Tech (1)
- China bans AI “boyfriends” and “girlfriends” over addiction and birth rate concerns
- Air Force Engineer Accused of Cutting Down 13 Police Cameras Says They're Unconstitutional
- US administration calls for an end to "Transgender Chips" aiming at the 'CHIPS and Science Act'
- America’s math and reading scores tanked after schools ditched textbooks for screens—and AI could worsen the brain rot
- Some power companies are using eminent domain to seize land for data centers, as 70% of Americans say not in my backyard
- US president’s sons invest heavily in defense tech as father’s administration pours money in
- LibreOffice once again slams Microsoft for using "lock-in" with Office files
- Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a tiny $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle, firmware uses only around 50KB of RAM and can answer blocked lookups in 10 milliseconds
- ChatGPT convinced an Alabama woman to end her life to fulfill a divine prophecy, lawsuit alleges
- Ukraine confirms it will produce 10 million drones in 2026, rising to 20 million, as it signs a massive $1.1 billion 'drone deal' with the EU
- MIT AI expert warns automating Gen Z entry-level jobs could backfire—and cost companies their future workforce
- WhatsApp blocks Dutch sex workers, cutting off their income
- Fears are widespread about data centre impacts on Canada’s water, environment: poll
- Marathon’s player base is collapsing, and Bungie’s future looks increasingly bleak as concerns grow around the studio’s live‑service direction
- People are making wildfire bets on prediction markets. Experts say it could lead to disaster
- Drug May Repair DNA at Earliest Stages of Alzheimer’s – And it’s Already Passed Safety Trials
- People Keep Destroying Flock Cameras Across America. The Paperwork Already Saw It Coming.
- India fined HP $14.4 million for rigging government bids and fixing ink and toner prices
- Memory chip boss admits RAM prices are 'abnormally high' — SK Group chairman considering building a semiconductor plant in the US to expand supply, calm ‘chipflation’
- ‘Dr. Doom’ Nouriel Roubini says we’re headed for universal basic income or ‘some form of socialism’ as AI revolutionizes work—He calls that optimistic
Fake History Porn (1)
- The 1936 Olympics
- Marie Antoinette gets arrested by revolutionaries during the Flight to Varennes (June 21, 1791)
- Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is voted out of office by the Grand Council of Fascism, July 25th, 1943
- A woman at Spring Lake beach points to a sign explaining to her gay friend that he doesn't need his boyfriend to supervise him at the beach anymore. New Jersey, 1939.
- Madonna unapologetically passes gas during her performance at the 1984 MTV video music awards
- John the Baptist baptizes Jesus of Nazareth (27 AD)
- Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, and Layne Staley in the studio before the recording of "Hunger Strike" by Temple of the Dog (1991)
- Example of the dutch "total football", in which every player in a team is able to act interchangeably in various roles. (1978)
- Top-grossing action star Stephin Diesel, during the filming of “Fascist and Bicurious II: Pee On Me,” Monte Carlo, 2014
- On July 19, 1907, the Japanese Empire won the Battle of Mukden by deploying their secret steam-powered mecha suits.
- Viking raiders approach Lindisfarne, 793 AD
- Soviet Commissar taunts the Nazis as Russian forces push into Berlin, circa 1945 colorized
- Freddie Mercury performs during Live Aid - July 13, 1985
- The arrival of ice in America, Fall 1621
- Soviet tanks approach Hungarian protesters (1956, colourised)
- Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” [1498]
- First recorded Zombie case (1989)
- Newly arrived Kryptonian immigrant Small-El uses laser eyes to construct a concentration camp out of solid rock — Poland, 1940
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