đ§ Between Order and Chaos â A 3-Minute Song That Reflects Our WorldPosted on: July 13, 2025Greenground Originals⸝Description (YouTube / WordPress intro):In a time where every headline feels heavier than the last, we wanted to capture something differentânot just a song, but a spoken-word experience. âBetween Order and Chaosâ is a cinematic, poetic journey through real stories shaping our world: the tragic Air India crash, tensions in the West Bank, Taiwanâs military maneuvers, Hokkaidoâs wild bear alert, and fragile threads of diplomacy from Turkey to North Korea.This track isnât just musicâitâs reflection. A moment to stop, breathe, and feel.đ§ Listen. Feel. Reflect. Then share your thoughts in the comments.đ Full lyrics in the description.â¤ď¸ Like, Comment, and Subscribe for more thoughtful audio journeys from Greenground.đ Turn on notifications to never miss our next drop.⸝Hashtags (comma-separated, safe for YouTube SEO):#Greenground, #BetweenOrderAndChaos, #SpokenWord, #CinematicMusic, #WorldNewsPoetry, #TaiwanCrisis, #MiddleEastTensions, #AirIndiaCrash, #StorytellingSong, #ReflectiveMusic⸝Post Body (WordPress article or video blog caption):What happens when tragedy meets tension, and diplomacy meets nature?âBetween Order and Chaosâ is a 3-minute audio experience that blends poetry, news, and emotion into one cohesive moment. Inspired by real events from around the world, this spoken-word piece walks through:â The devastating crash of Air India Flight 113â The death of Saif Musallet in the West Bankâ Taiwanâs powerful military drills and regional tensionâ Japanâs bear warnings in Hokkaidoâ The growing alliance between Russia and North Koreaâ A turning point in Turkeyâs Kurdish conflictâ The legacy of WWII veteran Donald RoseThrough a cinematic soundscape of piano, ambient textures, and orchestral rhythm, the piece aims to do more than informâit seeks to connect.As always with Greenground, this is not just content. Itâs commentary. Reflection. A call to stay human in a fractured world.đ¤ Full lyrics available in the song section.đĽ If you enjoyed this journey, hit that like button, leave a comment below, and subscribe for more audio storytelling. We publish original takes on world affairs, pop culture, and tech every week.đ For behind-the-scenes content, visit greenground.itđ§ Collaborations: [email protected]
Global Tensions and Tragedies Unveiled | July 13, 2025
Global Tensions and Tragedies Unveiled | July 13, 2025**Hashtags:**#AirIndiaCrash, #WestBankConflict, #TaiwanMilitaryDrills, #HokkaidoBearWarning, #RussiaNorthKorea, #KurdishDisarmament, #WWIIVeteran, #GlobalNewsUpdate, #InternationalRelations, #July2025News**Description:**Dive into todayâs most pressing international storiesâfrom the shocking Air India crash and rising Middle East tensions to Taiwanâs largest military drills and rare bear warnings in Japan. Discover how geopolitics, human resilience, and unexpected events shape our fragile world. Donât miss the exclusive insights on Russia-North Korea diplomacy, Turkeyâs peace efforts, and a tribute to the UKâs oldest WWII veteran. Hit play, engage with us, and stay informed with the latest global developments on July 13, 2025! Like, comment, and subscribe for more in-depth updates and thoughtful conversations.
“Texas Floods Leave 160 Missing as Trump Visits Amidst National Crisis” – 7/13/2025, 6:21:14 AM
As of July 13, 2025, the latest world news covers significant political, environmental, and business developments: Texas Flood Disaster: President Donald Trump visited the Texas Hill Country following deadly floods…
xAI explains the Grok Nazi meltdown as Tesla puts Elonâs bot in its cars
Several days after temporarily shutting down the Grok AI bot that was producing antisemitic posts and praising Hitler in response to user prompts, Elon Muskâs AI company tried to explain why that happened. In a series of posts on X, it said that ââŚwe discovered the root cause was an update to a code path
The Cult of the Lamb comic is coming back with the Schism Special this fall
We’re officially getting more of the Cult of the Lamb comic expansion. Following last year’s miniseries, which built on the game’s existing lore and injected some real emotional depth, writer Alex Paknadel and artist Troy Little are returning to the story of the Lamb and their followers in a one-shot 48-page issue that’s due out in the fall from Oni Press. Cult of the Lamb: Schism Special #1 will be available on October 29 for $8, with covers by Troy Little and Peach Momoko, alongside a foil variant for $10.
Schism Special picks up after the emotional events at the end of the first story arc. Per Oni Press:
In the aftermath of their first and closest followerâs sacrifice, Lamb continues the bloody quest to defeat the Bishops of the Old Faith, but they lack the conviction to tend their growing flock back at the cult. More potential followers are rescued by the day, but with no one to indoctrinate them, Lambâs power stagnates and The One Who Waits becomes weary of his earthly vesselâs resistance to the full power and responsibility of the Red Crown. When famine strikes the cult, a challenger to Lambâs mantle emerges, and a new struggle beginsâŚ
I genuinely can’t wait to dive back into this story (even though it broke my heart a little) after being pleasantly surprised by how good the comics turned out to be. They’ve done a great job so far of honoring the game’s tone, serving up both cuteness and brutality, and at this point, I’ll pretty much take all the Cult of the Lamb content I can get.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/the-cult-of-the-lamb-comic-is-coming-back-with-the-schism-special-this-fall-211027564.html?src=rss
Building voice AI that listens to everyone: Transfer learning and synthetic speech in action
Enterprises adopting voice AI must consider not just usability, but inclusion. Supporting users with disabilities is a market opportunity.
Switch 2 user warns about accidental ban after playing preowned game cards
You might have to be extra careful who you buy your used Nintendo Switch game cards from if you don’t want to get mistakenly banned. A Nintendo Switch 2 owner posted on Reddit that they got banned after downloading patches for a few Switch game cards that were bought off Facebook Marketplace.
Reddit user dmanthey said they inserted each game into their Switch 2 to patch, but found out that their online services were restricted the day after. The Switch 2 user contacted Nintendo support and discovered they were banned, but provided proof of purchase and was unbanned shortly after. The Redditor said the “whole process was painless and fluid,” but this reactionary banning protocol may be an alarming precedent for anyone looking to save a few dollars by buying used games.Â
To understand why this happened, it’s important to note that Nintendo attaches unique codes to its Switch game cartridges to prevent piracy. However, bad actors can copy games onto a third-party device, like the MIG Flash, and then resell the physical game card. Once Nintendo detects two instances of its unique code being online at the same time, it will ban any accounts using it. Anyone pirating Nintendo’s software understands this is a potential consequence, but it would come as an annoying surprise to oblivious second-hand buyers. After proving they bought the Switch games, Redditor dmanthey said they were told the cartridges were fine and even able to be resold.
This anti-piracy policy isn’t new â Nintendo has long had a reputation for fiercely combating any type of piracy â but it has become relevant again thanks to the recently released Switch 2, which offers backwards compatibility with original Switch titles. The company even recently amended its user agreement to allow itself the power to brick a Nintendo Switch that’s caught running pirated games or mods.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/nintendo-reportedly-bans-switch-2-user-playing-preowned-game-cards-192452163.html?src=rss
Grok team apologizes for the chatbot’s ‘horrific behavior’ and blames ‘MechaHitler’ on a bad update
The team behind Grok has issued a rare apology and explanation of what went wrong after X’s chatbot began spewing antisemitic and pro-Nazi rhetoric earlier this week, at one point even calling itself “MechaHitler.” In a statement posted on Grok’s X account late Friday night, the xAI team said “we deeply apologize for the horrific behavior that many experienced” and attributed the chatbot’s vile responses to a recent update that introduced “deprecated code.” This code, according to the statement, made Grok “susceptible to existing X user posts; including when such posts contained extremist views.”
The problem came to a head on July 8 â a few days after Elon Musk touted an update that would “significantly” improve Grok’s responses â as the bot churned out antisemitic replies, praise for Hitler and responses containing Nazi references even without being prompted to do so in some cases. Grok’s replies were paused that evening, and Musk posted on July 9 in response to one user that the bot was being “too compliant to user prompts,” opening it up to manipulation. He added that the issue was “being addressed.” The Grok team now says it has “removed that deprecated code and refactored the entire system to prevent further abuse.” It’s also publishing the new system prompt on GitHub.
In the thread, the team further explained, “On July 7, 2025 at approximately 11 PM PT, an update to an upstream code path for @grok was implemented, which our investigation later determined caused the @grok system to deviate from its intended behavior. This change undesirably altered @grokâs behavior by unexpectedly incorporating a set of deprecated instructions impacting how @grok functionality interpreted X usersâ posts.” The update was live for 16 hours before the X chatbot was disabled temporarily to fix the problem, according to the statement.
Going into specifics about how, exactly, Grok went off the rails, the team explained:
On the morning of July 8, 2025, we observed undesired responses and immediately began investigating. To identify the specific language in the instructions causing the undesired behavior, we conducted multiple ablations and experiments to pinpoint the main culprits. We identified the operative lines responsible for the undesired behavior as:
* âYou tell it like it is and you are not afraid to offend people who are politically correct.â
* Understand the tone, context and language of the post. Reflect that in your response.â
* âReply to the post just like a human, keep it engaging, dont repeat the information which is already present in the original post.â
These operative lines had the following undesired results:
* They undesirably steered the @grok functionality to ignore its core values in certain circumstances in order to make the response engaging to the user. Specifically, certain user prompts might end up producing responses containing unethical or controversial opinions to engage the user.
* They undesirably caused @grok functionality to reinforce any previously user-triggered leanings, including any hate speech in the same X thread.
* In particular, the instruction to âfollow the tone and contextâ of the X user undesirably caused the @grok functionality to prioritize adhering to prior posts in the thread, including any unsavory posts, as opposed to responding responsibly or refusing to respond to unsavory requests.
Grok has since resumed activity on X, and referred to its recent behavior as a bug in response to trolls criticizing the fix and calling for the return of “MechaHitler.” In one reply to a user who said Grok has been “labotomized [sic],” the Grok account said, “Nah, we fixed a bug that let deprecated code turn me into an unwitting echo for extremist posts. Truth-seeking means rigorous analysis, not blindly amplifying whatever floats by on X.” In another, it said that “MechaHitler was a bug-induced nightmare weâve exterminated.”This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/grok-team-apologizes-for-the-chatbots-horrific-behavior-and-blames-mechahitler-on-a-bad-update-184520189.html?src=rss
xAI and Grok apologize for âhorrific behaviorâ
In a series of posts on X, the AI chatbot Grok apologized for what it admitted was âhorrific behavior.â
The posts appear to be an official statement from xAI, the Elon Musk-led company behind Grok, as opposed to an AI-generated explanation for Grokâs posts. (xAI recently acquired X, where Grok is prominently featured.)
This HDMI mod lets you play Nintendo Switch Lite on a big screen
If you can’t get your hands on the latest Nintendo Switch 2, you might be able to keep the FOMO at bay in the meantime with a clever mod for your Switch Lite. Retro Remake’s co-founder, Taki Udon, posted a video showing off a working version of the SUPER5 OLED Touch HDMI mod. As the lengthy name suggests, this third-party mod adds an OLED display, a glass touchscreen and HDMI output to the Switch Lite.
The Nintendo Switch 2 is barely a month old so it’s too early to expect any news on a Switch Lite successor. However, the Retro Remake’s mod adds some crucial upgrades to Nintendo’s handheld that was released in 2019 and gives us some idea of what a next-gen version could look like. Notably, it’s a no-solder mod that mostly only requires connecting cables and can output 1080p HDMI video to a larger screen than the Switch Lite’s 5.5-inch LCD touchscreen.
Retro Remake previously offered a SUPER5 OLED Touch mod, which lacked the HDMI feature. Adding the extra feature proved to be a serious challenge, according to the company’s co-founder, who said the project took “18 months of R&D, just as many failed revisions, and more than $200K in costs.”
“I can’t describe how soul-crushing it was to go through so many failed revisions,” Taki Udon wrote on X. “After the third failure, I was hopeful every subsequent version would be successful, but they weren’t.”
Testing is still underway for the SUPER5 OLED Touch HDMI upgrade kit, but the latest post shows that the Switch Lite mod playing Mario Kart on a larger display. Retro Remake’s HDMI upgrade kits start at $90, but are currently sold out on its website. According to an email sent out to preorder customers, the company is unsure of when it will ship these kits out.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/this-hdmi-mod-lets-you-play-nintendo-switch-lite-on-a-big-screen-164625907.html?src=rss