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One of the most magnificent and terrifying steeds in motorcycledom gets its second major overhaul for 2024. The new KTM 1390 Super Duke R gets a bigger motor, a bigger tank, semi-active suspension and a savagely alien new headlight design.Seriously, if you thought the boggle-eyed BMW S1000R or the angry-eyebrows Yamaha MT-10 had some weird faces on them, the new Super Duper Duke headlight makes both look downright conventional. Imagine the old 1290 Super Duke headlight – now gut the middle out of it, leaving the sides,…

Elaborating on how risks could be managed as AI continued to evolve, Altman said it was important to let the public learn about and experience new developments as these came along. It would ensure any potential harm could be uncovered and resolved before its impact widened. This would be more effective than building and testing a piece of technology behind closed doors, and releasing it to the public on the assumption that all possible risks had been identified and plugged. Also: 5 ways to explore the use of generative…

What is life? Like most great questions, this one is easy to ask but difficult to answer. Scientists have been trying for centuries, and philosophers have done so for millennia. Today our knowledge is so advanced that we can precisely manipulate life’s building blocks—DNA, RNA and proteins—to build biological machines and engineer new genomes. Yet despite all we know, no universal consensus currently exists on life’s fundamental definition. The reason life’s definition still eludes us is simple: we know of just one type…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The role of the auditing profession is crucial for the proper functioning of capital and debt markets: one of the primary duties of auditors is to ensure the compliance of organizations' financial accounts to the law. And as the complexity of modern times increases, the potential of the auditing profession to add value is evident. …

A family business that started with a roadside pie and cider stand in southeastern Wisconsin and grew into a well-known northern Colorado attraction is evolving again. The fourth generation is leading the way. Elias Lehnert opened a pie store in northwest Denver in 2020, the fourth location of the family-owned Colorado Cherry Co. He and his wife, Rachel, are going to expand their kitchen and rebrand their side of the business as Legacy Pie Co. The name change will be official early next year. The 29-year-old Lehnert and…

Microsoft Windows 11 MSRP $140.00 “Thanks to both a fresh look and some meaningful upgrades, Windows 11 fits in with most workflows and lifestyles.” Pros Modernized design changes Powerful new multitasking features Greatly expanded Microsoft Store Android apps finally on the PC Improved touch…

via 20th Century Fox When it comes to naming the most important and influential blockbusters of the 21st Century, the floor is opened up to plenty of debate, but there are a handful of titles that absolutely cannot be omitted from the conversation. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Batman Begins, Avatar, Iron Man, and The Dark Knight are among that number, but all of them came after the release of Bryan Singer’s X-Men, which in retrospect might just be the…