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  • Levis CEO Says Never Machine Wash Jeans, Just Spot Clean And Shower In Them

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    Levis CEO Says Never Machine Wash Jeans, Just Spot Clean And Shower In Them #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #Levi’s #jeans #washing #carbon footprint #water usage #bacteria #spot clean Levi’s CEO Charles Bergh advises never machine washing jeans due to the carbon footprint. He says spot clean stains and wash jeans in the…

  • YouTube Ad Blocker Ban Prompts Record Uninstalls As Viewers Scramble For Fix

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    YouTube Ad Blocker Ban Prompts Record Uninstalls As Viewers Scramble For Fix #shorts #YouTube #ad blockers #crackdown #uninstalls #pop-up dialogs #terms of service #Chrome browser #Ghostery #Microsoft Edge After YouTube banned ad blockers in October, companies saw a record spike in uninstalls as users tried to avoid pop-ups demanding they disable blockers. Alternatives like Ghostery…

  • Venomous Critters Inject Toxins, Poisonous Ones Make You Ingest Them

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    Venomous Critters Inject Toxins, Poisonous Ones Make You Ingest Them #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #venom #poison #toxin #ingest #inject #snake #frog #platypus #jellyfish #stinging nettle #mushroom Venom must be injected, like a snakebite, while poison must be ingested, like licking a frog. Venomous animals like snakes and jellyfish inject toxin through stingers…

  • Mysterious Medieval Mummy In Lead Coffin May Be 14th Century Knight Killed In Battle

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    Mysterious Medieval Mummy In Lead Coffin May Be 14th Century Knight Killed In Battle #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #St Bees Man #mummy #medieval #lead coffin #preserved body #Cumbria #Northern Crusades #Anthony de Lucy #fractured jaw #punctured lung #hemopneumothorax St Bees Man, a well-preserved medieval mummy found in 1981 in England, was likely…

  • Rats Can Travel the World in Their Minds

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    Rats Can Travel the World in Their Minds #shorts #rats #environment #place cells #firing patterns Rats can travel to Hogwarts in their minds, study finds. That’s right, rodents have the same ability to imagine fictional journeys as humans. And they can do it without moving a muscle. Scientists say rats have neurons in their brains…

  • Massive Chunks of Mars-Sized Planet May Be Inside Earth

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    Massive Chunks of Mars-Sized Planet May Be Inside Earth #shorts #astronomy #planetary science #Moon formation #Earth’s core #Theia impact New simulations suggest 10% of the Mars-sized planet Theia, which collided with early Earth, became trapped deep inside our planet. This supports the theory that the impact formed the Moon. If true, the chunks account for…

  • SBF Says He Was Told to Stop Asking About $8 Billion

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    SBF Says He Was Told to Stop Asking About $8 Billion #shorts #cryptocurrency #FTX #Sam Bankman-Fried #fraud #bankruptcy During his fraud trial testimony, ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried claimed he didn’t know $8 billion moved from FTX to Alameda. When he asked staff about it months before FTX’s collapse, he says he was told to stop…

  • Microsofts AI Generates Ghoulish Poll About Dead Woman

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    Microsofts AI Generates Ghoulish Poll About Dead Woman #shorts #artificial intelligence #Microsoft #media ethics #The Guardian #online polls Microsoft ran an AI-generated poll on MSN asking how a recently deceased woman died, alongside a syndicated Guardian article about the case. The Guardian objected to the ghoulish poll harming its reputation. Microsoft disabled the feature, saying…

  • Adobe Criticized for Selling AI War Images

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    Adobe Criticized for Selling AI War Images #shorts #artificial intelligence #deepfakes #Adobe #photography #misinformation Adobe is under fire for offering AI-generated images of war violence on its stock site. The fake scenes of Israel-Palestine conflict closely resemble real photos. Critics say profiting off such fabricated images of human suffering spreads misinformation and harms journalism. 👋…

  • Microsoft Pumps Out AI-Generated Clickbait on MSN

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    Microsoft Pumps Out AI-Generated Clickbait on MSN #shorts #artificial intelligence #fake news #media #journalism #automation After laying off editors, Microsoft’s MSN news site relies heavily on AI to generate articles, resulting in misleading, low-quality clickbait content. The company has put out bizarre stories and polls, then quietly deleted them after public criticism. Former employees lament…