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The AFL-CIO, which represents some 15 million workers across the US, is backing a planned Minnesota economic blackout to protest ICE. Read more ›
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President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on Denmark and other European nations over Greenland annexation, citing national security concerns. Read more ›
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Ars Technica reports: Security firm Mandiant [part of Google Cloud] has released a database that allows any administrative password protected by Microsoft's NTLM.v1 hash algorithm to be hacked in an attempt to nudge users who continue using the deprecated function despite known weaknesses.... a precomputed table of hash values linked to their corresponding plaintext. These generic tables, which work against multiple hashing schemes, allow hackers to take over accounts by... Read more ›
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"Share a Disney quote that sums up how you're feeling right now!" That's what Disney posted on Threads the other day, and people immediately replied with lines from Star Wars, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and even Mary Poppins. The throughline between all the quotes: they were pretty pointedly anti-fascist and clearly aimed at the […] Read more ›
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Since the United States announced it would “run” Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration has openly floated similar interventions elsewhere in Latin America. But the country Donald Trump has fixated on most isn’t an adversary — it’s an ally. Greenland, a NATO member and longtime partner of the United States has repeatedly […] Read more ›
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Turns out people might like to circumvent centralized financial infrastructure in times of political upheaval. Read more ›
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We now have some idea of what's at stake in the longstanding feud between Elon Musk and OpenAI. As first reported by Bloomberg, the latest filing, as part of a lawsuit that accuses the AI giant of abandoning its non-profit status, claims that Musk is owed anywhere between $79 billion and $134 billion in damages from the "wrongful gains" of OpenAI and Microsoft. Musk claimed in the filing that he's... Read more ›
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Increasing DDR5 prices are leading buyers to buy "ancient" desktop platforms going as far back as the DDR3 era. YouTuber discovers 4790K powered system with an RTX 2060 Super and $40 worth of 32GB DDR3 memory can run games modern AAA games at 60FPS. Read more ›
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A couple months ago, YouTuber Benn Jordan "found vulnerabilities in some of Flock's license plate reader cameras," reports 404 Media's Jason Koebler. "He reached out to me to tell me he had learned that some of Flock's Condor cameras were left live-streaming to the open internet." This led to a remarkable article where Koebler confirmed the breach by visiting a Flock surveillance camera mounted on a California traffic signal. ("On... Read more ›
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A new article from Bloomberg says dozens of America's colleges "succumbed to a fundamental problem killing colleges across the US: not enough students. The schools will award their final degrees this spring, stranding students not yet ready to graduate and forcing faculty and staff to hunt for new jobs." The country's tumbling birth rate is pushing schools toward a "demographic cliff," where a steadily dropping population of people in their... Read more ›
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At the AI safety site Foom, science journalist Mordechai Rorvig explores a paper presented at November's Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing conference: [R]esearchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Georgia Tech revisited earlier findings that showed that language models, the engines of commercial AI chatbots, show strong signal correlations with the human language network, the region of the brain responsible... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post: The U.S. Department of Transportation brought an automated bus to D.C. this week to showcase its work on self-driving vehicles, taking officials from around the country on a ride between agency headquarters at Navy Yard and Union Station. One of those trips was interrupted Sunday when the bus got rear-ended. The bus, produced by the company Beep, was following its... Read more ›
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AMD will try to keep graphics card prices as low as possible for gamers during the DRAM shortage. Read more ›
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Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1673 on January 18 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself. Read more ›
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Friday a federal judge "cleared U.S. power company Dominion Energy to resume work on its Virginia offshore wind project." But a U.S. federal judge also ruled Thursday that another major offshore wind farm is allowed to resume construction, reports the Hill. "The project, which would supply power to New York, was one of five that were halted by the Trump administration in December...." In fact, there were three different court... Read more ›
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Plus: AI reportedly caused ICE to send agents into the field without training, Palantir’s app for targeting immigrants gets exposed, and more. Read more ›
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Figure AI, the humanoid robotics startup, responded to a lawsuit from its former head of product safety Rob Gruendel and countersued Gruendel, according to court filings made public on Friday. Figure alleged in a filing that Gruendel violated trade secret law and company policy by saving company ... Read more ›
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I began choosing grocery cashiers over self-checkout and was surprised by how much small human interactions helped combat loneliness. Read more ›
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Big news for a sleepy Sunday afternoon: Airline consolidation has been looming over 2026, but a merger between Allegiant and Sun Country underscores just how quickly that pressure is translating into action. Read more ›
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Premier Inn's owner said it's considering a strategy shift in response to criticisms by activist investor Corvex. But it may not reveal any changes until its next financial update in April. Read more ›
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OpenAI is finally turning on the revenue taps by piloting ads in its free and low-cost tiers. For travel brands, it means ChatGPT is moving from a pure utility to a massive, intent-driven marketing platform. Read more ›
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As Delta executives remain cautiously optimistic about 2026, they're revealing more details on one it's most lucrative businesses: maintenance, repair, and overhaul. Delta expects revenues from the unit to eventually top $3 billion. Read more ›
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Wizz Air is testing how far it can push “premium” without touching the cost or complexity of business class. If blocked seats and basic perks lift yields with little operational pain, this won’t stay a niche product for long. Read more ›
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The Louvre enacted a steep price hike, but its officials must believes the added cost won't discourage visits to one of the world's most famous museums. It's counting on more than $23 million in added revenue. Read more ›
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We've written a lot about the problems facing low-cost carriers. But both Allegiant and Sun Country stand out for finding a way to stay profitable. Read more ›
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Whether a Disney castle ever rises on Thailand’s eastern coast is still an open question. But the logic behind the pitch is clear, without a new demand engine, some of Thailand’s biggest infrastructure dreams may never leave the drawing board. Read more ›
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When online travel agencies can't get permission to access a major airline's flights, particularly its lowest fares, they often engage in cat-and-mouse game to get them. The outcome can have dire consequences for smaller OTAs, and adversely impact the larger ones, as well. Read more ›
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Delta is reporting a strong start to the year, despite a rocky 2025 that saw airlines pull guidance and cancel flights due to the government shutdown. Read more ›
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