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French Constitutional Council Blocks Under-15 Social Media Ban, In A Ruling That Should Concern Every Other EU Country

Even as the wider EU was grinding through a long, drawn-out process to figure out which regulatory levers to pull on kids’ safety online, France decided to YOLO it earlier this summer by jumping at the chance to ban all social media for kids under 15. This kind of thing has become popular with out […]

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Daily Deal: memoryOS Expert Plan

memoryOS is a gamified mobile app designed to significantly improve your memory through short, interactive lessons. Guided by two-time World Memory Champion Jonas von Essen, the software teaches proven mnemonic techniques alongside spaced-repetition schedules. It features a digital library of 3D “Virtual Mind Palaces,” which allows users to easily visualize, organize, and store complex information […]

Political Wire
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Trump Says He Will Meet with Kim Jong Un This Year

“President Donald Trump confirmed to reporters that he plans to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un this year, a highly unusual move for an American president,” NBC News reports.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Gallego Flew Brazilian Au Pair Using Campaign Funds

“Sen. Ruben Gallego is facing fresh allegations of misspending campaign funds after records show he billed $2,000 for flights for his sister-in-law and au pair — with the new details emerging as the Justice Department reportedly probes the Democrat’s possible misuse of donor contributions,” the New York Post reports.

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Challenges the U.S. military is facing in Iran

Defense analyst Stacie Pettyjohn says while the U.S. military is facing long-range missile shortages, prolonged deployments, and vacated regional bases, Iran is building cheaper weapons quickly. She tells Dave Davies the U.S. military is scrambling to adjust to innovations in modern warfare. 

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CNN Pollster Has Proof: Hispanic Men Hate Trump And Republicans

With only 78 days left before the 2026 midterms, Trump and the GOP were hit with horrendous polling numbers for Hispanic men, a group he was +10 in 2024. Trump is 51 points underwater now, and he's sinking lower as I write this. The news for the GOP is equally as bad. Re...

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At least 69 police officials have been accused or convicted of misusing Flock cameras to track civilians who have not been suspected of any crime.

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Started a new repo today.

https://github.com/scripting/helloFrontier

We have to make a fair number of decisions about all aspects of the product, esp the surprisingly huge verb set.

For the tough decisions I'll document the issue, and seek feedback from friendly people with real Frontier expertise.

Right now it's just an intro page and nothing more. Eventually, hopefully, fingers crossed, something wonderful will show up here.

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Lifeforms Can Survive on ‘Significant’ Regions of the Moon, Study Finds

Lifeforms Can Survive on ‘Significant’ Regions of the Moon, Study Finds

The Moon was long thought to be inhospitable to life, but scientists have discovered that common Earth microbes could survive for up to a week in shadowed regions of the lunar south pole, a region targeted for future human exploration.

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'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman

'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman

Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: "We’ve told them over and over again: 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'"

Defector
Text • Kathryn Xu

Mariners Surely Reach Pinnacle Of Regular-Season Suffering

How many runs did the Seattle Mariners lose by in Tuesday night's game against Brewers in Milwaukee? And how many runs did the Mariners themselves score? Don't concern yourself with these matters, this silly fixation on who won the game, and by how much. The true connoisseur...

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Heybike Hero mid-drive carbon-fiber all-terrain e-bike at exclusive new 1,049.50 low, EcoFlow power station flash sale, more

Our midweek Green Deals is being led by an incredible exclusive deal on the Heybike Hero 750W Mid-Drive Carbon-Fiber All-Terrain e-bike at a new $1,049.50 low. Right behind that, we have EcoFlow’s latest 48-hour flash sale with up to $2,200 savings on four units, like the D...

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The AI Alien Companion App That's Bringing In $4M a Year (Best of the Pod)

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LLMs are a new medium for storytelling.That’s according to the creators of Portola, the company behind Tolan: an embodied AI companion that lives on its own planet and chats to you with a distinct personality. In 2025, Portola's founder and CEO Quinten Farmer and Head of Stor...

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Professor Sisyphus Begins a New Semester

On the first day of the semester, Professor Sisyphus made a to-do list. As he completed items on the to-do list, he kept adding new ones at about twice the rate he crossed off items. Professor Sisyphus graded the papers his students had submitted. The day he handed back the ...

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Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Recording Children Inside Gym Bathroom

A hidden camera inside a popular gym in the Hudson Valley has sparked an arrest, and police are now asking members to come forward. Continue reading…

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Codex can now keep coding while it waits for your answer

Illustration of a multi-monitor developer workstation displaying code, data visualizations, and agent management interfaces, representing the shift from traditional code editors to AI agent orchestration consoles like Cursor 3

Long-running coding agents face an awkward choice when they need a developer’s input. They can stop and wait or make

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Daily Reminder To Not Listen To Google’s AI Overview

Hey y’all, I’m here today with a PSA that I find myself repeating multiple times a day, every single day. And I’m going to do it again. AI is wrong a lot. And I mean a lot. Both about inconsequential things and extremely consequential things. But the fact it is so wrong so consistently about inconsequential […]

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GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Managing your work

If you’re juggling multiple Copilot sessions, use the My work pane to track what's in flight, what's done, and what's next.

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Political Wire
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Trump Unveils New Construction Project

“President Donald Trump unveiled a new White House construction project Wednesday, issuing an impromptu invitation to reporters to join him on the South Lawn and tour the replacement of the White House driveway as well as progress made on his new helipad,” CNN reports. “During the tour, an animated Trump highlighted his personal investment in […]