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White Ring security camera mounted on a textured wall, illuminated with blue lighting. The camera has a cylindrical shape with a lens and sensor visible on the front.
Hacking

Hackers Working on Method to Make Ring Cameras Store Footage Locally, Never Giving It to Amazon

"If we don’t control our data, we don't control our devices."

By Joe Wilkins

A forum mod ran high-quality audio through a banana, old microphone cable soldered to pennies, and wet mud. Nobody could tell the difference.
Devices

In Blind Test, Audiophiles Unable to Tell Difference Between Sound Signal Run Through an Expensive Cable and a Banana

"Maybe there are high-end bananas."

By Victor Tangermann

A row of modern, single-story houses with stepped flat roofs and textured gray walls, illuminated by warm exterior lights. Each house has a large window with wooden frames and is surrounded by bushes and trees with autumn foliage. In front of the houses, there are concrete driveways with parked cars and a small signpost displaying the address "977 Kaizen Way" along with a QR code and a mailbox. A light blue bicycle lies on the grass near the sidewalk, and a semi-transparent figure of an elderly person with a cane stands near the first house. The scene is set during sunset with a soft, warm glow.
3D Printing

The Economics of 3D Printed Homes Are Surprisingly Horrible

That's a lot of dough.

By Joe Wilkins

A stylized image of a woman with orange-toned skin and curly hair, wearing a sleeveless black top and dark pants. The person is smiling and has both arms extended outward with palms facing up. The background is yellow with a grid pattern of small black squares.
Artificial Intelligence

Woman Uses AI to Apologize for Burning Down House, Biting Cop

Not making a strong case for yourself.

By Frank Landymore

A large crowd of angry people holding various weapons and tools such as axes, pitchforks, bats, and brooms, raising their fists and weapons in protest or revolt. The image has a halftone effect with a strong orange background.
Ethics

AI Could Cause Workers to Rise Up Against the Corporations Driving Them Into Poverty

"Larger working-class movements for dignity are possible."

By Joe Wilkins

A fiery red and orange tornado-like vortex of flames rising above a calm blue ocean, with dark smoky clouds in the background.
Pollution

Scientists Find That Igniting Oil Spills to Create Fire Tornadoes Might Actually Be Good for the Oceans

"Our goal is to harness the chaotic nature of fire whirls as a powerful, precise restoration tool, to protect coastlines, marine ecosystems and the environment as a whole."

By Joe Wilkins

A stylized image of Elon Musk, wearing a black jacket and a black cap, with his arms crossed. The man is tinted red against a bright yellow background with a large blue circle. To the right, there is a dark silhouette of a person holding a gun to their head, positioned in front of the blue circle. The overall image has a textured, crumpled paper effect.
Ethics

Man Letting AI Rent Human Bodies Says Elon Musk Is His Hero

"People would love to have a clanker as their boss."

By Joe Wilkins

Screenshot from AI-generated video by Shokunin Studio showing Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting.
Ethics

Hollywood Is Lying to Everyone About How Much AI They’re Using, Says Consummate Hollywood Insider

"Everyone's lying just a little bit."

By Frank Landymore

Person wearing a dark hoodie with the hood up, holding and interacting with a smartphone, against an orange background with a grid pattern. The person’s face is partially obscured by shadows.
OpenAI

It’s Comically Easy to Trick ChatGPT Into Saying Things About People That Are Completely Untrue

"Anybody can do this."

By Frank Landymore

A person in a dark suit with a white shirt cuff is holding a stack of $100 bills behind their back. The background is bright yellow with white stars. The image has a high-contrast, stylized effect with orange highlights on the suit.
Artificial Intelligence

Developer’s Honest Assessment of AI at Work Rattles the Official Narrative

AI won't save you, or your floundering company.

By Frank Landymore

A man in a white jacket and black pants is interacting with a robot on a tiled outdoor surface. The robot has kicked the man in the nose while a crowd of people stands in the background watching and taking photos or videos.
Robotics

Video Shows Man Bleeding After Flailing Robot Kicks Him in Nose

That definitely hurt.

By Frank Landymore

A group of five serious-faced people in blue tones are giving thumbs-down gestures against a bright yellow background. In the foreground, Elon Musk is smiling and blurred, contrasting with the disapproving expressions behind him.
Elon Musk

Court Having Trouble Assembling Jury for Elon Musk Because People Hate Him So Much

A man of the people.

By Frank Landymore

The economic pressure from the hype surrounding AI is affecting the rest of the consumer electronics world hard.
Ethics

Personal Electronics Spiking in Price as AI Industry Buys Up All the Components

"RAMaggedon" could drag on for years, executives fear.

By Victor Tangermann

A close-up of Jeff Bezos in a suit and tie wiping sweat from his face with a tissue. To the left, there is a large black shape with the Amazon logo in white and orange. The background is blurred with horizontal lines.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon’s Blundering AI Caused Multiple AWS Outages

Is this a forecast of how hopelessly AI-dependent our tech overlords will be going forward?

By Frank Landymore

A close-up of a person using a nasal spray, with warm, orange-red lighting casting shadows across their face and hand. The person is holding the white nasal spray bottle up to one nostril.
Pathogens

Stanford’s New “Universal Vaccine Formula” Nasal Spray Protects Mice Against Stunning Range of Diseases

"I think what we have is a universal vaccine against diverse respiratory threats."

By Frank Landymore

A close-up of a transparent glass ampoule filled with an amber-colored liquid, lying on a gray surface with an orange text partially visible in the background. The ampoule casts a shadow on the surface.
RX and Medicine

It Seems Bad That Temu Is Selling Peptides

"Our average customer is closer to a Starbucks barista."

By Joe Wilkins

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS appears to have started spewing huge amounts of water into space.
NASA

3I/ATLAS Spraying Material as It Exits the Solar System

It was "full-on erupting" during its flyby of the Sun.

By Victor Tangermann

Community members mourn during a candlelight vigil for the victims of Tumbler Ridge Secondary School where a mass shooting took place a day earlier in the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 11, 2026.
OpenAI

OpenAI Flagged a Mass Shooter’s Troubling Conversations With ChatGPT Before the Incident, Decided Not to Warn Police

Employees at OpenAI urged leaders to alert the police, but they opted not to.

By Jon Christian

A team of over 200 employees at OpenAI has been working on a smart speaker that features a built-in camera to analyze its surroundings.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s Hardware Device Just Leaked, and You Will Cringe

Thanks, but no thanks.

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is running into some serious issues while overhauling his financial services company, Block.
Ethics

Jack Dorsey’s New Company Falling Apart as It Forces Employees to Use AI

"The overarching culture at Block is crumbling."

By Victor Tangermann