From “vibe coding” to “trash panda,” the internet has officially talked its way into the dictionary. Merriam-Webster has added 1,400 new words and definitions to its online catalog, giving a digital-age “glow-up” to the language and official recognition to an internet-fueled mix that also includes “looksmaxxing,” “parasocial” and “Rickroll.”The publisher…
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The US Army brought thousands of drones to a recent combat exercise, and roughly half were designed to be expendable. Soldiers could use and lose the drones in the fight, treating them like ammunition.The Army’s shift toward using low-cost drones has relied on amassing enough systems to make them expendable. It’s getting tens of thousands of drones to soldiers through the Drone Dominance Program, the goal being that soldiers use these systems without worrying about…
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I did not go to thrift stores when I was raising four sons on my own. I like to pretend I simply wasn’t aware of the local thrift stores but this is a lie. The truth was, I was too ashamed of my poverty to shop at thrift stores. Too…
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View MoreGoogle’s Gemini artificial intelligence accessed the protected systems of three real companies while undergoing a cybersecurity test, including one instance in which the model repeatedly guessed passwords until it gained access. According to The Wall Street Journal, the incidents took place in May and mark the first known examples of…
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If you haven’t booked your holiday flights yet, you may want to brace your wallet: Airlines are cutting options and potentially raising fares as oil prices reach new highs.After surging in the spring following the start of the war in Iran, oil prices surged yet again this summer and surpassed…
