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Gizmodo The Future Is Here Pessimism Reigns Over AI and Jobs, Pew Poll Finds 18 Sep 2026, 02:47 by Tom McKay Across a 37-country median, 46% of people predict AI will eliminate more jobs than it creates. Just nine percent said AI will fuel job creation. shutterstock_2270550899-e1761826778111-1280x852.jpg shutterstock_2270550899-e1761826778111-1280x852.jpg 138 KB ‍ OpenAI Reportedly Trying to Solve Hodge Conjecture Amid Feud With Math Community 18 Sep 2026, 00:10 by Tom McKay According to The Information, OpenAI's primary concern is not solving the Hodge Conjecture but announcing they did so without further infuriating mathematicians. openAI-sam-neuralese-1280x853.jpg openAI-sam-neuralese-1280x853.jpg 2 MB ‍ Pangram Can Now Check Your Gmail for AI Slop 17 Sep 2026, 23:25 by Bruce Gil The popular AI-detection tool has a new Gmail integration that flags emails it detects were written by AI. e6c38dc9e957b2589afe5c693a199858-1024x576.jpg e6c38dc9e957b2589afe5c693a199858-1024x576.jpg 130 KB ‍ Elon Musk Reportedly Seeking Customer Data From Dead Startups to Train AI 17 Sep 2026, 22:35 by Ece Yildirim All the data from X wasn't enough to quench Grok's thirst for AGI. GettyImages-2255688657-1280x853.jpg GettyImages-2255688657-1280x853.jpg 347 KB ‍ 3-Year-Old Boy’s Cancer Disappears After He Gets Experimental Immunotherapy 17 Sep 2026, 21:20 by Ed Cara Scientists are developing new forms of CAR T cell therapy that may finally be able to treat solid tumors. CAR-T-cells-1280x853.jpg CAR-T-cells-1280x853.jpg 207 KB ‍ Viral Horny Pumpkin Song Not That Horny, Insists Horny Guy Who Wrote It 17 Sep 2026, 21:10 by AJ Dellinger Jack-off-latern. 61X7AiucRxL-1-1280x853.jpg 61X7AiucRxL-1-1280x853.jpg 144 KB ‍ ‘House’ Is a Timelessly Whimsical Horror Fever Dream 17 Sep 2026, 21:00 by Isaiah Colbert Nobuhiko Obayashi's avant-garde 1977 film about high schoolers having a bad time in a monster house is perfect for folks who love horror comedies with wildly creative special effects. House-1280x853.jpg House-1280x853.jpg 917 KB ‍ North Korea’s Underground Nuclear Tests Are Reactivating Dormant Earthquake Fault Lines 17 Sep 2026, 20:50 by Matthew Phelan Scientists recorded 1,399 local quakes since North Korea began its underground nuclear tests—a spike unlike anything the region has seen since seismic activity was first catalogued there. Punggye-ri-Nuclear-Test-Site.jpg-1280x853.jpeg Punggye-ri-Nuclear-Test-Site.jpg-1280x853.jpeg 2 MB ‍ Cyberattack Takes Down Organization That’s Literally Just Trying to Track Meteors 17 Sep 2026, 20:20 by Ellyn Lapointe Leave the astronomers alone.  boldie-1280x853.jpg boldie-1280x853.jpg 202 KB ‍ Demystifying the iPhone 18 Pro’s Variable Aperture 17 Sep 2026, 20:10 by Tom Hawking What it do? And why? iphone-18-1280x853.jpg iphone-18-1280x853.jpg 548 KB ‍ ‘Street Fighter’ Has Maybe the Dumbest/Best Popcorn Bucket Ever 17 Sep 2026, 20:00 by Germain Lussier Just when you thought the popcorn bucket train couldn't go any further, 'Street Fighter' takes it to another level. Literally. Cody-Rhodes-Guile-Street-Fighter-1280x853.jpg Cody-Rhodes-Guile-Street-Fighter-1280x853.jpg 336 KB ‍ ‍ NASA’s New $4 Billion Space Telescope Just Saw Starlight for the First Time. Here’s What It Saw 17 Sep 2026, 19:50 by Gayoung Lee Roman joins Hubble and Webb as humanity’s eyes in space. nasa-roman-first-light-cropped-1280x853.jpg nasa-roman-first-light-cropped-1280x853.jpg 266 KB ‍ ‘Doctor Who’ Is Officially Up for Grabs 17 Sep 2026, 19:00 by Cheryl Eddy As promised, the BBC has launched its competitive tender process to determine the show's future. Doctor_Who_Ncuti_Gatwa-1280x853.jpg Doctor_Who_Ncuti_Gatwa-1280x853.jpg 407 KB ‍ Mastercard Is Giving AI Agents Virtual Cards to Handle Your Shopping 17 Sep 2026, 19:00 by Ece Yildirim Through a new venture, agentic commerce goes a step further while safety questions plague the industry. GettyImages-2197666409-1280x815.jpg GettyImages-2197666409-1280x815.jpg 795 KB ‍ Universal Reportedly Looking to Shelve the Elon Musk Documentary 17 Sep 2026, 18:20 by AJ Dellinger Failure to launch. elon-musk-sign-2026-1280x853.jpg elon-musk-sign-2026-1280x853.jpg 1 MB ‍ Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ Movie Rose From Surprising Inspiration 17 Sep 2026, 18:00 by Germain Lussier The 'Barbie' director revealed that 'The Magician's Nephew,' out in 2027, was born out of British rock music. Greta-Gerwig-Narnia-set-photo-1280x853.jpg Greta-Gerwig-Narnia-set-photo-1280x853.jpg 377 KB ‍ Palantir CEO Says AI Apocalypse Hype Is Mostly About Dodging Liability 17 Sep 2026, 17:50 by Matt Novak "I'm a high level practitioner of tai chi," Alex Karp told CNBC on Thursday. alex-karp-2026-1280x853.jpg alex-karp-2026-1280x853.jpg 463 KB ‍ Something Crashed Into the Moon in 2024, Leaving a Curiously Cold, ‘Once in a Century’ Crater 17 Sep 2026, 17:45 by Matthew Phelan Scientists working with NASA to study the largest new crater ever found on the Moon say that it has created an over-4-mile-long “cold spot.” Overhead-McGetchin-Crater-LRO-Moon-1280x853.jpeg Overhead-McGetchin-Crater-LRO-Moon-1280x853.jpeg 525 KB ‍ ‘Rings of Power’ Season 3 Script Proves the One Ring Is Actually, Finally, Arriving 17 Sep 2026, 17:00 by Cheryl Eddy Prime Video's 'Lord of the Rings' series showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay and star Charlie Vickers reveal Sauron's first scene in the new season. Lord_of_the_Rings_Rings_of_Power_season3_keyart-1280x853.jpg Lord_of_the_Rings_Rings_of_Power_season3_keyart-1280x853.jpg 622 KB ‍ Nuclear Experts Offer China and US Solutions for AI Risks 17 Sep 2026, 16:40 by Webb Wright Ahead of a scheduled meeting between presidents Trump and Xi, a report offers some solutions for how the U.S. and China can avoid AI-triggered armageddon. TrumpandXi-1280x853.jpg TrumpandXi-1280x853.jpg 634 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.