Senators demand crackdown on wildfire “prediction markets”
Several US senators have written a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), inquiring about the agency’s “plans to crack down on prediction markets”
Trump killed the Digital Equity Act, but US was forced to bring part of it back
The Trump administration said it will reinstate a broadband grant program to comply with a court ruling that prevented it from fully ignoring the Digital
Why an Appeals Court Blocked a Dangerous Censorship Law in Florida’s Universities
The ACLU filed a lawsuit in 2022 on behalf of professors forced to censor race and gender in their instruction.
Did chef Joe Gera expose Rand Paul lied about not getting COVID-19 vaccine?
Paul told us he never received a COVID-19 vaccine after contacting the virus in February 2020.
Texas deputy used 83K Flock cameras to find woman who had abortion. Was it a welfare check, as he claimed?
In a post-Roe v. Wade era, law enforcement agencies in states like Texas have unprecedented access to nationwide surveillance tech.
Two more House Democrats face primary danger: From the Politics Desk
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Missouri secretary of state blocks referendum to undo GOP’s redrawn congressional map
Missouri’s Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said Tuesday that he wouldn’t certify a referendum seeking to undo the state’s new GOP-drawn congressional map, arguing
Cracken opens self-serve access to its AI-powered offensive cybersecurity platform
Cracken, a San Francisco-based applied AI lab focused on offensive cybersecurity, has launched a self-serve version of its proactive security platform. Enterprise security teams and
Microsoft tells employees to stop tokenmaxxing, sets division-level AI budgets
Microsoft executive vice president Jay Parikh has told employees in an internal email that the company needs to rein in its AI token consumption, writing
Evacuations ordered as Guatemala volcano erupts
Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted Monday, triggering an orange alert and evacuations near the deadly 2018 eruption site.
Red Cross urges international aid as Sudan crisis deepens
Charity warns that shrinking humanitarian support could threaten efforts to support communities trying to rebuild lives.
Telegram says Apple suspension followed content norms violation by one user
Apple said its review found the content had violated guidelines prohibiting child sexual abuse material.
EU commends Spain’s ‘swift response’ to Ceuta migrant crisis
About 70,000 of the 72,000 people who came to Ceuta illegally last week have been returned to Morocco, Spain says.
In Lawsuit, NJ Accuses Amazon of Suppressing Pay for Delivery Drivers
The state attorney general said in an antitrust lawsuit filed on Tuesday that the company was abusing its market power to keep its delivery costs