Cocky cop jailed for stealing bitcoins had log of his crypto theft in his office
Silk Road criminal tipped police off to dirty cop who stole 50 seized bitcoins.
Ashley Belanger
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Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS
Senate votes to rescind $1.1 billion from Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Jon Brodkin
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Will AI end cheap flights? Critics attack Delta’s “predatory” AI pricing.
Your data could soon be used to spike flight costs, as Delta expands AI pilot.
Ashley Belanger
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EU presses pause on probe of X as US trade talks heat up
EU will miss self-imposed deadline to wrap up investigation.
Financial Times
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Permit for xAI’s data center blatantly violates Clean Air Act, NAACP says
Evidence suggests health department gave preferential treatment to xAI, NAACP says.
Ashley Belanger
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Trump sues Corporation for Public Broadcasting directors who refused to be fired
CPB defied Trump, kept board members even after losing a court ruling.
Jon Brodkin
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Chinese firms rush for Nvidia chips as US prepares to lift ban
H20 chips, designed to skirt export bans, are back after Trump meets with CEO.
Benj Edwards
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Grok’s “MechaHitler” meltdown didn’t stop xAI from winning $200M military deal
xAI announces Grok for Government, tells Grok to stop calling itself MechaHitler.
Jon Brodkin
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Most Read
GOP’s pro-industry crypto bills could financially ruin millions, lawmaker warns
Trump’s crypto bills could turn trusted Big Tech companies into the next FTX.
Ashley Belanger
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170
Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view adult content
Reddit hires company to verify user age with selfie or photo of government ID.
Jon Brodkin
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147
Why Gov. Greg Abbott won’t release his emails with Elon Musk
The governor’s office says some emails contain “intimate and embarrassing” information.
ProPublica
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167
Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP
Brothers-in-law use construction knowledge to compete against Comcast in Michigan.
Jon Brodkin
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Trump’s DOJ seems annoyed about having to approve T-Mobile’s latest merger
DOJ approves T-Mobile/US Cellular deal despite bemoaning "the Big 3's oligopoly."
Jon Brodkin
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Cops’ favorite AI tool automatically deletes evidence of when AI was used
AI police tool is designed to avoid accountability, watchdog says.
Ashley Belanger
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T-Mobile follows orders from Trump FCC, ends DEI to get two mergers approved
Brendan Carr demanded that firms seeking mergers end DEI, and T-Mobile complied.
Jon Brodkin
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Everything tech giants will hate about the EU’s new AI rules
EU rules ask tech giants to publicly track how and when AI models go off the rails.
Ashley Belanger
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82
Cloudflare wants Google to change its AI search crawling. Google likely won’t.
Cloudflare pushes Google to separate bots for AI Overviews and search indexing.
Ashley Belanger
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96
Verizon’s request to lock phones supported by police, opposed by users
FCC considering Verizon request to end 60-day handset unlocking requirement.
Jon Brodkin
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Linda Yaccarino quits X without saying why, one day after Grok praised Hitler
X CEO says she’s out as X scrambles to remove Grok's antisemitic posts.
Ashley Belanger
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286
Grok praises Hitler, gives credit to Musk for removing “woke filters”
X removed many harmful Grok posts but not before they reached tens of thousands.
Ashley Belanger
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519
Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation
FTC failed to follow rulemaking process required by US law, judges rule.
Jon Brodkin
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130
Mike Lindell lost defamation case, and his lawyers were fined for AI hallucinations
Lawyers fined $6,000, while Lindell lost $2.3 million defamation verdict.
Jon Brodkin
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114
As California faces court battles, states scramble to save their climate goals
With or without authority to regulate heightened emissions, states plan to meet climate goals.
Inside Climate News
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62
Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi
FCC to auction spectrum that could include 6 GHz band used for next-gen Wi-Fi.
Jon Brodkin
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80
US may get its own glitchy version of TikTok if Trump’s deal works out
Here’s why Trump is “not confident” he can sell China on his TikTok deal.
Ashley Belanger
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Judge: You can’t ban DEI grants without bothering to define DEI
A written ruling details why a judge restored funding for many NIH grants.
John Timmer
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384
xAI data center gets air permit to run 15 turbines, but imaging shows 24 on site
County health department accused of turning a "blind eye" to xAI's alleged pollution.
Ashley Belanger
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139
Everything that could go wrong with X’s new AI-written community notes
X says AI can supercharge community notes, but that comes with obvious risks.
Ashley Belanger
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108
NYT to start searching deleted ChatGPT logs after beating OpenAI in court
What are the odds NYT will access your ChatGPT logs in OpenAI court battle?
Ashley Belanger
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124
Paramount accused of bribery as it settles Trump lawsuit for $16 million
CBS owner won't apologize for reporting but gives $16M to presidential library.
Jon Brodkin
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189
FCC chair decides inmates and their families must keep paying high phone prices
Chairman Carr waives new price caps until 2027, may raise them before then.
Jon Brodkin
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105
Nudify app’s plan to dominate deepfake porn hinges on Reddit, 4chan, and Telegram, docs show
Reddit confirmed the nudify app's links have been blocked since 2024.
Ashley Belanger
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119
Ted Cruz plan to punish states that regulate AI shot down in 99-1 vote
The one vote backing moratorium on state AI laws came from Thom Tillis, not Cruz.
Jon Brodkin
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109
GOP budget bill poised to crush renewable energy in the US
Say goodbye to clean-energy tax credits, hello to new oil wells.
Inside Climate News
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149
Pay up or stop scraping: Cloudflare program charges bots for each crawl
Cloudflare now beta testing pay-per-crawl feature to stop endless AI scraping.
Ashley Belanger
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Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi
Cruz bill could take 6 GHz spectrum away from Wi-Fi, give it to mobile carriers.
Jon Brodkin
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