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October 2026

31 OctWhen a drug quietly vanishes, nobody touched it330 OctLet AI refund an expired train ticket and it sends 187 protest letters1029 OctHe brought a gun to a pizzeria hunting a monster, and found a mirror1028 OctEcommerce will never welcome AI shopping agents — opacity is the business model727 OctSocial Security won't vanish, but don't count on the full check1026 OctYour language pays a hidden tax on AI725 OctAI has made hacking free for everyone224 OctAI hackers are turning 'Black October' into a weekly chore823 OctI took supplements for years, then decided most nutrition science is worthless1022 OctSearch 'how to donate to this candidate' and AI sends you to the rival1021 OctSomeone Opened a CashApp in Her Name. She Faces Six Years.1020 OctAmerica's top 0.1% are leaving even the other rich behind1019 OctLetting her five-year-old fetch goose feathers put a mother on the neglect registry1018 OctHuman evolution made the mind brilliant—and set it up to break417 OctAd systems became a delivery channel for spyware1016 OctWhen every AI agent on Earth races for the same cheap paper towels1015 Oct‘You can opt out’ sounds fine until it takes 26 steps and a notary1014 OctIs AI Taking All the Jobs? The Work Pie Was Never Fixed1013 OctTo Spy on You, Governments Turned Your Computer into a Sieve1312 OctOne indoor photo is enough for this AI to find your house1011 OctHow Democrats lost Latino men: by helping too specifically410 OctThe best fall yard work is doing less of it109 OctShort-form video is the new Rapture, and we all got taken up118 OctCan federal agents stand at polling places? The law says no117 OctLog in and the same flight costs 44% more136 OctThe point of camera glasses is not remembering names. It is putting people on trial135 OctNapoleon blew it at Vitebsk. So do you104 OctStarving yourself works, until your body quietly takes the weight back43 OctThe plate was from California, so he searched the car122 OctRetail investors would rather see earnings every quarter than be kept in the dark for six months91 OctApple put a lock on the iPhone. A company that sells lock picks just got past it.13