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Robert Patrick Recalls Feeling ‘Pressure’ Not to ‘Let Everybody Down’ in ‘Terminator 2,’ So He ‘Isolated’ Himself on Set (Exclusive)
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Robert Patrick Recalls Feeling ‘Pressure’ Not to ‘Let Everybody Down’ in ‘Terminator 2,’ So He ‘Isolated’ Himself on Set (Exclusive)

Robert Patrick recently reflected on the intense physical preparation behind his T-1000 role, his castmates and working with James Cameron on ‘Terminator 2.’

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"We're not doing 30 bets a year": Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4 billion at a16z | TechCrunch
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"We're not doing 30 bets a year": Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4 billion at a16z | TechCrunch

Vijay Pande — who left a16z's roughly $4 billion biotech practice last year to start the much smaller, AI-native VZVC — talks about why biology is finally shifting from a "discovery" science to an "engineering" one, why clinical trials are still brutally expensive, and why he thinks open, shared datasets (not walled-off ones) are what will actually let AI tr

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8 officials suspended after probe into Pakistan hospital fire that killed 14 newborns | CNN
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8 officials suspended after probe into Pakistan hospital fire that killed 14 newborns | CNN

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday ordered the suspension of eight officials and directed that criminal proceedings be initiated against those found responsible for a fire that killed 14 newborns at an Islamabad hospital, his office said.

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Largest ever ‘map’ of autism may hold clues for new targeted therapies | CNN
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Largest ever ‘map’ of autism may hold clues for new targeted therapies | CNN

Scientists are getting a step closer to understanding exactly how autism develops in the brain – and what might work to treat it.

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Harald V, the sailing king who epitomized a modern Norwegian royalty, dies | CNN
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Harald V, the sailing king who epitomized a modern Norwegian royalty, dies | CNN

King Harald V of Norway, Europe’s oldest monarch, has died at the age of 89, after 35 years on the throne.

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Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI 'teammate' just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research | TechCrunch
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Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI 'teammate' just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research | TechCrunch

Built by DeepMind alumni, British AI lab Inherent released Faraday, an AI agent whose ability to replicate scientific papers could be a stepping stone for innovation.

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