County clerk who tried to prove Trump’s claims gets 9 years for voting-system breach Judge calls Tina Peters a charlatan, says "prison is the only place" for her.

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Former county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting-system breach

Judge calls Tina Peters a charlatan, says "prison is the only place" for her.

As bird flu rages through California cows, possible human case identified If the case is confirmed by the CDC, it will be the 16th linked to the dairy outbreak.

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Human cases of H5N1 confirmed in California amid rapid dairy spread

The CDC confirmed two new bird flu cases, brining the human tally to 17.

Automattic demanded web host pay $32M annually for using WordPress trademark Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg called WP Engine "a cancer to WordPress."

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Automattic demanded web host pay $32M annually for using WordPress trademark

Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg called WP Engine "a cancer to WordPress."

Strange “biotwang” ID’d as Bryde’s whale call Multi-species machine-learning model can unlock insights into new whale species.

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Strange “biotwang” ID’d as Bryde’s whale call

Multi-species machine-learning model can unlock insights into new whale species.

Ants’ fungus agriculture traced back to dinosaur-killing impact Ants learned to work with fungi back in a world where only fungi could thrive.

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Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction

Ants learned to work with fungi back in a world where only fungi could thrive.

Popular gut probiotic completely craps out in randomized controlled trial If you're familiar with the history of Activia, you may not be surprised.

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Popular gut probiotic completely craps out in randomized controlled trial

If you're familiar with the history of Activia, you may not be surprised.

AI doesn’t abolish right to roast gov’t, judge blocking Calif. deepfake law says Parody video creator joined Musk in “war” to block California deepfake law.

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Elon Musk claims victory after judge blocks Calif. deepfake law

Parody video creator joined Musk in “war” to block California deepfake law.

ULA’s second Vulcan launch will pave the way for military certification On Friday's launch, United Launch Alliance will test the limits of its Centaur upper stage.

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ULA hasn’t given up on developing a long-lived cryogenic space tug

On Friday's launch, United Launch Alliance will test the limits of its Centaur upper stage.

Bazzite is a wonderful SteamOS-ish port for lots of non-Valve handhelds Bazzite has tackled drivers, inputs, and updating, so you can just play games.

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Bazzite is the next best thing to SteamOS while we wait on Valve

Getting a SteamOS-like experience on handhelds like the ROG Ally used to mean lots of tweaking. Now it’s like it was always meant to be.

Microsoft’s new “Copilot Vision” AI experiment can see what you browse Microsoft brings two new opt-in trial features to some users of its Copilot AI-assistant.

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Microsoft’s new “Copilot Vision” AI experiment can see what you browse

Microsoft brings two new opt-in trial features to some users of its Copilot AI-assistant.