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IRL Brain Rot and the Lure of the Labubu
Kyle Chayka
On a recent quiet weekday morning in Manhattan, I attempted to obtain a Labubu, the cutesy monster doll that has become the biggest international toy fad since Beanie Babies in the late nineties. Col ...[Continue Reading]
The New Yorker
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Alaska summit provides a glimpse into what peace looks like to Putin andTrump
Ronald Suny
For all the pomp and staged drama of the summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the substantive part of the spectacle that is, the negotiations between two great powers ...[Continue Reading]
Salon
1 day ago
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Nathan Lentss New Book Explores How Animal Behavior and Evolution Challenge Binary Sex and Gender Norms
Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific Americans Science Quickly, Im Rachel Feltman. The natural world is full of sexual diversitytraits that challenge binary definitions of male and femalebut tradition ...[Continue Reading]
Scientific American
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Vigil Labs AI Raises $5.7 Million To Build Bionic Traders
Charlie Fink, Contributor, Charlie Fink, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/
Vigils founder and CEO, Kole Lee, dropped out of Stanford to start what may become the worlds largest hedge fund, powered by real time data from proprietary sources, and a reasoning system specifical ...[Continue Reading]
Forbes
1 day ago
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Meet The Ex-NASA Engineer Training Robots To Make Pre-Roll Joints
Will Yakowicz, Forbes Staff, Will Yakowicz, Forbes Staff https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/
Inside the Los Angeles headquarters of Stiiizy, Americas largest cannabis brand by sales, a robotic machine takes ten pre-rolled joints in its arm, dips them into a vessel of THC concentrate and then ...[Continue Reading]
Forbes
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Inspiring women in mining: Patience Mpofu, Insight Mining Experts Australia
Heidi Vella
After more than 30 years working in mining and sustainability, Dr Patience Mpofu is an undisputed industry veteran but she never planned it this way. Mining chose me, says Mpofu, adding, with a grin ...[Continue Reading]
Mining Technology
1 day ago