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Politicians promise they’ll “help” us. President Donald Trump says he’ll “create the jobs and future you deserve.” President Joe Biden…
In brief MIT researchers tracked 67 participants over four weeks using an AI-powered misinformation detection system. Accuracy improved by 21%…
Enshittification isn’t just a sweary word to describe the accelerating decay of the online platforms, apps, and services that we rely on. It’s a framework…
from the rebuilding-a-better-internet dept Last month Terry Godier published a great essay on his website about “the boring internet,” discussing…
From today’s opinion by Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué A. Lett (S.D. Fla.) in Trump v. BBC: On December 15, 2025, Plaintiff…
New York, June 10, 2026 —The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijan to drop charges against journalists and other…
In brief Instant crypto swaps enable crypto holders to convert one token to another, either using a centralized exchange, a…
from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept The Trump administration has thrown billions at purging non-white people from this country. Most of that…
iPhones may have slightly exacerbated an already underway drop in unintended pregnancies among teens. That’s the big finding in a…
Dakar, 10 June 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Comorian authorities to release journalist Toufé Maecha who was arrested…
In brief The CFTC proposed banning prediction markets on outcomes dependent on war or assassination, including the ouster of foreign…
From yesterday’s D.C. Circuit decision in Doe v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson, Justin Walker, and…