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Plant Found in Obscure Brazilian Rainforest Seems Weirdly Good at Fighting Covid-19
Nearly a quarter of all plant species on Earth—or roughly 55,000 unique…
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Stephen Colbert Gets Why You’re Scared He’s Writing a ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie
Anyone who has ever seen an interview with Stephen Colbert knows he’s obsessed with The Lord of the Rings. The soon-to-be former host of The Late Show has regularly flaunted…
Why ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Ignores Most of the Events of the First Film
People who see Mortal Kombat II are probably going to enjoy it. It’s just that type of fun, irreverent film…
Researchers Found an Innovative Way to Cut Data Center Energy Use
Big tech has a big cooling problem. Data centers require massive amounts of energy to keep their chips—the semiconductors that…
Extortion Using Smart Glasses Is a Thing Now
There’s a growing number of reasons to be skeptical about camera-equipped smart glasses, and you can now add extortion to…
Google Chrome Is Downloading a 4GB AI Model Onto Your Device Without Consent, Researcher Warns
Even if you aren’t using Google Gemini, it might be using your device. Security researcher Alexander Hanff, also known as “That Privacy Guy,” recently reported that Google’s widely used Chrome…
The Russos Say Making Spider-Man Responsible for Uncle Ben’s Death Would’ve Made Him Too ‘Intense’
Uncle Ben’s death is one of the most defining moments of comics history: the origin story of one of the…
‘The Testaments’ Just Brought Back Another Surprising ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Character
Last week, The Testaments dug deeper into Aunt Lydia’s backstory, revisiting an agonizing moment in her past that illuminated—sort of—the…
Alaska’s Famous Fjords Are Becoming a Cruise Ship Nightmare
On the morning of August 10, 2025, a massive landslide struck Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord, a popular destination for many…
Elon Musk Teams Up With Anthropic, a Company He’s Called ‘Evil’
Elon Musk has called Anthropic “Misanthropic” and “evil” and has claimed the company “hates Western Civilization.” Now he’s calling it…
This Experimental Low-Waste Fuel Could Transform Nuclear Reactors
Last year, a private-public collaboration initiated tests for a novel nuclear fuel with big promises: reduced nuclear waste and enhanced…
Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Testifies About Sam Altman Allegedly Lying to Her
OpenAI’s former CTO Mira Murati just testified under oath that CEO Sam Altman didn’t tell the truth to her, and…
Google DeepMind Gets Into Gaming, Purchases Stake in the Company Behind EVE Online
AI companies have long used video games to train and test their models, so it’s not a huge surprise that…
Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Treasury Company Posts $12.5 Billion Loss, Boasts That People Are Still Giving It Money
Strategy, which is the $64 billion bitcoin treasury company led by Michael Saylor, has one overriding objective: acquire as much…
After Sales Stall at the Start of 2026, Lucid Drops Production Target
While its luxury electric vehicles have been mostly well received by critics, Lucid Motors could be in for a rocky…
Every Day Is a Perfect Day to Watch ‘Redline’
Whenever I explain to friends my criteria for what counts as a five-star film on Letterboxd—a rating I rarely dish…
