News
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is using it in the field.
News
Another Masterful Gambit: DOGE Moves From Secure, Reliable Tape Archives to Hackable Digital Records
DOGE claimed it saved "$1M per year" by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes to digital storage.
Features
‘Elon Musk’ Was a Prolific Money Launderer for Hackers and Drug Traffickers. It Was Secretly the FBI
In 2023 the FBI quietly arrested a notorious money launderer called ElonmuskWHM. Then the FBI secretly ran his operation for nearly a year to catch (and give money to) more criminals.
Tariffs
Framework Stops Selling Some of Its Laptops in the U.S. Due to Tariffs
The manufacturer says it would now have to sell its laptops at a loss.
News
'Benzinga' News Service That Falsely Reported a Possible 90-Day Break in Tariffs Blames X
The comments falsely attributed to a Trump advisor were repeated by multiple outlets and caused the stock market to briefly jump up.
News
Elon Musk Is Hounded by Haters in Path of Exile 2 Chat
‘YOU WILL ALWAYS FEEL INSECURE IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY,’ filled the screen of the richest man in the world.
News
Wikipedia Editors Call It: It’s the “2025 Stock Market Crash”
While the title of the article can still change, for the moment Wikipedia editors have decided that Trump crashed the stock market.
'Careless People' Is the Book About Facebook I've Wanted for a Decade
I've reported on Facebook for years and have always wondered: Does Facebook care what it is doing to society? Careless People makes clear it does not.
The Abstract
This Device Translates Thoughts into Real-Time Speech
A novel brain device allowed a woman who had suffered a stroke to speak full sentences for the first time since 2005.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Ancient Civilizations and Modern-Day Driving
This week, we discuss learning from civilizations past and learning to drive.
News
Big Tech Backed Trump for Acceleration. They Got a Decel President Instead
Effective accelerationists didn’t just accidentally shoot themselves in the foot. They methodically blew off each of their toes with a .50 caliber sniper rifle.
Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever
Days before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."
Podcast
Podcast: OpenAI's Studio Ghibli AI Is 'An Insult to Life Itself'
Jason, Sam, and Emanuel talk about Miyazaki being turned into a meme, the guys suing OnlyFans after being surprised to learn they were not actually talking to models, and the depravity of "brainrot" AI.