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Gizmodo The Future Is Here Little Florida Memo Could Have Big Impacts on Flock Cameras 1 Sep 2026, 02:05 by Mike Pearl It's just a memo banning license plate readers on highways. It might herald major changes. flock-camera-1280x832.jpg 318 KB ‍ George Santos Gets Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban 31 Aug 2026, 22:20 by Bruce Gil 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. george-santos-1280x853.jpg 173 KB ‍ GoPro Shares Skyrocket After YouTuber Markiplier Becomes Biggest Shareholder 31 Aug 2026, 22:07 by Ece Yildirim There was "substantial doubt" GoPro could make it. Then Markiplier came in. GettyImages-2283368204-1280x809.jpg 344 KB ‍ Somehow the Sphere’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ Just Got Even More Dystopian 31 Aug 2026, 22:00 by Cheryl Eddy The immersive AI extravaganza will work harder to make your flying monkey nightmares seem ghoulishly real. sphere_wizard_of_oz-1280x853.jpg 731 KB ‍ FTC Sues Amazon for Allegedly Duping Advertisers 31 Aug 2026, 21:25 by AJ Dellinger Do you know how bad things have to be for Trump's FTC to come after you? shutterstock_2489949283-1280x852.jpg 307 KB ‍ Podcaster’s Viral Post About the Hugging Face Hack Sparks Debate Over AI Conciousness 31 Aug 2026, 21:10 by Webb Wright Dwarkesh Patel described the hack as an epic drama starring three successive bot “civilizations.” His critics say he’s building castles in the sky. HuggingFace-1280x853.jpg 635 KB ‍ We Were Wrong About How the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Hunted Its Prey 31 Aug 2026, 21:05 by Matthew Phelan A dramatic new interpretation of thylacine anatomy has discovered that the extinct Tasmanian tiger killed prey more like a reptile than a mammal. stuffed-Thylacine-with-chicken-1921-1280x853.jpg 401 KB ‍ Scientists Discover a Hidden Supervolcano Buried Beneath England 31 Aug 2026, 20:40 by Ellyn Lapointe Scientists have long wondered where the Kinnekulle tephra came from. It now appears this ancient giant was the source. mount-etna-eruption-1280x853.jpg 311 KB ‍ M. Night Shyamalan Launches an Earnest New YouTube Channel 31 Aug 2026, 20:00 by Cheryl Eddy The director of 'The Sixth Sense,' 'Signs,' 'Split,' 'Trap,' and more now has an outlet for talking directly to fans. M.Night_YouTube-1280x853.jpg 624 KB ‍ MapQuest Surges in Usage as Google Bends the Knee to Trump on ‘Lake America’ 31 Aug 2026, 19:10 by AJ Dellinger MapQuest, welcome to the resistance. GettyImages-1249905288-1280x853.jpg 338 KB ‍ ‍ A Forested Island Suddenly Appeared in This Gigantic Reservoir—and Then Mysteriously Vanished 31 Aug 2026, 19:00 by Matthew Phelan Visitors videotaped a tree-lined floating island about the size of two NFL football fields in British Columbia’s Williston Reservoir. Then it vanished. Williston-Reservoir-Floating-Island-Satellite-1280x854.jpg 346 KB ‍ Chess.com Vibe-Coded a Poker Site and Says More Is on the Way 31 Aug 2026, 18:25 by Tom Hawking They sacrificed... the STAFFFFF!!!! gambit-1280x853.png 768 KB ‍ The Next Apple Watch Might Address a Long-Term Sensor Shortcoming 31 Aug 2026, 18:20 by Ian Carlos Campbell Changes to heart-rate monitoring and a revamp of its Fitness and Health apps are just two updates the company has planned for the Apple Watch Series 12. apple-watch-ultra-3-review-3-1280x853.jpg 516 KB ‍ ‘ThunderCats’ Movie Still in the Works, Says Adam Wingard 31 Aug 2026, 18:15 by Jen Lennon The director and co-writer says he's still working on 'ThunderCats,' he's just busy with other projects. ThunderCats-Lion-O-Snarf-1280x853.jpg 215 KB ‍ Bank of England Governor Warns AI Represents Threat to the Global Economy 31 Aug 2026, 17:40 by Ece Yildirim Whether it be advancing cyber capabilities or overstretched valuations, AI poses a major risk for the global economy, the governor warned. GettyImages-2202855117-1280x853.jpg 687 KB ‍ This ‘Wallace and Gromit’ Lego Set Is Almost as Enticing as Cheese 31 Aug 2026, 17:30 by Cheryl Eddy The original design by Sébastien Esnault, aka Pidelium, won the Grand Prize in a Lego Ideas '90s throwback challenge. Wallace_and_Gromit_Lego_4_top_art-1280x853.jpg 284 KB ‍ Meet the Google Exec Trying to Convince a Skeptical Gaming Industry to Love AI 31 Aug 2026, 17:00 by Kyle Barr Everybody agrees the games industry needs to change to survive. Google is trying to fix it with AI. Google-Cloud-Exec-Jack-Buser-1-1280x853.jpg 314 KB ‍ Trump to Communities Fighting Data Centers: Have Fun Being Poor 31 Aug 2026, 16:35 by Matt Novak Even Trump supporters on Truth Social don't love it. trump-holding-phone-2026-1280x853.jpg 411 KB ‍ The EU Has Officially Decided ChatGPT Is a Search Engine 31 Aug 2026, 16:25 by Bruce Gil Under this label, European regulators are putting ChatGPT under stricter oversight, along with Reddit and Roblox. Chatgpt-1280x853.jpg 590 KB ‍ ‍ You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. By using Blogtrottr, you agree to our terms. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, edit this subscription, or manage all your subscriptions.