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São Paulo, April 30, 2026—The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court ordered the state of São Paulo to pay $20,000 in moral damage compensation…
In brief April’s Bitcoin rally was purely speculative, say analysts—futures demand surged while real spot buying contracted the entire time.…
If you follow public policy debates, you are probably familiar with the concept of unintended consequences. Laws or regulations implemented…
In brief Canonical VP Jon Seager published a plan to add AI features to Ubuntu throughout 2026, triggering immediate pushback…
The most consequential inequality in America is not the wealth gap or the wage gap. It may not be the…
In brief OpenAI’s “Nerdy” personality rewarded goblin metaphors, spreading the quirk across all GPT models through reinforcement learning. Goblin mentions…
from the hans,-i’ve-just-noticed-something dept There’s a famous Mitchell & Webb sketch where two SS officers, mid-conversation on the Eastern Front,…
An excerpt from Turner v. Abelle-Kiser, decided Tuesday by the Maryland Appellate Court, (Judge Douglas Nazarian, joined by Chief Judge…
In brief Walrus has launched MemWal, an SDK for AI agents. MemWal brings verifiability, availability, portability and sharability to agentic…
A casual exchange with a chatbot can help someone understand a lease, think through a medical question, or navigate a…
Reporters, community advocates, EFF, and others have used public records laws to reveal and counteract abuse, misuse, and fraudulent narratives…
from the concentration-camp-shit-going-on-here dept Not that ICE was ever that great about taking care of all the people it detains.…