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TechPluralisticCory Doctorow

The point of camera glasses is not remembering names. It is putting people on trialPluralistic: Scrutinized (05 Oct 2026)

Meta's AI camera glasses turn ordinary people's worst moments into searchable, shameable content, while the people who build and cheer for them guard their own privacy ferociously.

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Science & HealthNautilusJake Currie

Fat cells keep a grudge: why the weight comes backFat Cells May Retain a Memory of Obesity

A study in mice found that fat cells retain molecular traces of obesity after weight loss, and that an inflammation signal can jam the appetite hormone asprosin into the on position.

Nautilus
Economics & Policy硅谷居士

China's average household has 360,000 yuan saved. Three in four have less than 100,000.中国普通家庭到底有多少存款?

Official figures put average savings at over 120,000 yuan per person, but a Southwestern University of Finance and Economics report finds the median household holds just 87,000 yuan, with three quarters below 100,000.

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Tech404 MediaJoseph Cox

License-plate cameras were used to hunt abortion cases. Now both parties are movingLawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage

Lawmakers from both parties have introduced bills to cut federal agencies off from Flock's license-plate camera network, citing 404 Media's reporting as their reason.

404 Media
TechRest of WorldSteve Feldstein

China is not just betting on AI. It is already winning elsewhereNot just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance

A tracker covering 74 technologies finds China leading research output in nearly 90 percent of them — but leading in papers and being able to build the thing are two different races.

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