Paul Perez
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Fake video walk-throughs, a magically expanding loft, and stair hallucinations are just some of the new AI-generated features house hunters are coming across.
Real Estate Is Entering Its AI Slop Era
Fake video walk-throughs, a magically expanding loft, and stair hallucinations are just some of the new AI-generated features house hunters are coming across.
wrd.cm
November 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Fake video walk-throughs, a magically expanding loft, and stair hallucinations are just some of the new AI-generated features house hunters are coming across.
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Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are steps you can take to evade it.
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to…
wrd.cm
October 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are steps you can take to evade it.
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AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
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no one needs a fridge with a screen
September 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
no one needs a fridge with a screen
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Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.
This is how AI is killing translation work:
This is how AI is killing translation work:
AI Killed My Job: Translators
Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.
This is how AI is killing translation work:
This is how AI is killing translation work:
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“The [AI] technology is rapacious for power. Experts warn that the frenzy of data center construction could delay California’s transition away from fossil fuels and raise electric bills for everyone else.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
Explosion of power-hungry data centers could derail California clean energy goals
Experts warn that a frenzy of data center construction could delay California’s transition away from fossil fuels and raise everyone's electric bills.
www.latimes.com
August 12, 2024 at 6:10 PM
“The [AI] technology is rapacious for power. Experts warn that the frenzy of data center construction could delay California’s transition away from fossil fuels and raise electric bills for everyone else.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
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AI putting strain on power grids, potentially causing cascading outages & increasing electricity cost, puts everyone in danger of being unable to cool themselves during heatwaves. Lower income people will be particularly susceptible if they cannot afford their bills. It is all so irresponsible!
June 23, 2024 at 1:12 PM
AI putting strain on power grids, potentially causing cascading outages & increasing electricity cost, puts everyone in danger of being unable to cool themselves during heatwaves. Lower income people will be particularly susceptible if they cannot afford their bills. It is all so irresponsible!
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Regardless of how you feel about AI more broadly, we should all be able to agree the new data centers that power that sector should a.) run on renewable energy (cheaper and cleaner than fossil fuels) and b.) not raise people’s electric bills.
What do people think?
What do people think?
Revealed: Trump’s fossil-fuel donors to profit from data-center boom and green rollbacks
Energy Transfer, a top backer of US president, has received requests to power even more energy-guzzling data centers
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Regardless of how you feel about AI more broadly, we should all be able to agree the new data centers that power that sector should a.) run on renewable energy (cheaper and cleaner than fossil fuels) and b.) not raise people’s electric bills.
What do people think?
What do people think?
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The worst thing about EVs is that automakers are using them as an opportunity to effectively turn cars into digital devices with all the worst aspects that come with it to extract more profit: data collection, screen first, subscription business models, etc.
They would make better brakes optional if they could.
VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power
The German car-maker says its "optional power upgrade" is designed to give customers more choice.
www.bbc.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The worst thing about EVs is that automakers are using them as an opportunity to effectively turn cars into digital devices with all the worst aspects that come with it to extract more profit: data collection, screen first, subscription business models, etc.
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A couple of years ago, a curious, then-16-year-old hacker named Reynaldo Vazquez Garcia found what seemed to be a “smart” smoke and vape detection gadget in his school called the Halo 3C. He discovered it monitored much more than just smoke.
It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug
A pair of hackers found that a vape detector often found in high school bathrooms contained microphones—and security weaknesses that could allow someone to turn it into a secret listening device.
www.wired.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A couple of years ago, a curious, then-16-year-old hacker named Reynaldo Vazquez Garcia found what seemed to be a “smart” smoke and vape detection gadget in his school called the Halo 3C. He discovered it monitored much more than just smoke.
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no more educational material for your children. just poisonous right wing slop.
The White House has a preferred alternative to PBS: PragerU, a nonprofit organization that specializes in creating right-leaning educational short videos for adults and children. . It may already be in countless classrooms. www.vox.com/today-explai...
The White House has a preferred alternative to PBS. It may already be in countless classrooms.
How the right-wing network PragerU could fill the void left by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s defunding.
www.vox.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
no more educational material for your children. just poisonous right wing slop.
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With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering. www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Promised to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.’ The New Rigs Are Nowhere to Be Found
With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering.
www.wired.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering. www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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“China’s dramatic surge of investment into the ’new three‘—EVs, batteries, and solar—is expected to crush oil demand by 5M barrels/day by 2030. That cheaper green tech is now enabling 100+ countries to break free from … imported hydrocarbons towards the sunlit uplands of electric self-sufficiency.”
BRICS in 2025 | The Polycrisis
Nations meet in Brasilia for the 2025 BRICS Summit. China's rise and US chaos shape the opportunities and challenges for the group.
www.phenomenalworld.org
July 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“China’s dramatic surge of investment into the ’new three‘—EVs, batteries, and solar—is expected to crush oil demand by 5M barrels/day by 2030. That cheaper green tech is now enabling 100+ countries to break free from … imported hydrocarbons towards the sunlit uplands of electric self-sufficiency.”
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It's hard to recall a technology that has been shoehorned into every enterprise product as consistently and with as many dark patterns as "AI".
The appification of everything (which operates as a means to hoover up behavioral data) is maybe the closest I can think in recent memory.
The appification of everything (which operates as a means to hoover up behavioral data) is maybe the closest I can think in recent memory.
Fascinating. Microsoft emailed me to say it was raising the price of Microsoft 365, but when i went to cancel it offered me me the old price — without all the AI bullshit.
It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.
It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.
July 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It's hard to recall a technology that has been shoehorned into every enterprise product as consistently and with as many dark patterns as "AI".
The appification of everything (which operates as a means to hoover up behavioral data) is maybe the closest I can think in recent memory.
The appification of everything (which operates as a means to hoover up behavioral data) is maybe the closest I can think in recent memory.
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Lula going after US tech companies today sounds awesome, even calling out how the right uses free speech as a justification to target minorities.
We need a broader alliance of countries to come together and go after Silicon Valley so it’s harder for the US government to stop them.
We need a broader alliance of countries to come together and go after Silicon Valley so it’s harder for the US government to stop them.
hey, Paris, have you seen Lula's speech today? Thought it could be of interest.
July 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Lula going after US tech companies today sounds awesome, even calling out how the right uses free speech as a justification to target minorities.
We need a broader alliance of countries to come together and go after Silicon Valley so it’s harder for the US government to stop them.
We need a broader alliance of countries to come together and go after Silicon Valley so it’s harder for the US government to stop them.
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An “anti-government militia” is “targeting Oklahoma weather radars, days after a man vandalized News 9’s weather radar
Meteorologists are trying to explain that weather radars do not control the weather
Meteorologists are trying to explain that weather radars do not control the weather
'Anti-government militia' says it’s targeting Oklahoma weather radars
An “anti-government militia” called ‘Veterans on Patrol’ told News 9 on Tuesday that it is “targeting” Oklahoma weather radars, days after an individual vandalized News 9’s weather radar.
www.news9.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
An “anti-government militia” is “targeting Oklahoma weather radars, days after a man vandalized News 9’s weather radar
Meteorologists are trying to explain that weather radars do not control the weather
Meteorologists are trying to explain that weather radars do not control the weather
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My grandfather went to Queens College CUNY - it was free. 1940s (started college at 16 before the war, enlisted when he turned 17, went back after). Didn’t even use GI bill. Why is that such a “lofty utopian promise”? It’s what we used to have.
Democratic congressman Tom Suozzi slams Zohran Mamdani as "a bad example" who made "lofty, utopian promises: free public transit, free college tuition, more public housing"
July 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
My grandfather went to Queens College CUNY - it was free. 1940s (started college at 16 before the war, enlisted when he turned 17, went back after). Didn’t even use GI bill. Why is that such a “lofty utopian promise”? It’s what we used to have.
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Slowly lay out the plot to Resident Alien
this is the time for scifi fans to exercise the ultimate depth and breadth of their creativity
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
July 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Slowly lay out the plot to Resident Alien
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Adrian Andrew Martinez is a hero. Fuck Walmart.
Adrian Andrew Martinez, the 20-year-old U.S. citizen that was arrested by ICE while working at Walmart, sits down with our reporter, Aisha Wallace-Palomares, to give us insights into what he experienced. Amongst the new revelations, he shares that he was fired by Walmart.
June 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Adrian Andrew Martinez is a hero. Fuck Walmart.
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So Trump lied when he said “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated”? No way? He lied?
NEW: The US conducted strikes targeting three nuclear facilities w/ bunker-buster bombs and Tomahawk cruise missiles. The US said all three sites sustained “extreme damage.” Israeli officials echoed that statement, though they added the Fordow facility was “not destroyed.” isw.pub/IranSpecialR...
June 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
So Trump lied when he said “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated”? No way? He lied?
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You too can block JD here.
June 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
You too can block JD here.
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What is a Waymo? Why are people setting them on fire?
Last year, WIRED followed the self-driving robotaxi for hours and hours. Here's what we found out:
Last year, WIRED followed the self-driving robotaxi for hours and hours. Here's what we found out:
Get in, Loser—We’re Chasing a Waymo Into the Future
Tailing a robotaxi for hours and hours is weird. And revelatory. And jealousy-inducing. But a driverless world is coming for all of us. So close the door and buckle up.
wrd.cm
June 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
What is a Waymo? Why are people setting them on fire?
Last year, WIRED followed the self-driving robotaxi for hours and hours. Here's what we found out:
Last year, WIRED followed the self-driving robotaxi for hours and hours. Here's what we found out:
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there was one vote, it was for trump, and he is king of america now and you will obey
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
there was one vote, it was for trump, and he is king of america now and you will obey
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Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser:
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
June 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser:
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”