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09/04/2026

09/04/2026

Dallas is deploying AI-powered garbage truck cameras to scan residential properties for code violations, adding to fears over governments using AI for the mass surveillance of citizens.

Learn more: https://cnews.link/dallas-ai-cameras-garbage-trucks/

08/11/2026

We are sad to report the passing of actor, musician, and veteran Reggie Bannister. His portrayal of Reggie in the PHANTASM series was larger than life even next to the Tall Man himself, Angus Scrimm. Fango sends our love to his friends, family, and fans around the world.

08/11/2026

R.I.P. Reggie Bannister, legendary star of the 'PHANTASM' franchise.

08/08/2026

A deadly, drug-resistant superbug is currently spreading across U.S. states.

A team of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has discovered a terrifying mechanism behind the rise of Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungal superbug that has already infected thousands of Americans across 23 states this year.

Unlike typical skin fungi that the human body easily clears, C. auris physically retreats into hair follicles. Once nestled inside, the fungus manipulates the skin's immune response, essentially rewiring local defenses to remain undetected. This cellular stealth allows it to establish a persistent colony, waiting for its host’s immune system to weaken before invading the bloodstream and causing life-threatening infections.

Public health officials are increasingly alarmed as this resilient pathogen continues to bypass standard clinical defenses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has designated C. auris an urgent antimicrobial threat, with some strains entirely impervious to all existing antifungal medications.

While the general public remains at a relatively low risk of severe illness, the superbug poses an extraordinary danger to hospitalized and immunocompromised patients, boasting a mortality rate that can reach up to 60 percent. Understanding how the fungus colonizes the skin represents a vital breakthrough, but scientists warn that swift infection-control measures are urgently needed to halt its silent spread through healthcare facilities.

source: Merrill, D., et al. (2026). Candida auris skin colonization and persistence in hair follicles. Science.

08/05/2026

Employers are using AI to determine how desperate you are and give you the lowest possible wage.

Welcome to the age of “surveillance wages.”

You are likely already familiar with the digital sting of 'surveillance pricing'—such as airlines adjusting ticket fares based on loyalty-program data or retail sites raising prices on essentials by sensing customer urgency.

Now, this same predatory logic is shifting from the marketplace into the employment relationship. Known as 'surveillance wages,' this emerging corporate strategy utilizes sophisticated AI and big data to analyze candidates' personal histories, credit scores, ZIP codes, and online behaviors. Instead of offering a salary based on standard experience, qualifications, or market standards, algorithms are being deployed to predict the absolute lowest pay rate a job seeker is desperate enough to accept.

This algorithmic profiling frequently operates without the worker's knowledge or consent, turning intimate details—like whether an applicant has taken out a payday loan or possesses a high credit-card balance—into leverage for employers during pay negotiations. Experts warn that as these wage-setting models scale beyond the gig economy into traditional sectors like healthcare, retail, and customer service, they actively penalize vulnerable candidates.

By detaching hard work from fair, standardized pay, dynamic wage-setting not only undercuts standard labor value but also opens a dangerous backdoor to systemic discrimination, making it harder than ever for job seekers to secure financial stability.

source: Contino, G. (2026). Employers are using your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept. MarketWatch.

07/28/2026

An extraordinary discovery in Tibet has revealed a hidden Buddhist library believed to be nearly 950 years old, containing more than 84,000 ancient handwritten manuscripts.

Preserved inside a monastery for centuries, the collection includes religious scriptures, historical records, medical texts and philosophical writings, many of which remain remarkably well preserved and clearly legible. Scholars believe it could be one of the largest and most important collections of Tibetan Buddhist literature ever found.

Experts are now working to preserve, digitise and translate the manuscripts, unlocking centuries of history, culture and knowledge for future generations. 📜🏔️

07/24/2026

A hacker just ripped open the black box.

They did not just find the stolen songs. They found the receipts. A breach into the internal databases of AI music giant Suno has leaked exactly how the platform trained its models. The code shows a systematic harvest. Over two million tracks from YouTube Music. Thousands of hours ripped from Deezer. They even specifically hunted down bare acapella vocals on YouTube to teach the AI how to fake human singing.

Suno has been battling major record labels in court, claiming their web-scraping falls under fair use. Now their own source code tells a different story. And in the crossfire, the hacker also walked away with the personal payment details of hundreds of thousands of everyday users.

07/14/2026

Sony admits it is a MONOPOLY, owing Sherman Antitrust Act Review.

Sony's decision to end physical discs has moved from a PR problem to a legal one.
Andrew Ching, marketing chair at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and a researcher who studies video game demand, has explained exactly why this matters for your wallet.

Here's how it works 👇

💰 Sony charges a 30% cut on every digital game sold through the PlayStation Store
💰 Physical retailers pay Sony a lower flat royalty based on copies manufactured, not copies sold
💰 That structure has always made physical games cheaper, especially second hand copies that depreciate over time
💰 Sony has historically pointed to that physical marketplace as proof it isn't a monopoly when defending itself against antitrust claims

By removing physical discs entirely, Sony eliminates the only competition to its own storefront.

Without a physical option, price sensitive consumers have nowhere to go but the PlayStation Store, paying full price with no alternative and no resale market to drive prices down.

In Ching's words, by phasing out physical discs, Sony essentially destroys its own defense.

The same company facing antitrust scrutiny just removed the one thing proving it wasn't a monopoly.