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A survey of 1,000 hiring managers found that 59% say they emphasize AI’s role in layoffs because it is viewed more favorably than saying layoffs or hiring freezes ~tech Article 42 votes
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Proton Mail helped US FBI unmask anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ protester ~tech privacy Article 817 words 63 votes
Elon Musk says SpaceX will prioritize a city on the moon instead of a colony on Mars ~space spaceflight.commercial Link 38 votes
US government announces pilot program for eVTOLS and ultralight aerial vehicles even without FAA certification ~transport Article 402 words 14 votes
Iran war spreading economic damage far beyond oil and gas markets ~finance economics Article 1499 words 25 votes
The film students who can no longer sit through films ~movies Article 1510 words, published Jan 30 2026 24 votes
Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns: workers say “we see everything” ~tech privacy Article 3416 words, published Feb 27 2026 37 votes
Inside Anthropic’s killer-robot dispute with the US Pentagon ~tech amazon Article 1024 words 24 votes
Google’s AI Overviews can scam you. Here’s how to stay safe. ~tech google.search internet Article 391 words, published Feb 15 2026 25 votes
The fifty most underappreciated movies of the 21st century ~movies Article published Feb 4 2026 20 votes
Norway's sovereign wealth fund impressed by artificial intelligence's ability to catch risks overlooked by both the media and external vendors ~finance business Article 11 votes
Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 ~tech privacy ios.26 apple Article 197 words 29 votes
Texans love Big Bend for its wildness. Donald Trump wants to put a wall through it. ~enviro conservation Link 16 votes
Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs ~tech privacy security.home Article 855 words 64 votes
Nine dead after shooter opens fire at Canadian high school ~news canada.bc crime Article 805 words 53 votes
Who’s liable when your AI agent burns down production? How Amazon’s Kiro took down AWS for thirteen hours and why the ‘human error’ label tells you everything wrong about the agentic AI era. ~tech amazon.web services Link 45 votes
Binance employees find $1.7 Billion in crypto was sent to Iranian entities ~finance cryptocurrency business Article 17 votes
‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms’ just made ‘Breaking Bad’ lose its IMDB score record ~tv reviews.user Article 553 words 32 votes
A Japanese toilet maker and seasoning giant are unlikely winners of the AI boom ~tech Article 515 words 11 votes
Lindsay Ellis - Is there still a very special place in hell for Matt Stone and Trey Parker? ~tv Link 18 votes
The wonderful, weird career of Valtteri Bottas – ahead of the Cadillac Formula 1 Team's debut, Bottas reflects on reinvention, balance and longevity ~sports.motorsports Link 6 votes
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month ~tech social media Article 910 words 122 votes
Norway is a Winter Olympic giant. Why isn't it better at ice hockey? ~sports.hockey Article 1266 words 9 votes
Human-driven global warming could cause the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a powerful ocean current system, and throw Iceland into a deep freeze ~enviro climate change Article 2131 words, published Feb 10 2026 18 votes
Finnish nuclear development group Steady Energy has begun building a pilot plant in Helsinki that aims to pave the way for Europe's first small nuclear heat reactor ~enviro energy Article 13 votes
Why computers won’t make themselves smarter - Ted Chiang ~tech Article 3624 words, published Mar 30 2021 25 votes
New Bay Area Rapid Transit fare gates generate $10 million annually ~transport Article 706 words 13 votes
Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post to save it. Instead, with a mass layoff, he’s forced it into severe decline. ~news usa journalism Article 3885 words, published Feb 4 2026 19 votes