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ICE Invades Airports Across the US

Monday at 18:52 PM, via Wired

Agents from ICE are being deployed to over a dozen airports around the country, including New York, Atlanta, and Chicago.

OnlyFans Owner Dies At 43

Monday at 18:30 PM, via Slashdot

Computershack shares a report from NBC News: Leonid Radvinsky, the owner of adult-content platform OnlyFans, has died of cancer at the age of 43, the company said in a statement on Monday. “We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,” an OnlyFans spokesperson said. “His family have requested privacy at this difficult...

Uber’s Deal Blitz To Stop a Robotaxi Monopoly

Monday at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Uber is aggressively partnering with multiple robotaxi companies to avoid a future dominated by Waymo or Tesla. The ride-hailing giant has struck deals with at least a dozen autonomous vehicle players in recent years. Just last week, it announced a $1.25 billion partnership with Rivian, with plans to deploy up to 50,000 driverless vehicles over the next decade. Business Insider reports: Uber...

Reddit Is Weighing Identity Verification Methods To Combat Its Bot Problem

Monday at 16:34 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit’s CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to verify a user is human and not a bot. When asked by the TBPN podcast how to confirm that it’s a human using Reddit, Huffman responded with...

Scotland becomes first part of UK to screen newborns for spinal muscular atrophy

Monday at 13:22 PM, via The Guardian

Hope Scottish pilot will result in heel prick test for rare genetic condition being approved across Britain

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to screen newborn babies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic condition that causes progressive muscle wastage.

Campaigners, who have long advocated for newborn testing because early detection is critical for treatment outcomes,...

The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep

Monday at 13:00 PM, via Wired

Between pickup artists and juvenile pranksters, the wearable device is becoming associated with pests of all kinds.

Will AI Force Source Code to Evolve – Or Make it Extinct?

Monday at 12:34 PM, via Slashdot

Will there be an AI-optimized programming language at the expense of human readability? There’s now been experiments with minimizing tokens for “LLM efficiency, without any concern for how it would serve human developers.” This new article asks if AI will force source code to evolve — or make it extinct, noting that Stephen Cass, the special projects editor at IEEE Spectrum, has even been...

7 Best Phones You Can’t Buy in the US (2026)

Monday at 12:30 PM, via Wired

Wondering what you’re missing out on? Here are our favorite smartphones that aren’t officially sold stateside but are available in markets like the UK and Europe.

Meet the Gods of AI Warfare

Monday at 12:00 PM, via Wired

In its early days, the AI initiative known as Project Maven had its fair share of skeptics at the Pentagon. Today, many of them are true believers.

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