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Marion County, Kansas Has Racked Up $4 Million In Settlements Since It Raided A Local Paper’s Office

Sure, the town’s insurance will pay most of this, but it’s probably fair to say most of this small county’s population (11,823 at last count) wasn’t supportive of local law enforcement’s decision to violate as much of the First Amendment and Fourth Amendment as possible in the apparent hopes of making one local business owner […]

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Framework responds to complaints that BIOS update bricks Ryzen 7040 laptops

Framework responds to complaints that BIOS update bricks Ryzen 7040 laptops

Framework says it's replacing some out-of-warranty AMD mainboards.

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Flight attendants freaked out that Google is buying tons of Spirit employee data

Flight attendants freaked out that Google is buying tons of Spirit employee data

Bankrupt Spirit accused of selling out workers in massive data sale to Google.

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FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies

FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies

FCC decides 1Gbps is too fast, standard must be "technologically neutral."

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The floodgates are open after another Chinese company lands a reusable rocket

The floodgates are open after another Chinese company lands a reusable rocket

"We will put the booster back into service for another flight as soon as possible."

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Adulterer Newt Gingrich Is Outraged Over Natalie Harp Allegations

Serial adulterer Newt Gingrich is the last person one would think to weigh in on the alleged controversial relationship between Donald Trump and Natalie Harp.

In one sentence, Democratic Georgia Sen. John Ossoff caused the MAGA universe to explode over calling attention to 35-year-old Trump aide Natalie Harp's companionship with Demented Donald.

Gingrich has admitted to having multiple affairs during his first two marriages, the first one during the Clinton impeachment saga.

Gingrich reached the height of hypocrisy when he demanded an apology for Ossoff's observable fact.

The Georgia Senator is fully lodged in the brains of the GOP, and they are frightened of what he represents.

Sen. Ossoff, keep doing what you're doing.

How dare someone insinuate a powerful married man has an inappropriate relationship with one of his staffers

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Prompt: Frontier AI Research Radar

I’ve built a prompt that turns ChatGPT into a personal AI research analyst—helping me cut through the noise and find what’s truly new in the field.

Political Wire
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A Stealth Operation to Transport Oil Through Hormuz

“The U.S. military has quietly established a shipping corridor in and out of the Strait of Hormuz to transport millions of barrels of oil each day — a notable success even as the broader war remains at a stalemate,” Axios reports. “Under the operation, which has been underway for the last several weeks, 15 to […]

Political Wire
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Trump to Be Interviewed by Michael Cohen

“President Donald Trump is set to record an interview on Thursday with Michael Cohen, his former personal lawyer and fixer who later became a persistent public critic and the star witness in the hush money trial that led to Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts,” MS NOW reports. “The interview marks an extraordinary thaw in […]

Ars Technica
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Framework responds to complaints that BIOS update bricks Ryzen 7040 laptops

Framework responds to complaints that BIOS update bricks Ryzen 7040 laptops

Framework says it's replacing some out-of-warranty AMD mainboards.

Political Wire
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Democrats Projected to Flip Pennsylvania House Seat

“With all precincts reported but still some ballots left to count, Democrats appear to have flipped a conservative state House district north of Pittsburgh,” Axios reports. “Democrat Brandon Dukes led by 88 votes against Republican Scott Timko on Tuesday night with over 99% of the votes counted.”

The City Reporter
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Mamdani Sues NYC Council To Block $10K Payments for Teacher Aides

Council Speaker Julie Menin (D-Manhattan) holds a City Hall rally ahead of vote on increased funding for school paraprofessionals,

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration sued the New York City Council on Wednesday over its newly enacted bill to pay paraprofessionals one-time $10,000 payments, saying it runs afoul of the state law that restricts public-sector wage increases to collective bargaining and could set an expensive precedent.  The Council passed the bill last month with a veto-proof […]

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Mamdani Administration Says NYC Needs to Build 700,000 New Housing Units in the Next Decade

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at an under-construction free childcare center for city workers inside the Municipal Building

New York City needs to build 700,000 new housing units over the next 10 years, the Mamdani administration said Wednesday, a figure larger than previous estimates. Meeting that goal would require the city to hit very ambitious construction targets. The report, the first to be issued under a 2023 City Council law requiring regular housing […]

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MTA’s 2040 Goal for Zero-Emissions Bus Fleet Is ‘In Jeopardy,’ NY Comptroller Says

An electric MTA bus sits near a charging station on the far west side of Manhattan

The MTA’s plan to convert to a zero-emissions bus fleet by 2040 has hit enough roadblocks that the target date is “in jeopardy” of not being met, a new report from New York state’s top fiscal watchdog warns. The audit from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli comes after the MTA acknowledged in June that it had […]

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Podcast: Amazon is Destroying Rare Books to Train AI

Podcast: Amazon is Destroying Rare Books to Train AI

Amazon buying and destroying rare books to train AI; a bunch of wild AI use in the courts; and Meta's new patent for its AI smart glasses.

Ars Technica
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Flight attendants freaked out that Google to buy tons of Spirit employee data

Flight attendants freaked out that Google to buy tons of Spirit employee data

Bankrupt Spirit accused of selling out workers in massive data sale to Google.

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MS NOW will launch a paid membership program for “super fans”

When MS NOW — known until last year as MSNBC — celebrated its 30th anniversary last month, Status reported that the focus was “as much about the future as the past.” Natalie Korach described early conversations about the network’s planned subscription product, which she wrote would be “centered around community, giving them access to their...

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Google’s new AI tool helps fact-checkers investigate AI fakes

Every day the fact-checking team for one of India’s largest news organizations works to debunk a slew of false and misleading images circulating across social media. For the six-person team at India Today, that might include addressing an AI-generated archival photograph of a politician, a clip of deadly flooding ripped from its original context, or...

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Trump: We pay off debt very easily, very quickly

(The U.S. national debt is set to hit $40 trillion this week)