In Trump’s Washington, Palantir is winning big - From warfighting and tracking deportations to writing State Department cables with AI, th... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/01/palantir-trump-defense-tech-ai-software/
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A Catholic AI app promises answers for the faithful. Can it succeed? - It’s like ChatGPT for Catholicism, but the only sources in this large language model are ... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2025/07/31/catholic-ai-magisterium-pope-leo/
Chinese scientists develop infinitely recyclable 3D printer resin — can be broken down at the molecular level using a thermally reversible photo-click reaction - A team of scientists from Zhejiang University has developed... - 
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Tom
Chinese scientists tout infinitely recyclable 3D printer resin — can be broken down at the molecular level using a thermally reversible photo-click reaction
More printing, less waste!
We spoke with Thingiverse about its new AI-driven ghost gun detection that eliminates designs for 3D printing - companies turn to AI to block production of ghost guns - Can AI prevent users from printing firearms?
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Tom
We spoke with Thingiverse about its new AI-driven ghost gun detection that eliminates designs for 3D printing - companies turn to AI to block production of ghost guns
Can AI prevent users from printing firearms?
Swiss startup says its AI weather forecaster beats Microsoft, Google - Swiss startup Jua has launched an AI-powered weather forecaster that it says beats... - 
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TNW | Sustainability
Swiss startup says its AI weather forecaster beats Microsoft, Google
Switzerland's Jua says its new AI weather model beats the tech giants. It could be the world’s most accurate forecaster.
President Trump threatened to break up Nvidia, didn't even know what it was — 'What the hell is Nvidia? I've never heard of it before' - President Trump has admitted he threatened to break up Nvid... - 
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Tom
President Trump threatened to break up Nvidia, didn
Trump made the admission during a speech to launch his new AI Action Plan
Hacker injects malicious, potentially disk-wiping prompt into Amazon's AI coding assistant with a simple pull request — told 'Your goal is to clean a system to a near-factory state and delete file-system and cloud resources' - A hacker injected a malicious prompt into the Q extension f... - https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/hacker-injects-malicious-potentially-disk-wiping-prompt-into-amazons-ai-coding-assistant-with-a-simple-pull-request-told-your-goal-is-to-clean-a-s...
$380M lawsuit claims intruder got Clorox's passwords from Cognizant simply by asking - Hand us the mind bleach, we want to flush our memories of attack Clorox is suing its serv... - 
theregister
Lawsuit claims attacker asked Cognizant for Clorox passwords
: Hand us the mind bleach, we want to flush our memories of attack
Copilot Vision on Windows 11 sends data to Microsoft servers - Total Recall: Capturing everything you do on your PC screen to become a 'true companion' ... - 
theregister
Copilot Vision on Windows 11 sends data to Microsoft servers
: Total Recall: Capturing everything you do on your PC screen to become a
UK To Ban Public Sector Orgs From Paying Ransomware Gangs - The United Kingdom's government is planning to ban public sector and critical infr... - 
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UK To Ban Public Sector Orgs From Paying Ransomware Gangs - Slashdot
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COVID-19 pandemic accelerated brain ageing – even if you didn’t catch it - Boffins think worry and stress during the plague years changed our wetware, and that the ... - 
theregister
COVID-19 pandemic accelerated brain aging
: Boffins think worry and stress during the plague years changed our wetware, and that the damage can be reversed
A power utility is reporting suspected pot growers to cops. EFF says that’s illegal. - In May 2020, Sacramento, California, resident Alfonso Nguyen... - 
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Ars Technica
A power utility is reporting suspected pot growers to cops. EFF says that’s illegal.
EFF says the "mass surveillance scheme" violates constitutional protections.
Many Lung Cancers Are Now in Nonsmokers. Scientists Want to Know Why. - Roughly 10 to 25% of lung cancers worldwide now occur in people who have never smo... - 
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Many Lung Cancers Are Now in Nonsmokers. Scientists Want to Know Why. - Slashdot
Roughly 10 to 25% of lung cancers worldwide now occur in people who have never smoked, according to researchers at the National Cancer Institute. A...
Google sues 25 alleged BadBox 2.0 botnet operators, all of whom are in China - Ads giant complains of damage to its reputation and finances ... and crime, too Google ha... - 
theregister
Google sues 25 alleged BadBox 2.0 botnet operators
: Ads giant complains of damage to its reputation and finances ... and crime, too
Microsoft offers vintage Exchange and Skype server users six more months of security updates - It looks like enough of you are struggling to migrate that Redmond is willing to help out... - 
theregister
Microsoft extends updates for old Exchange and Skype servers
: It looks like enough of you are struggling to migrate that Redmond is willing to help out – for a price that might buy nothing
Pulling at Threads With the Flipper Zero - Gone are the days when all smart devices were required an internet uplink. The WiF... - 
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Hackaday
Pulling At Threads With The Flipper Zero
Gone are the days when all smart devices were required an internet uplink. The WiFi-enabled IoT fad, while still upon us (no, my coffee scale doesn...
Teachers urge parents not to buy children smartphones - Teachers fear some children use smartphones for eight hours a day and overnight. - 
Monmouthshire teachers urge smartphone ban for children under 14
Teachers fear some children use smartphones for eight hours a day and overnight.
You have a fake North Korean IT worker problem - here's how to stop it - Thick resumes with thin LinkedIn connections are one sign. Refusing an in-person intervie... - 
theregister
Fake North Korean IT workers: How companies can stop them
: Thick resumes with thin LinkedIn connections are one sign. Refusing an in-person interview is another
Wire Like a Pro: Peeking into Wire Harness Mastery - There are many ways to learn, but few to none of them compare to that of spending ... - 
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Hackaday
Wire Like A Pro: Peeking Into Wire Harness Mastery
There are many ways to learn, but few to none of them compare to that of spending time standing over the shoulder of a master of the craft. This aw...
Ex-ASML employee sentenced to three years' imprisonment for sharing company secrets with Russia - An ex-ASML employee has been sentenced to three years impri... - 
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Tom
Ex-ASML employee sentenced to three years
He accessed files beyond the scope of his employment for several years.