Weekly Roundup
Palantir Cannot See Why Kids Love the Taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Despite their penchant for building surveillance software, Palantir CEO Alex Karp is reportedly unaware of the cinnamon-sugar swirls in every bite.
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Protests in Ireland against the fuel prices spiking in part due to the Iranian oil blockade will surely be alleviated when the US starts blockading more oil
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The US is increasingly unable to fly aerial operations over EU airspace, so instead we launched a rocket to the moon
Tech
One of the biggest tech companies in the world seems convinced that we just aren't seeing Copilot the right way and we'd love it if we just had one more feature...
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All of the tech companies are racing to be in the most precarious position imaginable
Tech
Google and Meta scrolled a bit too close to the sun.
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Boots on the ground doesn't mean boots on the ground, you see. Also, Valve texts back.
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Taxpayer dollars are for bombs and makeup exclusively
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While the military wants unfettered access to AI systems, presumably to ask it if loot boxes are gambling or not.
War
Again
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Big Man is Big Mad at the Big Court
The disgraced not-prince Andrew has been arrested by British police on suspicion of obviously being terrible
A very normal few weeks for the United States federal government
It's cold outside, both in terms of snow and fash
Terrorrists, Pedophiles, and Pam Bondi
I assumed there were a lot, but my goodness
The GOP is being a bit too on the nose with the whole "projection" thing
Minnesota workers are participating in one of the first city-wide general strikes the United States has seen in many decades
SAVE US, VERONIKA.
xAI has been powering their massive Memphis data center with illegal gas turbines. Local activists didn't back down.
Apple's flagship mixed reality headset faces a very non-mixed, very real, reality
After weeks of worldwide outrage over a Grok feature that allowed Twitter users to request AI-generated "revealing images" of basically anyone, Twitter has promised they Super Totally Fixed It