The promise of automating out the drudgery of work and home by hacking together armies of agents feels so tantalizingly close, yet just out of reach.
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Sumeet Vaidya,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
Unlike other crimes that use hacking or social engineering scams to access victims’ funds remotely, wrench attacks rely on more brutish methods of coercion like kidnapping and torture.
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Megan Cassidy,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
Planes don’t crash during turbulence because their wings continuously generate lift and the surrounding air remains intact, similarly to a boat riding waves.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
Just down the road, Palomar College’s baseball team is seventh in the California Community College Athletic Association rankings, riding a 14-game winning streak to a 24-3 overall record and a 13-0 start in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference.
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Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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