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Arc Raiders ‘Watchlist’ Names and Shames Backstabbing Players

Arc Raiders ‘Watchlist’ Names and Shames Backstabbing Players

‘I’ll find you again, the only thing that doesn’t cross paths are mountains.’ In a game about loot, robots, and betrayal, all a raider has is their personal reputation. This site catalogues it.

WIRED
Text • Manisha Krishnan

Elon Musk Said Grok’s Roasts Would Be ‘Epic’ at Parties—So I Tried It on My Coworkers

It went about as well as you’d expect.

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Fun discussion on the latest ATP about the OpenAI “egg”. I’ve been saying for a year or two that there is a real product here and eventually someone will crack it. (Oops, unintended egg pun…) Sandbar’s ring is the current best-looking attempt, but it’s 6+ months away.

WIRED
Text • Zoë Schiffer, Maxwell Zeff

WIRED Roundup: Gemini 3 Release, Nvidia Earnings, Epstein Files Fallout

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we cover the news of the week and take a closer look at the Gemini 3, Google’s latest AI model and chatbot.

McSweeney’s
Text • Gary M. Almeter and Carlos Greaves

I Was Always in Favor of Releasing the Epstein Files, Even as I Was Desperately Trying to Prevent Their Release

“President Donald Trump on Wednesday sought to bring a swift end to perhaps the most damaging saga of his term, signing a measure compelling the release of the Epstein files after losing a monthslong, tooth-and-nail fight to prevent their disclosure.” – CNN - - - Congress fi...

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Audio • The Washington Post

Parents want to cut kids' screen time. Can it work?

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Children are attached to their screens. But research has suggested that social media and excessive screen use can lead to physical and mental health problems. So what happens when parents start to limit screen time?

Host Colby Itkowitz speaks with reporter Caitlin Gibson about why some parents are limiting their children’s access to screens and devices. And Caitlin shares tips parents can use to help set boundaries when it comes to the technology their kids have access to.  

Today’s show was produced by Thomas Lu and Rennie Svirnovskiy, with help from Emma Talkoff and Lucas Trevor. It was mixed by Sam Bair, and edited by Peter Bresnan. 

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Text • Patrick Redford

Welcome To The ‘Nothing But Respect’ Media Hour

Welcome To The ‘Nothing But Respect’ Media Hour
This week on the show, Harry and I yapped about a number of different media-adjacent topics, basketball and otherwise. What began as a discussion of how we each follow the NBA turned into a much longer conversation about cutting-edge media in other spheres, namely, the daily...

Mea Vita: Carpe Diem
Text • Joe Moreno

AI Meets Expectations: Personal Turing Test

Left: What I got. Right:What it should look like I’ve had two personal tests that I’ve applied to every new AI model, and for years none of them passed. One test was to generate an image of an absinthe fountain with glasses and absinthe spoons. Last year, AI got this right.  The other test was to take a multi-hours MP3 that I recorded at monthly jazz jam sessions and break it into individual tracks based on either silence between the songs or applause. This week, ChatGPT finally got it right, but I have yet to see success with other AI models. 

WIRED
Text • Dell Cameron

ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms

Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Fahmid Kabir

How Autonomous Agents Are Changing Infrastructure Management

Ants work together to carry a leaf.

Infrastructure failures have never been more expensive. Recent research estimates the average cost of downtime at $12,900 per minute. This

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WIRED
Text • Julian Chokkattu

Black Friday Brings A Truly Great iPad Deal

Bolstered by Apple's iPadOS 26 update, this discounted tablet is even more versatile than ever before.

The Brian Lehrer Show
Audio • WNYC

Music and Nature With Yo-Yo Ma

Ana González, host of WNYC's new podcast (with Yo-Yo Ma) Our Common Nature, talks about the new podcast she hosts where Yo-Yo Ma travels around the country and collaborates with musicians in nature. Plus, they talk about the pictures people have sent in of their favorite places in nature.


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Jalen Duren, Phenomenal Leaper, Has Made The Leap

Jalen Duren, Phenomenal Leaper, Has Made The Leap
The Detroit Pistons are the best team in the Eastern Conference and the hottest team in the NBA, which is probably not what anyone outside of the Mitten would have scried before this season began or after simply looking at the Games Played column on the team's Basketball Ref...

WIRED
Text • Luke Larsen

Alienware Aurora Gaming Desktop Review: Great Value

With a loop of light on the front and great overall value, this Alienware prebuilt gaming PC is an easy way into desktop gaming.

Fresh Air
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A Manual For Keeping A Democracy

MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) legal analyst and former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance discusses recent impactful decisions by courts and the Justice Department, and how her son helped her understand Gen Z’s view of defending democracy. Her new book is ‘Giving Up is Unforgivable.’

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Dave Winer blogging about a new commenting system to connect blogs. I’ve been following his recent work on FeedLand and related projects, so curious how the plumbing for this is going to work:

The first thing to know is that all comments are blog posts. You write the comment on a blog that you own. And maybe that will be the only way anyone other than you will ever see it. But you don’t have to “go” to the blog to write the comment. You stay right where you are.

Sounds like there could be parallels with Webmention too.

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The new blog discourse system, post 0

I'm starting to work on my new discourse system. I've been waiting to do this for a while, until all the pieces I needed were there, and they have been for a couple of months. I'll tell you about it as it starts to come into view. The first thing to know is that all comment...

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The web is open the same way water is wet.

WIRED
Text • Brad Bourque

The Nothing (1) Headset Is Discounted Early for Black Friday

These over-ear headphones compete with the Airpods Max at a fraction of the price.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Advait Patel

AWS WAF vs. Google Cloud Armor: A Multicloud Security Showdown

Multiple layers: A cloud, zeros and one the the words "data protection."

In 2025, multicloud is standard, not a new trend. Teams now run workloads across AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and

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