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Natasha Torkzaban stands outside Lawrence High School, where she and other students have filed a lawsuit against the school district's use of digital surveillance software in Lawrence, Kan.

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Many Schools Using AI Surveillance To Protect Students, Some Uncomfortable With That

Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong. But she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it.

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Hubble Space Telescope Gets Best Pic Yet Of Comet '3I-Atlas' Here From Another Star System

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At Missile Defense Conference, First Rule Of Golden Dome Is 'Don't Talk About Golden Dome'

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ChatGPT's AI Can Offer Dangerous Information & Guidance To Kids

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FAA Proposes Easing Some Restrictions For Drones Traveling Long Distances

"From drones delivering medicine to unmanned aircraft surveying crops, this technology will fundamentally change the way we interact with the world,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said

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Healthy populations of sunflower sea stars in the Knight Inlet fjord of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada

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Scientists Solved Why 5 Billion Sea Stars (Starfish) Have Died Along Pacific Coast, But Now - How To Help?

Starting in 2013, a mysterious sea star wasting disease sparked a mass die-off from Mexico to Alaska. The epidemic has devastated more than 20 species and continues today.

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Radioactive waste sealed in large stainless steel canisters is stored under five feet of concrete in a storage building at the Savannah River Site, near Aiken, S.C.

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Say What? Radioactive Wasp Nest Discovered At Southern Site Where U.S. Once Made Nuclear Bombs

“I’m as mad as a hornet that SRS didn’t explain where the radioactive waste came from or if there is some kind of leak..."

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'Tea' App Takes Messaging Offline After Second Security Issue

The app — designed to let women safely discuss men they date — rocketed to the top of the U.S. Apple App Store last week but then confirmed on Friday that thousands of selfies and photo IDs of registered users were exposed in a digital security breach.

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Making Realistic Deepfakes Is - Unfortunately - Easier Than Ever. Solution? Tricky.

The phone rings. It's Secretary of State Rubio calling. Or is it?

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Ever Hear About 'Corn Sweat?' It Can Impact How Hot You Feel

Corn sweat.Yes, the term for how the crop can drive up the humidity through a process called evapotranspiration is a thing.

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Tea App - Used By Women To Safely Chat About Men They Date, Breached, Many User IDs Exposed

“Tea is a must-have app, helping women avoid red flags before the first date with dating advice, and showing them who’s really behind the profile of the person they’re dating,” reads Tea's app store description.

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2 Summer Meteor Showers Peak At The Same Time, Soon

With each shower expected to produce up to a dozen visible meteors per hour under dark skies, the doubleheader means the total number of meteors “do add up.”

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Meta Tries New Teen Safety Features, Removes 635,000 Accounts Involving Children

Earlier this year, Meta began to test the use of artificial intelligence to determine if kids are lying about their ages

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Bruce Perry, 17, demonstrates the possibilities of artificial intelligence by creating an AI companion on Character AI

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Some Teenagers Turn To AI For Advice, Friendship... 'To Get Out Of Thinking' - “Parents Really Have No Idea This Is Happening”

“AI is always available. It never gets bored with you. It’s never judgmental,” says Ganesh Nair, an 18-year-old in Arkansas. “When you’re talking to AI, you are always right. You’re always interesting. You are always emotionally justified.”

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