2+ week, 5+ day ago   (151+ words) I’ve completely rebuilt the Favorites feature on Political Wire — and since many members probably didn’t even know it existed, it’s worth a quick re-introduction. Favorites are the easiest way to save a Political Wire post you want to come back…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (115+ words) “Iran shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber attack,” The Telegraph reports. “It is thought to be the first time that hackers affiliated to the Iranian regime have succeeded in closing down such a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (163+ words) New York Times: “Behind each leap in AI are corresponding jumps in computing power. Today, there are about 20 million AI chips crammed into the data centers that underpin the technology’s growing abilities and usage worldwide… That figure is expected to…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (156+ words) New York Times: “Using tips from chatbots, mechanics modified the motorcycles to allow for faster acceleration and top speed. The riders dug their own holes, filled them with broken glass and fire, and practiced jumps — sometimes with fatal outcomes — until…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (121+ words) “A year ago, the message from many business leaders was that AI was going to wipe out jobs. For the past month or so, tech CEOs have been striking a more optimistic tone,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Los Angeles…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (234+ words) David Frum: “I’d say that a guiding principle of the emerging AI age is this: When intelligence is plentiful, volition is valuable. The people who are going to make a difference are not the ones who seek relaxation and passively…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (119+ words) “Chinese artificial-intelligence systems have matched the performance of Anthropic’s powerful model Mythos in some cybersecurity scenarios, a development poised to reset the global tech race and pressure the White House in its overhaul of U.S. AI policy,” the Wall…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (244+ words) Paul Krugman: “First, we fear that AI will do terrible things because the companies selling it told us it would do terrible things. Last year, for example, Anthropic CEO Darius Amodei declared in an interview with Axios that AI could…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (156+ words) Washington Post: “The Washington Post tested the AI models behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and others using political questions designed by researchers to gauge how chatbots respond to hot-button political issues. The results suggest that chatbots have clear political leanings…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (97+ words) June 18, 2026 at 5:45 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Use Incogni to get your personal data off the internet. Highly recommended. Scammers don’t just guess your number. They buy personal information from data brokers—companies selling your phone number, home address, relatives…...