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Striking Workers Bring Car Factory to a Screeching Halt Over Humanoid Robots

8+ hour, 47+ min ago  (378+ words) Published Jul 18, 2026 10:00 AM EDT From the factories of Detroit to the postal warehouses in Shenzhen, a new kind of worker is clocking in — and the humans it’s replacing aren’t going down without a fight. In late June, thousands of rank-and-file workers…...

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New Website Detects Apocalypse If Billionaire Jets Start Fleeing en Masse

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (314+ words) Published May 27, 2026 5:38 PM EDT Billionaires aren’t like us. They get special tax breaks to protect their fortunes, operate private intelligence rings, and increasingly have direct lines to the White House, if they’re not there already. The mechanics are complicated, but…...

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Activists Plaster New Name on Larry Ellison's Superyacht

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (268+ words) Published Mar 31, 2026 12:20 PM EDT A group of seaworthy activists made headlines over the weekend after christening tech billionaire Larry Ellison’s private megayacht with a new name. Sailing up to the $160 million yacht as it sat moored at a storage dock…...

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Gabe Newell Buys Obscene Yacht

8+ mon, 1+ day ago  (491+ words) Published Nov 17, 2025 10:47 AM EST Video game titan and Valve cofounder Gabe Newell is indulging himself with some light retail therapy — in the form of a $500 million superyacht. The vessel also features a 5.5-megawatt-hour battery system, allowing it to sail through the…...

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Chinese Tesla Competitor Obliterates Top Speed Record for a Production Car

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (502+ words) Published Sep 25, 2025 10:15 AM EDT Chinese EV maker BYD’s YangWang U9 Xtreme hypercar has absolutely obliterated the top speed record for a production car. The sleek vehicle reached a white-knuckled 308.4 mph at the ATP Papenburg oval track in Germany, as Car and…...