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An Elegant Solution to AI Slop: Tax It, and Use the Resulting Billions of Dollars to Fund Cultural Institutions, Artists, and Researchers (futurism.com)

2026-05-03 | by Frank Landymore | get AI Ethics and Policy Book → | tags: ai slop, mike pepi, the guardian

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The IBM Granite 4.1 family of models (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | get IBM Granite 4.1 Model Kit → | tags: ibm granite, granite 4.1, granite speech

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UK Biobank health data keeps ending up on GitHub (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-23 | get Data Privacy Compliance Guide → | tags: uk biobank, github, dmca

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Nearly Half of US Children Are Breathing Dangerous Levels of Air Pollution (slashdot.org)

2026-04-23 | get Air Quality Monitor → | tags: guardian, datacenters, fossil fuels

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Mobile Phones To Be Banned In Schools In England Under New Plans (slashdot.org)

2026-04-20 | get Kids' Durable Headphones → | tags: mobile phones, england, guardian

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I Tried an Air Purifier Designed to Filter Out Weed and Cigarette Smoke (cnet.com)

2026-04-20 | by See Full Bio | tags: germguardian, ac4880b, flt420b

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Critical Atlantic Current Significantly More Likely To Collapse Than Thought (slashdot.org)

2026-04-18 | get Ocean Current Monitoring Device → | tags: climate models, guardian, collapse

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This New Air Purifier Filter Can Remove Cannabis Smoke Odor, Just in Time for 4/20 (cnet.com)

2026-04-17 | by See Full Bio | tags: germguardian, flt420b, air purifier

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Sperm Whales' Communication Closely Parallels Human Language, Study Finds (slashdot.org)

2026-04-17 | get Underwater Communication Device → | tags: project ceti, sperm whales, human language

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NYT Cuts Ties With Writer as Scrutiny of AI Content Grows (futurism.com)

2026-04-01 | by Frank Landymore | get AI Content Detection Tool → | tags: nyt, ai content, the guardian

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Deus Ex game studio Eidos Montreal cuts 124 jobs (engadget.com)

2026-03-30 | get Deus Ex Collector's Edition → | tags: deus ex, eidos montreal, tomb raider

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Startup builds first responder drone connected via Starlink that enables eight mile range — UAV can fly for over an hour, swap batteries automatically, and carry various payloads (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-27 | by Jowi Morales | get Starlink-Connected Rescue Drone → | tags: brinc, starlink, guardian

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We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | by Derek Thompson | tags: gambling, prediction markets, cleveland guardians

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We Haven't Seen the Worst of What Gambling and Prediction Markets Will Do (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | by Derek Thompson | tags: gambling, prediction markets, polymarket

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BRINC's new police drone uses Starlink, carries Narcan, chases vehicles at 60mph (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-25 | get Starlink Satellite Internet Kit → | tags: brinc, starlink, guardian

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Best Kids' Bikes (2026): Woom, Prevelo, Guardian, and More (wired.com)

2026-03-20 | by Adrienne So | get Woom Kids Bike → | tags: woom, prevelo, guardian

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This PlayStation 4 emulator is rapidly growing its playable games library (androidauthority.com)

2026-03-19 | get PlayStation 4 Emulator Software → | tags: playstation 4, shadps4, bloodborne

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“Your frustration is the product” (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-19 | get Stress Relief Fidget Toy → | tags: adblocker, nytimes, guardian

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Oxford Researcher Warns That AI Is Heading for a Hindenburg-Style Disaster (futurism.com)

2026-02-18 | by Frank Landymore | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: airship, hindenburg, psychosis

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Far-Right Dweebs Are Getting Scammed by an AI-Generated Waifu (futurism.com)

2026-01-28 | by Frank Landymore | get NFT → | tags: amelia, called, guardian

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Report reveals that OpenAI's GPT-5.2 model cites Grokipedia (engadget.com)

2026-01-24 | get GPT-5.2 → | tags: came, gpt model, grokipedia

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Chris Pratt’s Sci-Fi Movies, Ranked (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-21 | get Star Wars → | tags: fi mercy, galaxy, galaxy jurassic

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Experts Concerned That AI Progress Could Be Speeding Toward a Sudden Wall (futurism.com)

2026-01-20 | by Frank Landymore | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: going, guardian, industry

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Wait… All Those Studies May Have “Detected” Microplastics in the Human Body Because of a Severe Error (futurism.com)

2026-01-17 | by Frank Landymore | get Microplastics → | tags: guardian, microplastics, paper

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Doubt Cast On Discovery of Microplastics Throughout Human Body (slashdot.org)

2026-01-14 | get Microplastics → | tags: analytical, guardian, human

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Google removes AI health summaries after investigation finds dangerous flaws (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-12 | get Google Health Summaries → | tags: google, guardian, health

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Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds “dangerous” flaws (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-12 | get Google Health Summaries → | tags: google, guardian, health

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Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-11 | by Anthony Ha | get Google Health → | tags: ai overviews, google, guardian

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Xthings Is Making a Narc Pole (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-07 | get Narcotic → | tags: ai detect, detect, detect public

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Use Google AI Overview for health advice? It's 'really dangerous,' investigation finds (zdnet.com)

2026-01-06 | by Lance Whitney | get Google Health → | tags: ai overviews, cancer, google