It’s like the Iron Dome, but for mosquitoes. The Photon Matrix targets and zaps up to 30 mosquitoes each second using precise laser pulses.

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Photon Matrix is an AI-guided laser system designed to detect and destroy mosquitoes mid-flight. Resembling an “Iron Dome” for mosquitoes, this device, roughly the size of a smartphone, uses laser pulses to zap up to 30 mosquitoes per second without harming people or pets. Invented by Chinese engineer Jim Wong, it employs LiDAR technology and…

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Chlorothalonil Fungicide Linked to Severe in Insect Fertility, Raising Fears of Global Insect Collapse.

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Alarming research from Macquarie University has revealed that chlorothalonil, one of the world’s most widely used agricultural fungicides, can drastically reduce the fertility of beneficial insects—even at concentrations commonly found on supermarket produce. The findings raise urgent concerns about the chemical’s role in accelerating the ongoing decline of insect populations worldwide, a phenomenon some scientists…

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Here’s what it’s like to have your website BANNED in Russia.

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Longtime readers know we sometimes give Russia a hard time. We love the citizens, but not so much how we feel the country treats them. And sometimes, Russia gives us a hard time. For instance, we just found out that we have been banned in Russia, not because of the articles on how to hack…

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Cloudflare’s Pay Per Crawl micropayment system lets content providers block AI crawlers unless they pay to access content.

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Cloudflare’s Pay Per Crawl is a newly launched feature designed to give website owners and content creators control and monetization power over AI crawlers that scrape their content. This initiative responds to the growing problem of AI companies scraping vast amounts of web content without permission or compensation, which has disrupted traditional revenue models for…

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Google seamlessly integrates its Gemini AI engine directly into your command-line interface, putting it exactly where it belongs.

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Google’s Gemini CLI is a new, open-source AI agent designed specifically for developers who prefer working directly in the command line interface (CLI). It brings the power of Google’s Gemini AI models—notably Gemini 2.5 Pro—into the terminal, offering natural language command execution, code generation, debugging, content creation, and more, all without leaving the CLI environment.

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New UK study shows 8% of children aged 8-14 have viewed online pornography.

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Recent UK research conducted by Ofcom—the communications regulator—reveals that 8% of children aged eight to 14 visited an online pornography site or app within a 28-day period. Within this group, about 3% of the youngest children (those aged 8–9) had accessed such material. The study tracked the use of websites and apps by children across…

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