Politics
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3 key takeaways from Pope Leo's 42,000-word AI encyclicalThe Catholic Church has a lot of thoughts about AI.
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OpenAI IPO will happen ASAP, say insidersAfter Musk's lawsuit fails, Sam Altman can cash in.
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A U.S. judge told Musk to stay 'close'. He hopped a flight to China.The plaintiff in Musk v. Altman had better things to do, apparently.
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Major AI players agree to give US government early AI model accessGoogle, Microsoft, and Elon Musk's xAI will give the Trump administration early access to unreleased AI models.
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The White House may begin vetting AI models before releaseInsiders say the White House's AI policy is taking a different turn.
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Tariff refund site: What it is, how to use itU.S. Customs and Border Protection will be facilitating tariff refunds for some international importers.
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Live Nation is in fact a monopoly, federal jury rulesA judge will now decide whether Ticketmaster and Live Nation will be split up.
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This town took swift action after its leaders approved a $6 billion data centerResidents have been protesting an enormous project by an unnamed company.
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Apple iPhone 17e review: Ticks every box but oneThis could be the perfect affordable iPhone if it weren't for one major letdown.
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Trump's new White House app is a security and privacy nightmareThe White House released a mobile app. It logs users' exact location every 4.5 minutes.
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The next social media ban? Austria looks to block kids under 14 from social mediaThe proposal would also introduce media literacy education in schools.
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White House launches mobile app, includes live feeds and ICE reporting lineDelivering Trump directly to your pocket.
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Jmail creators release Jeffrey Epstein’s calendar as JCalThe team that cloned Gmail to take us inside Epstein's email account have just done the same with Google Calendar.
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Lawsuit against Elon Musk threatens DOGE actions, survives early court challengeIf this lawsuit prevails, DOGE's cuts and terminations could be reversed.
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Trump admin has viral DOGE videos taken down. They're already back up.The internet already has numerous archived, backups of the DOGE videos up online after a judge ordered them to be removed.
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This Texas startup believes AI can identify and stop mass shootersAngel Protection monitors cameras to identify brandished weapons and potential shooters before they open fire.
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Former DOGE employees give an inside look at the Elon Musk-led agencyThe employees testified they asked ChatGPT to cut anything they deemed as "DEI" from government spending.
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Iran-linked hackers launch cyberattack against U.S. medtech company StrykerEmployees watched their computers get wiped by the hackers in real-time.
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Trump's latest AI announcements: Tech Corps, data center costs, modern warfareIs the AI Action Plan still on track?
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Not so fast: Anthropic and US military might do business after allAnthropic's CEO also took issue with OpenAI and its own deal with the military.
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Disinformation on U.S.-Iran war takes over the internetBots, misleading images, AI-generated video, and even Google searches complicate reporting out of Iran.
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Supreme Court denies case seeking copyrights for AI-generated artThe U.S. Copyright Office's interpretation of the law stands. For now.
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Trump orders Pentagon to stop using 'woke' Anthropic in fiery Truth social postThe federal government may now turn to Grok to further its military objectives.
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U.S. government creates website to get around European content bansThe administration has gutted its global internet freedom commitments.
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Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs 6-3. Tech stocks rally, but will prices drop?Amazon, Apple, NVIDIA, and Dell stocks rallied after the Friday afternoon decision.
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Economic strike effort: Quit these tech services"Resist and Unsubscribe" strike targets tech companies to influence Trump policies.
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'Love Story': All the celeb characters in the JFK Jr. extravaganzaThe glamour of '90s New York is recreated in the new FX series.
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The Epstein Files: Read Epstein's emails as if you hacked into his Gmail with JmailA "prankster" and a developer teamed up to clone Gmail's interface so you can read Epstein's correspondence.
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The tech titans who show up in the Epstein filesJeffrey Epstein had a network of tech leaders at his fingertips.
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FBI says it's investigating Signal. Should users worry?The probe, announced via podcast, has been widely criticized.
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TikTok says it's 'investigating' its Epstein problemThe name "Epstein" is disappearing in some DMs, the company admits.
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'Shameful': Tech leaders react to ICE killing of Alex PrettiThe ICE shooting of Alex Pretti has stirred many in Silicon Valley.
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White House adds AI-produced tears to image of arrested protestorThis is hardly the first time the president has used AI to ridicule his enemies online.
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Golden Globe attendees wore pins to protest ICE. Here are the celebrities who took part.An activist coalition launched the #BeGood campaign on the event's red carpet.
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25 good things that happened in 2025Don't count humanity out yet.
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Here's everything Elon Musk promised in 2025 – and failed to deliverMusk is now infamous for his false promises, but even this is excessive.
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FCC bans foreign drones, including DJI. What happens next.Have a DJI drone? Wondering if you can still operate it after the ban? Here's what the FCC says.
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TikTok isn't banned yet: Why you have until 2026A confusing combo of presidential orders means you can still use the popular ByteDance app — for now.