2026-08-11

“ Your brain is a gambling addict that bets on...

“Your brain is a gambling addict that bets on reality. It doesn’t wait for information. It guesses what should happen and adjusts when surprised. Most bets win. But when they...

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10 Years Later, 'Westworld's Best Quote Cemented Its Status as HBO's Ultimate Sci-Fi Masterpiece

10 Years Later, 'Westworld's Best Quote Cemented Its Status as HBO's Ultimate Sci-Fi Masterpiece

Westworld may have a few banger lines throughout its 4 season runtime, but one quote from the very beginning still hits the hardest.

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All outfits and how to unlock them in Pokémon Pokopia

All outfits and how to unlock them in Pokémon Pokopia

If you want to fancy up your Ditto in Pokopia, here's where you can find the outfits and hairstyles around the island.

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How risky would it be to make powerful AI obey one or a few people?

It seems fairly likely that the first powerful AIs will be instruction-following rather than value-aligned, and will be controlled by a small number of people. So it makes sense to...

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A Language Model Can Be Honest in Prose and Still Fabricate in JSON

A Language Model Can Be Honest in Prose and Still Fabricate in JSON

A new experiment shows how required JSON schemas can make AI models fabricate answers when the evidence is missing, even when abstention is allowed.

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'X-Files' Creator Says He’s Pretty Sure Mulder and Scully Are in Ryan Coogler's Reboot

'X-Files' Creator Says He’s Pretty Sure Mulder and Scully Are in Ryan Coogler's Reboot

In an interview, X-Files creator Chris Carter revealed that Agent Mulder (David Duchovny) and Agent Scully (Gillian Anderson) are likely in the reboot

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Extreme concentration of power over ASI has non-obvious advantages

This post is an extension of a collaboration with cousin_it on the question How risky would it be if powerful AI obeyed one or a few people?. There he argues...

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GTA 6’s $100 Ultimade Edition Has More Pre-Orders Than the Standard Game

GTA 6’s $100 Ultimade Edition Has More Pre-Orders Than the Standard Game

Take-Two boss reveals pre-release demand for Rockstar's open-world game has seen Ultimate Edition sales boom

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Beyond the Prompt: Building Agentic AI with Built-In Brand Guardrails

Most AI agent guardrails guard against danger. Almost none guard against an agent sounding like someone else. Here's a framework for the ones that do.

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Iran Found Out the Hard Way: The US Air Force B-52 Bomber Can Carry 70,000 Pound of Weapons and Strike Almost Anything

Iran Found Out the Hard Way: The US Air Force B-52 Bomber Can Carry 70,000 Pound of Weapons and Strike Almost Anything

The B-52 Stratofortress has flown for about seventy years. With Iranian air defenses destroyed, it flew overland strike missions rather than standoff attacks.

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It’s Official: This Is the Hottest America Has Ever Been

It’s Official: This Is the Hottest America Has Ever Been

"If we’re exceeding records from the Dust Bowl, that says that we’re in deep trouble." The post It’s Official: This Is the Hottest America Has Ever Been appeared first on...

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Intel upsizes stock sale to $20B with spending plans still fuzzy

Intel upsizes stock sale to $20B with spending plans still fuzzy

Semiconductor giant says opaquely it will use the proceeds for 'general corporate purposes'

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X-Files Creator Reveals the Biggest Changes He Made to His New R-Rated Director's Cut

X-Files Creator Reveals the Biggest Changes He Made to His New R-Rated Director's Cut

The X-Files creator Chris Carter joins Polygon for an interview about the director's cut of his 2008 film The X-Files: I Want to Believe

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2026’s Most Anticipated FPS, Wardogs, Finally Has a Release Date

2026’s Most Anticipated FPS, Wardogs, Finally Has a Release Date

Wardogs, the upcoming FPS from Bulkhead, finally has a confirmed release date for its Steam Early Access Launch.

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How to Teach Kids to Become Fearless Entrepreneurs 

Discover how serial founder Steve Distante is using storytelling and strength-finding to help kids fall in love with entrepreneurship—before the world convinces them it's impossible.

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How This Founder Turned an Awkward College Bathroom Story Into a Leading Brand in a Billion Dollar Category

Sam Nebel turned a frat house conversation into a billion-dollar-category brand — and is teaming up with Liquid Death for a surprise collab.

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Business Formation Is Booming. What’s Driving the Surge?

Here's what's driving America's newest wave of entrepreneurs — and what the data suggests comes next.

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