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ChatGPT is Eating the World: Elon Musk and Sam Altman are at war. “Musk’s two lawsuits against OpenAI could impair its defense in copyright lawsuits. Elon Musk’s tort lawsuit against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI for alleged fraud (in soliciting his funds and help in starting a nonprofit only later to convert to a …
Ars Technica: “Nearly half of the databases that public health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were updating on a monthly basis have been frozen without notice or explanation, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The study—led by Janet Freilich, a law expert at Boston University, and …
PCMag: “The next time you’re standing in a checkout line, imagine the cashier asking, “Would you like me to keep your credit card on file for future purchases?” That would feel odd—maybe even unsettling. Yet online, we agree to the same thing all the time when a browser offers to save our card details or …
Notus: The Trump administration has disrupted data collection on everything from homeland security, maternal mortality, hunger, drug use, education, disaster preparation and the economy. Joy Binion worked for the federal government collecting data on emerging substance abuse trends in emergency rooms across the country. Her work was part of the Drug Abuse Warning Network, which …
BoingBoing: “If you ever find yourself in need of a poem, I’ve got great news for you: Dial-A-Poem is back! These days, the arts of all kinds, including protest music, are providing much-appreciated balms for our collective wounds and voices for our collective outrage, so Dial-A-Poem’s return couldn’t have been better timed. SPIN Magazine explains that Dial-A-Poem was …
MAP: All 23 industrial warehouses ICE wants to turn into detention ‘death camps’ – “Plans are underway to double the detention capacity of the Trump administration’s federal police force by converting massive, industrial warehouses unsuitable for people to live in into detention centers. COURIER has independently verified the location of 23 mass detention campsites that …
MakeUseOf: “Your computer, whether it’s Windows-based or a Mac, is meant to be a well-oiled machine, whether it’s fresh out of the box or has logged hundreds of days of use. When it suddenly freezes, slows, or behaves as if it has a mind of its own, it’s easy to brush it off as wear …
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies – “Some 10,109 doctoral-trained experts in science and related fields left their jobs last year as President Donald Trump dramatically shrank the overall federal workforce. That exodus was only 3% of the 335,192 federal workers who exited last year but represents …
Experimental History – “The hot new theory online is that reading is kaput, and therefore civilization is too. The rise of hyper-addictive digital technologies has shattered our attention spans and extinguished our taste for text. Books are disappearing from our culture, and so are our capacities for complex and rational thought. We are careening toward …
MakeUseOf: “For a while now, we’ve known that streaming was becoming the dominant way people watch TV; in 2025, streaming accounted for almost 45% of streaming, more than broadcast and cable viewership combined, according to Nielsen. And among streaming platforms, the most popular isn’t Netflix or HBO Max: it’s YouTube, the everything-streaming platform that’s been …
The Verge – Key privacy settings and best practices. “With ICE and CBP roaming the streets, united community action is more important than ever right now — from local mutual aid groups to school safety patrols. Known for its privacy features and end-to-end encryption, the Signal messaging app has become a popular platform for organizing …
NewsGuard: “Belief in False Claims Averaged 46 Percent in 2025. Over the first seven months of Reality Gap Index reports — from June to December 2025 — NewsGuard found that an average of nearly half of Americans believed at least one false claim about major claims spreading in the news. For the first six months …