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Date: 2026-08-01
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YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’

Hank Green, a novelist, comedian, and YouTuber with 3.2 million subscribers , recently apologized to his audience for his growing reliance on AI chatbots. The controversy started when, in the middle of a video posted on the educational channel Complexly , Green incongruously used the phrase “I appreciate the pushback,” leading viewers to speculate that…

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Angela Nissel faces down grief with a laugh

Angela Nissel’s latest book, Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead , is my kind of memoir. Sure, it’s a deeply emotional tale about caring for a terminally ill parent.

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Is Fenix Flexin’s Billboard Hot 100 hit Rubberz AI slop?

Fenix Flexin is best known as a member of Shoreline Mafia, a rap duo from Los Angeles. But he’s recently found solo success with the track “ Rubberz ,” which has climbed to number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 .

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day leak racks up millions of views

A bootleg of Spider-Man: Brand New Day was up on X for over seven hours before eventually being pulled. During that time, it reached over 5.9 million accounts and accumulated over 143,000 likes.

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Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seemed excited to share what he called a “cool use case” on Friday, posting that parents could “connect your family calendars and explain your kids’ interests” to the company’s new product ChatGPT Work , then “every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid’s soccer game that afternoon, one kid’s…

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This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps

Screen-time apps aren’t effective for many people because, in the end, they depend on your willpower. They remind you to stop scrolling or let you set timers, but such notifications can be easy to ignore.

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Trump blames Tim Walz for water hacks even though it’s probably Iran

The FBI, the EPA, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ( CISA ) have stopped short of officially blaming Iran for a spate of cyberattacks on Minnesota’s water systems, but consensus is that Iran is likely behind them. That, of course, hasn’t stopped Donald Trump from sharing his own theory — that Governor Tim Walz is to blame and…

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You could be taking way better photos on your phone

Your smartphone photos can look way better. If you’re willing to put in a little extra work, use third party apps and spend a bit of time editing, it’s possible to take photos that — under the right circumstances — can rival dedicated digital cameras.

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The Verge’s 2026 back-to-school shopping guide

Knowing exactly what your student needs for the school year ahead is next to impossible. Sure, you’ll probably nail the essentials, but there will likely be a few items you forgot to buy, or didn’t think they’d need to have.

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The Mermaid Mask is a perfect vacation murder mystery

The Mermaid Mask , the next point-and-click game from Tangle Tower developer SFB Games, has everything you could ask for in a great murder mystery. It starts with a compelling setup: The captain of a submarine is found dead in a locked room, his body next to a mysterious cauldron with blood trickling across the floor.

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[AINews] not much happened today

It might seem strange that we aren’t giving title story to a noteworthy DeepSeek open weights model update that still bumps up the Pareto Frontier that GPT 5.6 pushed out only yesterday : Artificial Analysis @ArtificialAnlys Temporary error with cache hit rate calculation - it was rectified a couple of minutes after your screenshot! 0731 is only marginally…

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