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How Raven, previously known as Geospy, can now find which house a photo was taken in; why a judge ruled a Flock search unconstitutional; and the wild AI video in a court case.

Newly filed court records include a letter from Telegram to U.S. authorities in which the company shares user data following a court order.

Scott Presler hired a man who pled guilty to felony strangulation, shot a friend with an assault rifle, and zip-tied his father for ransom money to do GOTV operations for Republicans.

Welcome to the Defector College Football Watch Guide, where Israel Daramola and Ray Ratto will tell you which of the weekend’s college football games are worth giving a crap about. Ray: It's been a tough year for Texas A&M and coach Mike Elko, who celebrated the Ag...

The 2026 midterms have become a referendum on legalized corruption — and Democrats are finally connecting it to every other crisis.

Back in early June I blogged about my summer fitness challenge. The two main goals were to lose some weight—from 89.6kg to 85.3kg, the oldest measure I had on record from late 2015—and also to get back into a better shape than I was a decade ago. The weight goal was easily q...

New AI tools are making business data easier to explore. They’re also giving researchers new ways to study disease outbreaks and physical systems. On the latest episode of This Week in AI, we examined developments from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral, new research on the economics of robotics, and how scientists are using AI to tackle […]

No wonder Trump hates Fox News polls.

In the latest Fox News poll, Trump hit his lowest approval rating in the history of their surveys: 36%.

Not helping his case, voters' top issue was corruption in the Oval Office.

The public sees how he and his family have enriched themselves in office, while the working class suffers.

"The economic landscape is stark. Six in 10 voters say the cost of living is their top economic worry, overshadowing government spending (15%), jobs and income inequality (7% each), tariffs (6%) and taxes (5%)."

30% of Republicans are pissed off over inflation.

Trump's constant whining and denials that the affordability crisis is a hoax are falling on deaf ears.

Healthcare costs are also a big concern for voters.

Do you know what the lowest-rated concern was?

Voter fraud.

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Midterms are looming, polls are plummeting, war is raging, and the people inside Trump's State Department are at each other's throats. According to new private messages obtained by POLITICO, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and State Department special envoy Pa...

Meta “streamlined” its commercial TOS. Legal experts warn it’s an AI power grab.

Kia launched a first-of-its-kind remote car-sharing program in Korea using the PV5 electric van.

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Two Massachusetts cranberry bogs that had stopped making financial sense to farm are growing berries again – with solar panels overhead helping pay the bills.

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And so ends the Los Angeles Dodgers' reign as baseball's most overwhelming boogeyman. The poster kids for the omnipotence of money, the belief that having the best player means being the best team, the power of the big market over all it surveys—all of that feels less import...

Welcome back to The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off, where Kelsey and Chris attempt to complete the technical challenges from the newest season of The Great British Bake Off in their own home kitchens, with the same time parameters as the professional-grade bakers competing on the show.

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It's nice having Nigella Lawson in the tent. She is cheerful and radiates serenity, and she takes those big glorious bites. She makes you want to bake and to eat. She even makes you want to share the things you bake with others, so that they too can take a huge cheek-bulging bite of something messy and crumbly and you two can giggle together at the decadence of it all.

A Trump crypto adviser’s firm took millions from Tether while he shaped stablecoin rules in their favor, a Senate probe targets Commerce Secretary Lutnick’s not-so-former firm, and crypto’s biggest super PAC plays it safe

Millions kept changing hands long after the election outcomes were effectively settled.

If you want to make a car spin in the air, compressed gas is a good way to do it.

Watch an exclusive clip from Super Scam Me where a victim tracks down her scammer.

ICE detained a U.S. Army wife while she was picking up military IDs for herself and her children.

Giovanna Perez, who has been in the U.S. since she was 6, suspects the military reported her to ICE.

Diego Poncelet recently set a new world record for the fastest speed on a skateboard. The old record was 146.7 km/h (91.2 mph) and he hit 151.8 km/h (94.3 mph). There are a couple of parts you can skip, but watching most of the video is worth it because you see the process and can compare how truly insanely fast he is moving during the final run — I found myself holding my breath for the last minute or so.

Also, I cannot believe how closely the camera car is following him — looks like only a few feet away. Bonkers.

I just found the first time I posted about speed skateboarding on KDO: this post from 2008. Less aerodynamic, more gonzo, and the cameraman is also on a skateboard going equally fast.

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