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Ted Cruz Pats Himself On The Back At Senate Hearing For Screwing Over Rural School Children
Ted Cruz last week chaired a Senate hearing dubbed “Plugged Out: Examining the Impact of Technology on America’s Youth.” The hearing spent a lot of time doubling down on the scary-sounding, ofte...

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This week, both our winners on the insightful side come in response to Tom Homan’s complaints about people calling ICE murderers. In first place, it’s Bloof with a translation of his words: ‘Pe...

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Game Publisher Bans Working With Devs That Use Any AI, Rather Than Banning Bad Uses Of AI
I’m going to start this post off with two rhetorical questions. Do you believe that the use of AI should be free and unfettered in the video game industry and will certainly and overwhelmingly be a...