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Brandon Aubrey has had some impressive games in his career, but he might have outdone himself on Thursday night in Detroit. The kicker broke two NFL records against the Lions and he was one of the few bright spots for the Dallas Cowboys in a 44-30 loss at Ford Field. Aubrey re-wrote the NFL record book with his first four field goals of the night, which came from 42, 55, 57 and 63 yards. He then tacked on a fifth one in the fourth quarter when he hit from 29 yards out, marking just the second time in his career that…

Researchers think they may have found a way to reverse “lazy eye,” even in adults who’ve typically had the condition since childhood.The technique has so far been tested only in animals, though, so it needs further study before it can be used in human patients.A lazy eye, or amblyopia, develops when the brain favors one eye over the other in early childhood, causing vision in the less-favored eye to decline. The standard treatment involves placing a patch over the stronger eye to force the brain to rely on the weaker one. However, this method is effective only during infancy and…

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Meta is shifting some of its investments in the metaverse to AI glasses and wearables, hoping to capitalise on the “momentum” in that segment, a company spokesperson has said.Over recent years, Meta has poured billions of dollars to build the metaverse, which lets people to interact in a virtual reality. However, the tech giant has struggled to convince investors of the viability of the nascent technology.Bloomberg first reported on Thursday that Meta would cut its metaverse investment by as much as 30%. Its shares climbed more than 3.4% following the news.The strategic shift to the Metaverse was the reason why…

antonioiacobelli/RooM via Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysOpenAI trained GPT-5 Thinking to confess to misbehavior.It’s an early study, but it could lead to more trustworthy LLMs.Models will often hallucinate or cheat due to mixed objectives.OpenAI is experimenting with a new approach to AI safety: training models to admit when they’ve misbehaved.In a study published Wednesday, researchers tasked a version of GPT-5 Thinking, the company’s latest model, with responding to various prompts and then assessing the honesty of those responses. For each “confession,” as these follow-up assessments were called, researchers rewarded the model solely on the basis of truthfulness:…

I was 26 when my gynaecologist told me that my fallopian tubes were blocked and there would be no way I could get pregnant. I was devastated. I had always wanted children. It was 1972; I was living in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, and working as a college lecturer. IVF didn’t exist, and when my husband and I put our names down to adopt a baby, we were told we had very little chance because few babies were available to adopt at the time. Meanwhile, my gynaecologist tried to open my fallopian tubes. It didn’t work.I refused to accept that I had…

“I always think of awards like this as things that come at the end of a career, and I think I’m not even in the middle of mine,” Cynthia Erivo said on Thursday night, to loud applause, while accepting the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film at a black-tie gala to raise funds for the fest’s educational initiatives. The actress/singer, who looks likely to land a best actress Oscar nom for the second year in a row for portraying Elphaba, aka the Wicked Witch of the West, in a Wicked film — this time…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Rubbing a black snail on a wart and impailing the creature with a thorn will make the bumps go away. Giving a donkey some bread will treat whooping cough. Mumps can be cured if you rub your head on the back of a pig. They may sound a bit strange now, but folk remedies like these are an important part of human history. Folk treatments can help explain more about everyday life in the past and how belief systems evolve.   In rural Ireland, using pigs to…

Two sibling contractors convicted a decade ago for hacking into US State Department systems have once again been charged, this time for a comically hamfisted attempt to steal and destroy government records just minutes after being fired from their contractor jobs. The Department of Justice on Thursday said that Muneeb Akhter and Sohaib Akhter, both 34, of Alexandria, Virginia, deleted databases and documents maintained and belonging to three government agencies. The brothers were federal contractors working for an undisclosed company in Washington, DC, that provides software and services to 45 US agencies. Prosecutors said the men coordinated the crimes and…

Prime Video has set Dec. 19 as the global premiere date for the final season of its International Emmy-nominated original series “Four More Shots Please!“ The Indian series, which has become one of the streamer’s most-watched originals, will close out its run with a fourth and final season launching just ahead of the holidays. The finale brings back the core quartet of Sayani Gupta, Kirti Kulhari, Bani J and Maanvi Gagroo, who return alongside Prateik Smita Patil, Milind Soman, Rajeev Siddhartha, Lisa Ray and Ankur Rathee reprising their roles. New additions to the cast this season include Dino Morea, Anasuya…