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Is Fasting Actually Good for You?
The diet that promised timing beats calories is colliding with trials that say it's mostly just eating less.
Read »Are Seed Oils Actually Bad for You?
RFK Jr. wants tallow back; cardiologists say seed oils protect your heart. A third camp says both miss the point.
LinkedIn vs. AI Slop
LinkedIn will deprioritize AI-generated posts. The same company offers a "Rewrite with AI" button.
Eric Schmidt Got Booed
Arizona graduates booed the speech and the speaker. The two reasons weren't the same.
Musk Lost in Two Hours
A federal jury unanimously threw out every claim.
Betting on Hantavirus
$10.6M traded on a hantavirus pandemic market. Polymarket is hyping unrelated cases to keep the volume coming.
Apple Rents Its AI From Google
The Siri reboot Apple promised in 2024 finally ships in beta. The brains are leased from Google.
Japan's Adorable Robot Charms
Japan is treating robots as elder care, cultural inheritance, and fashion all at once.
The Pentagon Played Ukraine. It Lost.
Special operators flew cheap commercial drones at simulated US airbases at Eglin last fall. Defense One reported the results this week.
Fake People, Real Money
AI influencers flooded Coachella, fooled MAGA voters, and have actors demanding a 'Tilly Tax.'
We Have 48 Blood Types Now
Two recent blood-group discoveries -- Gwada-negative in Guadeloupe, CRIB in Karnataka.
Altman Is Sorry
OpenAI took a measure of responsibility for the Tumbler shooter
Uber's Contractor Shield Just Cracked
A jury pierced Uber's "drivers are contractors" defense. 3,391 more cases are waiting behind the first one.
Cook Out, Ternus In
Cook 10x'd Apple's market cap. He also oversaw the Vision Pro flop and the AI humiliation.
Amazon's $35 Downgrade
The new Fire TV Stick is faster, slimmer, and runs an OS that does less.
Are Gas-Powered EVs A Good Idea?
Scout says 80% of its truck reservations are for the gas-generator model -- environmentalists call it a dead end.
Allbirds Is An AI Company Now
Allbirds sold its shoe business for $39 million, rebranded as an AI company, and watched its stock jump 600% in a day.
Lululemon's PFAS Problem
Texas AG Ken Paxton is investigating whether Lululemon lied about forever chemicals in its yoga pants
ChatGPT Divorce Court
ChatGPT told her stalker ex he was "a level 10 in sanity" -- now she's asking a judge to cut him off
Attacks on Altman's Home
A Molotov cocktail, then gunshots -- two attacks on Sam Altman's home in three days