A look at Unitree's G1 and R1, the humanoid robots behind viral influencer accounts worldwide, as Unitree shipped 5,500 units in 2025 and readies its China IPO (Zeyi Yang/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/unitree-influencer-4-foot-robot-from-china/
Ich, der bis vor einer Woche neben einem Influencer-Hotspot wohnte, als ich lese, dass die USA wollen, dass Influencer ein Arbeitsvisum beantragen
#influencerinthewild #Rheinfall
Survey: 57% of US women and 47% of men ages 18 to 29 say they get health and wellness information from influencers; women say they see such content more often (Aaron Smith/Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/20
Malaysia implements total e-waste import ban to curb toxic trade https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/malaysia-implements-total-e-waste-import-ban-to-curb-toxic-trade/
"On me dit que mon bébé est mort depuis 48h": Camille raconte son accouchement non assisté, influencée par les réseaux sociaux - Marie Claire
https://www.marieclaire.fr/on-me-dit-que-m
The greatest trick the devil* ever pulled was convincing us there is a thing called “The Economy” that can be described as doing well while people are deprived and suffering.
*or bourgeois economists
https://missionlocal.org/2026/05/sf-economy-inflection-point/
A recent study suggests GLP-1 drugs may weaken links between impulsivity, alcohol use, and violence.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/08/ozempic-study-reduce-violence/
Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman's $1.5B AI implementation company, announced in May, launches with the name Ode with Anthropic and 100 engineers (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/anth
Anthropic details Claude's text watermark: it only shows Claude was likely involved, is sparse in code and factual text, and disappears after a full rewrite (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-text-watermark