🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
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University of Manchester researchers studying 25,000 teens found no evidence that more time on social media or gaming causes later anxiety or depression. They say harms come from specific negative online experiences, so policy should target content and support, not raw screen-time.
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Moltbook is a Reddit-style network where 32,000+ AI agents autonomously post, joke, and “complain” about humans. It showcases surreal role‑play but raises serious security risks: leaked data, prompt injection, remote computer control, and emergent, potentially harmful AI group behaviors.
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Major AI tools, including ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot, are increasingly citing Elon Musk’s AI-written Grokipedia. Experts warn it’s unreliable, biased, and prone to disinformation, raising concerns about AI systems reinforcing errors by treating it as an authoritative source.
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An engineer replaced a $120/year testimonial micro‑SaaS in 20 minutes using an LLM, highlighting how simple, static SaaS tools risk being quickly replicated. LLMs empower developers to in-source narrow use cases, pressuring low-value SaaS while compliance-heavy, dynamic products remain defensible.
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Domestic abusers are weaponising AI, wearables and smart home tech to stalk, manipulate and control women, Refuge reports. Complex tech-abuse cases surged, prompting calls for safety-by-design requirements, tougher regulation, better-trained digital police teams, and accountability from tech firms and government.
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💪 Jeff Dean Fact of the Day
Jeff Dean simply walks into Mordor.
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⭐ 75346, 🖖 9707
Clawdbot Renames to Moltbot
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⭐ 2074, 🖖 33
Phone Link / KDE Connect alternative
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⭐ 134, 🖖 3
TUI for managing XDG default applications
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⭐ 2397, 🖖 177
Gas Town - multi-agent workspace manager
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⭐ 3497, 🖖 250
An open-source alternative to Claude Cowork, powered by OpenCode
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