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The Retro Subway Map That Design Nerds Love Makes a Comeback(2025-04-04 05:00:04)

The M.T.A. has unveiled on Wednesday a revamped New York City subway map -- the first major redesign in nearly 50 years. As reported by the New York Times, the map draws inspiration from the modernist but controversial 1972 Unimark version, prioritizing clarity over geographic precision. It's also a...
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Wealthy Americans Have Death Rates On Par With Poor Europeans(2025-04-04 00:00:04)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: [...] The study, led by researchers at Brown University, found that the wealthiest Americans lived shorter lives than the wealthiest Europeans. In fact, wealthy Northern and Western Europeans had death rates 35 percent lower than the wealthiest ...
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DeepMind Details All the Ways AGI Could Wreck the World(2025-04-03 20:00:08)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by Ryan Whitwam: Researchers at DeepMind have ... released a new technical paper (PDF) that explains how to develop AGI safely, which you can download at your convenience. It contains a huge amount of detail, clocking in at 108 pages bef...
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Climate Crisis On Track To Destroy Capitalism, Warns Top Insurer(2025-04-03 15:00:15)

The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial sector unable to operate. From a report: The world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many ...
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Microsoft, Amazon Execs Call Out Washington's Low-Performing 9-Year-Olds In Tax Pushback(2025-04-03 10:00:12)

Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: A coalition of Washington state business leaders -- which includes Microsoft President Brad Smith and Amazon Chief Legal Officer David Zapolsky -- released a letter Wednesday urging state lawmakers to reconsider recently proposed tax and budget measures. "I ac...
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