A middle-schooler just won $25,000 for inventing a fire-detection device that works faster than the average smoke detector

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Shanya Gill posing with an award.
Shanya Gill won $25,000 for her fire detection device.

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Biden's AI chief says 'voice cloning' is what keeps him up at night

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White House deputy chief of staff, Bruce Reed, is worried about voice cloning technology and how it will erode our collective sense of trust.

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine is changing its tactics and will strike Russia 'unexpectedly' to prevent a stalemate

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Warsaw, Poland, on April 5, 2023.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Adam Kinzinger says Trump will 'interview 100 candidates' for attorney general and pick a person who'll disregard the Constitution should the ex-president win in 2024

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Former President Donald Trump.

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Mummified baboons found in Egypt have puzzled scientists for 118 years. Now we finally might know how they got there and why.

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The skull of a mummified baboon preserved and held by the British Museum
Specimen EA 6738, held by the British Museum: Skull of a mummified baboon recovered from Thebes, Egypt and connected isotopically to Eritrea/Ethiopia/Somalia.

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The US just sanctioned the Russian manufacturer of Lancet, a $35,000 tank-smashing 'suicide' drone that has been impeding Ukraine's counteroffensive

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The Lancet drone, left, on display at a military forum hosted in Russia.

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'Miles do not matter' to the thousands who descended on Washington, DC, in support of Palestinians: 'This is breathtaking, and it's amazing.'

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Pro-Palestinian protesters wave signs and flags in Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC with the Capitol building in the background.
Organizers said hundreds of buses transported people from across the country to Washington, DC for Saturday's pro-Palestinian demonstration.

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X is creating an inactive handle marketplace and is soliciting buyers to purchase account names for up to $50,000, report says

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In this photo illustration, the new Twitter logo rebranded as X (X Corp.) is seen on a smartphone and Elon Musk Twitter account with the new X logo on a pc screen.
The original X logo, which is set to return.

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Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters chant 'Guilty!' and smear red paint on the gates in front of White House

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Thousands of people descended on Washington DC for a pro-Palestinian rally on November 4, 2023.
Thousands of people descended on Washington, DC for a pro-Palestinian rally on November 4.

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Biden's cabinet wants to know if ChatGPT can make a bioweapon

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President Joe Biden, who signed a sweeping executive order on AI on Monday and says AI will impact the work of every department.

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