Tech & Big Tech

from the grand-old-party-of-shitheels dept Last night the House passed, and then Donald Trump signed, the funding bill that reopened the…

from the whoops-I-tripped-over-my-own-ass dept You might recall that right wing propaganda broadcaster Sinclair Broadcasting recently tripped over its own ass…

When OpenAI unveiled its first open-weight models in years this August, it wasn’t just tech companies that were paying attention.…

Judges, Palmer says, already “struggle with what to do about affairs with humans,” and AI companions will only complicate that,…

from the grift-store dept While we’ve talked quite a bit about the horror show that is RFK Jr.’s position as…

Cozy up next to the fireplace and we’ll catch you up on the latest digital rights news with EFF’s EFFector newsletter.…

A Washington state trial court has shot down local municipalities’ effort to keep automated license plate reader (ALPR) data secret.…

from the millions-of-dollars-worth-of-vengeance dept For all its talk about trimming down government spending, an untold amount of money has been…

from the turn-the-volume-up dept Reagan-appointed federal judge Mark Wolf has resigned from the bench in Massachusetts, and his explanation is…

Politics from the it-won’t-be-easy dept Wed, Nov 12th 2025 01:30pm – Leigh Beadon Support us on Patreon » Three years ago,…

Generative AI is like a Rorschach test for anxieties about technology–be they privacy, replacement of workers, bias and discrimination, surveillance,…

from the not-the-cornell-i-remember dept On Friday it was announced that my alma mater, Cornell, had caved to the Trump administration…