Alien: Earth episode 4: Why doesnt Kirsh help Slightly?

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A man stands in a dark room, looking uncertain.

Despite the irritating over-confidence of Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin), his little hybrid experiment in Alien: Earth hasn't exactly been smooth sailing so far, has it?

The latest in a mounting number of issues is poor old Slightly (Adarsh Gourav) being groomed into alien theft by Morrow (Babou Ceesay), who is able to speak directly into Slightly's mind after working some cyborg magic on him during

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Former US government tech chief says AI could make navigating the bureaucracy much easier

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Casey Coleman, the former chief information officer for the US General Services Administration, says AI will allow federal workers to do "better, more creative, higher-value work."

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  • Casey Coleman, 60, was the chief information officer for the GSA from 2007 to 2014.
  • She told Business Insider that AI could make it easier for federal workers to get things done.
  • Op
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ChatGPT made my Hinge profile cringe-worthy — but it cut down on bad dates

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Nicola Prentis used ChatGPT to rewrite her Hinge profile and help her avoid avoidants.

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  • A dating book helped Nicola Prentis realize she had a pattern for dating men who pull away.
  • Using ChatGPT, she rewrote her Hinge profile to dodge the "avoidant" men the book described.
  • Now, even with fewer matches and dates, she feels less anxious.

Earlier this year, reading a dating

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Meta Superintelligence Labs is already losing key staff less than two months after launch

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Mark Zuckerberg was seen wearing a Greubel Forsey 'Hand Made 1' on his left wrist while announcing the end of the Meta's US fact-checking partnerships on Tuesday.

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  • Some of Meta's AI staff are exiting its new superintelligence division.
  • These departures follow Meta's push to compete with OpenAI and Google.
  • Meta says the departures are mostly from longtime
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Cracker Barrel is changing its logo back after a week of criticism, including from Trump

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

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  • Cracker Barrel announced that its "new logo is going away" and the original will remain.
  • Cracker Barrel recently received criticism over its new, redesigned logo that omitted the "old timer."
  • On Tuesday, President Donald Trump lambasted the rebrand, urging the chain to reverse course.

Cracker Barrel is bringing

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Alphabet's life sciences unit Verily lays off staff and cuts its devices program. Read the full memo its CEO sent to staff.

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Verily CEO Stephen Gillett
Verily CEO Stephen Gillett

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  • Verily, Google's life sciences sister company, has laid off staff and cut its devices program.
  • In a memo to staff, CEO Stephen Gillett said Verily was continuing to narrow its focus.
  • "The path forward requires difficult decisions," he wrote.

Verily, Alphabet's life sciences company, has cut staff and closed down its long-running devices program, Business Insider

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