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Kagi Translate's AI answers the question "What would horny Margaret Thatcher say?"
18 March 2026 @ 10:06 pm
Remember when it was fun to play around with LLMs?
Musk’s tactic of blaming users for Grok sex images may be foiled by EU law
18 March 2026 @ 9:32 pm
Planned EU ban on nudify apps would likely force Musk to make Grok less "spicy."
Coal plant forced to stay open due to emergency order isn't even running
18 March 2026 @ 9:10 pm
Department of Energy's attempts to prop up coal can look pretty pointless.
Never mind Band-Aids, Neanderthals had antiseptic birch tar
18 March 2026 @ 8:46 pm
Our view of Neanderthal life keeps getting more complex and vibrant.
Cloudflare appeals Piracy Shield fine, hopes to kill Italy's site-blocking law
18 March 2026 @ 7:36 pm
Firm says requiring site blocks within 30 minutes breaks core Internet architecture.
A private space company has a radical new plan to bag an asteroid
18 March 2026 @ 7:00 pm
Company has previously tested its technology on the International Space Station.
Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway
18 March 2026 @ 5:36 pm
One Microsoft product was approved despite years of concerns about its security.
A station wagon is entering one of the hardest 24-hour races in the world
18 March 2026 @ 4:02 pm
Station wagons used to be family cars, but now they're for going fast, too.
Peter faces a new life cycle in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer
18 March 2026 @ 3:41 pm
“Sometimes Spider-Man has to do the hard thing, even if it breaks Peter Parker’s heart.”
Users hate it, but age-check tech is coming. Here's how it works.
18 March 2026 @ 11:30 am
On-device face scans and cross-platform age keys decrease privacy risks, but trust issues abound.