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Rosemary Lane’s boss summoned her to his office. It was important, the doctor told her, and the young nurse followed without question. There, a small group of hospital staff gathered around a radio to listen to President Truman address the nation. There was a remarkable new development in the ongoing war, one many felt would end it once and for all. It was a new weapon, and it had just been deployed against Japan. Rosemary heard Truman describe the power of this bomb, the “battle of the laboratories” and…

The robocalls poured in, tens of millions of them, in the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election. Some calls opened with a clip of Donald Trump speaking, then switched to another prerecorded voice urging listeners to make an “emergency investment to the campaign.” Contribute $1,000 or more, the call said, and receive a photo of Trump, “suitable for framing.” Other calls played a recording of Hillary Clinton, then urged listeners to press 1 to help elect America’s first female president. Those who did were…

Printed circles that appear to move. Colors that seem different in spite of being identical. Everybody loves a good optical illusion, though precisely where the magic happens is still a mystery in many cases.A new study by University of Exeter visual ecologist Jolyon Troscianko, and neuroscientist Daniel Osorio from the University of Sussex in the UK has weighed in on the debate over whether certain errors in sensing color, shade, and shape occur as a result of the eye's function or the brain's neurological wiring.The…

"Amazon tricked and trapped people into recurring subscriptions without their consent, not only frustrating users but also costing them significant money," according to FTC Chair Lina M. Khan. Also: Free Prime Day: How to get access to deals for free, even if you're not a Prime memberDark patterns are part of an unethical technique to design the user interface on websites and mobile apps in a way that manipulates the users to take actions they otherwise wouldn't have taken. These actions tend to benefit the developer…

The remnant of a dead star predicted to cannonball through the outskirts of the Solar System is going to do no such thing after all.On reexamination, a white dwarf star just 36 light-years from Earth named WD0810-353 has turned out to be pretty normal. Its only claim to strangeness is its powerful magnetic field, according to a team of astronomers led by John Landstreet of the Armagh Observatory & Planetarium in the UK.It's this magnetic field, the researchers say, that led scientists to misinterpret the trajectory…

The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Amazon Wednesday, alleging the company “duped millions of consumers into unknowingly enrolling in Amazon Prime,” and used so-called dark patterns to sabotage attempts to cancel those subscriptions.Prime Day Ain't That 'Green'“Amazon tricked and trapped people into recurring subscriptions without their consent, not only frustrating users but also costing them significant money,” said FTC Chair Lina M. Khan, in a press release. “These manipulative tactics harm consumers…

Quordle 491 answer for May 30: If you survived yesterday's puzzle, then congratulations and if not, then it's time to work harder. But either way, welcome back to another Quordle puzzle. While yesterday's puzzle was nightmarish, today's puzzle will only make you slightly uneasy. It is not as difficult, but also not so easy that you can get to the words without any issues. All things considered, there is a good chance that you might waste your attempts on bad guesses since a couple of the letters can be difficult to…

WhatsApp scams are rising phenomenally with cyber fraudsters taking advantage of gullible Internet users. Recently, a number of cases have emerged where people have fallen prey to a 'part-time job offer' scam on WhatsApp. In the latest such shocking incident, a woman from Noida has been duped of Rs. 4.38 Lakh in a 'YouTube likes' scam. As per a report by Times Now, the woman from Sector 61 in Uttar Pradesh's Noida informed that she had received a WhatsApp message, which claimed to offer her a part-time job.WhatsApp scam…

The flying elephant image was generated using Midjourney prompt, "super-modern cyberpunk style, elephant with wings, flying in sky with soft clouds," which was then composited into the photo with Photoshop.  David Gewirtz/ZDNETWe all know AIs such as ChatGPT make statements with what appears to be full confidence and authority, only to discover that the facts behind their statements are completely fabricated. In fact, OpenAI (the makers of ChatGPT) co-founder John Schulman says, "Our biggest concern was around…

It’s difficult for small game developers to make an impact in 2023, but Unrecord, a bodycam-style first-person shooter developed by the French game studio Drama, took the internet by storm over the past week. The first gameplay demo looked impossibly realistic, so much so that hundreds of heated opinions were quick to call the trailer fake. It’s not, as proved by in-engine footage showcased by one of the developers. But it’s still hard to believe just how realistic Unrecord looks, and there’s a very good reason for…