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thecooldown.com > green-tech > small-businesses-go-viral-hand-drawn-signs

Small businesses ditch AI flyers, go viral with hand-drawn signs rejecting 'AI slop"

1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (519+ words) The push for handwritten signs is part of a much bigger discomfort with how AI is changing work, public life, and trust. Some small businesses — including shops, bars, libraries, and stylists — are drawing viral attention by rejecting the wave of…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > new-york-ai-ad-disclosure-complaints-synthetic-models

New York's AI ad disclosure law gets first complaints over undisclosed synthetic models

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (530+ words) New York's first-in-the-nation disclosure rule for artificial intelligence-generated people in advertising is now facing an early test. The measure just took effect in June, but officials say it has already drawn four complaints alleging advertisements used synthetic models or performers…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > tesla-full-self-driving-left-lane-tip

Tesla owner flags FSD's left-lane habit, say right signal can nudge the system to switch lanes

5+ hour, 19+ min ago   (352+ words) "Simple little trick, but definitely one worth knowing if you use FSD on the highway." A TikTok tip from a Tesla owner is fueling conversation about a subtle highway quirk in Tesla's Full Self-Driving system. The creator says the software…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > longevity-startup-blood-treatment-secret-injectable

Longevity startup offers reporter a secret 2-drug shot meant to make blood younger

5+ hour, 34+ min ago   (483+ words) Generation Lab has declined to identify the two drugs, saying it wants to discourage copycats. Silicon Valley longevity startup Generation Lab is making bold claims about a secret injectable treatment it says could make blood stop aging, suggesting a meaningful…...

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thecooldown.com > outdoors > central-japan-flooding-evacuations-rainfall-rivers-overflow

Central Japan orders hundreds of thousands to evacuate as rivers overflow from 'unprecedented' rain

8+ hour, 34+ min ago   (480+ words) Flooding and landslides are among the most dangerous consequences of extreme rainfall. Mass evacuation orders affecting hundreds of thousands of residents were issued in central Japan last month after intense rainfall sent rivers spilling over their banks, flooding neighborhoods and…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > pflugerville-surveillance-camera-privacy-concerns

Texas city shuts off 28 Flock cameras, covers them with plastic over access concerns

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (299+ words) Supporters say the systems can help solve crimes, but critics have long warned that they can pose serious privacy risks. Pflugerville, Texas, cut ties with a surveillance-camera vendor, shutting off the system and wrapping the cameras in plastic in a…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > orbital-mirrors-light-pollution-night-sky

Study finds planned space mirrors could make night skies brighter than a full moon

7+ hour, 34+ min ago   (417+ words) Treating the night sky as commercial infrastructure would affect far more than customers on the ground. A startup's plan to bounce sunlight from space onto Earth after dark is sounding less like futuristic convenience and more like a recipe for…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > new-york-nightclub-smart-glasses-ban

New York nightclub says bringing smart glasses inside could result in a lifetime ban

9+ hour, 19+ min ago   (301+ words) "This should be policy at every club." A popular New York City nightclub is taking a firm stance against wearable surveillance technology. The club, Basement, has announced that patrons who bring smart glasses into the venue could be turned away…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > borneo-residents-struggle-breathe-toxic-smoke

Indonesia's Borneo residents struggle to breathe as peat fires, water shortages fuel toxic smoke

8+ hour, 49+ min ago   (387+ words) "It's difficult to see when this crisis will end." In recent weeks, a blanket of smoke has been hanging over the Indonesian island of Borneo. Wildfires burning across the country have left many residents struggling to breathe, as efforts to…...

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thecooldown.com > green-home > indoor-carbon-dioxide-ventilation-sensor-calibration

Homeowner opens windows to cut CO2, learns central air may be sending it right back

9+ hour, 49+ min ago   (731+ words) The levels kept rising even when no one was in the room. A homeowner trying to troubleshoot stubborn indoor carbon dioxide readings got a crash course in ventilation after asking why the numbers kept climbing even after the windows were…...