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- SpaceX created a new class of ultrawealthy. Here’s what comes next
Few public offerings have created so many paper millionaires so quickly. But that was on paper.
- What WSJ Gets Wrong About The CLARITY Act And Who Decides Without It
The WSJ editorial board wants a better CLARITY Act. But no bill means no rules, only agency discretion under the very administration critics say they want to constrain.
- My Major League Pickleball Pre-Season Power Rankings Versus Final Regular Season Standings
A comparison of my pre-season Power rankings of the 20 Major League Pickleball teams versus how they finished the regular season.
- Blue Jays Move 2-Time All-Star, Acquire One-Of-One Veteran After Trade Deadline
The Toronto Blue Jays acquired a veteran talent from a National League contender in a rare post-deadline move.
- Why a friendlier robot loses your trust faster when It messes up
A new brain-imaging study of the humanoid robot Pepper found that oxytocin spikes during a robot's mistakes track with suspicion, not affection.
Technology
- Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers
Baseboard management controllers from the world's biggest manufacturers are a security mess.
- Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing
Schwartz is well-qualified for the role, but crashed and burned in Senate hearing.
- Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project
Anthropic and OpenAI models’ unprompted actions forced halt to UK cyber tests.
- Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com
Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."
- Hank Green found the AI problem that YouTube labels can’t catch
"Slop" isn't the only problem.
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