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A female killer whale that beached in northern Vancouver Island died Saturday morning despite efforts by the community to push the mammal back into the water. 'It's kind of like I lost a relative," said a local involved in the rescue effort A female killer whale that beached in northern …

Paresh Dave Business Mar 15, 2024 6:34 PM Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Inquiry The platform says it stands to make more than $200 million in coming years from Google and other companies that want user comments to feed AI projects. Regulators have questions. Photograph: …

Steven Levy Business Mar 15, 2024 11:00 AM Y Combinator's Chief Startup Whisperer Is Demoting Himself As the influential startup incubator downsizes—and navigates political pushback—managing director Michael Seibel is taking a new role to spend more time working with founders. Y Combinator's 2024 W24 retreat group.Courtesy of Y Combinator When …

Two peregrine falcons living in a nesting box atop the Assumption Life building in Moncton for the past 13 years are about to become famous — thanks to a new live video feed that will allow them to be observed 24 hours a day. Live cam installed by the Magnetic …

In the last year, a bunch of new AI-powered dating tools launched on app stores, but some researchers worry about how these services will impact people’s dating life. Questions about disclosure are one of many points of debate When Robert Winters was single back in 2017, he used artificial intelligence …

A 62-year-man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announces. Previously, pig kidneys have been temporarily transplanted into those who are brain-dead A 62-year-man with end-stage renal disease has become the …

Will Knight Business Mar 13, 2024 10:00 AM Google DeepMind’s Latest AI Agent Learned to Play Goat Simulator 3 These AI agents can adapt to games they haven’t played before. Google made them by feeding data on how humans play different video games to a language model like those behind …

By Ali Winston Security Mar 13, 2024 8:00 AM There Are Dark Corners of the Internet. Then There's 764 A global network of violent predators is hiding in plain sight, targeting children on major platforms, grooming them, and extorting them to commit horrific acts of abuse. ILLUSTRATION: CHRIS BURNETT; GETTY …

A group of 49 orcas has been seen hunting sperm whales, elephant seals, dolphins and even a leatherback turtle, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the journal Aquatic Mammals last week. Potentially new group spotted hunting sperm whales, elephant seals, dolphins far off West Coast, study says Scientists at …

Robert PeckParesh Dave Backchannel Mar 14, 2024 6:00 AM Can Reddit Survive Its Own IPO? An army of more than 60,000 unpaid moderators has unprecedented power over Reddit. The company’s future hinges on whether they can coexist with Wall Street’s expectations. Play/Pause Button Pause ANIMATION: SEAN DONG Alyssa Videlock was …