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Cats in AI Training Data: From Shelter Photos to Neural Networks
How cats became CAPTCHA subjects, benchmark categories and learned visual features—and what those examples do not prove about image generators.
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AIWhat Is MCP? Model Context Protocol Explained for 2026
The Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is the closest thing AI has to a universal adapter. Released by…
Science & SpaceAn Oxford Pond Ciliate Just Rewrote Two of Three Universal Stop Codons and Broke a Rule Biology Thought Was Locked
A pond in Oxford University Parks just produced the kind of biology story that makes textbook authors quietly…
Internet CultureThe Devil Wears Prada 2 Hand-Painted a Meme So Convincingly That the Internet Accused It of Using AI
The Devil Wears Prada 2 opened on May 4 and pulled $233.6 million in its global debut, the…
MusicShakira and Burna Boy Just Dropped Dai Dai as the Official 2026 World Cup Anthem and It Is Reggaeton Meets Afrobeats
Shakira posted a one-minute teaser from the Maracana in Rio on May 8, dancing in a yellow outfit…
Books & ReadingIsabel Klee’s Rescue Dog Memoir Just Debuted at Number One on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction List
A 33-year-old TikToker who started taking in shelter dogs because she was broke and wanted a pet of…
CuriositiesWhat Is the Backrooms? The Image That Built an Internet Mythology
Explore the Backrooms’ origins, fan-made levels, Kane Pixels videos, the real Wisconsin photograph, and the upcoming A24 film.
TechnologyGoogle Quietly Killed Project Mariner the Screenshot AI That Watched Your Browser for You
Google did not hold a press event. There was no blog post, no apology email, no farewell tweet.…
MusicMike D Just Dropped His First Beastie Boys Music in 15 Years and Let His Sons Produce the Whole Thing
Fifteen years. That is how long it has been since any Beastie Boy released a piece of new…
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