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Incarcerated People Lose Treasured Media When Prisons Change Tablet Contracts
People are losing purchased music and games, as well as emails and photographs from loved ones, without compensation.
Utah Senate President Calls for Major Reduction in Scale of Planned Data Center
The project, backed by celebrity investor Kevin O'Leary, has spurred major controversy amid Utah's water challenges.
Sanders Proposes Sovereign Wealth Fund to Harness AI Profits for Public Good
The bill would impose a one-time 50 percent tax on AI giants' stock to give the US public a direct ownership stake.
Pope Leo Issues Encyclical Warning of AI’s Potential Dangers If Left Unregulated
“No algorithm can make war morally acceptable,” reads the first major theological document of Leo XIV's papacy.
More Details Emerge of Trump’s Secret Use of ICE to Spy on Critics
Privacy groups are pushing Big Tech to notify users about federal surveillance after anonymous ICE critics were exposed.
Palestinians in Gaza Are Watched, Tracked, and Targeted by Israeli Surveillance
Reporter Mohammed Mhawish describes the surveillance, from cameras at checkpoints to drones flying into people’s homes.
Trump’s Federal Guidelines for AI May Turbocharge Climate Denial and Racist Bias
AI is already racist and sexist. Trump’s plan aims to embed bias and lies even deeper into the systems reshaping the US.
Police Are Increasingly Encrypting Their Radios to Block Scrutiny by Journalists
Press advocates say that the surge in encryption is a reaction to the demand for police accountability after 2020.
Why Are More Tech Leaders Pivoting to Trump? Follow the Crypto.
Crypto may well be the most salient factor in Silicon Valley elite’s new willingness to endorse the right.
Error-Ridden Tech Plagues Millions of US Medicaid Recipients
Deloitte systems have generated incorrect notices to beneficiaries, sent paperwork to the wrong addresses, and more.