For Once. Maybe. California, Yes?
Published on 02/01/2023Californians (and visitors) now have the power to sue anyone who violates California laws against the manufacture, distribution or sale of firearms. The function of this law is similar to laws that allow persons to sue women who sought an abortion and the provider who performed the procedure. Why? Clever trolling.
Costco....Please Stay in Your Lane
Published on 01/31/2023Someone go get the executives at Costco who thought that having 800 housing units on top of their store would be a good idea and tell them to stop while they’re ahead.
Boeing Says Goodbye to a Legend
Published on 01/30/2023Boeing bids farewell to an icon on Tuesday: it’s delivering its final 747 jumbo jet.
Who's Got the Nuclear Device?
Published on 01/30/2023A mining corporation apologized for losing a highly radioactive capsule over a 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) stretch of Western Australia, as authorities combed parts of the road looking for the tiny but dangerous substance.
Cheater Cheater: ChatGPT Edition
Published on 01/30/2023The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework.
Science: Welcome Back Dodo?
Published on 01/30/2023The dodo bird isn’t coming back anytime soon. Nor is the woolly mammoth. But a company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors, while other scientists are skeptical such feats are possible or a good idea.
At the Tipping Point
Published on 01/29/2023Across the country, there’s a silent frustration brewing about an age-old practice that many say is getting out of hand: tipping.
MMMmmushrooms
Published on 01/28/2023Apparently, we are on a kick with fungi as of late. Here’s another fungus related article about the most sustainable building material: mushroom bricks.
ICYMI: Tech Layoffs Increasing
Published on 01/26/2023In just the past month there have been nearly 50,000 job cuts across the technology sector.
Arbitrage Saturday: Gaming over TikTok?
Published on 01/25/2023Investigators in Minnesota are looking into allegations two men have been running a TikTok gambling scheme in the state’s casinos.
It's OrGaNiC
Published on 01/25/2023We’ve covered several times that “organic” doesn’t mean good for you, but it seems like the FDA is finally going to do something to regulate the use of the word to where the meaning of it on grocery store products is regulated.
Microsoft In Major Deal with OpenAI
Published on 01/24/2023Microsoft says it is making a “multiyear, multibillion dollar investment” in the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT and other tools that can write readable text and generate new images.