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futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nyc-basement-smart-glasses
Basement, one of NYC's buzziest nightclubs, has announced a total ban on smart glasses amid growing controversy.
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inc.com/sam-blum/the-onions-audacious-plans-for-infowars-are-not-a-joke/91383744?mvgt=9r1uq3bMJOuX
Owner Jeff Lawson, CEO Ben Collins, and comedian Tim Heidecker tell Inc. how they found themselves owning goblinlove.net and selling gay frog plushies, and what it means for the future of 'The Onion.'
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The shots have been approved for people 65 and older, and for younger people with underlying conditions. Others may be able to get them off label.
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delish.com/food-news/a73545961/whole-foods-dip-recall/?taid=6a90ebae0d091100013ebc73
Check your freezer before your next chips-and-dip night.
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yahoo.com/news/us/articles/more-54-000-pounds-jasmine-202530336.html
More than 54,000 pounds of Lundberg Family Farms jasmine white rice have been recalled in 12 states over possible foreign material contamination.
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testing.googleblog.com/2024/12/tech-on-toilet-driving-software.html?m=1
By Kanu Tewary and Andrew Trenk Tech on the Toilet (TotT) is a weekly one-page publication about software development that is posted in bath...
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Nitter gets a cease & desist from X while the atproto makes the Internet more open.
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The records were released in response to a lawsuit Reporters Committee attorneys filed on behalf of the AP.
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Trump's order comes after the trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week.
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motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/police-opioid-funding-flock-alpr-camera-surveillance-tech/
Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.
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Peter Cullen, famous for voicing Optimus Prime in the 'Transformers' franchise, is dead.
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Educators in the country’s second-largest school district are facing repression in the wake of a new California law.
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By now you’ve almost certainly heard the news that Meta has settled with 52 state and local Attorneys General who had sued the company in some form or another over child safety on Meta’…
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the death of mediocre
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At a time when Big Tech dominates the conversation, we’re advancing thoughtful, right-sized tech policy that promotes trust, protects users, and preserves the Internet as a place of limitless opportunity.
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newrepublic.com/article/214795/ai-data-center-backlash-inevitable
The AI industry gleefully sold its products as harmful to the interests of ordinary people. Thankfully, ordinary people decided that there would be consequences for that.
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Vin Diesel's tribute to Dolly Parton has stunned fans as he shared a surprisingly emotional rendition of I Will Always Love You
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nytimes.com/2026/08/26/opinion/ai-debt-economy-hyperscalers.html
Despite all the hoopla about Nvidia becoming the first company valued at over $5 trillion, the listing of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the looming initial public offerings of Anthropic and OpenAI, artificial intelligence is no longer primarily a stock market story.
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Measles vaccination rates continue to decline in the Philadelphia area as an outbreak spreads across Pennsylvania.
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nsigned.com/article/251/sounduck-mental-soundtrack-for-miscellaneous-nerd-activities-album-review
For starters, this immediately inspired me to write something about it, so I can easily imagine others also being inspired to work on their own creati...
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status.news/p/karen-attiah-washington-post-fired-charlie-kirk
Leadership has stayed quiet after being directed to reinstate the columnist it fired last year. And audio obtained by Status adds another wrinkle for the paper.
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wired.com/story/the-county-prosecutors-who-became-ice-informants/
Illinois prosecutors shared defendants’ personal data with federal immigration agents without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight.
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metro.co.uk/2026/08/26/andrew-garfields-new-film-suddenly-chaos-unapproved-robin-hood-plot-29465527/
The Uprising was thought to be about the Peasants' Revolt.
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I picked up the first one, Killing Floor, after my lofty quarantine syllabus collided with the reality of being laid off and very depressed: finally time enough to read all day and absolutely no desire to do so.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved on Wednesday a new drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, ushering in a new era of treatment for a disease that has long been considered one of the most hopeless in medicine.
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Some (reluctant) thought on our AI moment
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If selected, you pay $0 upfront cost. What's more, NVIDIA and SPAN will heavily subsidize your power and internet bills, but you get to keep an undisclosed (as yet) proportion of the revenue.
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futurism.com/future-society/police-fake-3d-printed-flock-cameras-arrest
a man was charged with three felonies after he cut down a 3D-printed "decoy" Flock camera, which was set up by police.
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theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/26/paper-product-toilet-paper-tariffs-us-canada
Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated
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From making music to launching a huge literacy program, the singer always took her work seriously. Eventually, the rest of us caught up.
