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Just paying for Netflix or Hulu seems like no big deal, but a new report from Deloitte suggests most Americans are paying for four streaming services. That’s pushing Americans to the brink, leading to the average household spending $61 a month on streaming. Half of the study’s respondents said they would cancel a streaming subscription if prices go up by another $5.Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor Picks“This year’s Digital Media Trends shows that U.S. households are spending more…

A photo of the atomic clock setup complete with the bisecting cavity. CreditJILA/Ye GroupJILA’s breakthrough in optical atomic clocks uses quantum entanglement to surpass fundamental precision limits, setting a new standard in timekeeping and opening avenues for scientific discovery.Historically, JILA (a joint institute established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder) has been a world leader in precision timekeeping using optical atomic clocks. These clocks…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new report from an influential real estate organization calls on Chicago to take a bold step to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. The city should set limits on emissions from certain buildings, using an approach already in place in New York, according to the report from the Urban Land Institute…

Kacey Musgraves has turned over a new leaf. On the serene title track of her sixth album, Deeper Well, the Nashville-based country crossover star, known for singing about her love of smoking weed, admits that she has given it up. Within that admission, and the song’s delicate, pared-back pop-country arrangement, is the promise of a more clarified, mature iteration of Musgraves, and sometimes that’s what Deeper Well provides. On Lonely Millionaire, which samples a song by the rapper JID, she invokes the shallowness of fame…

The rapid evolution of generative AI, like GPT4 or Gemini, reveals both its power and the enduring challenge of bias. These advancements herald a new era of creativity and efficiency. However, they also spotlight the complex ways bias appears within AI systems, especially in generative technologies that mirror human creativity and subjectivity. This exploration ventures into the nuanced interplay between AI guardrails and human biases, scrutinizing the efficacy of these technological solutions in generative AI and…

Google Ads started limiting country-level location exclusion to 120 entities. Moving forward, advertisers will receive a warning notification if the number of entities they enter exceeds this limit. Exclusion list changes. The issue was first flagged by Google Ads marketing agency PPC Sauce on X: “I have an exclusion list (all countries but US, or Australia etc.) and have always been able to just plug it in until today.” The agency then shared a screenshot of the warning notification sent by…

Since 2008, Dan Keen has grown his business from a small company serving customers in the Pacific Northwest to a major national player in what’s known as the corporate formation industry. The company and its competitors offer the ability to incorporate a business in the state of a customer’s choosing and receive mail and legal notices.Keen started the company after running a tree trimming and landscaping business. Former employees said Keen worked tirelessly to build the business, often sending emails at all hours of the…

LIGO has confirmed 90 gravitational wave detections so far, but physicists want to detect more, which will require making the experiment even more sensitive. And that is a challenge.  “The struggle of these detectors is that every time you try to improve them, you actually can make things worse, because they are so sensitive,” says Lisa Barsotti, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nevertheless, Barsotti and her colleagues recently pushed past this challenge, creating a device that will allow…

Combining aspects of a mountain bike, trekking bike and cargo bike, Tern has designed an all-weather, all-terrain pedal-assist gear hauler called the Orox that taps into Bosch power and is dual-battery ready for extended trips into the wild."Six years ago, we introduced the GSD with the belief that a compact and easy-to-ride bike capable of carrying passengers and cargo would get people out of their cars and onto bikes," said Tern Team Captain, Josh Hon. "We were right, and we love seeing all the amazing things people are…

An American Airlines plane sits at the gate at Cancun International Airport on May 26, 2023.Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty ImagesAmerican Airlines has raised the price to check a bag for the first time in more than five years and said it would limit which travel agency bookings are eligible to earn frequent flyer miles.Passengers will pay $35 to check a first bag for domestic flights if the service is booked online in advance, or $40 if they purchase the option at the airport, the carrier said Tuesday. Both options previously…