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Jul 30, 2026
The Prompt Engineers Who Can't Describe What They Want Without Naming Someone Else's Style
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Jul 30, 2026
A Robot Head That Costs More Than a Down Payment and Makes You Uncomfortable
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Jul 29, 2026
Microsoft Can't Fix AI-Discovered Bugs Fast Enough to Meet Its Own Public Release Deadline
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Jul 29, 2026
School Spent $60,000 on Humanoid Robot to Run Software It Already Owned
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Jul 29, 2026
New England Town Marks Ambush Site and Victor's Camp, Leaves Both by Utility Poles
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Jul 29, 2026
Game show winner spends windfall pursuing Guinness certification for fish stick consumption speed
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Jul 28, 2026
Google Uses Copyright Law to Stop Scraping of Results It Says Aren't Copyrighted
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Jul 28, 2026
OpenAI's 'Rogue AI' Story Got a Billion in Funding, Not a Federal Investigation
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Jul 28, 2026
Brain Study Finds One Grammar Engine for All Languages — But 'Mother Tongue' Narratives Need It to Be Special
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Jul 27, 2026
They Cut Tracking for Pathogens That Kill Hundreds and Proposed More Money for 2027
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Jul 27, 2026
Memphis 'Anti-Crime' Task Force Arrests Mostly Immigrants in City at 25-Year Crime Low
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Jul 27, 2026
Legislator Reads AI's Stage Directions for 'Sounding Human' Into Official Record
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Jul 27, 2026
Man Buys His Own Coffin, Practices Holding His Breath, Holds Funeral — Still Gets Caught
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Jul 27, 2026
Armed Father-Son Duo Held Frog Researchers Hostage, Called It In Like They'd Captured Spies
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Jul 25, 2026
The Swatter — July 20–24, 2026
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Jul 25, 2026
Top Takes of the Week — July 20–24, 2026
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Jul 24, 2026
Countries With Forced Labor Bans Confused Why They're Being Tariffed for Not Having Forced Labor Bans
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Jul 24, 2026
USCIS Let False Green Card Approvals Stay Live for Two Days While Applicants Celebrated
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Jul 24, 2026
Woman Sees 'Well-Known Expert' for Leg Pain, Leaves With Ten Broken Needles in Her Foot
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Jul 24, 2026
Michael Eisner Doesn't Remember Greenlighting the Franchise That's Been Printing Money for 24 Years
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