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The Internet is Losing Its Mind Over Oprah’s Crop Top and Fly Looks

The Root

Documents show two DOGE employees used ChatGPT to identify National Endowment for the Humanities grants, worth over $100M, to be cut for being related to DEI (Jennifer Schuessler/New York Times)

Techmeme

As cheap, powerful GPS jammers proliferate, a look at some alternatives to GPS, including using supersensitive, quantum-based magnetic sensors (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Techmeme

OpenAI’s robotics chief quits over the Pentagon deal

The Next Web

‘npx workos’

Daring Fireball

Iran targeting commercial datacenters in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare and raises doubts over the Gulf as a global AI hub (Daniel Boffey/The Guardian)

Techmeme

Mega Evolutions are Pokémon's most annoying battle gimmick

Polygon - All

Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir-cofounder Joe Lonsdale, hit pro-regulation Democrat Alex Bores with attack ads over Bores' work for Palantir (Nancy Scola/Politico)

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Sony appears to be testing dynamic pricing on PlayStation games

The Verge - All Posts

The elusive Evangelion short film is officially available to watch on YouTube

Polygon - All

Equilibrium is still Christian Bale’s most important sci-fi movie

Polygon - All

‘Mean Ushers, Peppermints’ and 15 Other Blackity-Black Church Rules You Need to Know

The Root

Time’s running out to get a free gift card when you preorder a new MacBook

The Verge - All Posts

Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's head of hardware and robotics, resigns over concerns about domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons after OpenAI's DOD contract (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)

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15 years later, the director of Rango looks back: 'We didn't know how to make an animated movie'

Polygon - All

Sources: Palmer Luckey's ModRetro, which wants to sell updated versions of 1990s consoles like the Nintendo 64, is in talks to raise funding at a $1B valuation (Financial Times)

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Mr. Mime is a godawful mime in Pokémon Pokopia

Polygon - All

Vizio accounts are becoming Walmart accounts

The Verge - All Posts

War Machine's director shares his recipe for 'the best action sequences'

Polygon - All

China's commerce ministry warns of global chip shortages due to "new conflicts" between Dutch chipmaker Nexperia and its Chinese subsidiary (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)

Techmeme