A DOGE software engineer is alleged to have taken records on more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... by @merylkornfield.bsky.social et al
I have literally watched something like 5 hours of this DOGE bro testimony. I'm completely obsessed, it's weirdly captivating. The circular arguments, the disdain from everyone involved, a true pleasure to watch
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The night sky is ours. All of ours. Our children’s. Their children’s. We should be doing more to preserve the view of the stars for all. We give this up for some ludicrous to churn out wasteful nonsense to feed rich maniacs’ grift, it’s not coming back…
Homemade intelligence dashboards on Iran are spreading. But an abundance of information does not come with the accuracy or context required for real understanding. Intelligence agencies do this in-house; good journalism does the same work for the rest of us www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/09/1...
NOEM TAKING QUESTIONS - DOES NOT APPEAR TO KNOW SHE WAS FIRED
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.
And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
MIT Technology Review is thrilled to announce that this story, which offers a first-of-its-kind look at AI's energy use and climate impact, is a National Magazine Awards finalist in the Reporting category.
I could not be more excited about this
“In a criminal trial, I would feel morally obligated to convict, however, in a civil trial I could set those views aside,” adding, “I believe it would be to the benefit of the human race for Mr. Musk to be sent to prison.”
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I have a very short Cash App user name which means I get a *lot* of mistaken payments (I always refund them!) but this was pretty good
Blippi came up in a job interview? That must have been fun
Figure skater Alysa Liu holding up her 2026 Olympics gold medal grimacing and exposing her teeth.
Oakland rap legend Mac Dre popping his chain and collar simultaneously while grimacing and showing his teeth (colloquially known as a "thizz face").
Alysa Liu. A proud product of Oakland.
One of the great problem with journalism prizes is that they are mostly awarded based on the year a piece is published and not once their true power has been recognized.
But if ever there were a case for a special award...it should go to Julie.
Why steal a car when you can pose as the transport company and get handed the keys? @craigsilverman.bsky.social explores a rise in luxury car larceny, for @technologyreview.com's upcoming Crime issue. www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/17/1...
one of the things most interesting (and worst) things about cult-like thinking is you don't have to be in an actual cult to be sucked into it. a substantial fraction of the debate around what AI is gonna do in the near future is a product of unfalsifiable beliefs
In 2021, I reported on an internal meeting at Facebook about discussions to put facial recognition on new smartglasses. One of their execs complained about the coverage and said the co would have a "very public discussion" about the tech.
They never did. And now: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
I feel like I should get out ahead of this episode to note that I regret my actions and have nothing but respect for the startup community. It was wrong of me to attempt to sabotage @evrat.bsky.social's startup and I won't do it again
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The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.
Just gonna go out on a limb here and speculate that the institution could, in fact, have a better owner.
While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
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Very sorry Joe. You do such incredible work.
* PAYPAL CFO SAYS SAW PRESSURE ACROSS RETAIL MERCHANT PORTFOLIO, PARTICULARLY AMONG LOWER AND MIDDLE-INCOME CONSUMERS
* PAYPAL CFO SAYS SAW DECELERATION IN SEVERAL HIGH-GROWTH VERTICALS, SPECIFICALLY IN TRAVEL, TICKETING, CRYPTO, AND GAMING IN Q4
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Very much a don’t ask; don’t tell situation
I l u npr but gtfo of here with this question
While AI is all over the stages at Davos, Trump is dominating the side conversations.
This is incredible
“Emergency workers found Renee Good with an irregular pulse after they removed her from her vehicle, and shortly after, she had no pulse, according to an incident report from the Minneapolis Fire Department.”
BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.
