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Drones

Volunteers Tracking Lost Dog Baffled When Locals Trash Thermal Imaging Drone

"One of the most valuable rescue tools we've ever owned."

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Cybersecurity

Scammers Tremble as AI Comes for Their Jobs

"They just had absolutely no idea."

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Food

Scientists Genetically Engineer High-Protein Lettuce

Shredded lettuce? We've got jacked lettuce now, kid.

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Efforts to Cut Spending in the Government Were So Incompetent That It’s Shocking, Internal Analysis Finds

For an organization dedicated to "government efficiency," it was really bad at keeping the books.

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Privacy

USA Today Partners With Palantir to Gain “Actionable Intelligence” On Its Audiences

"Every visit, every session, and every moment of attention creates a signal."

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Future Society

The Real Victims of the AI Surveillance Panopticon? Crime Fiction Writers

You have to get creative, and technical, to write a whodunnit in an age where cameras blanket every corner of the country.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Explosion Sends Injured Firefighters to the Hospital

It's really more of an 'outdoor' car.

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Labor Union Sues Over Self-Driving Trucks

This could get ugly.

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Ethics

Reading the Room Perfectly, Donald Trump Becomes Greatest Defender of Data Centers

Mr. Populism strikes again.

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Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Harshly Criticized for $200 Million Pledge to Protect the World’s Most Endangered Species

"Uber-wealthy people helping a fraction of the problems that they cause."

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Google

Time Magazine Now Running Ads Meant Specifically to Influence AI Agents

The internet is for AI bots now.

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Robot Dogs

Robot Dogs Suddenly Taking Jobs From Human Security Guards

Human guards are a "big burden" on big business.

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Ethics

Reddit Finally Found a Way to Make Its Mods Even Worse: Replace Them With AI

Reddit is looking to fight bots with bots.

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Future Society

AI Data Centers Are Causing Unfathomable Amounts of Air Pollution, and It Gets Worse With Each New One They Build

The tech industry is showing no signs of slowing down.

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Solar Power

Texas Avoids Blackout by the Grace of Solar Power

"We hit an all time peak, and we had no issue hitting that peak."

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Astrophysics

Scientist Reveals Plan to Save Earth From Destruction by the Sun

It's worth a shot!

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Finance

VC-Funded Startups Linked to Persistent Fraud

Go figure?

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Meta

Meta Caught Paying Nazis to Post on Facebook

We did see that coming.

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Hacking

Why Aren’t Any AI Companies Watching Their Frontier Models to Make Sure They Don’t Go on Hacking Sprees?

It's not nearly as hard to contain them as the companies make it out to be.

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Bitcoin

Hackers Figure Out a Trick to Steal Bitcoin From Cold Wallets, Grab $110 Million

"Between 9:36 and 9:43 pm on July 29th, all three of my wallets were completely drained."