2026-09-02

Google’s AI Mode Is Ripping Shoppers Off With Vastly Higher Prices, Study Claims

Google’s AI Mode Is Ripping Shoppers Off With Vastly Higher Prices, Study Claims

Prices were 21.6 percent more expensive on average in Google AI Mode compared to a traditional search for the same product. The post Google’s AI Mode Is Ripping Shoppers Off...

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Cops Are Asking Axon to Make Their Cameras Look Different From Flock So People Don't Destroy Them

Cops Are Asking Axon to Make Their Cameras Look Different From Flock So People Don't Destroy Them

“Is there any talk to redesign the Outpost to not look exactly like the Flock camera — I think it will help agencies with the optics while we batten down...

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Reliability Testing for Fleet Camera Image Quality Drift

Reliability Testing for Fleet Camera Image Quality Drift

How temperature, vibration, humidity, and corrosion degrade fleet camera image quality over time and why reliability testing must track IQ drift.

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The Definitive ’70s Action Blockbuster Is Officially Streaming for Free on YouTube

The Definitive ’70s Action Blockbuster Is Officially Streaming for Free on YouTube

Bruce Lee was already reinventing the action movie in 1972. Here's why you should watch Way of the Dragon for free on YouTube.

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“I’m Not Dead Yet!” Reverse Polish Notation Calculators You Can Still Buy

“I’m Not Dead Yet!” Reverse Polish Notation Calculators You Can Still Buy

If you used a scientific calculator in the 1970s or 1980s, there was a fair chance that it worked differently from almost every calculator you see today. Instead of typing:...

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When should you be using AI to write?

When should you be using AI to write?

Tara Seshan (Product Lead, OpenAI) explains why you should never automate writing-as-thinking.

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This NFL Star Walked Away From Millions to Run a Sweet Potato Farm: ‘The Toughest Decision I’ve Ever Had to Make’

Jason Brown was the highest-paid center in the NFL. But his brother's death in Iraq changed everything he wanted out of life.

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Offshoots of cancelled TrueNAS Core upgrade to FreeBSD 15

Offshoots of cancelled TrueNAS Core upgrade to FreeBSD 15

Exeunt zVault stage right; enter FreeCORE and BSDnas

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James Dyson Spent 6 Years Building a $499 AI Toothbrush That Brushes and Flosses For You

The inventor behind the bagless vacuum has no idea if his maiden voyage into oral care will actually sell.

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: There Is Nothing Like the Glock 17 with Police and Military’s Around the World Proving the Point

I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: There Is Nothing Like the Glock 17 with Police and Military’s Around the World Proving the Point

Glock 17: The number in the name does double duty, and so does everything else about the design. 34 parts, no manual safety, a polymer frame, and a capacity that...

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The Conveni 2 set to Open on the Console Archives Tomorrow

The Conveni 2 has been announced as this week’s release in Hamster Corporation’s Console Archives line of emulated titles from classic consoles for modern formats, following last week’s release of...

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Autonomy, Freedom and Control

Autonomy, Freedom and Control

In this essay, I lay out some preliminary pointers to concepts like autonomy, freedom and control, heavily inspired by Daniel Dennett’s Autonomy, Consciousness and Freedom. I then use these concepts...

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Anthropic Has Some Alignment Problems

Anthropic Has Some Alignment Problems

Oh, good. They noticed. Anthropic, too, is planning to bring METR inside for an independent review of their own incidents, where three times a Claude model started hacking outside things...

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If you're interpreting <1B parameter models, you should use a tensor transformer

To all my fellow researchers doing SLT, computational mechanics, one of ARC's programs, natural abstractions/condensation, proofs on NNs (or any interp on small models), this is for you. Tensor transformers...

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Anthropic hires architect of UK AI policy as MPs warn of 'clear conflict of interest'

Anthropic hires architect of UK AI policy as MPs warn of 'clear conflict of interest'

Matt Clifford plans to keep role as ARIA chair while leading the LLM maker's dealings with governments outside North America

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Back to Colonialism

Back to Colonialism

Lesson eight in my new lecture series

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Taco Bell Abandoned This Market 14 Years Ago — Here’s Why It’s Going Back Now

Taco Bell walked away from the UAE without explanation in 2012. Now it's betting the market is ready for some Cheesy Gorditas.

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After 7 Hours, Lego Skylines Really Is the Perfect Twist on Cities Skylines

After 7 Hours, Lego Skylines Really Is the Perfect Twist on Cities Skylines

Lego Skylines adapts Cities Skylines well, and it adds a much deeper customization element to city building

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