Humans can keep it brief. AI, though, tends to go on and on. It eases into every point, framing arguments, framing the framing with context, slathering readers with inane cheer.… Read the rest of the article: Are AI-written "slop grenades" filling your comms?
Journalist Fernando Vargas was reporting live from the wheel of his car during a broadcast last week, but viewers of Activo Deportes got more than a sports update. The footage… Read the rest of the article: Reporter carjacked on live TV
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and private equity managerial Gloria Caulfield, addressing graduates, both got booed recently as they talked up AI. You'd think commencement speakers would get the memo.… Read the rest of the article: Another graduation speaker hypes AI to boos, tells students their education is already obsolete
Trump phones were sent out to reviewers, but today The Verge's Dominic Preston reports that they are the only models shown to exist. "The Trump phone is not here," he… Read the rest of the article: No sign of fabled Trump phone in the wild
Fender does not hold a U.S. copyright or trademark on the shape of its 1950s Stratocaster guitar, having failed in a years-long legal effort to control the use of a… Read the rest of the article: Armed with German copyright, Fender threatens makers of Strat-style guitars
President Trump will "try" to attend his son Donald Jr.'s wedding to socialite Bettina Anderson, but the timing is "not good" for him. Responding to a reporter at the White… Read the rest of the article: Trump not committing to attending son's wedding: "not good timing for me"
On a visit to Northern Ireland, King Charles III received an indifferent gift from one of the locals. "At least it didn't land on my head," he said, after a… Read the rest of the article: Irish seagull shits on King Charles III
Kyle Owens, 34, should by rights be recognized as a Pokémon Professor, a status conferred by Nintendo to knowledgeable experts of the game franchise seeking leadership roles in the fan… Read the rest of the article: Would-be Pokémon Professor sues Nintendo for denying him the status
Linus Akesson's A Mind is Born, a chiptune and graphic demo generated by just 256 bytes of code, is famous for its incredible brevity and spookily good output. All rise… Read the rest of the article: 16 bytes of code generate this video and the music in it
Imagined as an original made-in-America smartphone, but realized as a made-elsewhere knockoff, the $500 Trump Phone is finally here. It's an Alibaba-tier variant of the years-old HTC U24 Pro and… Read the rest of the article: Trump phone is years-old knockoff with wrong number of stripes on U.S. flag logo
Turn off the DAW and put down the tablet. David Hilowitz (previously) got his thumbs on the Bastl Kalimba, a peculiar and extremely fun-looking handheld that's currently live on Kickstarter.… Read the rest of the article: Bastl Kalimba synthesizer is really thumbsing
The wet mud and shingle of Worthing beach isn't ideal for sunbathing, but it was good for building sandcastles that put up a fight when the tide came in. My… Read the rest of the article: Sandcastles: "ultimate sandbox game" takes you to the beach
Ploopy's 3D-printed "Bean Pointing Stick" functions as a compact four-button mouse and Thinkpad-style trackpoint. It even adopts the classic IBM color scheme and nipple texture. The buttons are Omron D2LS-21s… Read the rest of the article: The Ploopy Bean Pointing Stick is a portable trackpoint nipple mouse
You've heard of the Internet of Shit, but this is literally the case: an AI-powered poop analysis app's database of user-submitted poop images leaking into the wild. If you use… Read the rest of the article: AI poop analysis app selling human-verified poop photos
Police released pictures of a man suspected of killing a transgender University of Washington student this week, and called upon the public to identify him. The high-definition security footage clearly… Read the rest of the article: Man on run after murder of trans student
Dalton Eatherly, 28, posts video of himself as "Chud the Builder," directing racial slurs at black people and challenging them to fight him. He carries a gun and says his… Read the rest of the article: Racist streamer charged with attempted murder after shooting man outside courthouse
Kouri Richins, who poisoned her husband then published1 a book on grief for their own and others' children to read, will serve a life sentence for his murder. Convicted in… Read the rest of the article: Life sentence for woman who poisoned husband then published kids' book about grief
The Googlebook is Google's forthcoming new range of laptops, with premium hardware and Android features not offered by its low-end Chromebooks. But the main pitch is all the AI stuff… Read the rest of the article: Prompt your widgets with Googlebook, a laptop range for people into that sort of thing
A Connecticut man collared in possession of meth pills formed into the distinctive shape of Super Mario was sentenced to six years federal imprisonment earlier this week. The severe sentence… Read the rest of the article: Federal prison for Super Mario meth man
The price of groceries rose more last month than they have in nearly four years, according to annualized data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fresh veggies are now more… Read the rest of the article: Grocery prices soar as Iran war drags on
