Midterms 2026
She Opposed His Plan for a Blockchain City. Now He’s Bankrolling Her Primary Opponent.
A crypto mogul gave $2.5 million to a candidate running against state Sen. Nicole Cannizzaro in the Nevada attorney general race.
Technology
Israel’s War on Gaza
Portland AI Company Ships Targeting Tech to Israeli Drone Maker
Video processing firm Sightline Intelligence, which claims its AI can separate civilians from militants, faces protests at home.
Musk Warns of Killer AI — While He and the Rest of Silicon Valley Cash In on AI That Kills
In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Elon Musk evoked a “Terminator” scenario. He said nothing about the people AI is already killing.
Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining
Military contractor Palantir has been paid more than $130 million by the IRS to analyze sensitive federal databases.
ChatGPT Confessed to a Crime It Couldn’t Possibly Have Committed
A renowned criminologist’s experiment with ChatGPT demonstrates the destructive power of police to elicit false confessions.
Chilling Dissent
LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest
Flight records show that Los Angeles police dispatched drones 32 times over last month’s No Kings rally.
Midterms 2026
Crypto Critic Maxine Waters’s New Primary Foe Got Over Two-Thirds of Money From Crypto
Maxine Waters, the scourge of crypto, could become Financial Services Committee chair if Democrats win the House in midterm elections.
Chilling Dissent
Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa”
Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that include the word “antifa” alongside “content-level threat signals.”
The War on Immigrants
How to Keep ICE Agents Out of Your Phone at the Airport
If you’re traveling, follow these digital security practices to keep federal authorities from getting into your phone.
Palantir Will No Longer Profit Off of New Yorkers’ Health Data
After The Intercept exposed Palantir’s deal with NYC public hospitals, the health care system didn’t renew the contract.