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DuckDuckGo Surges 30% as Google Force-Feeds AI Search
DuckDuckGo installs surge 30% as users flee Google's AI Overviews. The AI backlash is here, and it's wearing a duck costume.
Surveillance Pricing is the New Surveillance Capitalism
67% of Americans want to ban surveillance pricing and electronic shelf labels. Here's why algorithmic price gouging is the dystopian retail grift nobody asked for.
Erin Brockovich Mapped 4,200 Data Centers. AI's Dirty Secret Is Out.
Erin Brockovich mapped 4,200+ US data centers and asked communities to report the damage. AI's environmental tab is coming due — and Silicon Valley doesn't want to pay it.
We Paused CFCs. We Can't Pause Sam Altman.
A Reddit post listing humanity's successful pauses—CFCs, leaded gas, asbestos—went viral in r/OpenAI. The irony? We can't pause the one thing actually threatening to remake civilization. The money's too fast.
China's Tricancer Tricorder: Real Deal or Hype Machine?
Chinese researchers claim 94.9% accuracy on a handheld cancer detector using nanomaterial sensors and ML. Promising? Yes. Ready for prime time? Not even close. Here's why it matters anyway.
The $200 Sleeves for Your $500 Cardboard: Pokemon TCG's Sleeper Economy
Pokemon TCG's accessory economy is the sleeper hype racket of 2026 — where plastic sleeves get scalped like Yeezys and nobody's blinking.
When You Can't Pull the Card, You Become the Card
A Redditor made a stained glass Bubble Mew because the TCG market is broken. It's more valuable than the card it's based on — and that's the whole point.
Your WiFi Router Just Snitched on You
WiFi routers can now identify you through walls with 99.2% accuracy using a model that runs on a Raspberry Pi. Your $80 router is a snitch.
The Pope Just Dropped an AI Diss Track and Big Tech Is Shook
Pope Leo's new encyclical calls out Big Tech's algorithmic opacity and concentration of power. In a world of AI oligarchs and token-burning vanity projects, the Vicar of Christ might be the most honest tech critic alive.
Sound Waves Are Murdering Viruses And It's Beautiful
Scientists just figured out how to vibrate viruses to death with ultrasound while leaving human cells untouched. The sonic cure era might actually be real.