11 July 2026

Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets in blockbuster Silicon Valley lawsuit. There are so many articles on the tech sites about this. Apple has had enough. And the last thing OpenAI needs is yet another legal wrangle. While Anthropic is in the news with people leaving their jobs to join them, or how powerful their latest model is, OpenAI news seems to be all about someone suing because someone died, or this.

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Haves, have-nots and know-nots: Inside AI's new class divide. This article is so true. While some folks get so excited about the latest frontier model release, the vast majority of people couldn't care less. It doesn't affect them. All they see is that AI is going to make their lives miserable, either by taking their jobs or by the datacenters that will need to be built. But AI isn't going away, and unless regular people learn about AI and how to harness its power to make their lives better, this divide is going to remain. And get worse.

Here's another article about AI anxiety, focusing mainly on the Ai-related layoffs. 

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In a mouse model of colorectal cancer, a single intravenous dose of Ewingella americana completely eliminated tumors, producing a 100% complete response (CR) rate. According to the researchers, the treatment outperformed standard therapies used for comparison, including immune checkpoint inhibitors (anti-PD-L1 antibody) and the chemotherapy drug liposomal doxorubicin.
Holy crap, why isn't this in the news? It's amazing! How does it work? We need more effective colon cancer therapies, for sure. 

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China reveals 100-gigawatt microwave weapon that could fry US satellites in orbit. The future is here, for sure. This is pure sci-fi stuff. The power needed for this weapon is such that it probably won't be used very much.

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Ethiopian coffee beans have chemicals neuroprotective against hyperglycemic injury. Good news for diabetics. But it's not just the caffeine. You gotta drink the coffee. The secret may be in the chlorogenic acid (CGA), caffeic acid, quinic acid, caffeine, Cafestol, Kahweol, ferulic acid, and catechol, too.

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Here's a font that only humans can read and AI can't. Good to know. For now, anyway.

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Interesting write-up about the company Bending Spoons. Simple idea, but it seems to be paying off. So many familiar names are Bending Spoons companies.

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San Francisco Inches Closer to PG&E Acquisition. Seize the means of production! Straight out of the Communist Manifesto. Good luck with that, San Franciscans. Hope you have better luck that Portland buying the Moda Center. 

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I still don't trust Meta. When you're not looking....

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