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Drake in 2022.
  • "YOLO" is making a comeback. This time, it's shaping the AI industry.
  • The term has been used to describe huge investments and fast-moving AI development.
  • That YOLO culture presents a risk for a technology that can have far-reaching implications.

The term "YOLO" was cool once, made so in 2011 by Drake in his hit song, "The Motto." Then it slipped into the domain


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IT: Welcome to Derry only has one episode left, and things seem to be going from bad to worse.

Because as well as a Pennywise origin story and a re-creation of one of the book's most disturbing historical chapters, episode 7 also ends with a twist that spells trouble for not just the main characters, but potentially the entire United States.

So what exactly happened, and what could it mean?



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IT: Welcome to Derry episode 6 may have made us briefly wonder if Mrs Kersh (Madeleine Stowe) is Pennywise's daughter, but episode 7 has now given us the answer.

Opening with yet another flashback to 1908, the penultimate episode in Andy Muschietti's prequel series takes us back to the origin of not the monster itself, but the creature's infamous clown persona.

So what do we learn? We've unpacked it



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Having a clean and tidy home is a joy. Cleaning and tidying said home is less of a joy. Though there are some elevated beings among us who find scrubbing their stovetop a meditative experience, most people consider such tasks exhausting, reviled chores only undertaken with reluctance.

Fortunately, the steady march of technological advancement continues to lighten the burden of domestic labour. The


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OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair said she does not hire middle managers in her company.
  • OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair said the key to a small and efficient team was not hiring middle managers.
  • She only hires senior and junior talent in the company, which has a lean team of 42 full-time staff.
  • In recent years, Big Tech has endured the "great flattening," a

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A hole in the New Safe Confinement shelter was created by a drone with an explosive warhead in February.
  • A steel shield preventing radiation spread from the Chernobyl site isn't working as intended anymore.
  • The IAEA said on Friday that the New Safe Confinement shelter had "lost its primary safety functions."
  • The shield was hit in February by a

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  • Young people face a tough job market, but AI isn't the main culprit, an economist says.
  • Hiring has stalled after post-pandemic overexpansion, policy uncertainty, and tariffs.
  • Sectors most exposed to AI aren't losing more jobs, suggesting deeper economic issues.

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Surge AI's CEO says companies are optimizing for flashy AI responses rather than real-world problems.
  • Surge AI CEO says companies are focused on flashy AI responses over solving real problems.
  • He criticized industry leaderboards such as LMArena, where anyone can vote on responses.
  • Other experts have criticizde AI benchmarks for prioritizing performance over economic usefulness and truth.

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Tonight marks day 18 of the lunar cycle, meaning the Moon is in its waning gibbous phase. More than half of its surface is still illuminated, but it’s slowly shrinking each night as it moves toward the New Moon. Keep reading to find out what this means.

What is today’s moon phase?

As of Monday, Dec. 8, the moon phase is Waning Gibbous. This means 83% of the moon is lit up tonight, according to NASA