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Brian Lehrer Weekend: The Great Replacement Theory, AI in Novels, Baseball & Life

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

The Great Replacement Theory  (First) | AI in Novels (Starts at 28:20) | Baseball & Life (Starts at 56:00)

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Scientists Discover Giant ‘Cavity’ Beyond Earth That Isn’t Supposed to Exist

Scientists Discover Giant ‘Cavity’ Beyond Earth That Isn’t Supposed to Exist

Earth’s magnetic field has created a huge void of galactic cosmic rays in space, which could help protect astronauts from radiation exposure.

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Bluesky's future for devs

There's a conference in Vancouver this weekend for people who are developing apps for Bluesky. They have a protocol they are proud of called AT Proto. A sexy name, but imho it doesn't do anything that Twitter's API did 20 years ago. So why do people hope it'll make a differe...

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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Anthropic’s madcap March: 14+ launches, 5 outages, and an accidental Claude Mythos leak

Anthropic Claude AI March 2026 roundup — abstract illustration with colorful overlapping circles on a dark background representing the rapid pace of AI model releases and MCP protocol growth

I’m Matt Burns, Head of Content at Insight Media Group. Each week, I round up the most important AI developments

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What Is the Best Garmin Watch Right Now? (2026)

We tested Garmin’s GPS-enabled fitness trackers and found the perfect picks for casual hikers, backcountry skiers, and more.

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An appreciation for (technical) architecture

Once upon a time I kept on meeting architects who had ended up working with the web. I asked why. Some good answers: Architects think about how people move between spaces (pages) and what that means for user experience - this was at a time when web designers often came from...

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The duality of cat. My handsome boy.

#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

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Your Vape Wants to Know How Old You Are

Companies hope that biometric age-verification tech in cartridges could put flavored vapes back in business. But it's unlikely to solve the real problems.

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Samsung Frame Pro Review: A Good TV for a Pretty Living Room

This is the first truly impressive art TV I’ve seen.

The Daily
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'The Interview': What Is YouTube’s Dominance Doing to Us? We Asked Its C.E.O.

Neal Mohan on A.I. slop, parental controls and his platform’s impact on our lives.

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Hello from Spain! Just arrived and found a nice little coffee shop in Cádiz. How did I get here…? I recorded a new episode of Timetable to share the first part of my trip. 🇪🇸

A narrow, cobblestone alley is bordered by colorful, traditional European buildings with balconies on either side, leading into the distance under a clear blue sky.

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Best Of: Jill Scott / Riz Ahmed

R&B artist Jill Scott shares some of the lessons she learned from the legends who came before her, including the moment she first met Aretha Franklin. Scott’s new album is ‘To Whom This May Concern.’ 

Also, actor Riz Ahmed talks about his Prime Video series, ‘Bait.’ He plays a British Pakistani actor auditioning to be the next James Bond. He talks about drawing from moments in his own life, battling self-criticism and chasing acceptance. 


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Instacart Promo Code: Save on Groceries in March 2026

From $0 delivery fees on your first three orders to $50 credits with the Instacart Mastercard, here is how to maximize your grocery budget this month.

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Acer Promo Codes and Deals: Save 40% on Bundles

From 40% off accessory bundles to verified student and military discounts, here's how to save on Predator, Nitro, and Swift laptops and monitors at Acer.com.

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Scripting News: Friday, March 27, 2026

Friday, March 27, 2026 RSS 2.0 as a network# Yesterday I hatched an idea of a demo program that turns RSS 2.0 feeds with rssCloud into a WhatsApp-type communicator. I called it rss.network, and asked ChatGPT to draw a prototype. # How I did it. I pasted a screen shot ...

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WordPress 7.0, Playground MCP, Gutenberg 22.8, PHP-only Blocks and more — Weekend Edition 362

Hi, In less than two weeks, WordPress 7.0 is scheduled to be released. Are you ready? Or are you someone I used to be who waits two to three weeks to see what quirks early adopters find and if they warrant an early point release? Be that as it may, waiting only delays the inevitable,…

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Business Insider’s Subscriber Spiral

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Oliver Darcy, reporting for Status (paywalled, alas):

According to the data obtained by Status, BI ended 2023 with roughly 160,000 paid subscribers, a drop of about 14 percent from the prior year when it boasted about 185,000 subscribers. The slide did not stop there, however. In 2024, it closed the year with roughly 150,000 subscribers, a further six percent decline. And in 2025, the number fell again, to about 135,000 paid subscribers — another 10 percent drop.

All told, over roughly three years, BI saw its subscription base plummet by about 50,000, or a jarring 27 percent.

Not the sort of momentum you want.

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Apple Says It’s Not Aware of Lockdown Mode Ever Having Been Exploited

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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, reporting for TechCrunch:

Almost four years after launching a security feature called Lockdown Mode, Apple says it has yet to see a case where someone’s device was hacked with these additional security protections switched on.

“We are not aware of any successful mercenary spyware attacks against a Lockdown Mode-enabled Apple device,” Apple spokesperson Sarah O’Rourke told TechCrunch on Friday.

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Apple Announces Ads Are Coming to Apple Maps

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Apple Newsroom: Beginning this summer in the U.S. and Canada, businesses will have a new way to be discovered by using Apple Business to create ads on Maps. Ads on Maps will appear when users search in Maps, and can appear at the top of a user’s search results based on r...

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Netflix Raises Prices Again

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Todd Spangler, Variety:

Under the new pricing, effective March 26 for new users and rolling out to current customers depending on their billing cycle, Netflix’s Standard plan (which has no ads and provides streaming on two devices simultaneously) is rising by $2, from $17.99 to $19.99/month. The ad-supported plan is going up a buck, from $7.99 to $8.99/month, and the top-tier Premium plan (no ads, streaming on up to four devices at once, Ultra HD and HDR) is increasing from $24.99 to $26.99/month.

I pay the full $27/month because I’d rather cancel Netflix than watch ads, and I suspect I’d notice the difference between 4K and 1080p. But also because money runs through my fingers like water.

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