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“Republicans have a white and married women problem,” Politico reports. “Democrats are hurtling into the post-Labor Day campaign season with an 18-point advantage on the generic congressional ballot, according to a national survey of women conducted by Christine Matthews, a pollster at Bellwether Research and Consulting who specializes in women voters, and has worked for […]

The Relay Q, due next year, is the latest attempt to reposition voice as the most seamless method for human-computer interaction.

Darlene Graham is an imbecile — a peerless puppet for the MAGA poltroons.

OpenAI disrupted a social engineering group from Cambodia that used ChatGPT. Its scope is impressive:

The network simultaneously conducted multiple types of scams, often blending elements from different schemes. For instance, operators used dating personas to build trust before introducing fraudulent investment opportunities involving cryptocurrencies and spot gold trading. Other users engaged in lengthy romantic conversations with targets using fictitious identities, posed as representatives of online gambling platforms offering fake bonuses and winnings, or impersonated law enforcement agencies to tell targets they needed to pay fines for committing serious criminal offenses...

Plus: The Lab Test Moat Just Broke, Nvidia Cranks Up The AI Fever

Communities are being left behind as AI companies secure tax breaks, cheap land from willing governments.

London police have apparently decided that if you can’t beat them, join them – or at least get yourself the same electric bike.

Small Town on Cove, 1923 #edwardhopper #americanart

Last Sunday, 87 Vanderbilt University students moved into their rooms at the Nashville university’s new campus in Chelsea, pioneers in the school’s plan to establish an outpost in New York City that will offer a semester away for undergraduates and create a new graduate program in technology and business. Vanderbilt has committed to spending $44 […]

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The city’s Department of Correction has blown past a new deadline to give Rikers Island  detainees a digital platform to review evidence in their cases. The access was mandated by the City Council last year which gave DOC nine months — until July 1 — to find a vendor and implement the evidence review system […]

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Meta, the world’s biggest social media company, reached a multibillion-dollar legal settlement on Wednesday over claims that its technology was addictive to children. The company agreed to impose major changes to how minors use its products. Cecilia Kang, a technology report...

“Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Thom Tillis spent eight years rebuilding a bipartisan Senate channel to NATO at a time when allies increasingly looked to Congress for stability in Washington,” NOTUS reports. “Now both are leaving Congress, with no successors settled and no guarantee the group they rebuilt will survive or carry the same weight without […]

“President Donald Trump has touted his one-of-a-kind midterm convention as the spectacle his party needs to reenergize voters and alter its political fortunes ahead of the midterms,” CNN reports. “But as the two-day extravaganza approaches, Republicans are privately questioning if it strikes the right tone amid the electorate’s tightening budgets — and the wisdom of […]

“Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is poised to take the global stage Friday as uncertainty over how he thinks about inflation reaches a fever pitch,” Semafor reports. “Warsh, who’s so far remained committed to revealing little about his view of the economy, will have his biggest audience yet when he delivers the keynote speech at […]

“On paper, Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia should be among the most vulnerable incumbents this year. He is the only Senate Democrat defending a seat in a state President Trump won in 2024,” NPR reports. “But the race has not turned into the nail-biter most anticipated, and Democrats outside Georgia are taking notice – at […]

“A sudden cut to Social Security checks — long seen as a far-off doomsday — is now an imminent problem for the next president and whomever voters send to Congress in the coming years,” Politico reports. ”The trust fund that bankrolls monthly checks to retirees is set to be drained of reserves in late 2032. […]

“As voters in both parties grow anxious about the rapid build-out of data centers, President Donald Trump remains one of the tech industry’s most prominent champions — putting him increasingly at odds with members of his own party,” the Washington Post reports. ”Nowhere is that divergence clearer than in Texas, where Trump travels Thursday to […]

“President Donald Trump’s push to have the U.S. Postal Service screen voters for eligibility in the midterm election is running up against tight deadlines that some officials are warning will cause massive errors and disenfranchisement,” NOTUS reports. “The Supreme Court this week temporarily allowed the Postal Service to move forward with a new plan — […]

“President Trump has been the most potent force in Republican primary elections, elevating allies and foiling foes with endorsements, social media posts and rally appearances,” the New York Times reports. “But as the end of primary season draws near and the sprint to the general election begins, Mr. Trump may soon be something entirely different […]

“Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, on Thursday plans to introduce a resolution that would order the Trump administration to provide Congress with a detailed accounting of Israel’s human rights practices in the West Bank, laying the groundwork to force a vote on the matter in coming weeks,” the New York Times reports. “The […]