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- ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’: Ella Beatty On Playing A Notorious Murder Suspect
Ella Beatty on preparing to play Lizzie Borden in Netflix’s ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’: “My job as the actress is to love her and be her advocate.”
- This Startup Is Building Octopus-Inspired Tow Trucks For Space
Spaceships with tentacles. Designing an award-winning drug. How the Fed hiking rates will impact emerging tech. All that and more in this week’s Prototype.
- Jockey Club Gold Cup Results: Forever Young, Stars And Stripes, Baeza
Forever Young put a lackluster three-horse set of rivals easily and breezily away. Baeza lost his cool. His stablemate Stars and Stripes kept his.
- The Emmys Offer A Lesson In The Payoff Of Preparation.
The Emmys offer a reminder that the payoff of preparation isn't always just the outcome. Sometimes, the preparation itself is valuable.
- Donald Trump Claims Donald Trump Jr. Paid Back Russian Oligarch For Controversial Wedding Gift
Donald Trump Jr. defended the gift earlier this week and made no mention he paid back Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch linked to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Technology
- AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.
- FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion
FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.
- FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
- Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep
Rare cells with widespread connectivity seem to be able to trigger sleep.
- US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"
The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.
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