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Old Oil and Gas Wells Could Find Second Life Producing Clean Energy
As states seek out much-needed supplies of clean, reliable energy, some are looking to an unconventional source: abandoned oil and…
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Everyone at the Musk v. Altman Trial Is Using Fancy Butt Cushions
The final stragglers testified on Wednesday in the Musk v. Altman trial. The witnesses generated few waves, aside from the…
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Could Contact-Tracing Apps Help With the Hantavirus? Not Really
After three people died on a cruise ship struck by a hantavirus, authorities are actively tracking down 29 people who…
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Trump Pivots on AI Regulation, Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office, and Hantavirus Explained
Brian Barrett: This is the first time I’ve thought about contact tracing in many years, and I was so happy…
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Greg Brockman Defends $30B OpenAI Stake: ‘Blood, Sweat, and Tears’
Two days before the Musk v. Altman trial began, Elon Musk asked OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman about reaching…
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Waymo Is Trying to Crack Down on Solo Kids in Driverless Cars
By law, autonomous vehicles aren’t allowed to carry unaccompanied minors in California. Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving-car company, doesn’t allow kids under…
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OpenAI Really Wants Codex to Shut Up About Goblins
OpenAI has a goblin problem. Instructions designed to guide the behavior of the company’s latest model as it writes code…
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Best Apps for Focus (2026): Focus Friend, Forest, Focus Traveller
when you’re trying to stay focused on something, there’s no shortage of distractions on your phone, through your web browser,…
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Sam Altman’s Orb Company Promoted a Bruno Mars Partnership That Doesn’t Exist
Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning startup, Tools for Humanity, announced last week that a new product called Concert Kit—designed to give verified…
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Best Meta Glasses (2026): Ray-Ban, Oakley, AR
Every time I’ve written about Meta’s AI-enabled glasses, I invariably get asked these questions: Why do you even want these?…
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