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When Everyone Thought Picasso Stole the Mona Lisa

By Eli Yudin Published: November 13th, 2024




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Melissa McCarthy Says That If the ‘Ghostbusters’ Remake Ruined Your Childhood Then You Must Have Had a ‘Sh*tty Childhood’

By JM McNab Published: November 13th, 2024




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‘Futurama’s Original Cast Was Almost Identical to ‘The Simpsons’

By Keegan Kelly Published: November 13th, 2024




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New Intel Core Ultra 200S CPU Specs Leaked: Seven SKUs In 35W & 65W Configs

However, leaks have revealed plans for an additional seven SKUs, including non-K, T, and F variants, expanding the offerings for consumers. The new CPUs promise improved performance and efficiency, catering to a wide range of users from gamers to content creators.

The post New Intel Core Ultra 200S CPU Specs Leaked: Seven SKUs In 35W & 65W Configs appeared first on ThinkComputers.org.




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ThinkComputers Podcast #427 – Ryzen 7 9800X3D Sells Out, ProArt AiO, Arrow Lake Fix & More!

This week on the podcast we go over our reviews of the of the Corsair iCUE LINK 3500X RGB Case, ASUS ProArt LC 360 Liquid CPU Cooler, and Crucial Pro Overclocking Edition DDR5-6400 32GB Memory Kit. We also discuss the Ryzen 7 9800X3D completely selling out, Intel promising a "fix" for Arrow Lake, new Ryzen AI 365 / HX 370 performance, a stretchable display and more!

The post ThinkComputers Podcast #427 – Ryzen 7 9800X3D Sells Out, ProArt AiO, Arrow Lake Fix & More! appeared first on ThinkComputers.org.




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Musk Did Not Ban Stephen King from X, Contrary to Online Claims

Social media posts falsely claim that Elon Musk banned author Stephen King from X, the social media platform owned by Musk. The rumor that King was banned originated on a satirical website. King's X account remains active, and he used it on Nov. 13 to debunk the claim.

The post Musk Did Not Ban Stephen King from X, Contrary to Online Claims appeared first on FactCheck.org.




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Petty Revenge



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Comprehensive Guide to Building a Strong Browser Security Program

The rise of SaaS and cloud-based work environments has fundamentally altered the cyber risk landscape. With more than 90% of organizational network traffic flowing through browsers and web applications, companies are facing new and serious cybersecurity threats. These include phishing attacks, data leakage, and malicious extensions. As a result, the browser also becomes a vulnerability that




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More inexpensive ebook goodies!


You can now download Miles Cameron's Deep Black for only 0.99$ by following this Amazon Associate link. This OneLink will take you to the nearest Amazon site serving your country and you'll see if you can take advantage of this sale.

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Marca Nbaro had always dreamed of serving aboard the Greatships, with their vast cargo holds and a crew that could fill a city.

They are the lifeblood of human-occupied space, transporting an unimaginable volume - and value - of goods from City, the greatest human orbital, all the way to Tradepoint at the other, to trade for xenoglas with an unknowable alien species.

And now, out in the darkness of space, something is targeting them.

Nbaro and her friends are close to locating their enemy, in this gripping sequel to the award-nominated Artifact Space, but they are running out of time - and their allies are running out of patience . . .

Written by one of the most exciting new voices in SF, this space thriller will keep readers on the edge of their seats.







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Definition: (noun) The boundary line of a figure, area, or object.
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Intend Releases New Blackline Forks & Components



Three forks, a cute little stem, and some burly cranks - all German designed and made.
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Scientists Have Deciphered The World’s Oldest Map, And It Reveals The Location Of Noah’s Ark

A discovery of absolutely epic proportions has just been revealed, but the corporate media in the United States almost entirely ignored it.  A team of scientists led by Dr. Irving Finkel has deciphered the oldest map in the world, and we are being told that it actually reveals the location of Noah’s Ark.  This is …




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So It’s Come to This: It’s Easier for Students to Come Out as ‘Gay’ Than Christian

After fifty years of leftist dominance and indoctrination in the schools, this really doesn’t come as a surprise, but it’s a good indication of where we are as a culture: it is now more socially acceptable and easier overall for students to declare that they are homosexual than it is for them to reveal that …




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Remembering Corrie ten Boom and the Jews

‘The plight of Jews today … would be greatly helped through a revival of Christian faith’ World War II ended almost 80 years ago, and yet, amazingly, Jews again are being persecuted in earnest in some parts of Europe. CNN reports on last week’s clash in Holland after a sports event: that Israeli soccer fans were beaten …




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Com apresentador de TV na Defesa e Elon Musk no comando da Eficiência, o que esperar do Trump 2

Os contornos e prioridades da nova Presidência de Donald Trump estão começando a tomar forma à medida que ele faz as indicações a cargos importantes.




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'Enem' coreano: a pressão sobre estudantes que fazem prova que pode definir a vida toda na Coreia do Sul

Estudantes sul-coreanos revelam quais são suas estratégias de preparação para a famosa maratona de provas.




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BBC secret filming exposes London pubs failing women’s safety

Flaws in the Ask for Angela scheme have been exposed in a BBC undercover investigation.




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How can London be a more age-friendly city?

Two and a half million Londoners are aged over 50.




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Youth club closures increased offending - report

The Institute for Fiscal Studies says 30% of London's youth clubs closed between 2010 and 2019.




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British Museum given its most valuable gift ever

Nearly 2,000 Chinese ceramics worth £1bn are to be donated to the institution by a charitable foundation.




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'Men can really let their guard down on our walks'

Scott Johnson hopes to support more men as his mental health initiative expands across London.




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Valencia floods: Spain clings to fragments of hope in time of disaster

Floods and torrential rain have not gone away and residents hail stories of heroism as the clean-up continues.




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Watch: Moment large fire explodes on New York train line

A transformer fire in the Bronx has caused an explosion, suspending train services between New York and New Haven.




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John Thune elected new Republican Senate leader

A public pressure campaign by top Donald Trump allies to elect their preferred candidate, Florida Senator Rick Scott, failed.




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Giant wall of dust sweeps across central California

The huge dust storm - also known as a haboob - limited visibility and left many residents in the dark.




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Trump's 'anti-woke' defence pick surprises Washington - here's why

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host, has advocated for a conservative cultural shift in the US military.




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Report: Drug Gangsters Sending Thousands of Illegal Across Border to Beat Trump Inauguration

The criminal drug cartels in Mexico are reportedly rushing thousands of illegals across the southern U.WS. border in an effort to get as many criminal operatives inside the country as possible ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration. With more than 11 million illegals already having crossed into the U.S. thanks to Joe Biden’s disastrous border policies, […]

The post Report: Drug Gangsters Sending Thousands of Illegal Across Border to Beat Trump Inauguration appeared first on The Lid.




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Inflation Still Skyrocketing Under Joe Biden’s ‘Great’ Economy

Liberals keep claiming that Joe Biden’s economy is doing wonderfully, yet inflation continues to skyrocket, hitting the middle and lower classes particularly hard. By the end of October, for instance, inflation jumped again with the Consumer Price Index increasing 0.2 percent, according to Wednesday’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Per CNBC: Inflation perked […]

The post Inflation Still Skyrocketing Under Joe Biden’s ‘Great’ Economy appeared first on The Lid.




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SLASHERS: Donald Trump Appoints Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to lead Department of Government Efficiency

President-elect Donald Trump has appointed successful businessmen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to help ferret out and identify budget items to cut to save the U.S. treasury money. Trump has created a new initiative that is being called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) according to reports on Tuesday. “I am pleased to announce that […]

The post SLASHERS: Donald Trump Appoints Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to lead Department of Government Efficiency appeared first on The Lid.




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Newcombe: Remembering Corrie ten Boom and the Jews

By Jerry Newcombe, D.Min., World War II ended almost 80 years ago, and yet, amazingly, Jews are being persecuted in some parts of Europe in earnest again. CNN reports on last week’s clash in Holland after a sports event: that Israeli soccer fans were beaten and injured in violent clashes..” Now Israel is warning Jews […]

The post Newcombe: Remembering Corrie ten Boom and the Jews appeared first on The Lid.




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'I was targeted by gangs when I was eight'

There are key warning signs parents should watch out for, police officer say.




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Clues To Windows Intelligence Found in Windows 11 Builds

Microsoft seems set to rebrand the AI-powered features in Windows to "Windows Intelligence" even if some of the more controversial elements, such as Recall, are to remain as they are. The Register: Word of Windows Intelligence has circulated for a while, although Microsoft has yet to issue any official confirmation. In October, Tero Alhonen posted what appeared to be options for apps that use AI services. Over the weekend, X user Albacore turned up a placeholder page in a Windows 24H2 build for Windows Intelligence settings. Although Microsoft has made substantial investments in artificial intelligence, AI as part of a brand is a little generic. Apple's approach, to define AI as being "Apple Intelligence," manages to keep the familiar "AI" initialism while ensuring its own brand is kept front and center. With Windows Intelligence, Microsoft is attempting something similar, although "Apple Intelligence" can be handily shortened to "AI". The recently overhauled Copilot and delayed Recall have sparked debate in the Windows community, yet neither seems likely to be rebranded to Windows Intelligence at this stage. However, Windows Intelligence could represent an umbrella for AI technologies on the Microsoft platform and provide users with a quick and easy way of controlling the access AI apps have to user data and how that data is used.

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AI Systems Solve Just 2% of Advanced Maths Problems in New Benchmark Test

Leading AI systems are solving less than 2% of problems in a new advanced mathematics benchmark, revealing significant limitations in their reasoning capabilities, research group Epoch AI reported this week. The benchmark, called FrontierMath, consists of hundreds of original research-level mathematics problems developed in collaboration with over 60 mathematicians, including Fields Medalists Terence Tao and Timothy Gowers. While top AI models like GPT-4 and Gemini 1.5 Pro achieve over 90% accuracy on traditional math tests, they struggle with FrontierMath's problems, which span computational number theory to algebraic geometry and require complex reasoning. "These are extremely challenging. [...] The only way to solve them is by a combination of a semi-expert like a graduate student in a related field, maybe paired with some combination of a modern AI and lots of other algebra packages," Tao said. The problems are designed to be "guessproof," with large numerical answers or complex mathematical objects as solutions, making it nearly impossible to solve without proper mathematical reasoning. Further reading: New secret math benchmark stumps AI models and PhDs alike.

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OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agent Tool To Automate Tasks For Users

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: OpenAI is preparing to launch a new artificial intelligence agent codenamed "Operator" that can use a computer to take actions on a person's behalf (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source), such as writing code or booking travel [...]. In a staff meeting on Wednesday, OpenAI's leadership announced plans to release the tool in January as a research preview and through the company's application programming interface for developers [...]. The one nearest completion will be a general-purpose tool that executes tasks in a web browser, one of the people said. OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman hinted at the shift to agents in response to a question last month during an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit. "We will have better and better models," Altman wrote. "But I think the thing that will feel like the next giant breakthrough will be agents." The move to release an agentic AI tool also comes as OpenAI and its competitors have seen diminishing returns from their costly efforts to develop more advanced AI models.

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Wi-Fi 8 Trades Speed For a More Reliable Experience

Wi-Fi 8 (also known as IEEE 802.11bn Ultra High Reliability) is expected to arrive around 2028, prioritizing an enhanced user experience over speed by optimizing interactions between devices and access points. While it retains similar bandwidth specifications as the previous standard, Wi-Fi 8 aims to improve network efficiency, reducing interference and congestion for a more reliable and adaptive connection. PCWorld's Mark Hachman reports: As of Nov. 2024, MediaTek believes that Wi-Fi 8 will look virtually identical to Wi-Fi 7 in several key areas: The maximum physical layer (PHY) rate will be the same at 2,880Mbps x 8, or 23Gbits/s. It will also use the same four frequency bands (2, 4, 5, and 6GHz) and the same 4096 QAM modulation across a maximum channel bandwidth of 320MHz. (A Wi-Fi 8 router won't get 23Gbps of bandwidth, of course. According to MediaTek, the actual peak throughput in a "clean," or laboratory, environment is just 80 percent or so of the hypothetical peak throughput, and actual, real-world results can be far less.) Still, put simply, Wi-Fi 8 should deliver the same wireless bandwidth as Wi-Fi 7, using the same channels and the same modulation. Every Wi-Fi standard has also been backwards-compatible with its predecessors, too. What Wi-Fi 8 will do, though, is change how your client device, such as a PC or a phone, interacts with multiple access points. Think of this as an evolution of how your laptop talks to your home's networking equipment. Over time, Wi-Fi has evolved from communications between one laptop and a router, across a single channel. Channel hopping routed different clients to different bands. When Wi-Fi 6 was developed, a dedicated 6GHz channel was added, sometimes as a dedicated "backhaul" between your home's access points. Now, mesh networks are more common, giving your laptop a variety of access points, channels, and frequencies to select between. For a detailed breakdown of the upcoming advancements coming to Wi-Fi 8, including Coordinated Spatial Reuse, Coordinated Beamforming, and Dynamic Sub-Channel Operation, read the full article.

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Horse abuse sanctions strengthened after scandals

Punishments for those found to have abused horses are being strengthened by the body which governs equestrian sports globally.




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Arsenal and Man Utd eye Sane - Thursday's gossip

Manchester United battle for Bayern Munich's Leroy Sane, Liverpool some way off with Mohamed Salah contract, La Liga giants interested in Nottingham Forest's Murillo.




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Northern Ireland 'full of confidence' - O'Neill

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill says there is plenty of positivity in the camp ahead of the Nations League games against Belarus and Luxembourg.




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Former footballer Forlan beaten on pro tennis debut

Retired footballer Diego Forlan loses 6-1 6-2 in 47 minutes on his professional tennis debut in a doubles event in Uruguay.




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Menzies wins thriller to reach Grand Slam quarters

Cameron Menzies reaches the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam of Darts with a thrilling 10-9 victory over James Wade.










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I moved to Panama from the US. I live on a remote island for $1,000 a month and have never been happier.

A teacher who left Florida for a remote Panamanian island said she loves the weather, the clear Caribbean water, and the simpler life there.