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ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI clip art
Hollywood backlash puts spotlight on ByteDance's sketchy launch of Seedance 2.0.
16 Feb 2026 11:12 pm
A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later
Sunlight can cause a molecule to change structure, and then release heat later.
16 Feb 2026 11:00 pm
Ancient Mars was warm and wet, not cold and icy
Kaolinite pebbles show evidence of alteration under high rainfall conditions.
16 Feb 2026 1:44 am
Astronomers are filling in the blanks of the Kuiper Belt
Next-generation telescopes are mapping this outer frontier.
14 Feb 2026 5:15 pm
14 Feb 2026 2:28 am
After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name
One developer is struggling with the social implications of a drive-by AI character attack.
14 Feb 2026 1:10 am
What if riders don't close a robotaxi door after a ride? Try DoorDash.
Robotaxis can't escape the gig economy as Waymo tries to solve a human problem.
13 Feb 2026 9:02 pm
I spent two days gigging at RentAHuman and didn't make a single cent
These bots supposedly need a human body to accomplish great things in meatspace.
13 Feb 2026 8:11 pm

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