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LAPD Eyes ‘GeoSpy’, an AI Tool That Can Geolocate Photos in Seconds

LAPD Eyes ‘GeoSpy’, an AI Tool That Can Geolocate Photos in Seconds

Emails obtained by 404 Media show the LAPD was interested in GeoSpy, an AI tool that can quickly figure out where a photo was taken.

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Podcast: Why Are DHS Agents Wearing Meta Ray-Bans?

Podcast: Why Are DHS Agents Wearing Meta Ray-Bans?

CBP's use of Meta Ray-Bans; the bargain that voice actors are having to make with AI; and how Flock tech is being essentially hacked into by the DEA.

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New David Frum Show.
Guest, Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin, "why housing feels hopeless."
I open with thoughts on 80th anniversary of VJ Day. Along with the terrible war that ended August 15, 1945, let's honor the long peace that began that day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTAvsL3_XTM&list=PLDamP-pfOskNgMNI1eg0pajQfRu-q3NUO&index=1&t=42s

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If you're trying to read any of my code via GitHub, make sure to open source.opml in Drummer, there are a lot of notes that don't make it through to the .js and .css files. I don't think I've ever said that on the blog before. I write my code in an outliner, and take advanta...

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The future very much includes WordPress. It'll be as central a service as Mastodon or Bluesky.

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How America's Government Teacher Proves Doers Beat Critics

What happens when a high school government teacher becomes America's most trusted voice on democracy? Sharon McMahon transformed from classroom educator to social media sensation by explaining politics with facts, civility, and clarity. Known as "America's Government Teacher...

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Abortion Funds See Dwindling Donations as Demand and Cost Rise

When the one-two punch of Senate Bill 8—a 2021 Texas law that barred nearly all abortion care —and the U.S. Supreme Court’s subsequent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade befell Texans, Blanca Murillo felt like she was on the brink of hopelessness. Murillo had spent her entire career in the reproductive rights movement in Texas, […]

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WIRED
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James Talarico Is on the Run

WIRED spoke with the Texas state representative, who is hiding out in Illinois along with his colleagues in an attempt to stop Republicans from enacting an unprecedented redistricting plan.

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What Is Creatine, and Should You Be Taking Most Studied Supplement (2025)

It's the most studied supplement in sports medicine, but it's not just for athletes anymore.

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Best of the Daily Blast: Tucker Carlson’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Fuels Fresh MAGA Fury

Original air date: July 15, 2025 The MAGA movement has been in full meltdown ever since President Trump’s Department of Justice concluded they have no evidence that sex offender Jeffrey Epstein kept a client list or was murdered in jail. This contradicted a major ...

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Don’t Judge My Book by Its Cover

Don’t judge my book by its cover. For the cover art of my debut novel, I envisioned a mysterious, foggy background with two shadowy figures grasping for each other but remaining barely out of reach. Instead, the publisher insisted on a pink background with an illustration o...

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The Fairphone (Gen. 6) Review: Better Than Ever

The repairable, long-lasting smartphone is back, better than ever.

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How to Start Contributing to the WordPress Developer Blog (Even If You’re New)

Are you passionate about building websites or tinkering with WordPress, but feel like sharing your ideas on the WordPress Developer Blog is only for seasoned pros? Great news: it’s not. Recently, on “The WordPress Way” series, a couple of long-time contributors, Justin Tadlock and Mary Baum, shared how welcoming and accessible the WordPress Developer Blog […]

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Samsung Smart Monitor M9 M90SF Review: The 4K OLED Hybrid

Finally, a 4K OLED smart monitor that’s just as good a TV as it is a PC monitor.

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This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered

New measurements of the galaxy at the heart of the “Cosmic Horseshoe” indicate that it could house the most massive object ever seen in the universe.

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The Sprawling Government Effort to Prosecute Barack Obama

Over the past few weeks, the most senior intelligence officials in the federal government have released a series of new documents which they claim shows that, starting in 2016, President Barack Obama and his deputies carried out a criminal conspiracy against President Trump....

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Find Some of our Open Channels FM Hosts at WordCampUS 2025

If you're heading to WordCampUS, don't forget to say hi to our awesome hosts and check out the sponsors supporting the event.

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Why Housing Feels Hopeless

On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with reflections on the upcoming 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and what Donald Trump’s recent statements about “Victory Day” reveal about how America is forgetting the meaning of peace, coo...

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Haitian Times on Newspack

One of the projects that has been going very well within Automattic is Newspack, a vertical WordPress distribution tailored for publishers. Here’s the story of the Haitian Times:

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Grok is on the rocks

Grok is on the rocks

Trailing ChatGPT on the charts, and suspended by its own maker, Elon Musk asks: is this Apple's fault?