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Someone trained Google’s fruit fly brain simulation to play Balatro, and it’s working (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: balatro, google, fruit fly brain simulation

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Balatro fan claims they trained Google fruit fly brain simulation to beat the game — reinforcement learning currently has the model at 20% success rate (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Jake Roach | get Balatro video game → | tags: balatro, google fruit fly connectome, reinforcement learning

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The Latest Weird Thing to Play Doom Is the Mapped-Out Brain of a Fruit Fly (cnet.com)

2026-09-13 | by Joe Hindy | get Doom Eternal Nintendo Switch → | tags: doom, fruit fly brain, google

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Engineer turns simulated fly brain into a crypto day trader, posts downloadable sim to GitHub — 166,700 virtual neurons read candlestick charts for dopamine hits (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-12 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Models of the Mind Grace Lindsay book → | tags: stonkfly, fruit fly brain, coinbase

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Male Fruit Fly Brain Trained to Play Doom (slashdot.org)

2026-09-12 | get Doom Guy Life in First Person John Romero book → | tags: doom, fruit fly brain, google

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Eating Fruit Skins (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-09 | tags: fruit skins, apple core, strawberry stems

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Google mapped a fly's nervous system and developers are using it to play Doom (techspot.com)

2026-09-09 | by Skye Jacobs | get Doom Eternal Nintendo Switch → | tags: google research, malecns, doom

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Google Mapped a Fruit Fly’s Brain. Now It’s Playing Doom and Super Mario 64 (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-08 | get Levenhuk Rainbow 2L microscope → | tags: google, fruit fly, doom

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Google maps entire brain and central nervous system of adult male fruit fly, software engineers immediately make it run Doom — AI-powered 3D model of over 166,000 neurons can also play Super Mario 64 (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-08 | by Mark Tyson | tags: google research, fruit fly connectome, doom

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Summer frozen treat recall 2026: These fruit bars may contain glass. Full list of products to toss right now (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: dreyer’s, outshine, grand ice cream

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8 Snacks and Guilty-Pleasure Foods Chefs Can’t Live Without (cnet.com)

2026-08-09 | by David Watsky | tags: chef, executive, fruit

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How fruit flies chase invisible ribbons of smell to get to their source (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: rockefeller university, olfactory navigation, fruit flies

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for July 31, #1146 (cnet.com)

2026-07-30 | by Gael Cooper | tags: nyt, connections, puzzle

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How fruit flies track the edge of odour plumes (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: fruit flies, odour plumes, tracking

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Her ‘Surprisingly Satisfying’ Side Hustle Made Over $100K at Farmers’ Markets. Now It’s On Track for $1M: ‘Give Yourself 30 Days.’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-21 | by Amanda Breen | tags: ohme foods, farmers’ markets, british columbia

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Farmer, marketer at odds over sales of white nectarines (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-03 | by Rush Is An Associated Press Reporter Covering Oregon State Government | get White Nectarine Fruit Basket → | tags: ap news, contract, fruit

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A Cali. farmer is giving away tons of nectarines that he's not allowed to sell (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-03 | by Rush Is An Associated Press Reporter Covering Oregon State Government | get Organic Nectarine Fruit Basket → | tags: court, fruit, giumarra

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From commodity to cultural catalyst: Fruit’s reinvention (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-12 | get Fruit Infused Water Bottle → | tags: fruit, food industry, commodity

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The rise of the fruit that tastes like custard (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-25 | get Custard Apple Seeds Kit → | tags: custard apple, export, gulf countries

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Why Garlic Repels Mosquitoes and Keeps Them From Breeding (wired.com)

2026-05-24 | by Fernanda González | get Mosquito Repellent Candle → | tags: garlic, mosquitoes, yale university

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Ebola outbreak spirals out of control: how might it have started? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-21 | by Basu | get Ebola Virus Survival Kit → | tags: ebola virus, democratic republic of the congo, world health organization

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This Doctor Saw a Problem Impacting Over 60% of Americans. The Business He Started to Solve It Makes $100 Million a Year. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-04 | by Amanda Breen | get Blue Light Blocking Glasses → | tags: that’s it, lewensztain, cpg

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‘Bat feast’ animal videos at African cave offer clues to how deadly viruses spread (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-20 | by Chen | get Wildlife Camera Trap → | tags: marburg virus, egyptian fruit bats, python cave

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‘Fruit Love Island’ is TikTok’s most popular AI-generated series. It’s now facing trouble in paradise (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-31 | get AI-Generated Content Creator Kit → | tags: tiktok, fruit love island, ai-generated series

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There’s Something Very Dark About a Lot of Those Viral AI Fruit Videos (wired.com)

2026-03-25 | by Kat Tenbarge | get AI-Generated Fruit Art Kit → | tags: ai fruit videos, fruitvillegossip, dna test

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Zara Larsson fans rioted after the singer supported AI-generated content. Now her controversial take is going viral (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-20 | by Jude Cramer | get AI Art Generator Tool → | tags: zara larsson, generative ai, ai-generated content

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Most Self-Respecting X Users Are Probably Going to Want to Change This New Setting (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-09 | get Smart Home → | tags: deepfaked, deepfaked honestly, don like

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The Best Flower Delivery Services of 2026, Tested and Reviewed (wired.com)

2026-02-05 | by Boutayna Chokrane | get E-Flowers → | tags: bouquet, flowers, fruit

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Looking to Cut Back on White Sugar? Try These 6 Natural Alternatives (cnet.com)

2026-01-29 | by Luke Daugherty | get Honey → | tags: fruit, maple, maple syrup

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Tiny falcons are helping keep the food supply safe on cherry farms (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-23 | get Drones → | tags: birds, cherry, crop