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George Santos Gets Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban

The former congressman was accused of manipulating markets on whether he would attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address earlier this year.

GoPro Shares Skyrocket After YouTuber Markiplier Becomes Biggest Shareholder

There was “substantial doubt” GoPro could make it. Then Markiplier came in.

Somehow the Sphere’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ Just Got Even More Dystopian

The immersive AI extravaganza will work harder to make your flying monkey nightmares seem ghoulishly real.

FTC Sues Amazon for Allegedly Duping Advertisers

Do you know how bad things have to be for Trump’s FTC to come after you?

Podcaster’s Viral Post About the Hugging Face Hack Sparks Debate Over AI Conciousness

Dwarkesh Patel described the hack as an epic drama starring three successive bot “civilizations.” His critics say he’s building castles in the sky.

We Were Wrong About How the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Hunted Its Prey

A dramatic new interpretation of thylacine anatomy has discovered that the extinct Tasmanian tiger killed prey more like a reptile than a mammal.

Scientists Discover a Hidden Supervolcano Buried Beneath England

Scientists have long wondered where the Kinnekulle tephra came from. It now appears this ancient giant was the source.

M. Night Shyamalan Launches an Earnest New YouTube Channel

The director of ‘The Sixth Sense,’ ‘Signs,’ ‘Split,’ ‘Trap,’ and more now has an outlet for talking directly to fans.

MapQuest Surges in Usage as Google Bends the Knee to Trump on ‘Lake America’

MapQuest, welcome to the resistance.

Shailene Woodley Remembers Almost Being in ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’

Among the casualties the ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ faced, Woodley’s turn as Mary Jane as one of the more underdiscussed.