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Microbiologists have long known that ancient, inactive viruses known as cryptic prophages can insert their genetic material into bacterial DNA. These genetic fragments allow bacteria to use ...

The race to build artificial general intelligence is no longer an abstract research contest. It is reshaping how the largest ...

In artificial intelligence, 2025 marked a decisive shift. Systems once confined to research labs and prototypes began to appear as everyday tools. At the center of this transition was the rise of AI ...

This AI decade truly represents: a fundamental renegotiation of power, responsibility, and the future of human agency.

As previously covered here, the Federal Trade Commission has recently warned businesses to comply with the FTC Consumer Review Rule.

At senior official levels, one sometimes gets into positions where choices become difficult because they could violate one’s ...

Claude Code, agentic workflows, and the return of the terminal. How AI is turning the CLI into a chat box and reshaping how ...

The fetish of automation masks the commodification of combat judgment. Corporate software reshapes war while preserving just ...