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Pro-AI, pro-pollution, pro-surveillance: what to know about Trump’s budget

Pro-AI, pro-pollution, pro-surveillance: what to know about Trump’s budget

Albert Wagner

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that House Republicans narrowly passed early Thursday would strip state legislatures of AI oversight ...

Welcome to Sam Altman’s Orb Store

Welcome to Sam Altman’s Orb Store

Mickey Vernon

At the storefront event, a man waiting outside told me he’d booked an appointment for 11:30 but noted he was ...

DOGE is reportedly building a ‘master database’ of government information

DOGE is reportedly building a ‘master database’ of government information

John Ray

The Committee has also received reports about troubling, fumbling efforts by DOGE to combine sensitive information held by SSA, the ...

Australian woman unknowingly gives birth to a stranger’s baby after IVF clinic error

Australian woman unknowingly gives birth to a stranger’s baby after IVF clinic error

Craig Fedirighi

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A woman in Australia unknowingly gave birth to a stranger’s baby after she received another patient’s ...

Google confirms it deleted Maps Timeline data for some

Google confirms it deleted Maps Timeline data for some

John Ray

Google Maps users have recently been complaining on places like Reddit that their Timeline data — the app’s historical record ...

DeepSeek was downloaded by millions. Deleting it might come next

DeepSeek was downloaded by millions. Deleting it might come next

John Ray

This week’s news that the DeepSeek Chatbot app, developed by China, was downloaded from the Apple app store significantly more ...

Amid Air Strikes and Rockets, an SMS From the Enemy

Amid Air Strikes and Rockets, an SMS From the Enemy

Mickey Vernon

At the start of September, Nour was having an ordinary evening at home in Beirut—eating pumpkin seeds and watching Netflix—when ...

Telegram Faces a Reckoning in Europe. Other Founders Should Beware

Telegram Faces a Reckoning in Europe. Other Founders Should Beware

Mickey Vernon

“[Elon] Musk and fellow executives should be reminded of their criminal liability,” said Bruce Daisley, a former executive at Twitter ...

New privacy battle is underway as tech gadgets capture our brain waves

New privacy battle is underway as tech gadgets capture our brain waves

John Ray

Nomadsoul1 | Istock | Getty Images The question “What is a thought?” is no longer strictly a philosophical one. Like ...

TikTok Sued by US Justice Department for Alleged Violations of Kids’ Privacy

TikTok Sued by US Justice Department for Alleged Violations of Kids’ Privacy

Mickey Vernon

In March 2019, TikTok agreed to a US federal court order barring the social media giant from collecting personal information ...

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