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[ Every success in anything we should refer to the Lord & with the Prophet say:'Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name give glory']-St Seraphim of Sarov

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⚡️ “Every day is a lifetime” teapaw.org/i/moments/814610930692…
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Quantum computers could break banking encryption in just three days, study finds interestingengineering.com/i…
Quantum computers pose imminent threat to digital locks at banks

Quantum computers pose imminent threat to digital locks at banks

A study by the French firm Alice & Bob shows that a 23,000-qubit quantum computer could break RSA-2048 encryption.

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What would happen if the internet went down? theconversation.com/what-wou…
What would happen if the internet went down?

What would happen if the internet went down?

It’s impossible to turn off the entire internet, but it’s still a good idea to be prepared for online services to be disrupted.

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Quantum computers are coming: Here are the problems they could tackle interestingengineering.com/i…
Which problems will quantum computers actually solve, and when?

Which problems will quantum computers actually solve, and when?

What will quantum computers do? Explore their potential applications in medicine, chemistry, batteries, cryptography, and optimization.

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Why AI cannot ‘think’ like humans do theconversation.com/why-ai-c…
Why AI cannot ‘think’ like humans do

Why AI cannot ‘think’ like humans do

‘World models’ are an emerging technology that could help AI systems anticipate what might happen and use that to act. This is not the same as human ‘thinking.’

theconversation.com
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Autonomous cargo plane flies in under two months, targeting 1,000-mile routes interestingengineering.com/t…
Autonomous cargo plane targets 1,000 miles after two-month build

Autonomous cargo plane targets 1,000 miles after two-month build

Y Combinator-backed Aviern has flown an autonomous cargo aircraft prototype and plans to connect 5,000 US airports.

interestingengineering.com
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Jonathan Swift foresaw the pitfalls of AI in Gulliver’s Travels theconversation.com/jonathan…
Jonathan Swift foresaw the pitfalls of AI in Gulliver’s Travels

Jonathan Swift foresaw the pitfalls of AI in Gulliver’s Travels

On Gulliver’s third travel he meets the Projectors who have come up with a device that is surprisingly similar to our modern large language models.

theconversation.com
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Neuralink tests hands-free calls, text dictation and Grok control through brain signals interestingengineering.com/i…
Neuralink tests Grok control and phone calls through brain signals

Neuralink tests Grok control and phone calls through brain signals

Neuralink demonstrates brain-controlled phone calls, Grok AI commands and hands-free dictation for people with speech loss.

interestingengineering.com
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Grok can launch a thousand ships – but this AI remake of the Odyssey can’t make us feel theconversation.com/grok-can…
Grok can launch a thousand ships – but this AI remake of the Odyssey can’t make us feel

Grok can launch a thousand ships – but this AI remake of the Odyssey can’t make us feel

Why can AI create a passable landscape for a few seconds, but fail to capture a fully fledged world, make characters look lifelike or tell a story that moves us?

theconversation.com
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When AI Makes Unacceptable Decisions Feel Normal knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/…
When AI Makes Unacceptable Decisions Feel Normal

When AI Makes Unacceptable Decisions Feel Normal

The more we use AI, the more it can start to shape our judgment, warns Wharton’s Cornelia Walther.

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AI poses three big types of risk – here’s how worried we should be about them theconversation.com/ai-poses…
AI poses three big types of risk – here’s how worried we should be about them

AI poses three big types of risk – here’s how worried we should be about them

A key threat is the loss of control by AI developers over their creations.

theconversation.com
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220-second X-ray scan delivers images 27 times faster than conventional method interestingengineering.com/s…
220-second X-ray scan delivers images 27 times faster than conventional method

220-second X-ray scan delivers images 27 times faster than conventional method

​Instead of multiple elements, the team used a reflection zone plate, which can reflect, focus, and separate soft X-rays at the same time.

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AI and blockchain are coming to African farms: 4 things must happen for farmers to benefit theconversation.com/ai-and-b…
AI and blockchain are coming to African farms: 4 things must happen for farmers to benefit

AI and blockchain are coming to African farms: 4 things must happen for farmers to benefit

What’s missing are clear rules about who controls farm data and how farmers’ needs are met.

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New system gives users more control over their online experience news.mit.edu/2026/new-system…
New system gives users more control over their online experience

New system gives users more control over their online experience

Social.Wiki is a new platform, developed by MIT researchers, that lets users create and customize social applications to meet their needs, while giving them the freedom to choose which edits they see.

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AI, Agriculture, Livestock, And The Enduring Value Of The Human Touch forbes.com/sites/chuckbrooks…
AI, Agriculture, Livestock, And The Enduring Value Of The Human Touch

AI, Agriculture, Livestock, And The Enduring Value Of The Human Touch

Artificial intelligence is transforming agriculture and the livestock industry

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Seeing is no longer believing: why physical witnesses matter more in the age of AI-generated content theconversation.com/seeing-i…
Seeing is no longer believing: why physical witnesses matter more in the age of AI-generated content

Seeing is no longer believing: why physical witnesses matter more in the age of AI-generated content

In an age where AI can create an image of everything and anything, verifying the truth is becoming much harder.

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Tutor Intelligence: Why Not Just Teach The Robots Ourselves? forbes.com/sites/johnwerner/…
Tutor Intelligence: Why Not Just Teach The Robots Ourselves?

Tutor Intelligence: Why Not Just Teach The Robots Ourselves?

Tutor’s mixed-autonomy robots overcome intelligence bottlenecks, demonstrating how machines can transform industries while training on the job.

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Supercurrent could help scientists read quantum information without destroying it interestingengineering.com/s…
Supercurrent could reveal quantum information without destroying it

Supercurrent could reveal quantum information without destroying it

A collaborative research team has proposed a way to read qubits without destroying their quantum information.

interestingengineering.com
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AI Strategy Lessons From Coach, Walmart And A Small Golf Brand forbes.com/sites/sandycarter…
AI Strategy Lessons From Coach, Walmart And A Small Golf Brand

AI Strategy Lessons From Coach, Walmart And A Small Golf Brand

AI strategy is cutting apparel design from six months to eight weeks. What Coach, Walmart and a small golf brand learned, plus the return-rate problem it hasn’t fixed.

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How a French philosopher’s warnings about speed and power describe today’s AI race theconversation.com/how-a-fr…
How a French philosopher’s warnings about speed and power describe today’s AI race

How a French philosopher’s warnings about speed and power describe today’s AI race

Paul Virilio, a French philosopher, died in 2018. But his writings on technological ‘accidents’ help explain dilemmas the world faces today amid increasing use of artificial intelligence.

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Capital, AI, And Cognitive Mercantilism forbes.com/sites/johnwerner/…
Capital, AI, And Cognitive Mercantilism

Capital, AI, And Cognitive Mercantilism

Venkatesh Rao argues abundant AI intelligence could democratize opportunity, challenging elitism, scarcity assumptions, and fears of obsolescence. 

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