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Adult performer Siri Dahl had her legal name and birthdate exposed by Elon Musk's AI bot Grok. She didn't hold back in punching back.
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OpenAI confirmed it's offering resources to staff navigating ICE detention or other immigration issues, including $15,000 in reimbursement of legal fees. Read more ›
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Lara Trump recently claimed the president already has a speech prepared on UFOs. Read more ›
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For more than a century, the size of the House of Representatives has been frozen at 435 seats; in that same period, the US population has tripled. This means that today, the average representative is responsible for more than 750,000 constituents. Scholars and politicians say this imbalance is why many Americans feel like Congress is […] Read more ›
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The U.S. State Department is reportedly developing a site called freedom.gov that would let users in Europe and elsewhere access content restricted under local laws, "including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda," reports Reuters. Washington views the move as a way to counter censorship. Reuters reports: One source said officials had discussed including a virtual private network function to make a user's traffic appear to originate in the U.S. and... Read more ›
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Chipmaker swaps last year’s complex framework with AI start-up in favour of $30bn equity cheque Read more ›
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The US military is in the midst of its largest build-up of forces in the Middle East in decades, in preparation for some sort of military action in Iran. Military officials say strikes could come as early as this weekend and some US personnel are being evacuated from the region. Diplomacy isn’t officially over yet. […] Read more ›
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Google has introduced Gemini 3.1 Pro, a reasoning-focused upgrade aimed at more complex problem-solving. 9to5Google reports: This .1 increment is a first for Google, with the past two generations seeing .5 as the mid-year model update. (2.5 Pro was first announced in March and saw further updates in May for I/O.) Google says Gemini 3.1 Pro "represents a step forward in core reasoning." The "upgraded core intelligence" that debuted last... Read more ›
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Samsung is pulling the curtain back on its highly anticipated Bixby upgrade — here's everything coming in One UI 8.5. Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: As President Donald Trump forges ahead with his plans for a ballroom on the White House grounds, he’s stacking the deck in his favor. What […] Read more ›
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The IRS's IT division has reportedly lost 40% of its staff and nearly 80% of its tech leadership amid a federal "efficiency" overhaul, the agency's CIO revealed yesterday. The Register reports: Kaschit Pandya detailed the extent of the tech reorganization during a panel at the Association of Government Accountants yesterday, describing it as the biggest in two decades. ... The IRS lost a quarter of its workforce overall in 2025.... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Last month, Jason Grad issued a late-night warning to the 20 employees at his tech startup. "You've likely seen Clawdbot trending on X/LinkedIn. While cool, it is currently unvetted and high-risk for our environment," he wrote in a Slack message with a red siren emoji. "Please keep Clawdbot off all company hardware and away from work-linked accounts." Grad isn't the only tech... Read more ›
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The Executive Branch has a reported membership list that includes Trumpworld elites like David Sacks. A WIRED review of corporate filings reveals an under-the-radar player: a notorious former DC police officer. Read more ›
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The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features, is hunting for a way to keep Ring cameras from sending data to Amazon—without breaking the hardware. Read more ›
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Bill Gurley, a partner at the Silicon Valley venture capitalist firm Benchmark, agrees "100%" with Mark Cuban that there are two types of AI users. Read more ›
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A staffer of the Incognito dark web market was secretly controlled by the FBI—and still allegedly approved the sale of fentanyl-tainted pills, including those from a dealer linked to a confirmed death. Read more ›
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Razer has a new flagship gaming keyboard, the Huntsman Signature Edition, that embraces a fully CNC aluminum construction and PVD mirror finish on the back. The $500 keyboard is basically a spruced-up Huntsman V3 Pro aimed at gamers that wanted a more aesthetically pleasing keyboard. Read more ›
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A bare-bones Chinese app called "Are You Dead?" -- whose entire premise is that solo-living users tap daily to confirm they're still alive, triggering an alert to an emergency contact after two missed check-ins -- has rocketed to the top of China's app store charts and gone viral globally without spending a dime on advertising. The app wasn't built for the elderly, as many assumed; its creators are Gen-Z developers... Read more ›
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Western Digital says its all sold out of hard drives for 2026, less than two months into the year. Read more ›
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Four whistleblowers reveal the extent to which the Department of Homeland Security is pressuring social media companies to identify users critical of government policy. Read more ›
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Jimmy Kimmel has responded to allegations that the DOJ tracked the Epstein files search history of congresspeople ahead of Pam Bondi's hearing. Read more ›
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Meta recently won a patent for an LLM that would simulate users' accounts and post, like, and comment on their behalf, including for the accounts of people who have died. Read more ›
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John Oliver returned with "Last Week Tonight" on Sunday and ripped into ICE and DHS secretary Kristi Noem. Read more ›
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Waymo is paying DoorDash drivers to close doors that are left ajar on their self-driving robotaxis. Read more ›
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Apple's big March product rollout might happen in press releases, not a livestream. Read more ›
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How to watch T20 World Cup for free. Live stream the 2026 T20 World Cup for free from anywhere in the world. Read more ›
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Microsoft says its AI tool Copilot was summarizing business users' confidential emails without permission. Read more ›
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If you're not in a committed relationship, you can still celebrate Valentine's Day. Here's how. Read more ›
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