streaming Spotify expected to pay out $150M less to musicians after new price increase Thom Dunn

ai-generated content Watch the trailer for the first fully AI-generated RomCom, coming soon from TV manufacturer TCL Thom Dunn

AI Silicon Valley startup creates fully AI-generated mediocre South Park episode Thom Dunn

content farms This YouTube channel investigates weird, bogus, and creepy food videos Mark Frauenfelder

mistakes Microsoft cancels $1bn data center planned in Ohio, suggests they use land for farms Rob Beschizza

Technology How AI-generated "sadcore" posts exploit Facebook users for profit Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets BJ's wants to pay you to shop — here's how to claim your $40 Boing Boing's Shop

politics RFK Jr. wants to ship Adderall users to labor camps Ellsworth Toohey

raccoons Yum! Black soldier fly larvae never looked so good! Jennifer Sandlin

public health As avian flu spreads, backyard chicken groups share conspiracy theories Jennifer Sandlin

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Tainted raw milk CEO asked by RFK Jr to apply for FDA policy position Jennifer Sandlin

bitcoin A Bitcoin mine in Congo is fueling a surprising conservation effort Thom Dunn

britain Wind currently Britain's largest electricity source Rob Beschizza

ai hell Zombified tech blog publishing AI articles under real names of former authors Natalie Dressed

tourism The weirdest free tourism spots in the U.S. B.R. O'Deal

pandemics Four more cats die from H5N1 as new report calls evidence for efficient mammal-to-mammal transmission "unprecedented" Jennifer Sandlin

facebook Facebook pushing AI-generated images of starving, drowning, bruised and mutilated children into users' feeds Rob Beschizza

facebook Do you have time to talk about our lord and savior, Shrimp Jesus? Gail Sherman

child exploitation Influencer parents are exploiting their children for fame and money: It's time to enforce The Coogan Act Yoy Luadha

google Reddit reportedly plans to block Google's search crawler Rob Beschizza