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70 of the best Harvard University courses you can take online for free

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The catch with these free courses is that they don't include certificate of completion or graded assignments and exams. But you can still enroll at any time and start learning at your own pace. Find the best free online courses from Harvard University with edX.


Surface Laptop 13in review: Microsoft's cheaper, more compact Windows 11 machine

The Guardian

Microsoft's latest Surface Laptop is smaller and cheaper, managing to condense most of what is great about its larger siblings into a more compact frame without compromising too much on power. The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. The Surface Laptop 13in joins the current seventh-generation Laptop 13.8in and 15in that were launched in the summer last year. It sits at the bottom of the premium pile in price, costing from 899 ( 1,099/ 900/A 1,699), but above the Laptop Go 3, which is likely to be phased out.


Driverless taxis are beginning to react like humans on San Francisco streetsโ€ฆ and the results could be terrifying

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Driverless cars are beginning to display human-like behaviors like impatience on the roads, in a sign of increased intelligence in the robotaxis. The chilling development was identified by University of San Francisco engineering Professor William Riggs, who has been studying Waymo cars since their inception. On a journey with a reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle, the pair noticed the Waymo they were traveling in crept to a rolling start at a pedestrian crossing before the person had reached the other footpath. The subtle movement was reminiscent of the way humans act behind the wheel, but a strange occurrence for the robotic Waymo, which prides itself on being safer than a driver because it errs on the side of caution and leaves no room for human error. The action of letting the foot gently off the break moments before they should to allow the car to begin creeping forward at a rolling pace displays a sense of impatience - a human reaction not previously seen in the robotic cars.


Indiana senator calls on WNBA, Fever to apologize to fans after accusations of racism: 'So demeaning'

FOX News

Republican Sen. Jim Banks explains why Indiana Fever fans deserve an apology after the league's latest investigation during an appearance on OutKick's'Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich.' U.S. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., called on the WNBA and the Indiana Fever to apologize to Fever fans after the league's investigation failed to find evidence that corroborated allegations of racial comments directed at Angel Reese during a recent game. The league investigated the allegations involving the Chicago Sky star last month after a May 17 game hosted by the Fever. Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) reacts to a flagrant foul from Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) May 17, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. "Based on information gathered to date, including from relevant fans, team and arena staff, as well as audio and video review of the game, we have not substantiated [the report,]" the league said in a statement.


California Senate passes bill that aims to make AI chatbots safer

Los Angeles Times

California lawmakers on Tuesday moved one step closer to placing more guardrails around artificial intelligence-powered chatbots. The Senate passed a bill that aims to make chatbots used for companionship safer after parents raised concerns that virtual characters harmed their childrens' mental health. An artificial intelligence startup is under fire for allegedly releasing chatbots that harmed the mental health of young people. The legislation, which now heads to the California State Assembly, shows how state lawmakers are tackling safety concerns surrounding AI as tech companies release more AI-powered tools. "The country is watching again for California to lead," said Sen. Steve Padilla (D-Chula Vista), one of the lawmakers who introduced the bill, on the Senate floor.


Secret CIA program claimed to have found alien civilization on dark side of the moon: 'They look like us'

Daily Mail - Science & tech

As the US prepares to send astronauts back to the moon, a CIA file has resurfaced that claims to have found life there more than 25 years ago. In the 1970s and 80s, the CIA conducted experiments with individuals who claimed they could perceive information about distant objects, events, or people, a process known as'remote viewing.' The experience of remote viewer Ingo Swann was first revealed in 1998 when he explained how his psychic episode took him to the dark side of the moon, a region that always faces away from Earth and out of sight from human eyes. That's where the remote reviewer made a shocking discovery: towers, buildings, and human-like aliens working at a secret complex on the moon's surface. Disturbingly, Swann said government officials knew the aliens had a base there, and these humanoids could actually sense his presence as he viewed them with his mind from 238,000 miles away.


Humanoid Robot Boxing: Unitree G1 Battle Royale

Mashable

Several Unitree G1 robots remotely operated by human beings punched, kicked, and kneed one another in a fight to the top in what is being billed as "the world's first combat competition exclusively featuring humanoid robots.


What Isaac Asimov Reveals About Living with A.I.

The New Yorker

For this week's Open Questions column, Cal Newport is filling in for Joshua Rothman. In the spring of 1940, Isaac Asimov, who had just turned twenty, published a short story titled "Strange Playfellow." It was about an artificially intelligent machine named Robbie that acts as a companion for Gloria, a young girl. Asimov was not the first to explore such technology. In Karel ฤŒapek's play "R.U.R.," which dรฉbuted in 1921 and introduced the term "robot," artificial men overthrow humanity, and in Edmond Hamilton's 1926 short story "The Metal Giants" machines heartlessly smash buildings to rubble.


One AI image generator lets you create NSFW art -- and its only A 62 for life

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TL;DR: Create anything, even NSFW art, with a lifetime subscription to Imagiyo for only A 62. Digital creativity has never been more accessible, yet many of us remember the days when crafting a single image meant wrestling with layers and plugins for hours on end. Now there's a way to generate stunning visuals in seconds, simply by typing a description of what you have in mind. Get an Imagiyo AI Image Generator lifetime subscription for just A 62 (reg. Imagiyo uses Stable Diffusion AI alongside FLUX AI to turn text prompts into high-quality images ready for commercial use, and there aren't many limits to what you can create. What do you want to make first?


'Biohacker' reveals how life past 150 years will soon be 'inevitable' with data-driven health changes

FOX News

Fox News' Sean Hannity sits down to interview human biologist and biohacker Gary Brecka for a new installment of the "Sean" podcast on Fox Nation. Living 150 years could not just be possible โ€“ it could soon be inevitable, according to human biologist and biohacker Gary Brecka. "If you're alive in five years, I believe it will be your choice whether or not you want to live to 120 to 150 years old," Brecka told Sean Hannity in a new installment of Fox Nation's "Sean" podcast. Brecka โ€“ a longevity expert who helps optimize human performance โ€“ joined Hannity for a no-holds-barred, hour-long discussion on what it takes to push past human limitations. Gary Brecka shared his predictions about human longevity for the coming years.