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George Lucas Makes First Comic-Con Appearance to Discuss His Upcoming 'Museum of Narrative Art'
Star Wars creator George Lucas made his first Comic-Con appearance ever on Sunday. The Hollywood Reporter describes the scene:
Thousands waited hours just to get inside, chanted "Lu-cas, Lu-cas!" while they waited, and then gave a wild standing ovation as the filmmaker took to the stage, introduce...
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Tom Lehrer, Satirical Songwriter and Mathematician, Dies at Age 97
Satirical singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer died Saturday at age 97. The Associated Press notes Lehrer had long ago "largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities."
Lehrer had remained on the math faculty of the University of California at Santa Cruz wel...
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Is ChatGPT Making You Stupid?
"Search engines still require users to use critical thinking to interpret and contextualize the results," argues Aaron French, an assistant professor of information systems. But with the rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, "internet users aren't just outsourcing memory — they may be outs...
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'Chuck E. Cheese' Handcuffed and Arrested in Florida, Charged with Using a Stolen Credit Card
NBC News reports:
Customers watched in disbelief as Florida police arrested a Chuck E. Cheese employee — in costume portraying the pizza-hawking rodent — and accused him of using a stolen credit card, officials said Thursday.... "I grabbed his right arm while giving the verbal instruct...
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'Serious Delays' Hit Satellite Mega-Constellations of China's Starlink Rivals
"A Chinese mega-constellation of communications satellites is facing serious delays," reports the South China Morning Post, "that could jeopardise its ambitions to compete with SpaceX's Starlink for valuable orbital resources."
Only 90 satellites have been launched into low Earth orbit for the Qian...
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