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After years of legwork, Harvard researchers canceled plans to test a controversial theory for cooling the planet by sending sunlight-reflecting particles up into the atmosphere. Now, members of an independent advisory committee tasked with addressing ethics and safety



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  • Mars just scored another point in favor of alien life.
  • Scientists discovered signs of an ocean's worth of liquid water miles below Mars' surface.
  • The findings, based on Marsquake measurements by NASA's InSight lander, could help solve a mystery.

Mars is looking more and more like a place for NASA to find the first signs of alien



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I love storing a digital pass in my phone’s wallet enough that I’m a little miffed when I have to use a different app or, heaven forbid, a saved PDF instead. On Android, at least, there’s a better way, thanks to a new Google Wallet option rolling out now that uses AI to generate a digital version with all the relevant details that you can use just



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TikTok is adding group chats with support for up to 32 people, the company announced today. The feature is available to users aged 16 and up, allowing them to share TikToks with friends and family members without having to open a separate messaging app.

You can start a group chat by selecting the Inbox button, tapping Chat, selecting



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  • MemGPT helps users "build LLM agents with long term memory and custom tools."
  • It is an agentic framework focused on increasing the memory of large language models.
  • The MemGPT project has over 11,000 stars on GitHub.

MemGPT, a toolkit for developing AI agents, has raised a $10 million round at a $70 million valuation, Business Insider has learned



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  • The Siena Drone Awards highlight gorgeous images of wildlife photos from a unique perspective.
  • Nominees include photos of an erupting volcano, polar bears, and migrating birds.
  • Winners will be announced on September 28.

An erupting volcano, slumbering polar bears, and soaring birds are just a few of the majestic sights in line



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When Apple officially launches its own AI, Apple Intelligence, later this year – prepare to cough up … nothing.

In fact, according to Bloomberg's Apple insider Mark Gurman, Apple users will likely enjoy Apple Intelligence's suite of AI features for free for at least three whole years.

In the latest Power On newsletter, Gurman shares that Apple isn't planning on charging anything for Apple



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Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump in 1997
  • Donald Trump spent the weekend on a plane previously owned by Jeffrey Epstein.
  • The serial number on the Gulfstream G550 jet match Epstein and the Trump campaign, records show.
  • The jet is owned by a Republican donor who allows it to be chartered.

Donald Trump took several trips over the weekend on a private jet once


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Dan Stevens was known for his role in "Downton Abbey" before leaving the show to pursue other projects.

Dan Stevens is having a banner year.

It's only August, and audiences have already seen him as King Kong's dentist, a corrupt former police officer turned vampire-child kidnapper from Queens, and most recently, a flute-playing German resort owner with a sinister agenda.

That range of