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Brand Hype Has Existed Since the Bronze Age, Scientists Discover
Scientists have identified a Bronze Age pottery tradition as one of the earliest examples of branding, proving humanity’s attraction to reliable commodities…
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23 Jun 2026
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22 Jun 2026
‘We Will Fight to Our Very Last Breath:’ Township Leaders Vow to Fight Nuclear AI Data Center
Board members in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, have pledged to oppose a proposed nuclear AI…
22 Jun 2026
Getty Images strikes multi-year deal to put licensed photos in ChatGPT search
Getty Images has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with OpenAI to allow licensed photographs…
22 Jun 2026
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Big Tech is pouring billions into American data centers, creating a rush of work…
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Sakana AI’s Fugu orchestrates multiple LLMs to match Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos benchmarks
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Yandex Open-Sources YaFF: A Zero-Copy Wire Format for Protobuf With Near-Struct Read Speed
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