Reviews Review: SpotHero should be called SpotZero Mark Frauenfelder

invention Gadget solves first-world peanut butter problems Rusty Blazenhoff

Business Ironically, modern surveillance states are baffled by people who change countries Cory Doctorow

Entertainment Freedomland USA: was this 1960s theme park just a five-year land scam? Ruben Bolling

gadgets Europe fines Temu €200m for selling dangerous chargers and baby toys Rob Beschizza

movies This fan edit corrects the continuty problems of a Star Wars favorite Séamus Bellamy

bad news Elon Musk admits xAI "was not built right" as co-founders flee Jason Weisberger

Business Amazon faces criminal trial in Italy over €1.2 billion tax evasion Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Reviewers love the Super 8-style Instax Mini Evo Cinema, but not its price tag and problems Rob Beschizza

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

deaths Famed actress Brigitte Bardot dead at 91 Rob Beschizza

Games Game console sales in freefall, lowest since 1995 Rob Beschizza

History The New Jersey amusement park so dangerous it bought the town extra ambulances Ellsworth Toohey

military Chundertank: Britain's new armored fighting vehicle makes soldiers puke Rob Beschizza

Technology Seth Godin's AI-powered "Prompt Decks" launch on Kickstarter Mark Frauenfelder

Technology How a parrot on a flag reveals why AI exists Ellsworth Toohey

books Even more western inspired fantasy in de Castell's "Malevolent Eight" (book review) Jason Weisberger

Innovation Beyond the spork: splayds, spifes, and knorks Ellsworth Toohey

medicine Drug-resistant bacteria loves to chow down on plastics Séamus Bellamy

politics Trump underwater in most policy areas, including immigration Rob Beschizza