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Microsoft Adds Copilot Mode To Edge
Microsoft today launched Copilot Mode, an experimental feature that transforms Edge into an AI-powered browser experience. Available free for a limited time on Windows and Mac in markets where Copilot operates, the mode places AI at the center of web browsing through a single input interface combini...
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Google's New Security Project 'OSS Rebuild' Tackles Package Supply Chain Verification
This week Google's Open Source Security Team announced "a new project to strengthen trust in open source package ecosystems" — by reproducing upstream artifacts.
It includes automation to derive declarative build definitions, new "build observability and verification tools" for security team...
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Astronomers Use Black Holes to Pinpoint Earth's Location. But are Phones and Wifi Blocking the View?
Measuring earth's position (or "geodesy") requires using telescopes that track radiation from distant black holes. Their signals "pass cleanly through the atmosphere and we can receive them during day and night and in all weather conditions," writes a senior scientist at the University of Tasmania. ...
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George Lucas Makes First Comic-Con Appearance to Discuss His Upcoming 'Museum of Narrative Art'
Star Wars creator George Lucas made his first Comic-Con appearance ever on Sunday. The Hollywood Reporter describes the scene:
Thousands waited hours just to get inside, chanted "Lu-cas, Lu-cas!" while they waited, and then gave a wild standing ovation as the filmmaker took to the stage, introduce...
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Tom Lehrer, Satirical Songwriter and Mathematician, Dies at Age 97
Satirical singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer died Saturday at age 97. The Associated Press notes Lehrer had long ago "largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities."
Lehrer had remained on the math faculty of the University of California at Santa Cruz wel...
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