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Which American spacecraft become the first to successfully touch down on the moon in over 50 years?
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Yesterday, which major telecommunications company experienced a widespread network outage that affected calling, texting, and internet services for customers across the United States?
AT&T recently suffered a significant network outage that impacted its services across the United States. The outage left many customers unable to make calls, send texts, or access the internet. Although the company has restored most of its network, it has not disclosed the cause of the system failure.
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What criticism led to Google halting its Gemini AI model from generating images of people?
Google's Gemini AI model was criticized for creating historically inaccurate images by replacing white people with people of color. For example, when asked to generate photos of a pope or a 1943 German photos, it generated photos of people of color. Google has since paused its image generation of people.
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Which company added $277 billion to its stock market value, the largest one-day increase in Wall Street's history?
Nvidia's record profits fueled a global stock rally., with the S&P 500 recording its best one-day performance since January 2023. Nvidia's revenues rose over 250 percent from the same period in 2022, and its stock price has soared 275 percent over the past 12 months.
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Which prestigious Ivy League institution shifted from a test-optional policy to a 'test-flexible' approach, allowing students to submit Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) test scores instead of SAT and ACT scores?
Yale University has ended its test-optional policy and introduced a 'test-flexible' approach. Critics argue that tests like the SAT and ACT contribute to admission inequality, while others suggest standardized testing can predict success at elite universities, particularly for students from marginalized backgrounds.
