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An FDA Panel Just Endorsed These Unproven Peptides
Outside experts—some with a vested interest in peptides—recommended adding a number of the amino acids to the FDA's bulk list, including the “Wolverine stack” touted by Joe Rogan and other influencers.
Emily Mullin
Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending
The clip features the David Bowie track “Five Years,” which includes lyrics such as “Earth was really dying (dying).”
Caroline Haskins
For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark
MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.
Noah Shachtman
The EU Fines Google $1 Billion for Prioritizing Its Own Services in Search
The European Commission claims that Google boosted its own apps and products to the top of search rankings to the detriment of its competitors.
Joel Khalili
The Trump Administration Wants to Change Public Engagement Rules for Polluters
The EPA has proposed a rule change that would let states decide how much input the public has on air pollution permits. It would be a huge boon for data centers increasingly reliant on fossil fuels.
Molly Taft
America’s Hot Hybrid Summer
Gas prices are up, and US car dealerships are full of hybrids. Customers are going for it.
Aarian Marshall
People Are Getting Off to Porn About ICE Raids
MAGA-coded adult content playing off immigration crackdowns, white supremacy, and obeying the “natural order” is finding rabid audiences on X.
Jason Parham
Google Turns a Selfie Video Into Your Account’s Spare Key
The next time you’re locked out of your Google account, you can use your face as part of the account recovery process.
Reece Rogers
Banning Social Media for Kids Is a Bad Idea
The risks are real. But banning children from the internet could create new problems without solving the ones that really matter.
Claudia Del Pozo
My Week of Transparent Living With Apple’s ‘More Clear’ Liquid Glass Setting
I cranked Apple’s iOS 27 beta to maximum transparency on my iPhone and enjoyed every warped second.
Reece Rogers
Remember Jibo? Its Successor Is a Wearable That Turns Your Life Into AI Slop
With “blessings” from the original Jibo founders, iKairos is a wearable or desk-mounted “AI journal” that turns your family moments into AI images and video.
Boone Ashworth
‘The Child Is Terrified’: Measles Doctors Speak Out
Hear from six pediatricians in measles hot spot Utah, as the US faces infection levels not seen in over three decades and prepares to lose its status as a country that eliminated the dangerous disease.
Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News