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How some teens use popular AI-powered role-playing chatbots, and the high-stakes challenge for parents to understand their potentially addictive impact (New York Times)

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Sponsorship Openings for Daring Fireball

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iOS 26 Feels Faster Than iOS 18

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Class Action Lawsuit Says Perplexity’s ‘Incognito Mode’ Is a ‘Sham’

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How India's film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the tech to cut production time and costs, while union rules constrain its use in Hollywood (Munsif Vengattil/Reuters)

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Apple reportedly signed a 3rd-party driver, by Tiny Corp, for AMD or Nvidia eGPUs for Apple Silicon Macs; it's meant for AI research, not accelerating graphics (AppleInsider)

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Research across 1,372 participants and 9K+ trials details "cognitive surrender", where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

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VCs are covering expenses like rent for young college dropouts founding AI startups; Antler: average AI unicorn founder age fell from 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024 (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

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Where Winds Meet interactive map

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GTA 5 continues a frustrating cycle with latest Xbox Game Pass exit

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2 essential MTG decks for beginners are discounted

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Anthropic cuts Claude subscribers off from OpenClaw in cost crackdown

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Elden Ring fans are losing their minds over movie set leaks

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Meta freezes AI data work after breach puts training secrets at risk

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WHOOP raises $575m at $10.1bn valuation, signals IPO ahead

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Scream 8's Ghostface needs to be Gale Weathers — here's why

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A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll

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Immortal Bloodline review: The latest Lupin III movie heads into Akira-level body horror

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Y Combinator appears to have dropped Delve, removing the company's profile from its startup directory, following allegations of fake compliance certificates (The Economic Times)

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