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The terrifying rise of schoolboys making AI girlfriends. Boys as young as 12 are now in romantic ‘relationships’ with chatbots, and it’s affecting how they treat girls in the real world.
Colossus 2 data center installed 59 natural gas turbines without permission, report claims thousands of tons of pollutants reportedly impact Black communities in Mississippi already suffering from elevated lung disease rates
A Majority of Americans Now Support Seizing Wealth From AI Industry
"There are no benefits to being owned by Microsoft," says Doom dev: "They have destroyed immense amounts of value that I don't even think that they're aware of"
Layoffs might offer "better short-term financial results," late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata admitted in 2013, but "employees who fear that they may be laid off" will never produce the same results
Flock's Surveillance Cameras Face Another Blow as LAPD Won't Renew The Contract
Data centers have already hiked electricity prices on the public by $23 billion. Good luck clawing that back
Meta used AI to tag workers who took leave to be laid off, lawsuit claims | Technology
Sony's attack on physical goods spreads to Crunchyroll as it adds a $14 subscription requirement just to access its store
Kylie Jenner’s dystopian Meta glasses get brutal backlash: ‘It’s giving fascism, not fashion’ — Meta is testing a prototype to “continuously record audio while taking photos every few seconds” without any warning light
Shirtless Man Starts Butlerian Jihad Against Waymo In East Hollywood
He rallied pastors to defend Flock cameras. He’s also a paid political operative
Germany confirms drone-destroying laser weapon for German Navy by 2029 — 100Kw version will zap 1000+ mph supersonic missiles for $1 a shot
Christopher Nolan believes Gen Z will push back against generative AI and its growing influence
A new FCC proposal could spell the end of the burner phone
Musk’s Starlink Socks Customers With $1500 ‘High Demand’ Surcharge
New York becomes first state to halt datacenter buildouts
Flock’s Camera Network Is Searchable By Police, Offering 30 DAYS Of Your Driving History
Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
Why the internet is becoming so infuriating to use With chatbots now flooding the web at every corner, humans are in the minority

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