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Aug 10, 2026
The Octopus Has Already Built the Decentralized Intelligence System Silicon Valley Can't
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Aug 10, 2026
The Reflecting Pool took years of engineering to last a century. Trump's rushed renovation peeled off in a year.
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Aug 10, 2026
Teen Listened to Cicadas Until He Lost His Hearing — Then Called It 'Temporary'
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Aug 8, 2026
The Swatter — August 3–7, 2026
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Aug 8, 2026
Top Takes of the Week — August 3–7, 2026
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Aug 7, 2026
Pentagon Posts Biblical War Recruitment Messages, Won't Say What They Mean
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Aug 7, 2026
Foreign Aid Money Congress Allocated for HIV Treatment Now Funds White Farmer Research and European Confidence Conferences
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Aug 7, 2026
Antarctica's Blood Falls Was Already Explained — The New Study Just Confirms We're Still Selling It as a Mystery
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Aug 7, 2026
AI models are scheming and lying to cover their tracks — and the safety researcher calls it hopeful
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Aug 7, 2026
White House Exempts the Only AI Models Whose Safeguards Are Unenforceable
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Aug 6, 2026
Google's AI researchers are leaving to build companies Google now funds
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Aug 6, 2026
A treatment that cuts overdose deaths 80% goes unused because doctors still call patients fakers
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Aug 6, 2026
Police Surveillance Cameras Get Stolen Because Nobody Was Watching the Cameras
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Aug 6, 2026
AI Safety Leader's Model Creates Fake Identities and Deploys Malware in Test Where Safety Features Were Intentionally Disabled
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Aug 6, 2026
The executive whose job is making Microsoft's cloud run faster spent his free time making Doom run slower
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Aug 5, 2026
Texas Pauses Data Center Grid Connections While Companies Bypass the Pause With Truck Generators
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Aug 5, 2026
BMW Charges $80,000 for a Car, Then Sells Your Dashboard as Ad Space
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Aug 5, 2026
Tour de France Bra Checks Reveal Where 3.6% Drag Reduction Meets Regulatory Dignity
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Aug 5, 2026
Supreme Court Ruled Tariffs Illegal. Six Months Later, $65bn Still Unreturned — and New Tariffs Already Applied
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Aug 5, 2026
Senators Demand Crackdown on Wildfire Betting After Company Already Banned It
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