Willy was an old ghost who haunted a nursing home in a tiny town called Madison Square. He wasn’t very scary or smart. Every night at 11 pm, Willy would float down the halls letting out loud nasty farts as he went. Knock knock PBBBBBBTTTT! He would fart. Then he…

Cloning and Fake Images — What If It was a sunny Saturday morning in Silicon Valley. John, a software engineer at a leading AI startup, was lounging on his couch browsing the internet. As he scrolled through his social media feeds, he did a double-take. …

Silicon Valley is making an unexpected foray into the world of law enforcement surveillance, with tech giants such as Skydio and BRINC supplying drones equipped with advanced features to police forces. Skydio, backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to make drones easy to fly, while…

Yeah right sonny, and I’m the King of England — I had a dream I was flying through the air like a majestic eagle, soaring high above the clouds. I flew so high that I started to get lightheaded from the lack of oxygen. “Uh oh,” I thought, “better get back down to Earth before I pass out!” …

It was a sunny hot day in July and Franklin was feeling restless. He decided to go for a long walk to clear his head. As he strolled through the park, he noticed his damn shadow trailing behind him. “Why do you always have to follow me everywhere?” he said, annoyed…

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A Holloween Story — What’s That Noise? It was a dark and stormy Halloween night when Hope sat reading comic books in his room. His dog Burt lay nervously on the floor, shaking at every crack of thunder outside. Suddenly, they heard a scratching sound at the window. Burt yelped and dove under the bed as Hope…

Google is desperately trying to prevent Texas and other states from taking their antitrust case to a more favorable court in Texas. Google filed an appeal with a U.S. appeals court to stop the Lone Star State from moseying on down to the 5th Circuit. This appeal is a critical…

The popular social media app TikTok recently found itself in some hot water after running an ad featuring an AI-generated fake of popular YouTuber MrBeast. The questionable sponsored video claimed to offer brand-new iPhone 15s for just $2 as part of a massive giveaway. Now, that obviously seemed a little…