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Privacy

Public Offers Implausible Number of Alibis for Man Accused of Destroying Flock Cameras

"He was actually kissing the homies goodnight at the time of the incident."

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Viruses

Authorities Alarmed When Person With Measles Spends Entire Day Frolicking Around Universal Studios

It's an extremely infectious virus — for people reckless enough not to get the shot.

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Ethics

Google Data Center Announces Plans to Pave Over Protected Wetlands

"It was determined that meeting the project purpose and completely avoiding water resources was not feasible."

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Pathogens

AI Model Invents Completely New Viruses Unknown to Nature

What could possibly go wrong?

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Global Warming

Man Sues Bank for Being Stupid Enough to Give Him a Mortgage Even When Experts Were Warning Him It Was About to Fall Into the Ocean

"No rational person... would have considered purchasing the Property, and certainly not at the full asking price."

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Ethics

Better Hope You Don’t Need an Ambulance in New Orleans, Because the City’s 911 Operators Are Now AI

Your house isn't just on fire — it's collapsing in real time.

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Hacking

Jealously Watching OpenAI and Anthropic, Meta Suddenly Claims That Its AI Went on a Hacking Spree Too

A likely story.

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Privacy

Flock Is Losing Dozens of Contracts as Controversy Grows

The outrage is surging.

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OpenAI

OpenAI Tried to Hire Influencers to Spread Love for Its Products, But It Backfired Horrendously

"People will literally sell their soul and their planet down the river for a nice free hotel room."

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Elon Musk

Grokipedia Appears to Have Completely Broken and Nobody Noticed

"As far as we can tell, no entry has changed in more than three months."

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Ethics

Andreessen Horowitz Partner Boasts That the Company’s New Tech Can Fabricate Fake History Like in “1984”

"This is evil."

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Finance

Gen Z Helicopter Parents Are So Intense That They’re Calling Hiring Managers to Interfere

Mom! You're embarrassing me in front of my friends! Er, boss.

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Starship

SpaceX Now Faces a Terrible Peril

"You are going to see a lot of exits."

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Artificial Intelligence

We Talked to the Guy Who Built a Chatbot That’s Just Him Manually Responding to People One-by-One

"I tend to overcommit to bits."

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Developments

Trump Cabinet Doctor Boasts of Ability to Soil Himself During Dinner Parties Without Detection

"When you start eating healthy, you don't need toilet paper."

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Privacy

Police Department Not Happy When Every Single One of Its Flock Cameras Gets Stolen

Hate it when that happens.

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Climate Change

It’s So Hot in Japan That Zoo Animals Are Dropping Dead

Poor creatures.

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Treatments

Kalshi Defends Plan to Bet on Outcomes of Clinical Trials

"How is this not just another type of 'death market' — like markets for war or assassination — that even Kalshi says it won’t abide?"

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Ethics

Texas Data Centers Suffer Brutal Collision With Reality

"Our top priority is to protect Texans’ safety and quality of life."

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk Allegedly Stiffing Contractors on Huge Bills

Forever a cheapskate.