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Some Americans fear the FTC may be thinking about personalized pricing all wrong.

Maybe someday Claude will understand what a Frontier-like app environment is, but until then, if you try to create a Frontier clone as I am doing, I suggest you constantly remind Claude or whoever that the source of truth for this project is the 2011 repo saved by Ted C. Howard. And before you implement anything, go see what it says about it.There's no need to guess how Frontier works, it's all there in C code. And while as a human, I find this code painful to read after all it's been through, Claude eats it up. Really is the best thing it does.

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This news will come as no surprise to anyone. Those who have been following police misconduct revelations for years have seen this happen time and time and time and time again. Those who are in the business of engaging in police misconduct have known for years that it’s easy to do and it seldom gets […]

Trump's pick to lead the FDA, Heidi Overton, says conservatives need to "infiltrate" public health institutions and research

New photo of Natalie Harp sprinting behind Trump's golf cart after seemingly being denied a ride

Trump's pick to lead the FDA, Heidi Overton, says the FDA, CDC, and NIH need to be "reformed" to fund more "conservative-based" research instead of peer-reviewed and evidence-backed medical science

What a great idea for a book: Cookbooking: A Fan’s Guide. “An eclectic, visually stunning pop-history, Cookbooking explores the most influential and beloved cookbooks through photographs, listicles, graphics, and snappy writing.”

These days, the conversation in tech and business, and in a lot of society, is still all AI, all the time. And one of the most fundamental questions boils down to: How do you get people to change what they’re doing in regard to AI? For people who (understandably) have moral ...

Gigi and I have signed the Statement on Superintelligence, which calls for a pause on the development of superintelligence. This blog post lays out our rationale for doing so now after having previously held off on supporting other “pause AI” appeals. We have a broad set of initiatives in the Hudson Valley and beyond aimed at securing human thriving in the AI age. These include a basic income pilot, various steward ownership projects, and a community learning center. Two preconditions appear,...

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A new AARP poll in Michigan finds Abdul El-Sayed (D) just ahead of Mike Rogers (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 48% to 47%. NOTUS: Mike Rogers’ pitch to Jewish Democrats may be falling flat.

Hyundai is offering EV drivers, including select Genesis models, an extra 10% discount on all IONNA charging sessions through the end of September. With a stackable bonus from IONNA, drivers can save 20% on charging for a limited time.

Claude is still learning that there's unprecedented depth to Frontier. A bunch of real developers worked full time for a decade or more creating new layers on the web, a foundation that became the social web of today. In doing that we invented a bunch of formats and protocols...

Trump's pick to lead the FDA, Heidi Overton, advised on an executive order to increase production of the cancer-linked pesticide glyphosate.

MAHA advocates say she defended the White House's alliance with glyphosate's manufacturer Bayer during a closed-door meeting.

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Donald Trump claimed former US presidents let North Korea develop nuclear warheads, but while exchanging love letters with Kim Jong-un, under his leadership North Korea increased its nuclear stockpiles twofold in his first term. One of Demented Donald's favorite slogans is,...

“A second attempt to affix President Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center is facing an emergency court challenge, with one member of the institution’s board calling the move a ‘breathtaking act of defiance,'” NOTUS reports.

Alphabet-owned company is seeking to persuade US regulators to clear a path for fully autonomous taxi services.