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US urges AI firms to ID, then secretly switch, Chinese users to less-capable models.

Let’s start out with the obvious (and obviously heartbreaking): this is not related to the multiple times ICE officers have murdered people. Those officers still remain at large and the DOJ and DHS have shown absolutely zero interest in following up on those cases. In fact, when any local agency attempts to do so, they’re […]

Not sure who created these, but I’m starting to notice a couple bridges from specific X accounts to AT Proto, so you can follow people on Bluesky (or in Micro.blog) without visiting X. Here are two: John Ternus and Tibo. There are probably more.

He really does think he can do whatever he wants. Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has now asked a federal district court to step in and block the MO Supreme Court from holding him in contempt after he allegedly defied its order stopping the use of Trump-backed gerrymandered

If AI is so smart and powerful and capable of reinventing things, why hasn’t it reinvented software yet?

Water is one of many issues at the forefront of Texas politics this election cycle, no place more so than in Corpus Christi.  Texas’ sparkling city by the sea has received national attention in recent months over ever-worsening conditions for residents deluged by years of drought restrictions. Predictions of an impending water emergency have been […]

The post One of the Top Texas House Races Could Come Down to a Single Issue: Water appeared first on The Texas Observer.

Pastor Jack Graham, who is delivering the opening prayer for the RNC Convention, said "we cannot and will not affirm the moral acceptability of homosexual behavior" and called for "civil disobedience" to stop marriage equality.

DNC Senior Advisor Tim Hogan: Trump's brand is toxic. His approval rating is in the low 30s. People are spending more on gas and groceries. He has no plan to get out of the war that he started with Iran. He's going to be an albatross for the Republican party.

Girl and Child on the Grass, 1875 #impressionism #berthemorisot

The Temptation of St. Anthony (detail), 1516 #hieronymusbosch #northernrenaissance

Republican New York City Councilwomen Vickie Paladino and Joann Ariola are leading a racist and slanderous charge against Mayor Mamdani to try and force him not to show up at the 9-11 memorial. Mamdani's only crimes are that he's not a Republican and he doesn't believe in ...

‘We must work to crush any dissent to Doom’s vision of public safety,’ the Marvel supervillain told the city as it considered multiple surveillance proposals.

A new The Economist/YouGov poll finds President Trump’s approval at 37%, while 61% disapprove. Trump Approval Approve 37%   Disapprove 61%   The Economist/YouGov poll · ±3.4%

“President Trump’s departure to Texas on Wednesday was delayed after an inflatable emergency slide on the new Qatar-gifted Air Force One deployed on the tarmac before he boarded, prompting workers to eventually remove it,” CBS News reports.

At its annual iPhonepalooza today, Apple announced a new feature aimed at making it easier to know where an image came from or whether it’s been edited — the sort of provenance data that could be useful in detecting images altered by AI. First rumored last month, Apple Reference Image will work with the camera...

In 2024, Meta shuttered CrowdTangle, a tool used to track how content spread across Facebook and Instagram. The portal was an essential tool for journalists, fact-checkers, and researchers, who used it for more than a decade to monitor viral content — and the spread of misinformation. CrowdTangle’s end came slowly. Meta disinvested in the tool over...

The Beehiiv Media Collective will add the longtime CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg, former IndieWire editor-in-chief Dana Harris-Bridson, and tech and politics reporter David Covucci to its ranks. The collective now includes about 30 journalists that’ve gone independent. Greenberg will launch The Upgrade on September 15, “bringing his investigative approach to the process and...

Who knew Ben Shelton could do all that? Certainly not the Defector writer who was slandering him in the early stages of the match as "John Isner with WiFi." The 23-year-old American revealed levels to his game heretofore unseen, over the course of a U.S. Open quarterfinal th...

Apple's first foldable can be yours next month.

New study detects 3,200 references to Beatles song titles and lyrics in academic papers.