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Chinese researchers hacked humanoid robots with voice commands, then watched them infect offline machines through wireless propagation. Keeping robots offline doesn't make them safe—and nobody has good answers yet.

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Chinese Researchers Hack Humanoid Robots With Voice Commands

Writing Team: Jan 2, 2026 8:00:01 AM

A single voice command compromised a $14,200 humanoid robot at a Shanghai security conference. That hijacked robot then infected another robot that was offline and not connected to any network. Within minutes, both machines were under attacker...

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CES 2026 preview: AI wearables searching for use cases, phones folding three ways, robot vacuums with claws, and 116-inch TVs. Innovation theater meets genuine progress—here's how to tell the difference.

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CES 2026: Where AI Wearables Pretend to Solve Problems and TVs Get Obscenely Large

Writing Team: Jan 2, 2026 8:00:00 AM

CES 2026 kicks off January 4th for media (when actual news breaks) and January 6th for the public, promising the usual spectacle: products nobody...

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Google-backed Motive Technologies files for 2026 IPO alongside 200 expected offerings. The AI-enabled rush assumes markets stay cooperative—and that

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Google-Backed Motive Technologies Joins the 2026 IPO Hype Train

Writing Team: Jan 2, 2026 8:00:00 AM

Motive Technologies—an AI-enabled fleet management software company backed by Alphabet—filed its S-1 registration statement with the SEC this week,...

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Turning off AI training doesn't stop feedback buttons from sharing your data—and that's actually smart design. Actions should override settings when users explicitly volunteer information for product improvement.

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You Turned Off Training—But Thumbs-Up Still Sends Your Data

Writing Team: Jan 2, 2026 8:00:00 AM

Consumer AI privacy is a setting. Your feedback is an action. And here's the uncomfortable truth: actions should override settings when users...

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Google preps Nano Banana 2 Flash launch—another Gemini variant promising Pro performance at Flash costs. It's model proliferation disguised as democratization, and developers are already exhausted.

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Google's Nano Banana 2 Flash is Here

Writing Team: Dec 30, 2025 8:00:00 AM

Google is preparing to launch Nano Banana 2 Flash—a new Gemini model that reportedly matches Pro-level performance at lower costs. The name sounds...

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AlphaFold solved protein folding five years ago and won a Nobel Prize. We still can't cure the common cold. The gap between computational prediction and clinical reality remains stubbornly wide.

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AlphaFold at Five: We Solved Protein Folding and Still Can't Cure the Common Cold

Writing Team: Dec 30, 2025 8:00:00 AM

Five years ago, DeepMind's AlphaFold cracked protein folding—a problem so fundamental that solving it earned a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The system...

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AI models solve Zelda puzzles requiring six-move planning—but Gemini needed 42 pages of trial and error. Now they want to replace human game guides with automated documentation nobody wants to read.

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AI Beats Zelda Puzzles—But Took 42 Tries to do it

Writing Team: Dec 30, 2025 7:59:59 AM

AI reasoning models can now solve complex gaming puzzles that require planning six moves ahead. A color-changing puzzle from a Zelda game—where...

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman promises college grads will work exciting space jobs in 10 years—while his AI eliminates their Earth careers today. We're writing checks we can't cash.

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Sam Altman Promises Space Jobs While AI Eliminates Earth Ones

Writing Team: Dec 29, 2025 8:00:02 AM

Sam Altman wants you to know that in ten years, today's college graduates will be working "some completely new, exciting, super well-paid job in...

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Master's degree holders submit 60 job applications monthly with zero callbacks. Computer science grads apply to 51 roles per month. The college-to-career contract is broken, and we don't have a replacement.

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AI Makes Ghost Jobs: 60 Applications, Zero Callbacks

Writing Team: Dec 29, 2025 7:59:59 AM

College used to be the bargain. Four years, some debt, one degree—and the doors opened. That contract is void.

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OpenAI plans $110B ad revenue by 2030 through ChatGPT sponsored content. The platform you trusted for unbiased answers is about to become another advertising engine—and we've seen this story before.

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OpenAI's $110 Billion Ad Gambit: When Search Becomes Sponsored Again

Writing Team: Dec 29, 2025 7:59:59 AM

We've seen this movie before—and it doesn't end well.

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Global data center investment reaches record $61B in 2025 amid AI boom. We examine whether this construction frenzy is visionary infrastructure or spectacular overspending.

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Data Center Investment Hits $61B: Building Infrastructure for Profits That Don't Exist Yet

Writing Team: Dec 24, 2025 8:00:00 AM

Data center investment worldwide hit $61 billion in 2025, according to S&P Global—a record atop last year's $60.8 billion. Analysts describe a...

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Cursor acquires AI code review startup Graphite after hitting $1B ARR. We examine what this consolidation signals about developer tools and AI-powered workflows.

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Cursor Acquires Graphite: When $1B Revenue Meets Code Review Reality

Writing Team: Dec 24, 2025 8:00:00 AM

Cursor just acquired Graphite, an AI-powered code review startup that raised $50 million from Anthropic's Anthology fund, Figma Ventures, and other...

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10 AI Prompts That'll Actually Save You Time (Not Just Impress Your Coworkers)

Forget the robots-taking-over headlines. These 10 prompts will show you how to use AI for the boring stuff you actually need to get done—like writing emails that don't suck, brainstorming ideas when your brain is fried, and automating the repetitive tasks eating your day.

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10 AI Prompts That'll Actually Save You Time (Not Just Impress Your Coworkers)