Payday coming for Olympic athletes
Payday coming for Olympic athletes For the first time in history, every athlete at the Olympic Games will be eligible for a new USD 10,000 “Fit for the Future Olympian Grant”. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) grant has been set up to support…
AI Companies Are Learning an Ironic Lesson as the People They Pay to Improve Their Chatbots Are Just Feeding AI Slop Into Them
AI Companies Are Learning an Ironic Lesson as the People They Pay to Improve Their Chatbots Are Just Feeding AI Slop Into Them Futurism · 3 days ago by Joe Wilkins · Artificial Intelligence For tech companies racing to be the…
Xbox starts major layoffs to save its lagging biz
Xbox starts major layoffs to save its lagging biz Morning Brew Inc, Photo: Getty Images One of the biggest names in gaming could use an infinite money glitch right now. With revenue falling and a string of acquisitions not paying off, Microsoft-owned…
Giant Oil Tanker Runs Aground in Marine Nature Preserve
Giant Oil Tanker Runs Aground in Marine Nature Preserve, Spills Nonstop for Weeks“A nightmare scenario is there’s no adequate response to keep the worst from happening.” By Joe Wilkins Published Aug 13, 2026 2:53 PM EDTAdd…
Alberta County Declares Farm Disaster After Approving $13B Meta Data Centre
Alberta County Declares Farm Disaster After Approving $13B Meta Data CentreAugust 11, 2026Reading time: 8 minutes Full Story: The Energy Mix Jody MacPherson Giacomo Maestri for ECMWF/flickr The Alberta county council that granted permits for Meta’s new…
Yanks are first MLB team to partner with Polymarket
Yanks are first MLB team to partner with Polymarket Caleb Bowlin/Getty Images On Fridays, the Brew’s Dave Lozo looks at a sports business story that says a lot more than just the final score of a game. If you’re tired of seeing sports betting ads during…
Michigan drops letter grades for freshmen
Michigan drops letter grades for freshmen Niv Bavarsky Good news for anyone planning to wing it on their Victorian lit final (there are multiple Brontë sisters btw): The University of Michigan won’t release official grades for its freshmen’s first…
Did students at Brown use ChatGPT to ace tests?
Did students at Brown use ChatGPT to ace tests? Getty Images In the scandal heard ’round the Ivy League, Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano accused his students of using AI to cheat on a take-home exam, and said the school was “meek”…
Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, reaches its lowest water level on record
Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, reaches its lowest water level on record The Colorado River basin is a critical system for residents in the western U.S.ByMatthew GlasserAugust 7, 2026, 6:58 AM Historic Lake Mead drought leads to…
Trade court upholds Trump’s closure of ‘de minimis’ loophole
Trade court upholds Trump’s closure of ‘de minimis’ loophole Trade court upholds Trump’s closure of ‘de minimis’ loopholePublished Thu, Aug 13 20263:12 PM EDTUpdated Thu, Aug 13 20263:56 PM EDTKevin Breuninger@KevinWilliamBShareShare…