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Study claims viral bestseller Daggermouth is AI-generated

AI is already everywhere, and readers may not be as good at spotting it as we think. Researchers at Stony Brook University found this using AI-detection tool Pangram one in five Their data set consists of 14,000 randomly selected Kindle ebooks More than 25% AI-generated text. is particularly notable SearchAccording to Pangram, that’s #BookTok’s favorite

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Podcasts

Guardian Essential Report: Workers’ Health Check – Australian Politics Podcast | Australian politics

This month’s Guardian Essential Poll indicates that One Nation’s primary vote remains stable. But Labor cannot take a big sigh of relief just yet. Guardian Australia political reporter josh butler spoke to the Guardian columnist and executive director of Essential, peter lewisAbout the health of the government halfway through Anthony Albanese’s second term as Prime

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Fitness

7 Products That Changed My Life This July

We’re in the throes of scorching heat, sticky summers, beach trips, late-night garden parties and al fresco dining. As a Leo, I can’t help but like it. However, the flip side of all that hustle and bustle is that we are battling the elements outside every waking hour. I’m talking sun protection, bug repellant, and,

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Men's Health

EKnives: Family-owned knife shop raising the EDC standard with Microtek

What a man holds represents the standard he applies to everything else. The right watch, the right wallet, the right blade: these are not accidental choices for a man who approaches his life with intention. EKnives, a family-owned knife and gear retailer based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was built around that same conviction. For more than

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Cars

Volvos and Saabs were once used as “friction testers” for airport runways

Swedes are known to be progressive, smart and innovative people and the cars they make reflect this. Saab is no longer producing new cars, but it has left a lasting mark on the global automotive landscape with its quirky but safe cars, and Sweden’s remaining automaker Volvo also carries

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Trucks

Restructuring charges push ArcBest into the red in Q2

July 29, 2026 5:40 pm, EDT ABF freight contributed 66.2% of ArcBest’s revenue in the second quarter. (archbest) key takeaways: ArcBest reported a net loss of $13.8 million in the second quarter despite a 15.7% increase in revenue. A $34.5 million impairment charge and higher operating costs impacted quarterly earnings. The company is consolidating brands,

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Motorcycles

Stark released factory versions of the VARG MX and EX dirt bikes. major suspension upgrades

We love Stark Future’s VARG MX and EX models at RideApart, including me. The fact that VARGs are starting to win off-road championship titles brings public opinion closer to my truth: these machines are ready to compete against established ICE models. The only caveat is that the aforementioned championship-winning bikes are considerably trickier than the

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Outdoors

Where to visit, eat and stay

Bentonville ranks highly among our top mountain bike towns in America, but there’s more to it than just bikes. Our columnist Graham Averill takes us with him to see public art, the emerging food scene and more. Published on July 29, 2026 01:30 pm Is this America’s model city? It’s definitely close; This is one

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Men's Fashion

Audi did everything for years and then launched three of the best cars ever

Audi has had an interesting half decade. They killed the TT and R8 in 2023 with nothing in their place, dropped the A7 and S7, launched an e-tron variant that no one could tell apart, and renamed half the range as a rule that they had abandoned before the paint had dried. The numbers caught

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Books

Alive review by Melanie Challenger – a whimsical study of what it means to have a body books

TeaThe eastern breakwater of Granton Harbor is approximately 1 km long, and swimmers can follow its crooked finger straight into the Firth of Forth, while benefiting from its reassuring presence. One Thursday at lunchtime, I thought: why not, let’s give it a try, and headed to its tip. I felt cold, but as I moved

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