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Friday March 27 - Updated to clarify the nature of the bans. Valve has just handed out almost a million bans in a major clampdown on Counter-Strike 2 bots and case farming. Project lead Ido Magal has ...

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company hopes. Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a ...

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Cheap Iranian drone attacks are forcing the Pentagon to rapidly expand layered air defenses in the Middle East, as thousands of U.S. troops stationed across the region face an escalating aerial threat ...

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