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Startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics

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52-year-old data tape could contain only known copy of UNIX V4

The Lisbon Airport is turning away private jets inbound for the Web Summit

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Bank of America faces lawsuit over alleged unpaid computer boot-up time

Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped drilling fluids into manholes

Grok 4 Fast now has 2M context window

'Breaking Bad' Creator Hates AI, Promises New Show 'Pluribus' Was 'Made By Humans'

Reverse engineering Codex CLI to get GPT-5-Codex-Mini to draw me a pelican