Your Face May Be in Amazon's Database — Even If You Didn’t Opt In
Class-action lawsuit filed against Amazon alleging Ring's Familiar Faces feature captures facial biometric data without consent. Feature launched December 2025.
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Google Wants to Release 32 Million Mosquitoes in California and Florida
Google's Debug Project is seeking EPA approval to release 32 million sterile male mosquitoes in California and Florida to suppress Aedes aegypti, which spreads dengue and Zika.
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile Are Joining Forces to Eliminate Cell Dead Zones
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon announced a joint venture to use satellite technology to eliminate cell dead zones — giving any smartphone a signal anywhere in the country.
There Are 13,500 Asteroids That Could Level a City — NASA Has Only Found Half
NASA has found fewer than half the asteroids large enough to cause serious regional damage. A new space telescope launching in 2027 aims to finally close that gap.
Pope Leo XIV Issues First Major Document of His Papacy — It's About Artificial Intelligence
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on May 25 — a 42,300-word document warning about AI's threat to human dignity and calling for global regulation.
Scientists Just Found 10,000 Possible New Planets
A new study using AI found 10,091 possible planets in overlooked NASA data — which would more than double every confirmed exoplanet discovered in the past 30 years.
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May 23, 2026 4 min readGeorgia Data Center Used 30 Million Gallons of Water Without Paying
A data center near Atlanta used nearly 30 million gallons of water without paying, discovered after residents noticed low pressure. The county called it a billing error.
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May 22, 2026 5 min readGoogle Just Rebuilt Search From the Ground Up — and the Blue Links Era Is Over
Google announced the biggest overhaul to Search in its history at Google I/O, replacing traditional links with AI agents, interactive visuals, and custom mini apps.
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May 21, 2026 4 min readInstagram Is Testing a Premium Subscription Tier With Anonymous Story Viewing
Meta is testing Instagram Plus, a paid subscription tier with anonymous Story viewing, extended Story duration, and unlimited audience lists, in select countries.