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Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. In recent days, multiple researchers have extracted Muse’s internal files and dumped the ...

Fed up with paying to stream music you’ll never actually own? Give the little silver disc a spin. Here’s how to start a CD collection or get more out of one you already have. When I started collecting ...

I tested portable repellents, yard-wide systems, traps, and more. Some kept mosquitoes away; others mostly caught moths.

Scientists left structures up to 100 meters under the surface. Here’s what they found when they retrieved them 10 years later ...

Think of Klook as your one-stop shop for everything travel-related. This online platform offers nearly everything you need for your next trip, including attractions, tours, hotels, and transportation.

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a ...

A collaborative Instagram post between footwear line HEYDUDE and a University of Florida frat is sparking backlash due to sexual cyberharassment allegations against two former members.

The league is releasing romance-style audio stories to promote games. Critics say it’s cheap pandering that doesn’t address toxic masculinity in the sport. As part of its new “Hot for Hockey,” ...

Some big AI companies seem to think that the best way to keep models from becoming too chaotic or too mischievous is to keep them locked inside of labs. If only a chosen few can access them, the ...

Seventy years ago last summer, a group of scientists met at Dartmouth College to discuss a wild idea—that machines might one day be capable of humanlike thought processes. One of those scientists, ...

The company announced it has stopped using secret agreements with county officials and acknowledged that community backlash is leading to data center moratoriums across the country. Amazon has made a ...