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Quo Vadis, AI? Study Suggests AI Use Makes Us Lazier And Less Intelligent
Quo Vadis, AI? Study Suggests AI Use Makes Us Lazier And Less Intelligent
Authored by Walker Larson via The Epoch Times,The Oxford word of the year in 2024 was "brain rot," due to a 230 percent increase in usage of the term between 2023 and 2024. The moniker reflected a collective sense - already on the rise in 2023 - that our heavy use of digital technology has corroded our ability to think.
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Now, in the futuristic era of artificial intelligence known as 2026, brain rot has...
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Mar 22, 2026 / Tyler Durden
EU Considers Electricity Tax Cuts, Subsidies Amid Iran War Surge In Energy Costs
EU Considers Electricity Tax Cuts, Subsidies Amid Iran War Surge In Energy Costs
Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The European Union is weighing electricity tax cuts and targeted subsidies to shield consumers and industry from surging energy costs amid the ongoing Iran war, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on March 19.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during the European Industry Summit in Antwerp, Belgium, on Feb. 11, 2026. Nicolas Tucat/Getty Images
Speaking after a European Council meeting in Brussels, von...
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Apr 24, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Israeli Media Says IDF Soldiers Looting 'On A Crazy Scale' In Lebanon
Israeli Media Says IDF Soldiers Looting 'On A Crazy Scale' In Lebanon
Authored by Brett Wilkins
While media coverage of Israel’s war on Lebanon mainly focuses on the slaughter of hundreds of Lebanese civilians and destruction of entire villages, Israel Defense Forces commanders are tacitly condoning widespread looting by their troops in Lebanon, according to reporting Thursday.
Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, interviewed a number of IDF personnel who described routine theft of items including motorcycles, televisions, paintings, sofas, and rugs from the homes and businesses of some of the more than 1 million Lebanese forcibly...
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Jul 19, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Meet The "New Soros" Whose "Street Cred" Could Rise If Spain Blocks Extradition
Meet The "New Soros" Whose "Street Cred" Could Rise If Spain Blocks Extradition
The federal government is well underway with a multiagency and multinational effort to combat the alarming rise of far-left revolutionaries. This was most evident on Thursday, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed delegations from 65 countries.
Meanwhile, Jim "Fergie" Chambers, the communist centimillionaire and heir to the Cox media fortune, is apparently "one step closer to extradition" on federal charges linked to "international money laundering... with the intent to provide material support and resources to foreign terrorist...
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