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Text • Ashley Belanger

Flock “can’t tech its way out” of the stalker cop problem, experts say

Flock “can’t tech its way out” of the stalker cop problem, experts say

Flock to lock out cops who stalk exes, but agencies can still hide abuse.

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Text • Scharon Harding

Pet owners say smart pet feeder outage led to furry ones going unfed

Pet owners say smart pet feeder outage led to furry ones going unfed

"I've lost trust ..."

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Text • Aurich Lawson

The new Instagram logo is the perfect embodiment of AI slop

The new Instagram logo is the perfect embodiment of AI slop

Opinion: Some remarks about the new wordmark accidentally being perfectly awful.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Google announces Gemini 3.7 Flash just three weeks after previous release

Google announces Gemini 3.7 Flash just three weeks after previous release

Gemini 3.6 Flash debuted just 3 weeks ago, but Google says 3.7 has "substantial improvements."

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Rivian's 2027 changes include its No. 1 most-requested feature

Rivian's 2027 changes include its No. 1 most-requested feature

Pricing hasn't changed, and now you can get captain's chairs for the R1S.

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Text • George Hammond, Financial Times

Anthropic could be worth $2 trillion when it goes public

Anthropic could be worth $2 trillion when it goes public

Rapid revenue growth fuels hope Claude maker's IPO is the biggest listing in history

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Text • Jacek Krywko

We've flown a radiation-blocking vest to the Moon and back, and it worked

We've flown a radiation-blocking vest to the Moon and back, and it worked

Let's shield the astronauts instead of the spacecraft.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Claude's new Scarlet Letter watermark is invisible — for now

Claude's new Scarlet Letter watermark is invisible — for now

The mark flags anything Claude processed, even human writing it only edited.

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Text • Beth Mole

An ultra-rare amoeba was destroying a toddler's brain. Doctors missed it.

An ultra-rare amoeba was destroying a toddler's brain. Doctors missed it.

Boy's unusual symptoms could help identify the next case sooner.

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Text • Kyle Orland

The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font

The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font

“ShieldFont” aims to poison AI training data without making pages unreadable for people.

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Text • Dan Goodin

Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack

Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack

The data was scraped and exfiltrated from 2,500 users of a compromised AI package.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Have physicists finally discovered glueballs? New evidence points to yes.

Have physicists finally discovered glueballs? New evidence points to yes.

“It’s the strongest evidence yet that particles dominated by a glueball component can exist in nature.”

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Text • Scharon Harding

Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now

Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now

Streaming platform says user-generated content "may be used for future Gen AI model improvements."

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Trump sued over "brazen" scheme to sell Truth Social API access for $100K a month

Trump sued over "brazen" scheme to sell Truth Social API access for $100K a month

With Truth API, Trump is "selling priority access to news he himself generates."

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas

US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas

Hundreds of Homeland Security drones retasked to survey wildlife and livestock.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Two hydrogen-burning engines powered this car to a new land speed record

Two hydrogen-burning engines powered this car to a new land speed record

JCB has invested heavily in hydrogen to power its diggers and other machinery.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating

US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating

Trump admin claims New York suing Kalshi created "market emergency."

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Here’s a balm if the idea of destroying books to train AI breaks your heart

Here’s a balm if the idea of destroying books to train AI breaks your heart

AI firms quietly bulk buying rare books face resistance from booksellers.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Google reveals 2026 hardware lineup: Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag

Google reveals 2026 hardware lineup: Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag

Google focuses more on AI and curated experiences than spec upgrades in 2026.

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Text • Lily Hay Newman, wired.com

Researchers found a way to hijack devices through Zoom screen sharing

Researchers found a way to hijack devices through Zoom screen sharing

A public AI tool found the dangerous Zoom flaw in under 20 prompts.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Formula E finds a new home on Disney+, ESPN+

Formula E finds a new home on Disney+, ESPN+

The deal starts with the arrival of the GEN4 car and 2026/2027 season this December.

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Text • Kiona N. Smith

Feces fueled a flurry of evolution during the Cambrian, study suggests

Feces fueled a flurry of evolution during the Cambrian, study suggests

In a recent study, evolution gets even messier than usual.

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Text • Cyrus Farivar

DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight

DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight

FBI Atlanta confirms it's looking into the incident, no arrests made.

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Text • Beth Mole

Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it's idiotic

Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it's idiotic

It took just hours for the leading pharma group to reject the recommendations.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

Romania destroys Russian drones drifting near vital European offshore gas site

Romania destroys Russian drones drifting near vital European offshore gas site

This follows many drone incursions into Romania and a failed attack in Germany.

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Text • Dan Goodin

Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers

Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers

Device-bound session credentials thwart an increasingly common form of account takeover.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Meta can't stop states' $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial

Meta can't stop states' $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial

Judges tell Meta that Section 230 provides a defense, not immunity from lawsuits.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Google says Gemini has reached 1B users faster than any other Google product

Google says Gemini has reached 1B users faster than any other Google product

But will Gemini's surge survive slowing model releases?

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Used EV buying guide: The $30,000 edition

Used EV buying guide: The $30,000 edition

Depending on the model, you might have hundreds to choose from—or just one.

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Text • Beth Mole

Less than 2.5% of Taylor Farms' recalled lettuce went to Taco Bells

Less than 2.5% of Taylor Farms' recalled lettuce went to Taco Bells

FDA report finally reveals where Taylor Farms sent its lettuce—and it raises questions.