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August 17, 2026
As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value
"Network effect" can run in reverse.
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August 5, 2026
Hank Green found the AI problem that YouTube labels can’t catch
"Slop" isn't the only problem.
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August 3, 2026
An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it
Top scores increased by 5x.
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July 31, 2026
Would you get tattooed just to interview at a 7-days-a-week AI startup?
LemonLime’s CEO got “carried away” with tattoo gimmick.
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July 31, 2026
How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit
A disputed exam, an unreliable detector, and one very late Apple Pages file.
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July 28, 2026
A Typo Landed an Innocent Gamer in Prison for 18 Months
How much could a single underscore in a username really matter? Just ask Brandon Klayme, who served 18 months in prison before realizing how authorities arrested, charged, and convicted the wrong man.
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July 28, 2026
Philly suburb: Sure, build that data center—but first meet our 43 demands
The final condition will shock you! (It won’t. It’s taxes.)
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July 27, 2026
A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months
When the first step goes wrong, bad results follow.
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July 20, 2026
DA: Cop covered bodycam to snap nude prisoners on his iPhone—but other cams caught him
Pennsylvania cop charged with oppression and obstruction.
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July 16, 2026
Trump teleprompter aide made $100,000 betting on what Trump would say, reports say
If only someone could have predicted it.
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July 8, 2026
"We cannot choose to become idiots": The AI cheating scandal roiling Brown University
AI cheating leads to "a failed society," professor says.
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June 26, 2026
Russian citizens told "switch to Android" after Apple blocks key Russian apps
Russian government lashes out at Apple's "bizarre" decisions.
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