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When being Hitler’s guard was a literal drag…

Quick segue here, but this story is too good. In 1942, Die Grosse Liebe came out, Goebbel’s Magnum Opus other than Triumph of the Will. The Nazi propaganda minister was really into this movie and wanted it to be a huge success swaying the emotions of the German people back to believe in winning the […]

AI conferences have rushed to restrict the use of LLMs for writing and reviewing research papers in recent months after being flooded with AI-generated slop (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times:
AI conferences have rushed to restrict the use of LLMs for writing and reviewing research papers in recent months after being flooded with AI-generated slop  —  Conferences restrict use of LLMs after surge of low-quality AI-generated papers and reviews  —  Artificial intelligence researchers …

Q&A with D‑Wave CEO Alan Baratz on the Quantum Circuits acquisition, error-correcting quantum systems, its Davidson and Anduril defense collaboration, and more (Luke Kawa/Sherwood News)

Luke Kawa / Sherwood News:
Q&A with D‑Wave CEO Alan Baratz on the Quantum Circuits acquisition, error-correcting quantum systems, its Davidson and Anduril defense collaboration, and more  —  “If 2025 was the international year of quantum, 2026 is the international year of D-Wave Quantum,” said CEO Dr. Alan Baratz.

Disney Lorcana’s Winterspell won me over when I leaned into silly nostalgia

Opening Winterspell preview packs as a Magic player led to confusion, nostalgia, and a surprisingly fun first Lorcana deck.

French IT company Capgemini plans to sell its US subsidiary Capgemini Government Solutions, whose contract with the US ICE drew scrutiny from French lawmakers (Sybille de La Hamaide/Reuters)

Sybille de La Hamaide / Reuters:
French IT company Capgemini plans to sell its US subsidiary Capgemini Government Solutions, whose contract with the US ICE drew scrutiny from French lawmakers  —  French IT company Capgemini (CAPP.PA) will sell its U.S. subsidiary Capgemini Government Solutions, it said on Sunday …