The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will feature a purple athletics track, made with recycled shells produced by the fishing industry, as part of the event's commitment to sustainability. The track was designed by Mondo, a company that teamed up with a fisher's cooperative to gather shells from the Mediterranean Sea. The traditional red track will be replaced with the purple one, which is made using calcium carbonate-rich shells of bivalve mollusks such as mussels and clams.

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Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO, died at 56. She and her husband Dennis Troper owned a house in Menlo Park, California, where Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google. The Google duo paid them $1,700 a month to rent unused space to help with the mortgage.

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Apple prototyped and corporate secrets are for sale. Matthew Bryant, an independent security researcher, bought a Time Capsule from the UK on eBay for $38 and discovered a trove of data that appeared to be a copy of the main backup server for all European Apple Stores during the 2010s. The data included service tickets, employee bank account data, internal company documentation, and emails.

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Allan Cecil, a speedrunner and hacker, has made it his mission to catch cheaters in the speedrunning community. He presented his findings at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas. Speedrunners use glitch-enabled shortcuts and inhuman skill to complete games quickly, but some use rule-breaking software or splice video clips to falsify evidence.

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Independent security researcher Bill Demirkapi has been building ways to tap into huge data sources to find security problems since the fall of 2021. He has found a massive trove of leaked secrets and website vulnerabilities, including at least 15,000 developer secrets hard-coded into software. Among these, he found hundreds of username and password details linked to Nebraska's Supreme Court. Demirkapi is unveiling the results of his work at the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas.

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OpenAI has warned users that its new humanlike voice interface for ChatGPT may lead to emotional attachment. The company released a safety analysis, including a system card for GPT-4o, which outlines risks, safety testing, and mitigation efforts. This comes after several employees quit the company, accusing it of taking unnecessary risks and silencing dissenters.

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Security researchers from IOActive, Enrique Nissim and Krzysztof Okupski, have discovered a flaw in AMD processors that has persisted for decades, allowing malware to burrow deep into a computer's memory. The flaw affects hundreds of millions of PCs and servers. The researchers plan to present their findings at the Defcon hacker conference.

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A group of contestants on Love Island USA gathered around a phone to watch a compilation video of their on-screen significant others with other women, leading to tears and howls of betrayal. This moment is a peak example of voyeuristic entertainment, showcasing the consequences of cheating and the real-time reactions to taboo actions.

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The second generation Echo Spot is back, featuring a half-circle screen that displays the time and alarms. It has customizable clock options, including color and face choices, and dims to a gentle red when the lights are out. The device can set alarms to music playlists and displays music, weather, and calendar information on the screen.

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The article highlights the best back to school deals on school supplies and classroom essentials, including discounts on headphones, tablets, and other gadgets. The deals are available for everyone, and the article also recommends checking out the Best Dorm Gear guide for additional recommendations and gift ideas. Additionally, there is a special offer for Gear readers to get WIRED for just $5, which includes unlimited access to WIRED.com, full Gear coverage, and subscriber-only newsletters.

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