The comments from a US CENTCOM spokesperson come amid continued tensions over shipping through the vital waterway., The comments from a US CENTCOM spokesperson come amid heightened tensions over shipping through the vital waterway. Despite an ongoing blockade on Iranian maritime trade and attacks by Iran’s military on commercial ships,Continue Reading
The conservative commentator appeared to briefly defend Macklemore against accusations of hate speech over his pro-Palestine comments., Read MoreContinue Reading
The defense secretary will give those who meet such “standards” the opportunity to work out with him, according to The Wall Street Journal., Read MoreContinue Reading
commentary Anxiety over the dangers of artificial “intelligence” says more about human nature than about the machines Published September 16, 2026 6:30AM (EDT) (Yuuji/Getty Images) A version of this essay first appeared in Crash Course, Salon’s free morning newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, plus more of Salon’sContinue Reading
Congressional Democrats have opened an investigation after ProPublica revealed on Monday that a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin bankrolled part of Traitor 47 Jr.’s Bahamas wedding in May. ProPublica reports that Umar Kremlev paid hundreds of thousands of dollars on wedding expenses, including the rental of a private island.Continue Reading
Welcome back to Local AI Weekly. I promised a weekly, and then took a month to send the second one. So let’s call the first one the pilot episode. From here, the show will run weekly 🤘 This issue leans heavily toward agents, because that’s where most of the interestingContinue Reading
GNOME 51 is out, bringing FIDO2 passkey login, a Reduced Motion option and frame scheduling changes that make UI animations and scrolling feel smoother. Core apps pick up improvements too. The desktop Maps app gains offline area downloads and live transit data, Papers now lets you add visual signatures andContinue Reading
Microsoft’s top lawyer argued Tuesday that legislators “must make secrecy [orders] the exception” in government subpoenas demanding information about LinkedIn users. LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, is fighting what it calls overly broad subpoena demands from the US government, which sometimes come with secrecy orders that prevent LinkedIn fromContinue Reading
Nextcloud has developed a desktop app for its Euro-Office-based productivity applications, filling a gap in the software suite that it pitches as a sovereign alternative to Microsoft Office. Nextcloud, one of the backers of the Euro-Office initiative, integrated the software into its Nextcloud Office suite in June. Until now, it’sContinue Reading
4 min read Passion Meets Precision at NASA’s Flight Research Lab Derek Abramson, Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory chief engineer, left, communicates with the Edwards Air Force Base air traffic control tower for approval to fly the Alta-X drone near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, onContinue Reading
Mary Beth Barone and Benito Skinner are taking their creative partnership from Prime Video to Hulu. Barone is set to create, write, and star in Hard Feelings, a new romantic comedy series for A24. According to Deadline, Hulu secured the project after a competitive bidding process and has already fast-trackedContinue Reading
On Sept. 14 — just two days after Dario Amodei, the chief executive officer of leading artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, called for “slowing down” the pace of AI development so guardrails could be put in place that would “greatly reduce the risk that something goes seriously wrong” — President TraitorContinue Reading
Under pressure to act on unpopular data centers, the House passed bipartisan legislation to shield consumers from higher energy costs., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading