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Never Mind The Deepfakes, Chatbots Have To Deal With Election Lies Being Free, While Truth Is Paywalled

It seems that every election cycle over the last decade has had concerns being raised about the state of “political deepfakes” and their ability to impact the election. So far, these have always been overblown, and there’s been little evidence of deepfakes having any real impact at all — perhaps other than creating the concept […]

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Daily Deal: JavaScript Crash Course

JavaScript began as a web scripting language and has now expanded to include a game, mobile app, server, and database development. This JavaScript Crash Course is a great choice if you want to pursue a career in web design. You’ll learn the ins and outs of React, how to use Formik to manage forms, Material-UI […]

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Trump DOJ Says It Won’t Investigate Trump DOJ’s Reflecting Pool Vandalism Arrests

Who wouldn’t love the chance to clear themselves of misconduct? I guess not the Trump DOJ, which decidedly won’t be investigating itself, even though it could cook the books to an acceptable temperature (155-170 internally) to let itself off the hook in the Reflecting Pool prosecution debacle. It’s too many metaphors to be sure, at […]

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Quick thoughts about the new MacBook Pro

A crowd at a product event holds up phones to film a giant projected MacBook Pro with a motion-blurred keyboard and screen, while a presenter in a green shirt and gray cardigan stands on stage beside a blue wall.
John Ternus introducing the new MacBook Pro.

Hello from Los Angeles, where I’ve gotten a first look at the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display.…

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The Vivek Trainwreck – How Peformative Bad Personness is Roiling Ohio

Axios reports on a new private GOP poll conducted in the aftermath of Vivek Ramaswamy’s decision to run his ad...

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Jackery sale drops HomePower 2000 Plus v2 400W solar bundle to $1,479, Yozma IN 11 electric dirt bike exclusive $1,399 low, more

Leading our midweek edition is the Halloween Sale from Jackery with up to $2,060 off discounts on power stations that is running for a few days into November and even has extra savings in the form of an online crossword game. One notable bundle here is the HomePower 2000 Pl...

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Amazon adds a camera to its best-sounding smart speaker for $30 extra

Amazon adds a camera to its best-sounding smart speaker for $30 extra

The Echo Studio with Home Camera can "see and understand what's in front of the camera."

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Cadillac Escalade IQ review: 4 tons of electric American luxury on wheels

Cadillac Escalade IQ review: 4 tons of electric American luxury on wheels

With more than 200 kWh, this luxury three-row can go 460 miles on a charge.

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Inkwell 1.2 for iOS is now available, adding support for the iPhone Duo and other improvements.

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We’ve added a new API for editing themes and templates, so developers can build more full-featured design apps for Micro.blog.

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Hans Holbein the Younger, Lev. VIII, 16th century #hansholbeintheyounger

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Host: Ohio venues are now canceling on Ramaswamy, declining to host his events because of the controversy.

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Freshly Humiliated Flavio Bolsonaro Scurries Off To Miami

Freshly Humiliated Flavio Bolsonaro Scurries Off To Miami
Three short weeks after he appeared to be on the cusp of assuming the presidency of Brazil and turbocharging the fascist revival movement started by his cadaverous father Jair, Flavio Bolsonaro is now a fugitive from the Brazilian justice system. Having been humiliated by an...

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Google AI gets cagey when asked who won the 2020 elections

Google AI gets cagey when asked who won the 2020 elections

But the AI responses get more forthright when asked outside the US.

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Text • Amanda Caswell

Google just handed its rivals the keys to Android

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Google is giving coding agents like Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex deeper access to its Android development tools, including

The post Google just handed its rivals the keys to Android appeared first on The New Stack.

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What People in Prison Would Like to Tell Politicians.
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/10/28/how-politics-affect-prison-life/

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Ohio Trump voter: I'm going to vote for Sherrod Brown. I don't care for Jon Husted and his politics.

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Ohio voter: I voted for Trump, but I'm not sure if that was the right move

Reporter: Why?

Voter: Because of the economy

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Florida county won’t investigate sketchy Flock cameras removed by mystery owners

Florida county won’t investigate sketchy Flock cameras removed by mystery owners

Florida county claims it lacks resources to find owners of unpermitted Flock cameras.

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Apple announces touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED display

Apple announces touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED display

The OLED display is the main draw, but the price is a lot to reckon with.