“I was detained by federal agents in Minneapolis”
In late 2025, the Department of Homeland Security zeroed in on the Twin Cities in Minnesota, supposedly in…
ICE tear gasses children in Portland
The day after the second general strike in Minneapolis, the labor unions of Portland, Oregon, marched in solidarity.…
Elon Musk’s Grok is still undressing men
After weeks of flooding the internet with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes, X has finally reined in Elon Musk’s rogue…
Iran’s internet shutdown, explained | The Verge
After protests broke out in early January, the Iranian regime shut down the internet, starting the longest blackout…
Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it
For many years, credit card companies and other payment methods were aggressive about policing child sexual abuse material.…
Giving your healthcare info to a chatbot is, unsurprisingly, a terrible idea
Every week, more than 230 million people ask ChatGPT for health and wellness advice, according to OpenAI. The…
Epic and Google have a secret $800 million Unreal Engine and services deal
A judge is questioning whether Epic Games and Google are settling their long-running antitrust fight partly because of…
The state attorneys general are as mad as you are
The sun was already beginning to set as Portlanders in weatherproof jackets and fleeces lined up around Revolution…
What a Sony and TCL partnership means for the future of TVs
I’m not sure anyone saw this news coming, but the TV landscape as we know it could change…
Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition
As masked and armed men in combat armor swarmed throughout the Twin Cities, Gov. Tim Walz took to…
The Earth keeps getting hotter, and Americans’ trust in science is on a down trend
As global officials confirm that 2025 was Earth’s third-hottest year on record, a new poll shows Americans are…
Politics is breaking down — and so is our language for it
In a good and just society, it would have been possible to bury Charlie Kirk without either threatening…