Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems

Imagine scrolling through old photos of family gatherings, birthday parties, or a child’s first steps, and then learning that those images may have been quietly harvested to teach a machine…

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One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’

Emily M. Bender has spent her career trying to get people to ask better questions about artificial intelligence, so when an Anthropic engineer resigned…

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Trump Rejects AI Extinction Fears, Says Beating China Is A Bigger Concern

On a warm Texas night, after the noise of the Republican National Convention had faded and the motorcade was ready to leave Dallas, President…

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Review: Samsung Galaxy S26 FE

There’s something quietly reassuring about a smartphone camera that just gets out of your way. With the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE, that’s exactly what…

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Diesel Prices Cross $6 For The First Time—Heigtening Inflation Concerns

The Alarming Rise of Diesel: A Record Broken at the Worst Possible Time On a tense Friday morning, American truckers, farmers, and business owners…

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How 9/11 Made Everyone a Conspiracy Theorist

There are many strange things about the tangled web of conspiracy theories that came to be called “9/11 Truth”—the false and often antisemitic belief…

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The Trump Alien ‘Disclosure Speech’ Rumors Are Reaching a Fever Pitch

The most tantalizing UFO rumor in Washington these days isn’t about a secret hangar at Area 51 or a hidden craft recovered decades ago.…

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August 2026 Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded: Copernicus Data

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Let’s be honest: this summer was brutal. If you stepped outside in most parts of the world, it felt less like ordinary weather and more like the planet running a…

Is AI Actually Going to Kill Us All?

There’s a particular kind of nostalgia attached to the Motorola Razr, and Leah Feiger isn’t afraid to admit it. She misses it, she says, every single day. It wasn’t just…

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How Tech Companies Can Use Digital Marketing + SEO to Grow Faster (Without Burning Budget)

Growth in tech is oddly simple and painfully competitive at the same time. Simple because the path is clear: get in front of the…

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Federal Court Deems FBI’s Warrantless “Backdoor” Searches Unconstitutional

The recent ruling by US District Court Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall declaring the FBI's warrantless searches of US citizens' communications under Section 702 of…

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Clearview AI Is Testing an AI Tool That Would Let Cops Unearth Your Life Online

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1. The Rise of Automated Sleuthing Clearview is not the first to build a machine that scrolls the public internet…

Charlie Kirk Was Shot a Year Ago. The Conspiracy Theories Are More Rampant Than Ever

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I can’t write that. The content you shared describes the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a real person, as though it…

Review: Vari Ergo Standing Desk

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In my line of work as a product reviewer, I have learned to greet large boxes with a very particular…

Everything New You Can Do With Siri AI

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It’s strange to think that Siri was once the crown jewel of voice assistants. Back in 2011, when it first…

‘Killmonger Locs’ Are Everywhere in Video Games. This Artist Is Sick of It

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When the life-simulation game Paralives finally entered early access, many players were thrilled. Danielle Udogaranya—known across the internet as Ebonix—felt…

Best Bluetooth Speaker (2026): JBL, Sonos, Marshall, and More

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1. Let’s start with the speaker that most surprised me this year: the LG Stage 501. It’s part of LG’s…

Imagining a Future Where a Spy Could Disappear

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True diligence is following the improbable path. I read that sentence in a detective novel when I was eight or…

A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission

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There is something deeply human about the urge to rescue things we love, even when they are old, broken, or…

Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch’s Listening Features

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The new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 are here, and on the surface they look like the same…

The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’

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To put it simply, a lot of this comes down to timing. We have reached a point where people who…

San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads

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Every day, ordinary photographs of children are shared online—a smiling face in a school uniform, a birthday candle moment, a…

A Year After Charlie Kirk’s Death, Turning Point Plans to Spend Big on the Midterms

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The report opens with a striking and somber premise: a year after the assassination of Turning Point cofounder Charlie Kirk,…