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  • Séamus Bellamy
    9:47 am Wed, Jun 24, 2026
    Microsoft CEO wants people to shut up about AI being bad for us Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (Fotofield / Shutterstock)

    It's no secret that AI is frigging terrible for us. The experts building it scarcely understand what they've created; the technology is a threat to the environment, and if handed… Read the rest of the article: Microsoft CEO wants people to shut up about AI being bad for us

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    11:14 am Tue, Jun 23, 2026
    The Criterion Collection's Stanley Kubrick set is coming for your wallet Image via The Criterion Collection

    Stanley Kubrick is one of those directors: One with enough vision to change the course of any film genre he touches but, enough brains to know that art has to… Read the rest of the article: The Criterion Collection's Stanley Kubrick set is coming for your wallet

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    11:12 am Tue, Jun 23, 2026
    A24 Films succumbs to the AI darkside Image: Free Vectors

    The campaign against the creative class has rustled up a surprising new foot soldier: A24 Films. It seems that the production house, known for artsy-fartsy (God, how I love them)… Read the rest of the article: A24 Films succumbs to the AI darkside

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    11:38 am Fri, Jun 19, 2026
    The man who built the spaceships for 2001, Alien, and Empire has died credit: hafizi / Shutterstock.com

    Science fiction aficionados and fans of practical effects will want to pour one out today: Brian Johnson, a man responsible for building some of the most iconic sci-fi craft in… Read the rest of the article: The man who built the spaceships for 2001, Alien, and Empire has died

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    11:38 am Fri, Jun 19, 2026
    Sally Ride flew to space 43 years ago today. She still has the best astronaut name. Image via NASA

    With so much going sideways since… forever, it can be hard to recall that some great stuff has happened. This week marked 43 years since Sally Ride strapped her ass… Read the rest of the article: Sally Ride flew to space 43 years ago today. She still has the best astronaut name.

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    9:30 am Wed, Jun 17, 2026
    Android 17 brings a customizable virtual gamepad to foldables Image via Google

    Well, this is a sweet bonus: if you own an Android foldable like a Samsung Z Series foldable, OnePlus Open or Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold, you may soon have… Read the rest of the article: Android 17 brings a customizable virtual gamepad to foldables

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    7:24 am Sat, Jun 13, 2026
    Washington Post sued over alleged surveillance pricing Photo credit: Jon Kempner / Shutterstock.com

    If you were fired or excluded from a job due to your race, age, or other demographics unrelated to the work you're being paid to do, it's called discrimination. But… Read the rest of the article: Washington Post sued over alleged surveillance pricing

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    7:20 am Sat, Jun 13, 2026
    Jason Momoa won't touch the Escape from New York remake Tinseltown/Shutterstock

    Zack Snyder is known for many things. He brought an innovative, visually provocative rendition of Frank Miller's 300 to theatres! He was responsible for bringing Superman back to the big… Read the rest of the article: Jason Momoa won't touch the Escape from New York remake

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    10:57 am Wed, Jun 10, 2026
    Ancient squirrel droppings unlock Ice Age DNA goldmine Juan Pablo Riveros/Shutterstock

    There is still so much about the Earth that we do not know. Thousands of years of human history are locked in stone. Oceans are awash in secrets that have… Read the rest of the article: Ancient squirrel droppings unlock Ice Age DNA goldmine

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    10:01 am Wed, Jun 10, 2026
    Valve's Steam Machine arrives this summer Image via Valve

    With hardware prices going through the roof, it's not a great time to be a gamer. Earlier this year, when Valve announced that it's Steam Machine–its Cube-shaped Linux powered desktop… Read the rest of the article: Valve's Steam Machine arrives this summer

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    11:02 am Mon, Jun 8, 2026
    U.S. using GPS to tell spies what to do Venzy/Shutterstock.com

    As Ellsworth mentioned on Friday, a roomful of smart people did the math and determined that a Russian satellite has been jamming GPS signals over Europe. But it's not the… Read the rest of the article: U.S. using GPS to tell spies what to do

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    10:43 am Mon, Jun 8, 2026
    The promise of Mexico's Tren Maya has gone off the rails George Wirt/Shutterstock

    Four years ago, I drove back to Canada after living for a time in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Taking the highway north, adjacent to the coast—often lousy with… Read the rest of the article: The promise of Mexico's Tren Maya has gone off the rails

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    9:45 am Fri, Jun 5, 2026
    180 religions dropped from Pentagon's approved list of faiths Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War (Joshua Sukoff/shutterstock.com)

    There are no atheists in foxholes. Soon, there won't be any Wiccans, Rosicrucianism, shamanic faiths, Troth, Unitarian Universalists, Humanists, Heathens, or Astaru and a whole lotta Protestant denominations, either. According… Read the rest of the article: 180 religions dropped from Pentagon's approved list of faiths

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    9:34 am Fri, Jun 5, 2026
    China is using recruitment sites to buy top secret information hyotographics/Shutterstock

    Good news! If you're on LinkedIn looking for your next opportunity, have a top secret clearance, access to sensitive economic data, or currently work for the government or the military… Read the rest of the article: China is using recruitment sites to buy top secret information

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    9:32 am Thu, Jun 4, 2026
    The E Ink device that keeps you on schedule without the rabbit hole Image via Switchbot

    Ask anyone who knows me: I've got the memory of a frigging goldfish and not in that happy Ted Lasso kinda way. Being able to pretend that I'm a functional… Read the rest of the article: The E Ink device that keeps you on schedule without the rabbit hole

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    9:15 am Thu, Jun 4, 2026
    Will the new season of Silo stack up to the first two in the series? Image via Apple

    Over the past few years, Apple TV+ has churned out some of the best episodic science fiction television that we've seen in decades. For All Mankind, Invasion, Pluribus, Star City,… Read the rest of the article: Will the new season of Silo stack up to the first two in the series?

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    9:56 am Fri, May 29, 2026
    Where is the Board of Peace's aid cash for Gaza? Trump and Epstein party in 1992. Screenshot from video in the NBC News archives

    Freezer burn, plastic glasses, jumbo shrimp and Trump's Board of Peace. Y'all know an oxymoron when you read one. Guess which one of these three contradictions has failed to come… Read the rest of the article: Where is the Board of Peace's aid cash for Gaza?

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    4:49 pm Thu, May 28, 2026
    Ex-CIA official arrested with $40M in gold bars at home Mehaniq/Shutterstock

    Every workplace has goldbrickers. It's a time-honored tradition to work hard to look like you're working hard whilst hardly working. Those willing to work, but only enough to keep the… Read the rest of the article: Ex-CIA official arrested with $40M in gold bars at home

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    11:43 am Mon, May 25, 2026
    The International Space Station has sprung a new leak Vadim Sadovski/shutterstock.com

    The very premium air leak in the very best Russian part of the International Space Station is back! It may well be that, much like the Little Green Men in… Read the rest of the article: The International Space Station has sprung a new leak

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  • Séamus Bellamy
    11:38 am Mon, May 25, 2026
    Trump Mobile data breach may affect far more than its own customers A sticker of the Southpark Trump/

    As Rob mentioned on Friday, the Trump phone can't be found in the wild: the only models out there, as far as any outlet can see, were the units sent… Read the rest of the article: Trump Mobile data breach may affect far more than its own customers

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