Matthew Gault

Matthew Gault

Matthew Gault is a writer covering weird tech, nuclear war, and video games. He’s worked for Reuters, Motherboard, and the New York Times.
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US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
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US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It

The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers
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arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers

Cornell University’s arXiv will no longer accept Computer Science reviews and position papers.
Andrew Cuomo Uses AI MPREG Schoolhouse Rock Bill to Attack Mamdani, Is Out of Ideas
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Andrew Cuomo Uses AI MPREG Schoolhouse Rock Bill to Attack Mamdani, Is Out of Ideas

Uhh, is ChatGPT the dad or?
Trump Orders Nuclear Testing As Nuke Workers Go Unpaid
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Trump Orders Nuclear Testing As Nuke Workers Go Unpaid

Everyone loses and nobody wins if America decides to resume nuclear testing after a 30 year moratorium.
Trump Admin’s Racist Halo Memes Are ‘A New Level of Dehumanization of Immigrants’
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Trump Admin’s Racist Halo Memes Are ‘A New Level of Dehumanization of Immigrants’

"The White House just marked the end of the console wars; DHS is posting deep fried Halo memes. We are somewhere else entirely."
Rogue Goodreads Librarian Edits Site to Expose 'Censorship in Favor of Trump Fascism’
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Rogue Goodreads Librarian Edits Site to Expose 'Censorship in Favor of Trump Fascism’

“When we let powerful people’s books be protected from criticism, we give up the right to hold power accountable.”
Lawsuit Accuses a16z of Turning Roblox Into a School Shooter's Playground
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Lawsuit Accuses a16z of Turning Roblox Into a School Shooter's Playground

The family of a dead teen girl said she'd still be alive if Roblox did a better job moderating its platform.
'House of Dynamite' Is About the Zoom Call that Ends the World
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'House of Dynamite' Is About the Zoom Call that Ends the World

The general who advised Netflix’s nuclear Armageddon movie doesn’t believe in abolishing nuclear weapons.
Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age
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Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age

These anti-facial recognition glasses technically work, but won’t save you from our surveillance dystopia.
The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds
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The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds

When Amazon Web Services went offline, people lost control of their cloud-connected smart beds, getting stuck in reclined positions or roasting with the heat turned all the way up.
Creator of Infamous AI Painting Tells Court He's a Real Artist
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Creator of Infamous AI Painting Tells Court He's a Real Artist

"What if I could create Théâtre D’opéra Spatial as if it were physically created by hand? Not actually, of course."
The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog
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The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog

Say goodbye to the Guy Fawkes masks and hello to inflatable frogs and dinosaurs.