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America Votes: 'CEKEVPATIVG EDELDOA'
Slopfest 2k26 continues with an election, a fanfic fiasco, and World of Slopcraft.
EPA throws in the towel on policing air pollution from factory farms
Critics say EPA is effectively abandoning Clean Air Act enforcement at factory farms.
Binance battles to save its brand after record $6.3bn crypto hack
World’s largest crypto exchange faces fallout from angry customers, and Lula wins with WhatsApp This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to receive it here This week in tech, we’re discussing the fallout from the multibillion-dollar hack of Binance and the significance of Lula’s political mobilization on WhatsApp . And if you’ll be at Web Summit in Lisbon next week, drop me a line! I’ll be there moderating panels on open-source AI and human agency in the age of AI agents. Tell us: have you been affected by the Binance hack? Polymarket temporarily suspends trading on international platform due to security incident How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme Ghost in the machine: how AI is haunting the search for the supernatural Computerized clairvoyance: psychics push back against AI-generated readings The staggering $446m Elon Musk has spent on the US midterms – visualized Billionaire tax: how a union leader’s ‘crazy’ idea became the defining issue of California’s midterms How tech became the villain of the US midterms The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax Continue reading...
Beyond screens: Mercedes-Benz's new holographic heads-up display
After pioneering the passenger screen, Mercedes has designs on the windshield.
World of Warcraft: Forever Is Already Overrun with AI Slop
The vibe-coded addon problem is getting so bad that Warcraft Logs is changing its API and developers are dealing with theft of their work.
Vibe Coded AO3 Clone Site Down After Fanfic Authors Buried It With 2,000 Takedown Notices in a Single Day
ao3.life was scraping and repackaging fanfiction’ works and turning them into audiobooks for sale without the original authors’ permission.
‘A serious failure’: CPS prosecutor cites imaginary case to high court after AI search
Exclusive: Nonexistent precedent cited in alleged child rape case adds to dozens of AI-related errors plaguing court proceedings A senior crown prosecutor acting in a high court case cited an imaginary legal precedent in an error that has sparked fresh concerns about AI hallucinations infecting the justice system. Ravinder Dhillon, representing the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), referenced an entirely made-up case during a dispute over whether a child should be prosecuted for the rape of his younger sister, court documents have revealed. Continue reading...
"At Home in Space" opens, caps Air and Space Museum renovation
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum has all of its "space" back open.
Apple posts stronger-than-expected revenue in first earnings report for new CEO John Ternus
Result for the company, which earned $30.71bn and exceeded analysts’ expectations, bucked downward trend for tech firms Apple Inc posted stronger-than-expected revenue in the fiscal third quarter, giving John Ternus, the new CEO, an upbeat start to his tenure, which began in September. The solid results bucked a downward trend for tech giants this quarter, as companies including Alphabet, Amazon and Intel had disappointing quarterly results. “Apple’s strong earnings come in the wake of a recent tech sell-off, as investors question the enormous cost and uncertain returns of the AI boom driven by Apple’s big tech counterparts,” said Jacob Bourne, an Emarketer analyst, adding that record iPhone revenue and strong growth in China demonstrate the resilience of Apple’s business. Continue reading...
Why large dogs age faster than small ones, and other October research highlights
Plus invisible tattoos, medieval skeleton gets an ID, trapping a single antimatter particle, and more.
Third person dies of bird flu since virus started jumping to livestock
The threat is still considered to be low, but the virus continues to spread.
Googling "Zelda" today offers a glimpse of how search worked in 1998
"The flow of time is always cruel."
Most of our measures of a key cognitive process don't agree
A big study with very little beyond negative results still gets published.
Coming in 2027: Apple’s $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights
Apple robot backed by CEO John Ternus may have hefty price tag and limited uses.
Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom
The tsunami of imitators is way bigger than any one model maker can stem.
China publicly discloses plan for a lunar landing within three years
The plan does not include a mission similar to Apollo 8 or Artemis II.
Voting in 2026 Is Getting an AI Slop 'I Voted' Sticker
My polling place was handing out AI slop to midterm voters.
F1 in Mexico City: Yet another Ferrari fiasco, but that’s not all
There was plenty of drama on and off the track for Formula 1 this weekend.
The world has a new plan to save nature, but it still needs the money
A new action plan aims to rescue 2030 nature targets as financing remains inadequate.
Reaping and sowing, CEO edition
Also: Consider the Apple slop, Texas data center troubles, and more from 404 and around the web.
This $48 e-paper display can be whatever you want it to be
This DIY e-paper display works in two official ecosystems or on your own server.
From a life-changing garlic press to a super-glowy serum: 12 buys you’re loving right now
Casserole dishes, electric heaters and silk shirts: your autumnal favourites show you’re hunkering down – with one eye on party season • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Autumn, we’ve been expecting you. After a September that seemed to miss the memo about changing seasons, October made up for it with serial storms and nights that drew in faster than you could say “fall back”. Time to hunker down and, whisper it, even put the heating on – or at least fire up an electric heater if you’re still holding out on the radiators. But while you were drawn to the indoor pleasures of heaters, hot casseroles and hotter coffee , you’ve also had your eye on party season, or at least been thinking about venturing into those corners of your wardrobe that haven’t seen daylight since March. From a clothes steamer to breathe new life into your threads, a pencil skirt and sheer silk shirt to update your wardrobe, to a vitamin C serum to keep your skin glowing all winter, these were your favourite things in October. Continue reading...
Investors pull billions in funds from Binance after record $6.3bn hack
Cryptocurrency exchange has begun to allow withdrawals after theft believed to have come from North Korea Investors have pulled $3.6bn (£2.7bn) in funds from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance as it recovers from a record hack in which billions were stolen from customer accounts. The platform was hit by a $6.3bn theft on Thursday, which has since been described as the biggest heist in history. Experts identified North Korea as the probable culprit . Continue reading...
AI is stealing Indigenous Australian art and churning out ‘Temu slop’, artist says
Chair of National Gallery’s First Nations advisory group says the technology is undermining artists’ agency and the authenticity of their work Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast AI is taking First Nations art and turning it into “Temu slop”, the Pitjantjatjara artist Sally Scales has said. Scales, the chair of the National Gallery of Australia’s First Nations advisory group, said the technology is undermining the agency of First Nations artists and the authenticity of their work and represents a “a theft” of cultural knowledge. Continue reading...