Carleigh Beriont is running for Congress as an “anti-social Democrat” and she thinks the party needs to abandon social media nationally also.

This week, we discuss characters in open source, that Saudi comedy festival, and asking ourselves if we're haters.

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move,” the developer said.

For decades, scientists assumed that symmetry between the reflectivity of Earth’s hemispheres was a “fundamental property” of our planet. Now, that’s changed.

A hacking group called the Crimson Collective says it pulled data from private GitHub repositories connected to Red Hat's consulting business. Red Hat has confirmed it is investigating the compromise.

Some services needed for immigration applications, like H-1B and E3 visas, no longer have funding, while others are still operational — for now.

‘I cannot overstate how disgusting I find this kind of AIdog shit in the first place, never mind under these circumstances.’

The main use of Sora appears to generate brainrot of major beloved copyrighted characters, to say nothing of the millions of articles, images, and videos OpenAI has scraped.

Sora 2 code infinite money glitch.

Kodak announced two new types of film that it will sell directly to photography stores, sidestepping a bizarre distribution agreement that has been in place since its bankruptcy.

Both organizations are seeking a copy of a data sharing agreement that is giving the personal data of nearly 80 million Medicaid patients to ICE.

A ‘stray bullet’ 25,000 people offline near Dallas.

How companies working for landlords are scraping data inside corporate environments; lawyers explain why they used AI (after getting caught); and all the Ruby drama.

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

The Secretary of War lectured America’s generals on fitness standards, bears, and warriors for an hour.

Ahead of the European Union's Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising, Google's Ad Transparency Center no longer shows political ads from any countries in the EU.

Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.

Klein has attempted to subpoena Discord and Reddit for information that would reveal the identity of moderators of a subreddit critical of him. The moderators' lawyers fear their clients will be physically attacked if the subpoenas go through.

Screenshots shared with 404 Media show tenant screening services ApproveShield and Argyle taking much more data than they need. “Opt-out means no housing.”

What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.

Though they leach toxic chemicals, submerged explosives from World War II attract algae, mussels, and fish in high numbers.

This week, we discuss being journalism dorks, our new lawsuit against ICE, and working on bullshit.

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."