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I stopped paying for focus apps after building this Windows PowerShell script

Turns out Windows already gives you all the tools you need to block distracting apps and websites—you just have to put them together.
The New Yorker

Did a Chatbot Write a Prize-Winning Story? Does It Matter?

In early May, the Commonwealth Foundation announced the five regional winners for its influential Short Story Prize, which recognizes unpublished short fiction. One of the awardees, a Trinidadian ...
AV Club

Zack Snyder is the latest to try to "reimagine" Escape From New York

Is Zack Snyder a bad enough dude to save the president? Probably not, but he is the latest director attached to an Escape From New York remake. Per The Hollywood Reporter, StudioCanal, which announced ...
WSET

Valley Link posts new transmission line path, schedules new community meetings

The Lynchburg Police Department is asking for the community's help in identifying individuals after a kitten was stolen. Chick-fil-A: What utterly amazing deal you can score on July 14 You don't want ...
Ars Technica

Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity

Over the decades, there has been no shortage of sites using clever techniques to covertly track visitors’ browsing histories, device fingerprints, and keystrokes and mouse movements in real time. Even ...
CBS News

Pentagon releases more UFO files: "Speechless after these observations"

Washington — The Pentagon on Friday released a new batch of 64 files related to UFOs, or UAPs, unveiling a second tranche of records that includes a 2025 first-hand account from an intelligence ...
Forbes

UC Berkeley Law School Adopts New, Strict Ban On AI Use By Students

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. UC Berkeley Law has adopted a new policy banning students' use of AI for academic work they ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

'I'd like to see more hope': GOP write-in U.S. Senate candidate Larry Marker shares vision for New Mexico

A self-described “America First” candidate for U.S. Senate, Larry Marker first has some work to do to get on November’s general election ballot. The Republican with roots in Hobbs and Roswell needs to ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Seth Rogen Says If “Your Instinct Is to Use AI” to Write Scripts, “You Shouldn’t Be a Writer”

'The Studio' creator said people who are thinking about using the technology to aid their writing skills should try another occupation: "Go do something else." By McKinley Franklin Don’t expect Seth ...
ZDNet

My new favorite Android file manager is way better than Google's default - and it's free

Material Files is a well-designed Android file manager. This app blows away the competition. Material Files is free and can be installed from the Play Store. I've tried so many Android file managers ...
Futurism

New York Times Issues Stern Warning to Its Freelance Writers About AI Use

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. After a ...