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Next-generation nuclear reactors are heating up a debate over whether their fuel could be used to make bombs, jeopardizing efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Uranium in the fuel could theoretically be used to develop a nuclear weapon. Older reactors use such low



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Recent releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention.

The cover for the book I Was a Teenage Slasher

Stephen Graham Jones is something of an expert on slashers. The author has tackled the genre in a slew of his novels (most notably in the Indian Lake Trilogy, with its slasher-movie-obsessed main character) and has an ongoing column in Fangoria dedicated to its impact, so



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The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be



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A departure board shows canceled flights amid the CrowdStrike IT outage.
  • One of the largest IT outages ever hit operations around the world on Friday.
  • The issue was caused by an update to Windows issued by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
  • One analyst said the firm was "too critical of a tool" to be written off after the incident.

A global IT outage linked to the cybersecurity



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OpenAI is testing a host of safety techniques as part of a long-term initiative.
  • OpenAI is experimenting with a technique to enhance transparency with its AI models.
  • The method involves powerful AI models explaining their thought processes to a second AI.
  • This initiative follows significant changes in OpenAI's safety department earlier this year.

OpenAI has a new technique for getting



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The golden age of overemployment could be coming to an end as remote job openings decline from peak levels during the pandemic.
  • Some Americans have secretly worked multiple remote jobs and more than doubled their salaries.
  • But return-to-office mandates and hiring slowdowns have made it harder to remain "overemployed."
  • Five job jugglers share how they've adjusted — or

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The author, not pictured, couldn't understand her aging mother-in-law.
  • My mother-in-law didn't want to be labeled as "Grandma" when I had kids.
  • I didn't understand why she also dyed her hair blonde or why she took naps during the day.
  • Decades later, I now understand how difficult aging really is.

As my due date drew near during my first pregnancy, an unexpected hiccup



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The DC-1 is very much an outdoor tablet in a world filled with indoor tablets. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge

So far, this thing doesn’t seem like a very impressive tablet. But Daylight is more a display company than a tablet company — and the display is pretty great.

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