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Threads Has 400 Million Monthly Users. But Who Are They?(2025-08-23 15:00:03)

Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users. But who are these people who are actually using Threads, asks Mashable? And what is their cultural footprint? Threads is the Big Bang Theory of social media. Bland, boring, largely unoffensive, and somehow, it was the most popular show o...
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Hollywood's Newest Formula For Success: Rereleasing Old Movies(2025-08-23 10:00:08)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: There's an overwhelming sense of deja vu at multiplexes these days. In August alone, "Black Swan" (2010) is returning to theaters, along with the Tim Burton "Batman" movies from 1989 and 1992. Audiences will be able to revisit the oceanic ...
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US Is Throwing Away the Critical Minerals It Needs, Analysis Shows(2025-08-23 05:00:05)

alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: All the critical minerals the U.S. needs annually for energy, defense and technology applications are already being mined at existing U.S. facilities, according to a new analysis published in the journal Science. The catch? These minerals, such as cob...
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Google Says It Dropped the Energy Cost of AI Queries By 33x In One Year(2025-08-23 00:00:09)

Google has released (PDF) a new analysis of its AI's environmental impact, showing that it has cut the energy use of AI text queries by a factor of 33 over the past year. Each prompt now consumes about 0.24 watt-hours -- the equivalent of watching nine seconds of TV. An anonymous reader shares an ex...
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Meta Set To Unveil First Consumer-Ready Smart Glasses With a Display, Wristband(2025-08-22 20:00:13)

At its upcoming Connect conference next month, Meta is rumored to unveil its first consumer-ready smart glasses with a built-in display, alongside a neural wristband controller. The $800 device, codenamed Hypernova, will be able to show simple visual content like texts and support AI assistant inter...
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