Engineers develop single-element speaker that beams audio to specific listeners. You could really mess with someone's mind with this tech. Think about it. Sound that only you hear and no one else can.
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Man’s $160,000 Porsche Taycan is now ‘worthless’ as dealership refuses to take it back. This is why I'm staying out of the EV market. Not only do I have to deal with this, but also charger anxiety, and battery injury, and my house going up in flames with the car in the garage. Who needs this?
Tesla killing Solar Roof is leaving installers with six-figure losses. And here's this, too. Renewable energy tech is too risky for me.
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Some popular drinks were linked to depression and anxiety. Coffee was different. Well, coffee can give you anxiety, too. Depends on what's going on as you drink it, I suppose.
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Stratum is a social media app that tries to link you to other people who share your taste in book, movies, music. It's an app for more innocent times. People are too crazy now, and I am much more careful who I interact with. Anonymous interactions are off-limits for me, but perhaps some young person who has nothing to lose might find this app useful.
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Cancer drug could help millions battling osteoporosis and mid-life weight gain. The drug is CADD522, which is a RUNX2 inhibitor. RUNX2 is involved in leukemias, so this drug could find application there. But leukemic patients often need to maintain their weights, not worry about weight loss or osteoporosis. Survival is the primary goal, really.
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Caltech is hosting a mathathon. I think it's their first one, and you can use AI to solve problems, so it's almost like a hackathon. The problems will be devilishly hard, I predict.
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Here's an LLM leaderboard. There's quite a difference between frontier models and open-source models, despite what you read. And Claude 5 Fable still rules, despite all the hype about GPT-6 Astra. They didn't compare with Chinese frontier models, like Ox Alpha.
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Don't get sick. Hospitals push for upfront payments as patient deductibles and out-of-pocket costs rise. The current healthcare system is messed up. It really needs a revamping so badly.
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Airplane fuel spikes lead pollution levels near Hillsboro Airport: 'Lifelong detriments'. Looks like Hillsboro has more major concerns than datacenters. Isn't this why America switched to unleaded fuel in the first place? And what about PDX airport. How safe is that?
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Portland councilors take vacancy fee off the table after city study. They needed a "study" to show that it was a dumb idea. The commenters take the Council to task.
"...the city’s office buildings had a nearly 28% vacancy rate in the second quarter of this year. Downtown, it was even worse at just under 39%"Take this hint, guys.
Only today does the Oregonian post news about Nike. No mention about Nike's woke strategy backfiring. Nike needs a Lip-Bu Tan. I read all kinds of excuses for why Nike failed under the previous CEO, but for me, the Nike brand turned into a thug-embracing, anti-American caricature that I wanted no part of. And get off the "Just Do It" variants already. That was fresh and innovative back in the 1990s, but this 2026.
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