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Hunter-gatherer approach to childcare suggests that the key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-hunter-gatherer-approach-childcare-key-mother.html#google_vignette
Feds gonna fed
US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/22/wyden_hemisphere_letter/
I thought she loved me
US cybercops take on 'pig butchering' org, return $9M in scammed crypto
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/22/us_cybercops_take_on_pig/
I like you over there
Hell is other people - Why individualism shrinks the next generation
https://woodfromeden.substack.com/p/hell-is-other-people-why-individualism
Credit where it’s due
Russia's Sandworm – not just missile strikes – to blame for Ukrainian power blackouts
I’ll be watching you
Your car can keep collecting your data after a judge dismissed a privacy lawsuit
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/9/23953798/automakers-collect-record-text-messages-federal-judge-ruling
Google got your back
How to Make Your Web Searches Secure and Private https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-make-web-searches-secure-private/
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How to Use Proton Sentinel to Keep Your Accounts Safe If you want the highest possible level of protection, this is it. https://www.wired.c...
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https://www.benzinga.com/news/23/08/34070648/charlie-mungers-less-than-optimistic-advice-i-think-the-best-road-ahead-to-human-happiness-is-t...
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OpenAI urges court to throw out authors' claims in AI copyright battle OpenAI is seeking to dismiss claims in two legal actions brought...
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Human ancestors nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago A new technique analyzing modern genetic data suggests that pre-humans survived in a g...
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An AI pilot has beaten three champion drone racers at their own game This isn't the first time an algorithm from University of Zurich h...
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Robot mistakes man for box of peppers, kills him https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/09/robot_kills_employee/
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A New US Privacy Bill Seeks to End Warrantless Police and FBI Spying https://www.wired.com/story/government-surveillance-reform-act-2023/
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Colorado family trying to live off the grid died of malnutrition, hypothermia https://news.yahoo.com/colorado-family-trying-live-off-143131...
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Hell is other people - Why individualism shrinks the next generation https://woodfromeden.substack.com/p/hell-is-other-people-why-individual...
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X wants permission to start collecting your biometric data and employment history The new policy for the service formerly known as Twitter s...





