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TECH · Jul 18, 2026

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei submitted a report to the United States Congress stating that, after an investigation, Anthropic found that Kimi K3 may have distilled an Anthropic model that had not yet been fully developed.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · Jul 17, 2026

Donald Trump said that under the CHIPS Act, companies did not qualify for funding unless they were transgender, and that recipients then searched for transgender people to run the company.

NOT BS

GENERAL · Jul 17, 2026

United Airlines is offering passengers free flight changes to avoid flying into President Donald J. Trump International Airport in Florida.

MOSTLY BS

POLITICS · Jul 17, 2026

Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

NOT BS

GENERAL · Jul 17, 2026

A poisonous rabbitfish was recently caught or spotted in Bulgaria.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · Jul 17, 2026

The US military seized an Iranian ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

HARDLY BS

POLITICS · Jul 17, 2026

Donald J. Trump is the President of the United States of America as of July 17, 2026.

NOT BS

GENERAL · Jul 17, 2026

Alexis Mac Allister is the first player in FIFA World Cup history to go 13 consecutive matches without suffering a defeat.

NOT BS

GENERAL · Jul 17, 2026

William Saliba played the FIFA World Cup with a fractured back.

HARDLY BS

TECH · Jul 17, 2026

Starlink is available in Côte d'Ivoire.

NOT BS

TECH · Jul 17, 2026

Netflix used generative AI in the production of 300 movies and shows.

HARDLY BS

POLITICS · Jul 17, 2026

The Israel Defense Forces killed Nihad Riyad Abd al-Rahim Arouq, a Hamas platoon commander in the Shati Battalion who infiltrated Israel during the October 7, 2023 attack and who in recent months trained militants and attempted to advance attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians.

HARDLY BS

POLITICS · Jul 17, 2026

The Minnesota Board of Pardons granted clemency to Tou Lue Vang, a Laotian national convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl, and U.S. federal authorities deported him anyway.

NOT BS

TECH · Jul 17, 2026

Trump Media & Technology Group plans to sell paid, high-speed (real-time) access to Truth Social posts, including posts from U.S. President Donald Trump, aimed at traders and investors.

NOT BS

TECH · Jul 17, 2026

Claude Fable 5 is included in paid plans only until July 19, after which it is billed per token at USD 10 per million input tokens and USD 50 per million output tokens.

NOT BS

TECH · Jul 17, 2026

OpenAI reduced the price of standard ChatGPT seats on the ChatGPT Business plan by USD $5 per user per month in April 2026.

NOT BS

SCIENCE · Jul 17, 2026

A study published in the journal Patterns estimated that the AI industry consumed between 312 billion and 764 billion liters of water in 2025.

HARDLY BS

TECH · Jul 17, 2026

ChatGPT Plus has cost US$20 per month since February 2023 and has not had a price increase.

NOT BS

FINANCE · Jul 16, 2026

When BankAmericard was first launched, it experienced major problems including a roughly 22% cardholder default rate and significant fraud.

HARDLY BS

HISTORY · Jul 16, 2026

Dee Hock, while serving as a vice president at the National Bank of Commerce, was selected to help restructure the BankAmericard program.

NOT BS