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A Ukrainian drone pilot controlles a flying drone during military training in Kyiv.
  • A drone commander said his elite pilots have recently been hitting Russian infantry at close range.
  • On average, they've been attacking troops 0.89 miles from the contact line, Robert "Madyar" Brovdi said.
  • His 12 elite drone crews have been increasingly deployed to hit

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Pope Leo has a new message about responsible AI.
  • Pope Leo XIV urged the regulation of chatbots to prevent emotional manipulation and harm.
  • He warned against personalized chatbots that can replicate friendly or intimate behaviour.
  • Recent lawsuits highlight risks after teens' suicides linked to Character.AI chatbots.

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"The problem of consciousness genuinely is hard," says Anthropic's in-house philosopher.
  • Anthropic's philosopher says we still don't know if AI can feel.
  • "Maybe you need a nervous system to be able to feel things, but maybe you don't," said Amanda Askell.
  • She also said AI models reading online criticism could end up feeling "not that loved."

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Sridhar Ramaswamy shares the interview question he knows candidates cannot prepare for.
  • Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy said he values drive and malleability in job candidates.
  • He said that he asks candidates about what they have changed in their personal lives.
  • Tech CEOs are highlighting adaptability as a key desirable trait in new hires.

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Anna Kendrick says she felt insecure about not going to college.
  • Anna Kendrick says she felt "insecure" about skipping college to pursue acting.
  • Her father was a teacher, and it was "very black sheep behavior to not go to college," she said.
  • As her friends struggled to find their paths, she realized it was "a blessing" that she knew what she wanted to do.

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If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give


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While the Game of Thrones universe has always had moments of comedy thrown in amongst the betrayal, incest, and murder, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms takes Westeros' comic streak into uncharted territory.

Episode 1 had that gloriously disgusting phlegm scene, and while there are many amusing moments in episode 2, a conversation between Dunk (Peter Claffey) and Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) is probably


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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is already bucking Game of Thrones' tradition in several big ways.

Unlike its predecessors, Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms doesn't feature dragons or scheming for the Iron Throne. As episode 2 reveals, it's also missing another Game of Thrones series staple: an elaborate title sequence.

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It’s almost a new lunar phase, with the Moon one night away from the First Quarter. This means that just under half of the Moon is illuminated tonight.

What is today’s Moon phase?

As of Monday, Jan. 26, the Moon phase is First Quarter. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 54% of the Moon will be lit up tonight.

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The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult to solve if you're a film buff.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints


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Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're always a wine drinker.

Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an