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Do Electric Cars Offer 'Fake Shifting, Real Fun'?(2024-12-06 09:00:04)

The Verge is applauding Hyundai's electric SUV, the IONIQ 5 for "Fake shifting, real fun." And others agree. "The Ioniq 5 N is also special for how it simulates the 'feel' of gear shifting," writes the blog Inside EVs, "including the jolt and brief interruption in power that happens and the mechanic...
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75 Years of Lead in Gasoline Caused 150 Million Mental Health Disorders, Study Finds(2024-12-06 06:00:07)

The use of lead in gasoline "might have harmed the mental health of a generation," reports USA Today. Gen X bears an extra burden of conditions such as depression, anxiety, ADHD and neurotic behavior because of the leaded gasoline they were exposed to as children, according to a study published We...
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OpenAI Releases 'Smarter, Faster' ChatGPT - Plus $200-a-Month Subscriptions for 'Even-Smarter Mode'(2024-12-06 03:00:04)

Wednesday OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced "12 Days of OpenAI," promising that "Each weekday, we will have a livestream with a launch or demo..." And sure enough, today he announced the launch of two things: - "o1, the smartest model in the world. Smarter, faster, and more features (e.g. multimodali...
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The Verge Explains Why, After 13 Years, It's Offering a 'Subscription' Option for Its Supporters(2024-12-06 00:00:09)

"Okay, we're doing this," begins a new announcement at The Verge: Today we're launching a Verge subscription that lets you get rid of a bunch of ads, gets you unlimited access to our top-notch reporting and analysis across the site and our killer premium newsletters, and generally lets you support ...
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Earth Began Absorbing More Sunlight in 2023, Climate Researchers Find(2024-12-05 21:00:03)

Today a group of German scientists presented data suggesting Earth is absorbing more sunlight than in the past, reports Ars Technica, "largely due to reduced cloud cover." We can measure both the amount of energy the Earth receives from the Sun and how much energy it radiates back into space.... T...
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