Long Reads/

2mos ago

Ctrl-Alt-Speech publishes episode on PwC trust and safety report

Ben Whitelaw interviews PwC’s Dan Hays at TrustCon in a sponsored episode about AI, autonomous agents and platform gover...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

Judge allows BBC to seek Trump financial records in defamation case

A Florida magistrate judge said Trump’s finances are relevant after he claimed a BBC documentary damaged his reputation...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

Judge flags fake case citation in DOJ filing over ICE detainee’s bond

A federal judge said the Justice Department cited a nonexistent Sixth Circuit case while opposing an ICE detainee’s habe...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

DHS says ICE agents killed the wrong man in Houston stop

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo died after a July traffic stop, and DHS said agents had been looking for someone else.

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

US weighs Chinese AI limits as cheaper open models gain users

Axios reported the Trump administration may restrict advanced Chinese AI models, raising protectionism concerns after th...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

Low-budget horror hits fuel new argument for fan-funded films

Walled Culture points to BBC box office figures for Backrooms and Obsession to argue that blockbuster economics are less...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

Doctorow says Trump is pushing allies toward post-American systems

Cory Doctorow argues that US leverage over trade, finance and tech now gives other countries a reason to build around Wa...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

Flock Safety drops plan to detect distress in human voices

The surveillance vendor ended a pilot that would have used city microphones to flag sounds of human distress, after crit...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

EU orders Google to open Android AI hooks and search data

The Commission’s DMA measures tell Google to give rivals access to Gemini-level Android features and Google Search inter...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

xAI sues a Grok user over abuse images while facing related claims

Elon Musk’s AI company says Terry Harwood must cover legal fallout from allegedly using Grok to generate child sexual ab...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

Miami-Dade fires exposed ICE transfers barred by court orders

A federal judge said DOJ and ICE moved an estimated 116 detainees from South Florida despite orders in pending habeas ca...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

Tom Homan links anti-ICE rhetoric to bloodshed after fatal encounters

The Trump border official also said people killed by ICE would be alive if they had complied with law enforcement.

By June Castellano