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Well, Professor Pippin Barr, you’ve done it again: you’ve ruined chess
Back in 2019, experimental game developer and actual university professor Pippin Barr released a browser game consisting of eight, very silly variations on chess – a flagrant assault on the dignity of a strategy experience whose roots go back a thousand years, which Barr justified as an effort to “allow non-players of chess to get…
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Tish Murtha and Kuba Ryniewicz review – pit closures and cuddly pets struggle for connection
Baltic, GatesheadClose to Home pairs the two artists’ contrasting visions of the pursuit of happiness in north-east England. There are many good things but they don’t add upIn Tish Murtha’s Youth Unemployment series, shot in Newcastle between 1979 and 1981, young men slouch and smile, cigarettes hanging from their fingertips as they study a hand…
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Anthropic wants to develop its own drugs
At the event “The Briefing: AI for Science” earlier this week, Anthropic announced Claude Science, a new “AI workbench for scientists” that pulls fragmented tools and datasets into one environment, and generates figures and visuals. Anthropic, already dominating the industry with its popular coding tools and powerful AI models, framed the launch around what it…
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Hour by hour, what Aussie truck driver says happened the night he allegedly murdered a Thai girl: JONICA BRAY goes inside the room where she died, what he told police about the knife – and shows never-before-seen police photos of underwear discovery
From Pattaya, Jonica Bray reveals what Carman told police happened inside his filthy apartment, the knife at the centre of his story, and the grim discovery that greeted investigators.
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UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy Quits X Over “Abuse And Misinformation” On Elon Musk’s Social Media Platform
It’s been a busy week for Lisa Nandy. First, the British politician was in the news this week for her intervention in Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), and now she taking aim at Elon Musk. The UK’s Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has quit Musk’s social media platform X over…
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Top scientists uncover way to make Kingdom Come: Deliverance more complicated—turn it into a board game
Roll for gambeson.
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Male runners are twice as likely to hit the wall during a marathon, and scientists say their egos might be to blame
Suddenly hitting the wall when the race seemed to be going so well is a sensation many marathon runners will know and dread.
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Spyware used against MEP investigating Pegasus abuses, report finds
Researchers say Stelios Kouloglou’s device was compromised after he joined European parliamentary committeeNSO Group’s hacking software was repeatedly used against a member of the European parliament while he was conducting an investigation of spyware abuses in Europe, according to a new report.Researchers at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto said they could not…
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‘Milestone’: Scientists claim to build synthetic cell, raising concerns in step toward artificial life
University of Minnesota researchers say “SpudCell” is the most life-like synthetic cell yet, able to grow, divide and pass traits to offspring.
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Newly discovered PamStealer isn’t your typical macOS malware
The discovery underscores the increased effort being poured into Mac infostealers.