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Cut your AI search costs without sacrificing quality

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The cost that’s driving your AI search bill Every organization running AI-powered search faces the same hidden cost driver: query

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The Era of the Superlosers

Trump, Putin, and the World

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WordPress Performance Is Bigger Than Speed

This past weekend, at WordCamp Slovenia, I gave a talk built around a simple idea: we still talk about WordPress performance too narrowly. Too often, performance gets reduced to loading times, Core Web Vitals, caching layers, image compression, and hosting choices. Those things matter. They absolutely do. But they are only part of the story. […]

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5 Best Android Tablets in 2026: OnePlus, Lenovo, and Pixel Compared

Whether you need a portable, around-the-house entertainment center or a full-on laptop replacement, these are the best Android tablets.

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‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Won TV’s OnlyFans Wars

Unlike Euphoria, the Apple TV show wants to humanize the experience of sex workers rather than catastrophize the extremes of the profession.

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4chan’s Misogynist ‘Wizards’ Are Nudifying Women by Request

As nonconsensual explicit deepfakes continue to proliferate online, entire communities are now collaborating on this digital form of sexual abuse.

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The Department of Labor’s Faith Leader Is Now Also in Charge of Its Civil Rights Enforcement

Kenneth Wolfe organized the Department of Labor’s controversial prayer services before he was quietly appointed to lead a major agency office.

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Why the U.S. Just Indicted Cuba’s Former President

The U.S. charged Raúl Castro, Cuba’s former leader and Communist general, with murder on Wednesday. It was the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign to force political change on the island. The New York Times reporters Frances Robles and Julian Barnes brea...

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AI: super-smart guesser or just a robot with a flair for the dramatic? Join our hosts as they grill gadgets, predict the future, and ponder if their devices need bedtime stories.

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The Best Home Security System Is Modular (2026)

I’ve had SimpliSafe’s modular, no-contract setup for nearly a decade, and adding on to it has been a cinch.

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A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain attacks that has impacted hundreds of organizations.

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Trump Rages at GOPer in Crazed Tirade as Slush Fund Prompts GOP Revolt

Republicans are starting to break with Donald Trump’s corrupt $1.8 billion slush fund. Vulnerable House GOPer Brian Fitzpatrick announced that he’s pursuing legislation to block the fund. Other Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, are rais...

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The Democratic Party’s New Dark Money Machine

The Democratic Party’s New Dark Money Machine

A “party within the party” is forcing its corporate-aligned agenda on voters — and spending millions to crush populist Democrats in districts that will likely decide control of Congress.

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The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech

France is already moving on from Zoom and Microsoft Teams in favor of homegrown alternatives. Other countries are quickly following suit.

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Scripting News: Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Saying Bluesky is part of the web is like saying Spotify or YouTube own podcasting. They say it, but that doesn't mean it's true. # I couldn't not say anything about the Knicks win last night in the opening game of the NBA Eastern Conference final...

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182.8 Meters

They rounded down to 182.8 instead of rounding up to 182.9 because 182.9 might make the statement incorrect.

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Intelligent Machines 871: CTRL-F Techno King

Dashlane's CTO pulls back the curtain on how password managers are actually using AI, why it's more complicated than hype suggests, and what the rise of AI-powered code review means for the next wave of digital security. Nvidia Rides Blistering Chip Sales to Another Recor...

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Nobody is destined for greatness.

Nobody is destined for greatness.

Demosthenes lost his first appearance before the Athenian assembly. His voice came out thin and failed him mid-sentence, and the crowd laughed him off the platform. Plutarch tells us he walked home with his cloak pulled over his face, certain his public life had ended before it started.

What he

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SpaceX Listed Grok's ‘Spicy’ Mode as a Risk in Its IPO Filing

The rocket company has set aside more than $500 million for potential litigation losses, in part to account for complaints alleging Grok created sexualized images.