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UN security council adopted Gaza deal

“Epstein Files Transparency Act” passed

Federal 3-judge panel issued injunction against Texas redistricting

Judge Jerry Smith wrote an insane dissent

Trump “pausing” Afgan immigration after Afgani shot two national guard soldiers

James Comey and Letitia James indictments fell apart

Navy deciding whether to recall Mark Kelly to active service so they can court-martial him

MIT Technology Review on Gemini 3

Humai on GPT-5.1

Anthropic on Claude Opus 4.5

Anthropic disclosed what it calls “the first documented case of a large-scale cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention

Grok 4.1 showed increased sycophancy scores and “slightly higher deception rates”

The White House’s response to AI concerns can be summarized as “f**k it, yolo, pedal to the metal!”

The Trump administration is reclassifying which degrees count as “professional” under a new student loan program.

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15yo Belgian just earned a PhD in quantum physics

Type one diabetes cured in mice

AI+EEG can diagnosis dementia vs. Alzheimer’s vs. healthy

Colombia has declared its entire Amazon biome as a reserve

CRISPR achieves 50% cholesterol reduction in first human trial

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