The sudden reduction in the Chandler wobble, a deviation between Earth’s axis and crust, may primarily originate in a powerful La Niña event, reports a new study.

Moderators reversed course on its open door AI policy after fans filled the subreddit with AI-generated Dale Cooper slop.

The tech the Secret Service claims can be used to "disable cell phone towers" is very commonly used by ticket scalpers to game Ticketmaster.

Multiple Palantir and Flock sources say the companies are spinning a commitment to "democracy" to absolve them of responsibility. "In my eyes, it is the classic double speak," one said.

"Find My Parking Cops" pins the near-realtime locations of parking officers all over the city, and shows what they're issuing fines for, and how much.

Our lawsuit against ICE; the rise of AI 'workslop'; Steam's malicious game problem; and Silk Song.

An emulator called Effort.jl can drastically reduce computational time without sacrificing accuracy, which could help solve longstanding mysteries about the cosmos.

AI slop is taking over workplaces. Workers said that they thought of their colleagues who filed low-quality AI work as "less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output."

Florida's attorney general claims Nutaku, Spicevids, and Segpay are in violation of the state's age verification law.

Scammers stole the crypto from a Latvian streamer battling cancer and the wider security community rallied to make him whole.

The drone flight log data, which stretches from March 2024 to March 2025, shows CBP flying its drones to support ICE and other agencies. CBP maintains multiple Predator drones and flew them over the recent anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.

YouTube removed a channel that posted nothing but graphic Veo-generated videos of women being shot after 404 Media reached out for comment.

404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.

More than 100 artifacts on Turkey’s Aegean coast hints that humans and Neanderthals may have crossed a vanished bridge now submerged beneath the sea.

This week, we discuss San Diego and Costa Rica reporting trips.

Dale Britt Bendler “​​earned approximately $360,000 in private client fees while also working as a full-time CIA contractor with daily access to highly classified material that he searched like it was his own personal Google,” according to a court record.

Academic workers are re-thinking how they live and work online after some have been fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk following his death.

It’s a trippy time to have a library card.

An AI-generated show on Russian TV includes Trump singing obnoxious songs and talking about golden toilets.

A massive hack of a popular dashcam company; the sentencing of someone Sam has covered for years; and the mass firings around Charlie Kirk's assassination.

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

The "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act" proposes a total ban on porn in the state, and also targets the existence of trans people online, content like erotic ASMR, and selling VPNs in the state.

OpenAI introduces new age prediction and verification methods after wave of teen suicide stories involving chatbots.

Some sellers on eBay and Etsy have jacked up their shipping costs so American buyers won't buy their products.

New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.

An LLM breathed new life into 'Animal Crossing' and made the villagers rise up against their landlord.

How Trump's tariffs are impacting all sorts of hobbies; how OnlyFans piracy is ruining the internet for everyone; and ChatGPT's reckoning.

Strange “leopard spots” on Mars are the most promising signs of alien life on the planet yet, but they could also have a geological origin.

This week, we discuss "free speech," keeping stupid thoughts in one's own head, and cancel culture.

An email sent to NBCUniversal employees, including journalists at NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo and more, eulogizes Charlie Kirk as an "advocate for open debate" and reminds staff that even milquetoast statements about Kirk's death can result in their firing.