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Using a new computer model, scientists simulated the stripes, spots and hexagons on a species of boxfish, imperfections and all. Source link

Carmakers and their suppliers are piecing together new supply chains after a Chinese-owned company in the Netherlands was caught in the middle of the trade war, revealing European vulnerabilities. Source link

The industry keeps echoing ideas from bleak satires and cyberpunk stories as if they were exciting possibilities, not grim warnings. Source link

The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely seeking to boost the number of citations they’ve published. Source link

Facebook’s free dating service has 21 million users, more than the popular dating app Hinge, as the social network reinvents itself. Source link

After signing agreements to use computing power from Nvidia, AMD and Oracle, OpenAI is teaming up with the world’s largest cloud computing company. Source link

A wearable companion is a brilliant idea — in theory. Source link

Mr. Musk’s supporters say he may quit if shareholders don’t approve a trillion-dollar package. Some investors say it’s excessive and would give him too much sway. Source link

Xi Jinping gave two cellphones to South Korea’s president, who asked how secure they were. “You can check if there’s a backdoor,” he said with a laugh. Source link

“We are living through a dramatic contraction in the access that teenagers have to technology online.” Source link