OTR Backup 02/20/2025

• 24 Hilarious Reasons Why The English Language Is The Worst. - The Language Nerds

  English is such a zany language. It confuses the heck out of everyone, natives and non-natives alike. If you can speak English, then kudos. It’s not easy to speak a language whose madness knows no

• Everyday Objects Transformed Into Believable Cartoon Characters By This Artist (15 New Pics) | Bored Panda

  In the eyes of Rinotuna, a Korean artist, anything—be it an item, object, animal, or plant—can be transformed into a compelling character.

• Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices As Chrome Changes

  Backlash as new tracking goes live—here’s what to know.

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• Local AI chatbots for every PC Overview | PCWorld

  You can bring the super power of AI chatbots like ChatGPT to your PC -- completely locally, without an internet connection. Four chatbots that we like for PC.

• Warning issued to 2,500,000,000 Gmail users over scam which allows hackers to steal banking and sensitive data - News - UNILAD

  A warning has been issued to 2,500,000,000 Gmail users over scam which allows hackers to steal banking and sensitive data.

• This 2.5-hour train ride from Toronto takes you to a beautiful village with European vibes - Narcity

  You don't need a car to visit this enchanting small town in Ontario. Located a train ride away from Toronto, this destination is brimming with charm and European vibes.

• AI chatbots still can't accurately summarize the news — everything to know about the BBC study | Tom's Guide

• Massive ad for new cellphone sparks outrage: 'They're not even pretending anymore'

  One Redditor's shared a photo of a disturbing iPhone ad that excessively glorifies overconsumption.

• Trump's musings on 'very large faucet' in Canada part of looming water crisis, say researchers

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• 'What’s the scariest sentence you’ve ever heard?' - 17 phrases that have put the fear of God in people - The Poke

  We may be far away from Halloween, but that doesn’t mean that shocks and scares can’t take us by surprise. Even a regular day can become frightening thanks to something as basic as a sentence. Whether they’re poorly delivered or said by an intimidating person, sentences have the power to turn someone’s life upside down. […]

• ‘Number sense’ is one of the building blocks of math

  Fluency in understanding numbers and their relationships to one another is crucial in mastering more complex numbers later in school.

• The cheapest places to live in Canada for 2025 were revealed and some big cities made the cut - Narcity

  Living cheap doesn't have to mean moving to the middle of nowhere.

• Ticket prices for Canada-USA 4 Nations championship game are absolutely bonkers

• Elon Musk just released an AI that's smarter than ChatGPT — here's why that matters | VentureBeat

  Elon Musk's xAI launches Grok 3, outperforming ChatGPT and Google Gemini in benchmarks with 200,000 GPUs and advanced reasoning capabilities, intensifying AI competition days after failed OpenAI bid.

• Is Earth's oxygen running out? Supercomputer predicts when it will happen and what it means for humanity | - The Times of India

  A University of Bristol simulation predicts the formation of supercontinent Pangaea Ultima within 250 million years, making Earth uninhabitable due to

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