How a 12-Ounce Layer of Foam Changed the NFL

Late in his team’s game against the Green Bay Packers on September 15, Indianapolis Colts tight end Kylen Granson caught a short pass over the middle of the field, charged forward, and lowered his body to brace for contact. The side of his helmet smacked the face mask of linebacker Quay Walker, and the back…

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Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb Has a New Look—and Will Come Right to Your Door

While the biometric-scanning Orb and the World network have their roots in crypto tokens, “crypto” wasn’t an oft-mentioned word during the event. Instead, Altman and Blania emphasized World’s blockchain service, digital asset management, and virtual communication tools. Blania claimed during the press briefing that, in the future, World hopes to build the “largest finance network”…

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How to Make Your Venmo Information Private

1. Go to the “Me” tab. 2. Tap the “Settings” gear icon at the top right-hand corner. 3. Tap “Privacy.” 4. Under “Past Transactions,” choose “Change All to Private.”  5. A small window at the bottom will appear, asking you to confirm your selection. Click on “Change All to Private” again. 6. Another window will…

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Who Can See What You Do on Venmo? You’d Be Surprised.

Since then, Venmo has slowly made some changes to its app, including clearer privacy disclosures. And it removed its social feed of all users’ payment histories in July 2021, shortly after BuzzFeed journalists reported finding President Biden’s Venmo account in less than 10 minutes using nothing more than the app’s search function. Social feeds are…

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NordVPN Coupon: Up to 74% Off + 3 Months Free

A virtual private network (VPN) is like a protective tunnel, keeping your data safe from prying eyes. Whether you’re worried about the open network at your local coffee shop or want to get around geo-restrictions when you’re traveling, NordVPN can help. VPNs aren’t perfect protection (you need to trust your VPN provider), but they’re always…

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Talking Cars 456: Driving the Chevrolet Traverse

Main theme: In this podcast episode, we give our first driving impressions of the redesigned 2024 Chevrolet Traverse, which we recently purchased for CR’s auto test program. The outgoing Traverse fared well in our testing, owing to its ability to do most things well without any glaring faults.  While the new Traverse isn’t drastically changed…

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Nearly 12 Million Pounds of Products With Cooked Chicken Sold by Amazon, Target, Trader Joe’s, Walmart, and Others Recalled for Listeria Risk

The recalled products were sold nationally under the store brands of major retailers including 7-Eleven, Aldi, Amazon Kitchen, Target, Trader Joe’s, and Walmart, as well as large regional grocers such as Albertsons, H-E-B, Giant Eagle, Kroger, Meijer, Save Mart, and Wegmans. Other products were sold nationally under brand names including Atkins, Boston Market, Dole, Jenny…

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Apple Engineers Show How Flimsy AI ‘Reasoning’ Can Be

For a while now, companies like OpenAI and Google have been touting advanced “reasoning” capabilities as the next big step in their latest artificial intelligence models. Now, though, a new study from six Apple engineers shows that the mathematical “reasoning” displayed by advanced large language models can be extremely brittle and unreliable in the face…

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