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Hungarian researchers have made an astonishing breakthrough in how we can learn more effectively Moravec‘s Paradox

Hungarian researchers have made an astonishing breakthrough in how we can learn more effectively

Hungarian researchers at the HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics and the Max Planck Institute have used artificial intelligence-derived mathematical models to study how memory works, and it seems that surprising experiences play a vital role, helping the brain to constantly update its knowledge of the world. The mathematical models…
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July 8, 2025
What is ‘Fridge cigarette’? Inside the viral TikTok trend and Gen Z’s Diet Coke obsession (and its health risks) TikTok

What is ‘Fridge cigarette’? Inside the viral TikTok trend and Gen Z’s Diet Coke obsession (and its health risks)

Picture this: you’re in the middle of a Zoom marathon or drowning in tied-up emails, your brain begging for five minutes of calm. You open the fridge, pull out a chilled Diet Coke, crack it open, feel the fizz on your tongue – and just like that, you’ve had a…
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July 8, 2025
Shame has left the building Narendra Modi

Shame has left the building

Letters to the Editor Newsday Tuesday 8 July 2025 Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar - Photo by Faith Ayoung THE EDITOR: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s remarks during the state visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi should concern every citizen who remembers what she said not so long ago. On September…
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July 8, 2025
TikTok might be working on a standalone U.S. app, but marketers aren’t sold on the idea – yet TikTok

TikTok might be working on a standalone U.S. app, but marketers aren’t sold on the idea – yet

By Krystal Scanlon and Sam Bradley  •  July 8, 2025  • Ivy Liu TikTok is reportedly developing a separate version of its app for the U.S. — a contingency plan as pressure builds for ByteDance to divest. But for marketers, it raises more questions than answers. “I’d be curious to…
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July 8, 2025
Trump Reveals U.S. Sending ‘More Weapons’ to Ukraine: ‘We Have To’ Ukraine

Trump Reveals U.S. Sending ‘More Weapons’ to Ukraine: ‘We Have To’

President Donald Trump revealed that the United States would be sending “more weapons” to Ukraine, explaining that they are “getting hit very hard.” During a dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump was asked if he was “planning to send more weapons to Ukraine.” Trump’s comments come after the…
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July 8, 2025
Productivity Commission calls out the stupidity behind Future Made In Australia — but there’s still time to fix it Protectionism

Productivity Commission calls out the stupidity behind Future Made In Australia — but there’s still time to fix it

A backwards-looking snapshot of the first full year of the Albanese government’s protectionist impulses is on display in the Productivity Commission’s annual Trade and Assistance Review, out for 2023-24. It has also enabled the independent PC to focus on some more current protectionism issues, particularly those emanating from the addled…
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July 8, 2025
Modi’s visit held up a mirror Narendra Modi

Modi’s visit held up a mirror

In July 2025, Trinidad and Tobago received its first official visit from an Indian Prime Minister in over 25 years. The significance of this moment cannot be overstated. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s presence was more than a diplomatic routine. It was symbolic, emotionally resonant, and strategically progressive. From a flurry…
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July 8, 2025