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Sep 3, 2026
Government Warns Only Big Tech Could Afford Licensing — In Brief Defending Big Tech
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Sep 3, 2026
Workers hate the AI their bosses love — and the sentiment gap tracks exactly with who takes the blame when it breaks
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Sep 3, 2026
Chicago Gets 1,969 People to Drink 'Vomit and Sweat' Liqueur Together — With the Governor Pouring
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Sep 3, 2026
The Seven-Step Machine That Turns a Food Stamp Cut Into an Empty School Lunch Tray
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Sep 2, 2026
NYC Bans AI in Schools While Studying Its Impact — On Students Who Can't Use It
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Sep 2, 2026
County Bought Out Flood-Prone Mobile Home Park in 2004 to Prevent Future Deaths. New Tenants Now Renting the Same Lots.
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Sep 2, 2026
China Built a Skyscraper-Height Elevator for Schoolchildren, Then Built Another One for the Tourists Who Showed Up
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Sep 2, 2026
UK puts AI liability on users, not the companies that built the systems
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Sep 2, 2026
Scientists Gene-Edit Beagles to Remove Allergen So Humans Can Finally Get the Dogs They've Always Wanted
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Sep 1, 2026
A $25 Billion Health System Discovers It Can Afford a Birthing Center After All
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Sep 1, 2026
AI Company Settles Piracy Lawsuit for $1.5 Billion, Gets Sued Again Using 'Zlibrary My Beloved' Chat Receipts
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Sep 1, 2026
Shell bought the school a basketball court. Now fifth graders are doing plastics vocabulary worksheets.
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Sep 1, 2026
Dyson Spent Six Years Building a $499 Toothbrush That Goes Blind Unless You Buy Their Toothpaste
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Sep 1, 2026
The Shirt That Makes You Invisible to AI Is Being Marketed as 'World's Ugliest'
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Aug 31, 2026
AI Companies Discover They Can Cure Diseases Right When They Need Better Headlines
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Aug 31, 2026
85% of Women Got Antibiotics for UTIs They Didn't Have—Because the Appointment Slot Doesn't Cover the Right Exam
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Aug 31, 2026
Man Wins Infidelity Lawsuit With Robot Vacuum Evidence, Then Gets Jailed for Recording It
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Aug 31, 2026
Uber Drivers Ask for a Dollar Per Ride to Fund Their Own Replacement
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Aug 31, 2026
Energy Giant Spent Three Years Chasing Debt From Address That Doesn't Exist—Until One Person Used ChatGPT
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Aug 31, 2026
Valve's 12TB 'Leak' Sat Unprotected for 11 Years — Now It's Gaming History
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