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As AI systems grow more capable, the bar for human training has risen sharply, and generalist data labelers are being pushed aside.
That's according to HireArt's 2025 AI Trainer

Jim Belushi has been a household name in film and television since the 1980s. In this interview with Mashable's Executive Producer, Mark Stetson, he reveals his process for developing character in his two new films Song Sung Blue and The Chronology of Water as well as the two films he most regrets passing on
Watch the full Say More episode on Mashable's YouTube page to hear more from Jim about his
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- When my kids were younger, I asked for material gifts as Christmas presents.
- Now that they're teens, I ask for time spent together instead of gifts.
- I've realized I don't need more stuff, I need to soak up my last years with kids living in my home.
When I was pregnant with my first baby, I'd see moms
Rodeo
- Two ex-Hinge executives are ditching the dating app space.
- Sam Levy and Tim MacGougan founded Rodeo, a new social app, to help people make plans with friends.
- Rodeo's app is in beta and plans to fully launch in 2026.
Making plans with your friends should be easy.
However, between the various
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- Commissioned in 1954, the USS Nautilus was the world's first nuclear-powered submarine.
- It was the first ship to visit the North Pole and participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis blockade.
- Nautilus is now an exhibit at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut.
On January 17, 1955, the USS Nautilus transmitted a historic message: "Underway on
A pro-Russian hacker group has come forward as the perpetrator of a DDoS attack on the French national postal service La Poste that took place on December 22, according to Reuters. The distributed denial-of-service attack took central computer systems at La Poste entirely offline and caused major disruptions in package deliveries just days before Christmas.
Reuters reported that the cyberattack on
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- Ukraine's military approved a ground robot that hosts two key grenade launchers, its maker said.
- DevDroid said it's the first codified robot adapted for two key US and Ukrainian-made launchers.
- Ground robots are playing a growing role in Ukraine it
I’ve always wondered what it would be like to own a plug-in hybrid, and recently, fate handed me that opportunity. On a recent trip to Vancouver, I rented a 2024 Toyota Prius Prime for nearly two months — the ideal scenario to try out North America’s most popular PHEV.
My experience with the Prius Prime
Previously, the words "Prius" and "sexy" were rarely used in the same sentence. However, I

Pluribus dropped some big bombshells in its Season 1 finale — some figurative, but one that's very literal.
The episode, fittingly titled "La Chica o El Mundo," gives Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn) a choice. Does she ally herself with the staunchly anti-Others Manousos Oviedo (Carlos-Manuel Vesga) and save the world? Or does she embrace romance with Zosia (Karolina Wydra), and therefore, all other 7

Every science fiction lover jumped up and pointed at the screen, Leonardo DiCaprio style, when a certain book popped up in the Pluribus Season 1 finale.
That book is none other than Ursula K. Le Guin's classic novel The Left Hand of Darkness, which is Carol Sturka's (Rhea Seehorn) poolside read during her globe-trotting adventures with Zosia (Karolina Wydra).

The crossover Pluribus viewers have been waiting for finally became a reality in the Season 1 finale, as the world's number one hive-mind haters, Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn) and Manousos Oviedo (Carlos-Manuel Vesga), meet up for the first time.
However, the pair's first meeting is less an enthusiastic team-up than it is two of the most stubborn people on Earth duking it out. And Vesga wouldn't have