Published on: 2025-04-19 09:35:05
Credits Karen G. Lloyd is the Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and professor of Earth science at the University of Southern California. This essay is adapted from her forthcoming book “Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth” (Princeton University Press, 2025). The way to spot a cold methane seep on the ocean floor is to look for the life that gathers around it, like antelopes at a savanna watering hole: clams, mussels, crabs, shrimp, fish, sea anemones and creepy, othe
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Douglas Rissing/Getty Images In the thick of economic uncertainty and high interest rates, adjustable-rate mortgages are making a comeback. ARMs offer cheaper fixed interest rates for the initial five, seven or 10 years, giving borrowers more options for homeownership. After that introductory period, the loan has a variable interest rate that could go up or down, depending on market conditions. The share of loan applications for ARMs recently rose to its highest level in 17 months, according
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Getty Image/ Zooey Liao/ CNET Mortgage rates are bouncing around, though not because of inflation data or job numbers. Financial markets (stocks and bonds) are being shaken by President Donald Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs. An impending trade war is causing a ripple effect on everything from Treasury bond yields to consumer prices to mortgage rates. I'm not an economist, but I've been in the real estate business for more than two decades. Tariffs, or duties on imported goods, can drive u
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The excitement for the opening day of Star Wars Celebration Japan wasn’t limited to movies, TV shows, and collectibles—gamers had their moment too, with the reveal trailer for A Pirate’s Fortune, the second DLC story pack for Ubisoft’s action-adventure game, Star Wars Outlaws. The trailer kicks off with Kay Vess, the game’s titular up-and-coming smuggler and scoundrel, accompanied by her cute companion, Nix, unceremoniously landing behind the bars of a jail cell. A rough start, sure, but great
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Cutting corners: A new report has reignited the debate over how much tax the world's largest technology companies pay, revealing that the so-called "Silicon Six" – Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Netflix – have paid nearly $278 billion less in corporate income tax over the past decade than would be expected if their profits were taxed at the average statutory rate for US companies. The analysis, conducted by the Fair Tax Foundation (FTF), scrutinizes the financial records and tax
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Grace Cary/Getty Images/CNET The economic headlines are full of recession indicators, from tariffs and a potential trade war to wild stock market swings. With mortgage rates all over the map, some homebuyers are wondering if there might be a silver lining to a downturn -- namely, lower mortgage rates and home prices. I've worked in real estate for more than 20 years, and I've seen my share of market fluctuations, from boom times to full-blown crashes, like in 2008. When it comes to buying a ho
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Getty Image/ Zooey Liao/ CNET Mortgage rates are bouncing around, though not because of inflation data or job numbers. Financial markets (stocks and bonds) are being shaken by President Donald Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs. An impending trade war is causing a ripple effect on everything from Treasury bond yields to consumer prices to mortgage rates. I'm not an economist, but I've been in the real estate business for more than two decades. Tariffs, or duties on imported goods, can drive u
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Deezer, a Spotify alternative that launched in the US in 2016, shared on Wednesday that 20,000 completely AI-generated tracks are added to its music service on a daily basis, making up "over 18% of all uploaded content" the platform receives every day. Like other streaming services, Deezer offers methods for independent artists to upload their own music without having to be part of a larger licensing deal with a record label. While that lowers some barriers, it also leaves the door open for mus
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Tharon Green/CNET Despite President Trump's decision to implement a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for most countries, which calmed some nerves, mortgage rates aren't likely to fall anytime soon. You can blame disarray in the bond market. Treasury bond yields are directly linked to mortgage rates; when bond yields rise, so do borrowing costs on home loans. Trump's April 2 announcement to slap sweeping tariffs on US trading partners not only sparked a massive plunge in stocks — it also led
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We all love video games, but sometimes it's nice to sit down with your family and friends and play something a little more sociable. Board games are a fantastic way to pass the time, and there are tons of great ones to choose from. If you want a break from the classic board games, strategy games offer a greater mental challenge to keep the gray matter engaged. Figuring out different tactics and using your brain to win is super rewarding. We've rounded up the best strategy board games to help you
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Mortgage rates aren't likely to fall anytime soon, even with President Trump's decision to implement a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for most countries. You can blame disarray in the bond market. Treasury yields are directly linked to mortgage rates; when bond yields rise, so do borrowing costs on home loans. Trump's April 2 announcement to slap sweeping tariffs on US trading partners not only sparked a massive plunge in stocks — it also led to a sell-off of government-backed bonds, which
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-29 02:04:41
The economic headlines are full of recession indicators, from tariffs and a potential trade war to wild stock market swings. With mortgage rates all over the map, some homebuyers are wondering if there might be a silver lining to a downturn -- namely, lower mortgage rates and home prices. I've worked in real estate for more than 20 years, and I've seen my share of market fluctuations, from boom times to full-blown crashes, like in 2008. When it comes to buying a home, the economy is just one fa
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For decades, understanding the clicks, whistles and burst pulses of dolphins has been a scientific frontier. What if we could not only listen to dolphins, but also understand the patterns of their complex communication well enough to generate realistic responses? Today, on National Dolphin Day, Google, in collaboration with researchers at Georgia Tech and the field research of the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP), is announcing progress on DolphinGemma: a foundational AI model trained to learn the st
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Quick Primer on Model Context Protocol (MCP) Bhaskar S Overview When LLMs first made their first appearance, the Enterprise apps built using LLMs were restricted to the knowledge on what the LLMs where trained on. These apps were useful for a set of tasks such as, text generation, text sentiment analysis, text summarization, etc. The next evolution for LLM apps was the integration with Enterprise data assets via the Vector Stores for contextual knowledge retrieval using RAGs. As agentic frame
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the RETRO-FUTURISTIC universe of ‘SEVERANCE’ As the final episode of Severance’s Season 2 airs today, March 21st, viewers are left to ‘hang in there’ (remember that Breakroom poster?) while waiting for the next. Aside from setting a new record for Apple TV+ as its most-watched overall show, the series could be a masterclass in world-building through design. Directed by Ben Stiller and created by Dan Erickson, the show curates an environment that combines mid-century modernism, brutalist corpora
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Whether you are a runner, rock climber, or regular gym goer, you can use a fitness tracker to motivate you into keeping your healthy habits. As part of a limited time deal, you can save 25% on the Fitbit Charge 6 fitness smartwatch. Normally the watch goes for $160, but after the discount, you can get it for just $120 over at Amazon. That’s a savings of $40. Fitbit Charge 6 Fitness Tracker GPS Built-in See at Amazon/comp_link] The Fitbit charge 6 is your fitness friend and coach, be it runni
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When it comes to choosing the best heart-rate monitor chest strap for your workout, many of the factors in your buying decision will be based on personal preferences and your workout regimen. Here are a few things to look at while shopping. Strap width: Before you buy, consider whether you'd be more comfortable with a heart-rate tracker that uses a slim strap or a wider one. Module size: Some chest straps use tiny modules (the plastic puck-like part) that don't extend over the edges of the str
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Claude has a new subscription tier called "MAX," but it costs a whopping $200 per month, and users aren't happy with how the company enforces rate limits. According to Anthropic, the Max subscription gives you much more access to Claude than the regular Pro plan. For $200 a month, you'll get 20 times more usage. However, Claude Max limits users to 50 sessions per month. A session is a 5-hour period that starts when you send your first message to Claude. If you use Claude again within those 5
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A man’s recent attempt to use an AI-generated avatar in his legal appeal made an immediate impression on a New York courtroom, but probably not the one he was hoping for. Jerome Dewald — a 74-year-old that The Register notes is behind a startup that says it’s “revolutionizing legal self-representation with AI” — was chewed out during an employment dispute hearing on March 26th for failing to inform judges that he had artificially generated the man presenting his oral argument. While the court h
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Introduction One of the key insights from queuing theory is that the average queue size for an unbounded system tends to increase significantly as utilization approaches 100%. Theoretical models show no bound to this increase and at 100% utilization the resulting average queue size grows toward infinity. This is important because queues themselves consume resources, be it memory or disk space on a computer or factory floor space in a plant. In an ideal world, we wouldn’t need queues. Who likes
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We’ve heard many stories about the Apple Watch alerting people to life-threatening health conditions. A new story out of New Zealand, however, truly shows the breadth of what the Apple Watch’s preventive health monitoring can do for users. Amanda Faulkner, a consultant psychiatrist based in Napier, New Zealand, upgraded to the Apple Watch Series 10 last year. After using her husband’s old Apple Watch for years, one of the new features offered by the Apple Watch Series 10 is the Vitals app. The
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Spammers used OpenAI to generate messages that were unique to each recipient, allowing them to bypass spam-detection filters and blast unwanted messages to more than 80,000 websites in four months, researchers said Wednesday. The finding, documented in a post published by security firm SentinelOne’s SentinelLabs, underscores the double-edged sword wielded by large language models. The same thing that makes them useful for benign tasks—the breadth of data available to them and their ability to u
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On November 6, 1961, one of the most costly and destructive residential fires in California history ignited. Especially dry conditions and strong Santa Ana winds (blowing up to 50 miles per hour) accelerated the fire’s spread. Called the “Bel Air Fire,” this nightmare ripped through one of the most high-profile neighborhoods in the country, home to several famous actors and even then Vice President Richard Nixon. In total, the fire destroyed 484 homes and burned more than 6,000 acres. U.S. Bor
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The economic headlines are full of recession indicators, from tariffs and a potential trade war to wild stock market swings. With mortgage rates dipping slightly, some homebuyers are wondering if there might be a silver lining to a downturn -- namely, lower mortgage rates and home prices. I've worked in real estate for more than 20 years, and I've seen my share of market fluctuations, from boom times to full-blown crashes, like in 2008. When it comes to whether you should buy a home now, the ec
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President Donald Trump's announcement last week of an aggressive wave of reciprocal tariffs on multiple countries and a 10% universal import tax triggered massive stock market chaos. The move also escalated fears of inflated consumer prices, a global trade war and a recession. It's unclear how these duties will upend supply chains and affect interest rates. Given the vast number of unknowns in the economy — from Trump's protectionist measures to federal jobs slashing — mortgage rates have alrea
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Snapchat is introducing Sponsored AI Lenses, a new ad format that lets brands engage with consumers in an immersive way. While Snapchat has offered brands the opportunity to pay for sponsored lenses on the platform for years, now they can leverage AI-generated experiences powered by Snap’s proprietary generative AI technology. With these interactive lenses, brands can reach and engage users in a more fun and interactive way when compared to traditional ads, as they allow users to take selfies t
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Abstract Transformers today still struggle to generate one-minute videos because self-attention layers are inefficient for long context. Alternatives such as Mamba layers struggle with complex multi-scene stories because their hidden states are less expressive. We experiment with Test-Time Training (TTT) layers, whose hidden states themselves can be neural networks, therefore more expressive. Adding TTT layers into a pre-trained Transformer enables it to generate one-minute videos from text sto
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Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET There are thousands of songs about staying up all night to have fun, yet fewer about how nice it is to go to bed early. After a long day of work, nerve-inducing headlines, and strenuous exercise, all I want is sleep. That's when the lyrics of Hall and Oates' song, "When the Morning Comes," a tune mainly about rejection that can be interpreted as an ode to a good night's rest, come to mind: "It'll be all right when the morning comes," the duo sing. As a sleep enthus
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President Donald Trump's announcement last week of an aggressive wave of reciprocal tariffs on multiple countries and a 10% universal import tax triggered massive stock market chaos. The move also escalated fears of inflated consumer prices, a global trade war and a recession. It's unclear how these duties will upend supply chains and affect interest rates. Given the vast number of unknowns in the economy — from Trump's protectionist measures to federal jobs slashing — mortgage rates have alrea
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From The Florida Museum of Natural History comes the openVertebrate project, a new initiative to “provide free, digital 3D vertebrate anatomy models and data to researchers, educators, students and the public.” Introducing the new project (otherwise known as oVert), the museum writes: Between 2017 and 2023, oVert project members took CT scans of more than 13,000 specimens, with representative species across the vertebrate tree of life. This includes more than
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