become a cultural staple. But following a death allegedly related to Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade, has our collective obsession with energy drinks become unsafe?

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From the Archives: Here Come the Glow-in-the-Dark Houseplants Jun 08, 2024

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Startup Light Bio has created a bioluminescent petunia using mushroom genes and plans to start shipping the plants next spring.

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