Putin appeared paralyzed and unable to act in first hours of rebellion (wapo.st)
Using AI to spot edible mushrooms could kill you | AI tools are good for some things, but don’t trust your health to apps that make frequent mistakes (wapo.st)
In particular, know how to identify the common and deadly species (eg: much of the genus Amanita) yourself, and get multiple trustworthy field guides for your part of the world.
Are you smarter than a scammer? Take this quiz. (wapo.st)
Take this quiz to find out if you can spot what’s real and what’s fake...
Analysis | Printer ink is a scam. Here’s how to spend less. (wapo.st)
Washington Post: Americans waste $10 billion each year on name-brand ink. So we tested low-cost options including remanufactured cartridges, ink injection kits — and even making our own....
Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power | AI and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America’s power grid to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up. (wapo.st)
Google it? People now are searching with TikTok or Reddit. (wapo.st)
How users discover information on the internet is changing
Capital One-Discover merger may face stiff antitrust review in Washington (wapo.st)
LED lights are meant to save energy. They’re creating glaring problems (wapo.st)
If you’ve got an EV, Google Maps is about to become much more valuable | New updates address one of Americans’ top concerns about owning an electric car: finding a place to charge (wapo.st)
Never wait in the school car line again. Here’s how. For the first time in decades, a small but critical mass of children are riding their bikes safely to school again in the US. (wapo.st)
Climate change is altering Earth’s rotation enough to mess with our clocks (wapo.st)
Twitter under fire for reinstating account that posted child sex abuse (wapo.st)
It’s only the latest incident of banned imagery making its way onto the site since Musk bought it
Trump’s Truth Social facing a key funding deadline (wapo.st)
The ‘blank check’ ally of former president Donald Trump’s media start-up was once a stock-market star. It’s now days away from potential liquidation....
AI hustlers stole women’s faces to put in ads. The law can’t help them. (wapo.st)
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft — with ordinary people finding their faces and words twisted to push often offensive products and ideas
5th Circuit finds Biden White House, CDC violated First Amendment (wapo.st)
The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General’s office’s contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms’ content decisions...
AI images are getting harder to spot. Google thinks it has a solution. (wapo.st)
The tech giant is among companies pushing out AI tools while promising to build more tools to protect against their misuse...
AI is acting ‘pro-anorexia’ and tech companies aren’t stopping it (wapo.st)
Disturbing fake images and dangerous chatbot advice: New research shows how ChatGPT, Bard, Stable Diffusion and more could fuel one of the most deadly mental illnesses...
Ukraine is now the most mined country. It will take decades to make safe. (wapo.st)
Nestlé adds more sugar to baby food in poorer countries, report finds (wapo.st)
Slow internet speeds? It might be faster to use a pigeon. (wapo.st)
To be clear: they’re talking about attaching a micro-sd card to the pigeon’s leg, not RFC 1149
An assassination plot on American soil reveals a darker side of Modi’s India [gift article] (wapo.st)
Opinion | How a song threatens the Chinese Communist Party’s grip (wapo.st)
Far-right Israeli settlers step up attacks on aid trucks bound for Gaza (wapo.st)
This is a gift article link, so there should not be a paywall.
Trump skips Illinois loyalty oath promising not to overthrow government (wapo.st)
Crosspost from c/politics