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Health Stressed Parents Could Mean More Self-Harm by Kids

Stressed Parents Could Mean More Self-Ha...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  61

THURSDAY, Feb. 29, 2024 -- Teens have a higher risk of self-injury -- deliberately cutting or burning themselves -- if they have ...

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Health CDC Experts Recommend Seniors Get Another COVID Shot

CDC Experts Recommend Seniors Get Anothe...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  49

THURSDAY, Feb. 29, 2024 -- Even if they got a COVID booster last fall, American seniors should still get a second shot this sprin...

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Health Impaired Sense of Direction Could Be Early Alzheimer's Sign

Impaired Sense of Direction Could Be Ear...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  58

THURSDAY, Feb. 29, 2024 -- Middle-aged folks who have difficulties navigating their way through space could be at higher risk of...

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Health 'No New Concerns' for Biden's Health After Annual Physical

'No New Concerns' for Biden's Health Aft...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  48

THURSDAY, Feb. 29 2024 -- Following an annual physical conducted on Wednesday, President Joe Biden has been found "fit for duty" ...

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Technology Vibe helps small companies buy video ads on streaming services

Vibe helps small companies buy video ads...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  57

As streaming apps and services are gradually showing more ads to viewers, adtech startup Vibe plans to help small businesses take ...

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Technology Venus Williams brings her interior design skills to Palazzo, a new generative AI-powered platform

Venus Williams brings her interior desig...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  62

If you didn’t know legendary tennis player and seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams had an eye for interior design, conside...

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Technology Google brings Stack Overflow’s knowledge base to Gemini for Google Cloud

Google brings Stack Overflow’s knowledge...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  44

Developer Q&A site Stack Overflow is launching a new program today that will give AI companies access to its knowledge base throug...

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Technology Don’t ignore Asia tech

Don’t ignore Asia tech

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  66

A lot can change in 12 years. When I first joined TechCrunch in 2012, I was the only writer it had based out of Asia. For several ...

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Nature & & science Robot, repair thyself: laying the foundations for self-healing machines

Robot, repair thyself: laying the founda...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  60

Nature, Published online: 29 February 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00597-5Advances in materials science and sensing could deliver ...

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Business North Korea's twice-failed spy satellite is now up and running, aerospace experts say

North Korea's twice-failed spy satellite...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  65

Maneuvers made by the North Korean spy satellite Malligyong-1 prove that it's functional and has previously unknown capabilities, ...

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Business Google is starting to feel like any other business, and staging a comeback won't be easy

Google is starting to feel like any othe...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  55

Bureaucracy, an aversion to risk, and deference to Wall Street over employees — things Google long eschewed — have bec...

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Technology Meta’s ‘consent or pay’ data grab in Europe faces new complaints

Meta’s ‘consent or pay’ data grab in Eur...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  63

A controversial move by Meta last year, when it switched to charging users in the European Union for an ad-free subscription for a...

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Technology Mark Zuckerberg woos Big Tech in Asia to double down on AI chips

Mark Zuckerberg woos Big Tech in Asia to...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  54

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is touring Asia countries this week, said in a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on ...

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Technology Ford’s adventure with Tesla superchargers officially begins

Ford’s adventure with Tesla supercharger...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  56

Owners of Ford EVs now have access to more than 15,000 Tesla superchargers across the U.S. and Canada, nine months after the two a...

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Technology Host a tailored Side Event at Early Stage 2024 in Boston

Host a tailored Side Event at Early Stag...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  53

Looking to make a splash at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024? Our Side Events initiative is a fantastic opportunity to engage with Bost...

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Technology Figure rides the humanoid robot hype wave to $2.6B valuation

Figure rides the humanoid robot hype wav...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  56

Today Figure confirmed long-standing rumors that it’s raising more money than God. The Bay Area–based robotics firm has announced ...

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Technology Inspired Capital secures $330M fund to take venture capital ‘back to the studs’

Inspired Capital secures $330M fund to t...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  55

As part of the new fund, Inspired Capital wrote a manifesto that highlights how the venture capital firm thinks, what it believes ...

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Latest Generative AI Is Challenging a 234-Year-Old Law

Generative AI Is Challenging a 234-Year-...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  57

The technology might finally bend copyright past the breaking point, upending what it means to have a creative society in the proc...

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Business Google is the new IBM

Google is the new IBM

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  58

Years of being one-upped on AI and cracking down on innovation turned the poster child for Silicon Valley cool into a dinosaur.

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Business A beauty manufacturing company fired a worker on her first day after finding out she was deaf, a federal agency says

A beauty manufacturing company fired a w...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  60

The company agreed in a consent decree to pay the worker $75,000 in back pay and compensatory damages.

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Business Use ChatGPT for mock interviews if you want to land a job, says ex-Disney recruiter

Use ChatGPT for mock interviews if you w...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  59

HR executive Simon Taylor told CNBC that job seekers should use ChatGPT's voice feature to practice answering interview questions.

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Business Russian troops are said to be gathering in large groups, allowing them to be targeted by drones and taken out by missiles: ISW

Russian troops are said to be gathering ...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  61

Ukraine is making effective use of drones and HIMARS missiles to strike Russian troop gatherings deep behind the front line.

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Business AIs are more accurate at math if you ask them to respond as if they are a Star Trek character — and we're not sure why

AIs are more accurate at math if you ask...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  60

Researchers asking a chatbot to optimize its own prompts found it was best at solving grade-school math when acting like it was on...

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Business Sam Altman's OpenAI wants to get humanoid robots talking. Here's why.

Sam Altman's OpenAI wants to get humanoi...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  56

The ChatGPT creator has signed a collaboration agreement with Figure AI to "develop next generation AI models for humanoid robots....

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Latest Overwhelmed? Just Say ‘No.’

Overwhelmed? Just Say ‘No.’

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  100

The science of how to stop saying yes to everything—and be happier

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Latest Your Memories Are Yours to Be Exploited

Your Memories Are Yours to Be Exploited

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  62

For Édouard Louis, revisiting the past is an act of survival.

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Latest Three Ways to Have Better Fights

Three Ways to Have Better Fights

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  71

Don’t open new tabs.

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Business Europe is investing in defense in ways that were 'unimaginable' before Russia invaded Ukraine, Lithuanian PM says

Europe is investing in defense in ways t...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  55

Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed many European countries to boost defenses in ways that were unthinkable before the war, Lithua...

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Technology Twodos is a simple to-do app that doesn’t remind you of your tasks

Twodos is a simple to-do app that doesn’...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  64

Listing tasks and to-dos is a very personal process. Some users like apps with intricate features so they can manage their tasks b...

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Technology India approves $15B in semiconductor plant investments

India approves $15B in semiconductor pla...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  60

India has approved allocating up to $15.2 billion (1.26 trillion Indian rupees) to build three new semiconductor plants, including...

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Latest Generative AI Might Finally Bend Copyright Past the Breaking Point

Generative AI Might Finally Bend Copyrig...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  64

For more than 200 years, copyright law has promoted a creative society. The chatbots could change everything.

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Latest Why Is Trump Trying to Make Ukraine Lose?

Why Is Trump Trying to Make Ukraine Lose...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  66

The former president isn’t in office—but is still dictating U.S. policy.

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Business I'm a job-hopper who's worked 4 jobs in 6 years. I can take risks in my 20s — but I plan to stop in my 30s.

I'm a job-hopper who's worked 4 jobs in ...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  66

Bremda Acosta, a Zillenial who changed jobs several times in her 20s said she's glad she job-hopped but plans to stay in jobs for ...

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Business How Google lost its way

How Google lost its way

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  71

Years of being one-upped on AI and cracking down on innovation turned the poster child for Silicon Valley cool into a dinosaur.

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Business HomeGoods has become 'a bit of a cult,' TJX CEO says

HomeGoods has become 'a bit of a cult,' ...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  68

TJX CEO Ernie Herrman said other housewares retailers' "lack of excitement" creates an opportunity for HomeGoods to tap into among...

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Business Abortions now cost over $450, more than double the price before Roe was overturned, per a reproductive care nonprofit director

Abortions now cost over $450, more than ...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  60

As travel and medical costs rise, abortion funds worry about meeting "staggering" demand.

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Business Gardeners are fuming about a study that found produce from urban farms has a high carbon footprint

Gardeners are fuming about a study that ...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  62

Researchers are facing backlash over a study that found produce grown on urban farms has a higher carbon footprint.

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Business The US Army is breeding a new kind of Arctic warrior by 'testing the mettle of the human' in frigid, freezing Alaska, commander says

The US Army is breeding a new kind of Ar...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  56

At US Army Pacific training in Alaska, soldiers are battling in freezing and unpredictable environments unlike anything many of th...

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Business Russian troops are attacking Ukrainian positions at night on quad bikes, report says

Russian troops are attacking Ukrainian p...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  76

Russian troops are using quad bikes for nighttime attacks, with the bikes' maneuverability making them hard to take out, Ukrainian...

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Business No one died in a jet plane crash in 2023, the safest year in aviation history — but 2024 is off to a rockier start for airlines

No one died in a jet plane crash in 2023...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  57

No passenger jets were damaged beyond repair in 2023. The Japan Airlines fire and Boeing blowout gave 2024 a rocky start.

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Technology Popular video doorbells can be easily hijacked, researchers find

Popular video doorbells can be easily hi...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  51

Several internet-connected doorbell cameras have a security flaw that allows hackers to take over the camera by just holding down ...

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Business A tech worker wore Apple's 'creepy' Vision Pro headset during his wedding photos — much to his wife's dismay

A tech worker wore Apple's 'creepy' Visi...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  50

The bride told the SFGATE she found Apple's headset a "little creepy" and "a little uncanny."

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Business Consumers fended off a recession — but keep spending like there's no tomorrow

Consumers fended off a recession —...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  56

People are saving less, raiding their nest eggs, and racking up record amounts of credit-card debt. That could spell trouble for t...

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Business The Cessna CitationJet family was the most popular private aircraft in the US for 2023. See all the varying models that make it so desirable.

The Cessna CitationJet family was the mo...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  65

These ultra-rich people regularly splurge for the convenience of private aviation because they can skip the hassles of security an...

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Business Russia's resilience to sanctions shows it is 'costly and unattainable' to isolate a large and globally integrated economy, economist says

Russia's resilience to sanctions shows i...

Vidcon   Feb 29, 2024  0  55

There are valuable lessons from the West's sanctions against Russia that could be applied to potential future sanctions against Ch...

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