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Things reek, stink and pong – but why are there no verbs for describing a delightful odour? | Adrian Chiles

Wednesday at 18:16 PM, via The Guardian

We don’t have a single verb to express smelling something nice. Welsh and Croatian, by contrast, are never caught short when something fragrant gets right up your nose

I remember the first time I remembered a smell. This was remembering to the extent that it stopped me in my tracks, taking me back to a specific moment, a specific place and a specific feeling. The smell was that of a bike shop....

Anthropic Pledges To Keep Claude Ad-free, Calls AI Conversations a ‘Space To Think’

Wednesday at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Anthropic said today that its AI assistant Claude will not carry advertising of any kind — no sponsored links next to conversations, no advertiser influence on the model’s responses, and no unsolicited third-party product placements — calling Claude a “space to think” that should remain free of commercial interruption. The announcement comes days after Anthropic’s chief rival, OpenAI, announced...

Latest BTC News: How U.S. Investors Are Earning Over 50,000 USD per Month Amid the Market Crash

Wednesday at 17:59 PM, via Tech Financials

Recent data shows that major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) have experienced sharp declines, significantly undermining overall market confidence. Panic has replaced optimism, and many investors have once again fallen into a vicious cycle: constantly monitoring the market, waiting for the “perfect moment,” or selling hastily under pressure. However, a growing number […]

Pinterest Sacks Workers For Creating Tool To Track Layoffs

Wednesday at 17:01 PM, via Slashdot

Pinterest has sacked two engineers for tracking which workers lost their jobs in a recent round of layoffs. BBC: The company recently announced job cuts, with chief executive Bill Ready stating in an email he was “doubling down on an AI-forward approach,” according to an employee who posted some of the memo on LinkedIn. Pinterest told investors the move would impact about 15% of the workforce,...

Why Google’s Android for PC Launch May Be Messy and Controversial

Wednesday at 16:02 PM, via Slashdot

Google’s much-anticipated plan to merge Android and ChromeOS into a single operating system called Aluminium is shaping up to be a drawn-out, complicated transition that could leave existing Chromebook users behind, according to previously unreported court documents in the Google search antitrust case. The new OS won’t be compatible with all existing Chromebook hardware, and Google will be...

Breathwork has its uses – but when it comes to ‘unlocking your fullest human potential’, beware the puffery | Antiviral

Wednesday at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

While some benefits such as stress relief are backed by solid evidence, they can be achieved without expensive hyped-up courses

Read more in the Antiviral series

In the 2012 film adaptation of the Dr Seuss book The Lorax, a fable about capitalist greed, air is a commodity.

The mayor of Thneedville deprives the city’s residents of trees so a company he heads can sells bottles of air. He has,...

Adobe Actually Won’t Discontinue Animate

Wednesday at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

Adobe is no longer planning to discontinue Adobe Animate on March 1st. From a report: In an FAQ, the company now says that Animate will now be in maintenance mode and that it has “no plans toâdiscontinue or remove access” to the app. Animate will still receive “ongoing security and bug fixes” and will still be available for “both new and existing users,” but it won’t get new features. Many...

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