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Major Publisher Cans $2.4 Million Book Deal After Author Was Accused of Using AI, for a Very Cynical Reason

Book publisher Minotaur, which is owned by leading publishing company Macmillan US, has walked away from a $2.4…

Aug 1, 2026 4 min read

Iran Appears to Be Blasting Amazon Data Centers Off the Map

There’s data center activism, fought with Facebook groups and petitions, and then there’s data center annihilation, fought with…

Aug 1, 2026 2 min read

Kalshi Sued for Running Illegal Gambling Operation

After years of facilitating a surge in gambling addiction by allowing users to make dubious bets on anything…

Aug 1, 2026 4 min read

Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks

Google Earth is the de facto record of our entire planet. But today, the company undermined its own…

Aug 1, 2026 6 min read