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Research involving 1,372 participants and more than 9,000 trials details “cognitive abandonment,” where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI buys TBPN, SpaceX’s IPO for $2 trillion? Iran Disables Amazon Infrastructure The Big Technology…

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Adobe ramped up its advertising in 2025, spending $1.4 billion amid AI competition and skepticism on Wall Street, representing a significantly higher share of sales than its competitors (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Moltbook mania explained The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton…

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Political fixer Bradley Tusk’s nonprofit launches VoteSecure, an open-source cryptographic protocol for mobile voting, amid skepticism from cryptographers (Steven Levy/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 15, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Inside the AI Bubble: Debt, Depreciation and Losses – With Gil Luria The Big Technology…

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An interview with computer linguist Emily Bender, who invented the term “Stochastic parrot”, on his AI skepticism, co-writing the book The Ai Con, and more (George Hammond / Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 21, 2025

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The conciliatory tone of the leader of Vietnam on the 50th anniversary of the war fuels hope but skepticism – Radio Free Asia

By Frank M. EverettMay 1, 2025

Before the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War this week, the leader of the communist party in…

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A look at Apple’s efforts and others to become carbon neutral by investing in eucalyptus farms in the Cerrado Brazil region, in the middle of the skepticism of certain environmentalists (Gregory Barber / MIT Technology Review)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 26, 2025

Gregory Barber / MIT review of MIT technology:: A look at Apple’s efforts and others to become carbon neutral by…

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

PNG-Australia defense treaty creates jobs, poses risks amid growing Chinese influence – Radio Free Asia

Sino-US competition for rare earths triggers Pacific seabed mining project near Guam – Radio Free Asia

North Korean hackers offer $70,000 per month to act as front – Radio Free Asia

How Kodak is trying to recover from the brink of bankruptcy

Private jet companies battle for biggest spending customers at Masters

Amazon Launches Masters Golf Coverage as Fourth Media Partner

American Airlines Makes Baggage Fees Even More Expensive for Basic Economy

DOJ investigates NFL over media rights, antitrust issues

Trump and MAGA see their future as Viktor Orbán is eliminated in Hungarian elections

Trump says gas prices could be even higher by midterm elections

Eric Swalwell needs to go now

Democrats will act to force Pete Hegseth out

Epstein survivors denounce Melania Trump’s performative press conference

Ornn Compute Price Index: Hourly rent for Nvidia Blackwell GPUs reached $4.08, up 48% from $2.75 two months ago, driven by demand for agentic AI (Wall Street Journal)

Anthropic releases Claude for Word in beta, which adds AI editing tools and clickable quotes, targeting document-heavy workflows, for Team and Enterprise users (Tristan Anthony/Business Insider)

Police report: Sam Altman’s home appears to have been the target of a second attack after a gun was fired at his home from a car early Sunday (Jonah Owen Lamb/The San Francisco…)

As weather bets surge in forecast markets, climate experts question whether they improve forecasts by aggregating knowledge or whether it’s simply a zero-sum game (Bloomberg)

UK regulators plan to warn banks, insurers and exchanges about security risks exposed by Claude Mythos Preview at a meeting in the next two weeks (Martin Arnold/Financial Times)

Browsing: skepticism

Research involving 1,372 participants and more than 9,000 trials details “cognitive abandonment,” where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

Adobe ramped up its advertising in 2025, spending $1.4 billion amid AI competition and skepticism on Wall Street, representing a significantly higher share of sales than its competitors (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Political fixer Bradley Tusk’s nonprofit launches VoteSecure, an open-source cryptographic protocol for mobile voting, amid skepticism from cryptographers (Steven Levy/Wired)

An interview with computer linguist Emily Bender, who invented the term “Stochastic parrot”, on his AI skepticism, co-writing the book The Ai Con, and more (George Hammond / Financial Times)

The conciliatory tone of the leader of Vietnam on the 50th anniversary of the war fuels hope but skepticism – Radio Free Asia

A look at Apple’s efforts and others to become carbon neutral by investing in eucalyptus farms in the Cerrado Brazil region, in the middle of the skepticism of certain environmentalists (Gregory Barber / MIT Technology Review)