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One person is dead and 48 others across 10 states have been sickened in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that appears to be linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders and the slivered onions used on the burgers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. McDonald’s has paused distribution of the slivered onions and removed … Read more

Attendance was up and the mood was optimistic at this year’s SPIE Photomask and EUV conference held September 29 through October 3, 2024. The optimism was apparent as well for multi-beam mask writers and curvilinear masks during the eBeam Initiative’s 15th annual reception and meeting held on October 1. In the eBeam Initiative’s annual Luminaries … Read more

Sam Hill / Digital Trends Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a … Read more

ChatGPT marked the big bang moment of generative AI. Answers can be generated in response to nearly any query, helping transform digital work such as content creation, customer service, software development and business operations for knowledge workers. Physical AI, the embodiment of artificial intelligence in humanoids, factories and other devices within industrial systems, has yet … Read more

When Zachary Lindsey, a physicist at Berry College in Georgia, decided to run an experiment on how to get the best speed and torque while playing disc golf (aka Frisbee golf), he had no trouble recruiting 24 eager participants keen on finding science-based tips on how to improve their game. Lindsey and his team determined … Read more

If you’re looking for the best family movies on Amazon Prime Video right now, we can tell you firsthand that it’s not the easiest thing to do. Amazon’s overcrowded interface makes movie discovery extremely time-consuming. And you don’t really have time when you’re trying to get the family settled for movie night! So, skip the … Read more

SAN FRANCISCO—On Tuesday, TED AI 2024 kicked off its first day at San Francisco’s Herbst Theater with a lineup of speakers that tackled AI’s impact on science, art, and society. The two-day event brought a mix of researchers, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and other experts who painted a complex picture of AI with fairly minimal hype. The … Read more

Party Icons, a mobile-first gaming platform with three fully playable modes, said it has raised $9 million in funding despite market headwinds. This significant investment underscores strong institutional confidence in Party Icons’ potential to revolutionize the gaming landscape with its innovative gameplay design and open ecosystem, powered by its unique “Party-as-a-Service” live operations model and … Read more

Amazon Prime Video’s navigation tools aren’t meant to be funny, but they really are a joke if you’re looking for the latest in stand-up comedy. Prime Video may not invest the same kind of resources in this category as its streaming rivals, but it could at the very least give comedy specials their own hub … Read more

It’s been just a week since US telecom regulators announced a formal inquiry into broadband data caps, and the docket is filling up with comments from users who say they shouldn’t have to pay overage charges for using their Internet service. The docket has about 190 comments so far, nearly all from individual broadband customers. … Read more