A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine
…Because espionage is a slow-moving and rarely violent threat, agents would need to go to court and present evidence in advance. Got a Tip? Are you a current or former government…
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Elon Musk Seemingly Admits xAI Has Used OpenAI’s Models to Train Its Own
…and technology policy, said in an April 2026 memo that it would share information with US AI companies about foreign distillation. Kratsios said in a post on X that the “US government…
Anti-Vax Dating Apps Are Going IRL. People Are Mad as Hell About It
…research and are also monitored by the Food and Drug Administration, which collaborates with government and non-government partners to guarantee vaccine safety. With the Trump administration weakening vaccine policies and more…
Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds
…The report cites a separate EPIC analysis from December 2025 on the use of data brokers against domestic violence survivors, and another on threats to public officials at every level of government…
Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own
…So let’s talk about health care and my housing policy and transportation and all these other things. But they have made clear that this is a big evolving issue, and so…
I Was Scammed Buying GLP-1s Online. I’m Not Alone
…drugs prescribed and shipped without patient consent, credit cards charged without direct authorization, inscrutable cancellation policies, and other automatic opt-ins that seem to typify telehealth frustrations. “It is an issue that…
Your Body Is Betraying Your Right to Privacy
…And of course, if data is available for sale, it is also available to law enforcement and the government. Just imagine how mental health data could be used to establish motive in…
Waymo Takes Its Self-Driving Cars to Virginia
…Moving from mapping to a full-blown robotaxi service takes 12 to 18 months and “a lot of money,” he told state government officials. Harrington said Waymo had briefed local officials before…
Google Security Engineer Arrested in Million-Dollar Polymarket Trading Scheme
…Last week, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman James Comer launched an investigation into insider trading on prediction markets platforms and requested information from Polymarket about how the company vets…
How a Citizen Science Organization Aims to Preserve the Places It Brings Tourists to Study
…What stands out about Bodmer’s Amazon riverboat trip is that travelers spend time in a region that’s now government-protected and Indigenous-managed—in part because of the findings of…