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Humanoid robots are coming, but can they win our hearts and minds?
By James Purtill

Humanoid robots may be part of our future, but human psychology and the uncanny valley may stand between them and world domination.

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Kdenlive 25.12 Video Editor Brings New Docking System, Menu Restructuring

In addition to the release this week of OpenShot 3.4, released today is a major update to another popular open-source video editing application: Kdenlive. The Kdenlive 25.12 release brings many improvements to help with editing of any year-end / holiday videos...
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'No path' for another GOP party-line bill, Ways and Means chair says (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)

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Neuralink provides Austin man 'wings' after ALS diagnosis

Jake Schneider, an ALS patient, was able to reconnect with the world through Neuralink, a brain-computer interface device that allows him to control a cursor on a screen and play video games with his son.

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N.Y.C. Subway Crime Is Down, Hochul Says, Rebutting Trump Officials (Stefanos Chen/New York Times)

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Bill Gates and Sergey Brin among newly released Epstein photos (Lauren Fedor/Financial Times)

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Somehow, this immediately makes me think about that one time Gates donated some amount of money very recently. Hmm... I wonder what could have ever brought him to do this and get it publicized for... hmmm


Newer RISC-V CPUs Vulnerable To Spectre V1 - Linux Mitigation Patches Posted

Spectre V1 mitigations in the Linux kernel are coming for RISC-V with newer RISC-V core designs being vulnerable to Spectre Variant One style attacks...
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Person of interest identified in Brown University shooting, sources say (Emily Mae/CBS News)

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