The FBI has explored using artificial intelligence to assess the validity of signatures on tens of thousands of mail-in ballot envelopes seized from Fulton County, Georgia, as part of the Trump admini…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order No. 62 on July 14, enacting a one-year moratorium on discretionary environmental permitting for new data centers with a power demand of 50 megawat…
A Small Wars Journal post on July 16, 2026, highlights an exclusive report that the AI backlash has tech executives fearing for their lives, alongside national security stories including Taipei after …
A Ghana-based fintech, Bitsika, is promoting a crypto virtual card that allows users in Iran to bypass U.S. sanctions, with the ad copy generated by artificial intelligence. The card can be funded wit…
A Cambridge study found that Boko Haram exploited US and Chinese AI chatbots to plan attacks, according to a post on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University. The post also reports that Presiden…
Oklahoma is in a study phase regarding AI regulation, with a committee examining AI impacts on workforce and consumers, while the state holds back on new regulations amid a Trump order urging states n…
President Trump signed Executive Order 14409 on June 2, 2026, directing the creation of an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse within 30 days, managed by the Secretary of the Treasury alongside the Nationa…
Inflationary pressures persist from multiple sources including a 'Godzilla' El Niño disrupting agricultural commodities, the AI boom driving up chip demand and prices, Trump tariffs still being passed…
Anthropic is reportedly targeting a $3 trillion valuation as AI companies pursue trillion-dollar IPOs, while Mark Zuckerberg's price war on AI models and China's potential end of open-source AI reshap…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced on Twitter/X that the Trump administration allowed Anthropic to release Claude Fable 5, highlighting that no other Trump administration officials use Truth …
PC sales in the U.S. fell 7% in Q1 2025 to 15.8 million units, driven by rising component costs and fading demand for sub-$500 laptops, which saw an 18.7% sales drop. Memory makers prioritizing AI ser…
The Trump administration has reportedly approached SpaceX about donating company stock to Trump Accounts, a new children's savings program, but current Treasury guidelines prohibit stock donations. Ov…
Microsoft unveiled the Majorana 2 quantum chip at Build conference on June 2, claiming a 1,000-fold improvement in qubit reliability, while President Trump signed two executive orders on June 22 to ac…
Columnist Joe Mathews argues that the United States should rename itself the United Scammers of America to embrace its history of fraud and deception, citing high rates of financial scams, government …
A letter to the editor criticizes news media for reducing elections to popularity contests, urging newspapers to focus on candidates' histories, policies, and financial backers rather than polling num…
The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump struck down IEEPA tariffs as unconstitutional, shifting tariff authority to Congress and elevating the Office of the US Trade Repres…
Faith in Action East Bay executive director Todd Benson urges California Senator Jerry McNerney to pass AB 2465, which would end government subsidies for companies profiting from immigration detention…
A commentator observes that discussions about AI risk often assume adversaries like Trump and China would not cooperate to mitigate the threat, despite the existential danger to all parties. The autho…
A fleet of 'Freedom Trucks' mobile museums is touring the US as part of the official celebration of the nation's 250th birthday, presenting a version of American history favored by the Trump administr…
A LessWrong post argues that existential risk from AI is less viral than political tribal fears, citing examples like election fraud beliefs. The author suggests that politicizing AI—by framing it as …