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Cartoon: Preparing for hurricane season U.S. college student pleads guilty in data breach that affected North American schools At Google I/O, AI that never hallucinates mistakes | Mashable At Google I/O 2025, the company announced a slew of new AI features, while ignoring a major problem with AI models: hallucinations. You can now try Google's AI tool that browses Chrome for you Project Mariner, Google's AI agent that browses Chrome for you, is getting more powerful — and coming to more people. Why Are Some Business Owners Ditching OpenAI for This Less Expensive Tool? | Entrepreneur GPT-4o, Midjourney, Gemini, and other AI ...

Cartoon: Promises made, promises kept As always, if � you find value in this work I do, please consider helping me keep it sustainable by joining my weekly newsletter, � Sparky’s List! � You can get it in your inbox or read it on ... Ubuntu 25.10 will Have a Brand New Terminal (and Image Viewer) Google and University of Michigan are bringing AI job-ready skills to all U-M students Mozilla Just Patched Two Firefox Zero-Days Discovered at a Hacking Contest | Lifehacker How to identify poison ivy with AI — never get a rash again Google I/O 2025: New ChatGPT tricks befo...

How Music Can Emotionally Reshape Your Memories - Neuroscience News A new neuroscience study reveals that music can alter the emotional content of our memories when played during recollection. Toronto Maple Leafs logo on the Stanley Cup What Is a PC? I Thought I Knew—Then I Got This The P stands for personal, and here's what that now means for me. What does it mean to ‘accept’ or ‘reject’ all cookies, and which should I choose? Cookie consent pop-ups are annoying, but it’s worth understanding what you’re agreeing to. I ditched Gmail for Proton Mail, but is the price of privacy worth it? Proton Mail offers privacy via end-to-end ...

Ominous Abandoned Places - Ominous Database of abandoned places. Discover abandoned building, ghost towns, industrials, farm houses, mansions, creepy places, and more Whatever happened to … – doug — off the record … water? This is a series of posts that I’ve added to the blog on a recurring basis.  It gives me a chance to reflect on things from the past and ask myself “Whatever happened to them” a… Mighty Mouse in “Triple Trouble” (1948) | Microsoft just fixed a 9-month-old Windows bug, which is why it's the perfect time to try Linux | Laptop Mag 5 Features Windows Should Steal From Linux Mint ...

Cartoon: Universal prescription A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� ‘That's BS’: Democratic lawmaker rips RFK Jr. over research ... Your Chrome and Android devices just got useful assistive features for free - here's what's new | ZDNET Nest Hub problems strike owners: Is your smart display broken? - Android Authority Over the past week, a number of reports have surfaced of Nest Hub displays refusing to boot, but a fix should be on the way soon. Google is readying its AI Mode search tool for primetime | Mashable See all the latest AI news of the week, from Google's AI mode showing up in odd places to the new Pope's surprising views on artificial intelligence. ...

Cartoon: One man's democracy is another man's trash YouTube has a new ad format fueled by Gemini — and it might be the worst thing I’ve ever heard | Tom's Guide ‘Everybody is afraid’: Mayor, union respond to Georgian campus closure - Orillia News untitled Is the pope a mathematician? Yes, actually – and his training may help him grapple with the infinite Before becoming the pope, Robert Prevost gained a degree in mathematics. Your brain chemistry changes after just three days of silence Research shows that the brain changes after just ...