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    M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon

    But I bet you had more FUN with that one.
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    Big Tech basically took Trump’s unpredictable trade war lying down

    I think he understands perfectly well. He simply DOES NOT CARE. All he cares about are ad-hoc deals to enrich himself and his crime family.
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    CES 2025 teases alarming smart TV future loaded with unwanted software, gimmicks

    "That dish you are preparing is missing a vital ingredient. For your convenience, I am now ordering it for you with Door Dash delivery. 8 ounces [NETWORK ERROR, RECALCULATING] 800 pounds of turmeric has been ordered, express delivery..."
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    Steam Deck minus the screen: Valve announces new Steam Machine, Controller hardware

    I wonder if naming it the SteamCube instead could have survived Nintendo’s lawyers?
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    Runaway black hole mergers may have built supermassive black holes

    Black hole sees American corporate mergers, says "hold my beer"...
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    FDA described as a “clown show” amid latest scandal; top drug regulator is out

    To the GOP and Project 2025 this is all a feature, not a bug. Everything is going exactly as planned.
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    “Get off the iPad!” warns air traffic control as Spirit flight nears Air Force One

    I wonder if the presence of "get off the iPad!" in the ATC conversation would be enough to open Apple up to lawsuits if the incident had ended in an actual collision and loss of life.
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    AI built from 1800s texts surprises creator by mentioning real 1834 London protests

    "I have, through most extraordinary means, journeyed unto the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-five, and beheld with mine own eyes the establishment of a most sublime and faultless system of public welfare in that distant land known as the United States of America. Verily, I say unto...
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    After recent tests, China appears likely to beat the United States back to the Moon

    The moon will essentially belong to China in 10-20 years, regardless of whether or not it manages to beat America in putting the very next set of boots on the moon’s surface. Even if America could somehow scrape together (and adequately fund) a plan for a single manned moon landing that soon...
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    Hurricane Erin sets early season intensification record, becomes Category 5 storm

    What exactly is the “National Hurricane Center” these days? A single teenage DOGE flunky and Grok? Does the info it releases have any actual value any more?
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    Is GPT-5 really worse than GPT-4o? Ars puts them to the test.

    That “landing a plane” scenario sounds like it could be a good Black Mirror episode.
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    Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents

    It will be, once enough Virginians die off from lack of health care.
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    AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

    Not to worry, AI companies! A mighty Orange Knight will ride to your rescue any day now…
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    Delta denies using AI to come up with inflated, personalized prices

    Autopilot is not AI. Every decision point, every logical flow, every yes/no is carefully designed and understood. I'm talking about when Delta plugs in some form of LLM to completely take over the cockpit so they can fire all the pilots. Make number go up!
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    Delta denies using AI to come up with inflated, personalized prices

    I’ll be significantly more worried when Delta starts using AI to fly the planes.
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    Trump suspends trade loophole for cheap online retailers globally

    The rich do not want everyone else to have nice things, because they measure their wealth and happiness in relative terms, not absolute. It’s not enough to have more money and stuff - the rabble must have less and less. It’s the size of the gap that defines success.
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    EPA plans to ignore science, stop regulating greenhouse gases

    And then four years later Donald Trump Jr is elected and the Rethugs retake Congress and the pendulum swings hard to the right again, slicing through whatever few threads of sanity are left…
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    EPA plans to ignore science, stop regulating greenhouse gases

    Wondering how long until Ethyl gas returns…
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    Firmware update hinders Echelon smart home gym equipment’s ability to work offline

    Holy crap, I was planning to buy a Bosch dishwasher for our new house in a week or so. Good thing I saw this first! Guess that option is RIGHT out.