Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. To get extended episodes withContinue Reading
Firefox’s new ‘Nova’ redesign will be enabled for all users in Firefox 157, due the end of September – barring any last minute hiccups, of course. Mozilla’s engineers have been working on Nova since March. The original pitch was for rounded UI elements, floating toolbars, framed web content no longerContinue Reading
Some see Sean Westwood’s prize-winning 2025 study as a warning sign., Some see Sean Westwood’s prize-winning 2025 study as a warning sign., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s top electoral court set new standards for what it will consider to be artificial intelligence -generated deepfakes in political advertising, a move aimed at curbing misinformation and manipulation ahead of October elections. The court issued the ruling late Tuesday in a case involving opposition candidateContinue Reading
Ramstein Air Base’s title as the Global Gateway is not just branding. That moniker is a clear operational description that instantly encapsulates the mission of the largest United States Air Force hub outside the continental US. The 86th Airlift Wing is the host unit, primarily flyingLockheed Martin C-130 Hercules inContinue Reading
Delta Air Lines is slowly ramping up its service to the Middle East as stability returns to the region after air warfare ceased between the US, Israel, and Iran. Service has not yet been restored to Tel Aviv (TLV), but later this year Riyadh Airport (RUH) will see the firstContinue Reading
New fashion-focused play runs in Tokyo from December 5-13, Osaka from December 26-27…Read MoreContinue Reading
Nvidia DLSS 5 on an RTX 5090 laptop: Our initial impressions When it was revealed, DLSS 5 caused quite a stir among fans and the community. For starters, nobody saw it coming. Historically, a major DLSS 5 version usually arrived with a new GPU generation (DLSS 4 with the RTX 50 series, DLSS 3 withContinue Reading
On Sept. 6, 1947, a rocket launched from an aircraft carrier for the first time. The V-2 rocket was captured from a German manufacturing site by the Allied forces at the end of World War II. V-2s were the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile . They were designed by German rocket scientist Wernher vonContinue Reading
Antennas at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex near Barstow, California. The recently completed Deep Space Station 23 is in the foreground to the right. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA’s long-distance spacecraft-calling network just got a boost. The Deep Space Network (DSN), best known for communicating with distant spacecraft such as Voyager 1, Voyager 2 andContinue Reading
Most people know MX Player as the app that finally played that one weird video file their phone refused to open. It has grown well past that. These days it also carries a library of free movies, web series and shows, which makes it interesting to anyone who follows entertainmentContinue Reading
Firefox’s new ‘Nova’ redesign will be enabled for all users in Firefox 157, due the end of September – barring any last minute hiccups, of course. Mozilla’s engineers have been working on Nova since March. The original pitch was for rounded UI elements, floating toolbars, framed web content no longerContinue Reading
Smartphones have become part of just about everyone’s emergency infrastructure., Smartphones have become part of just about everyone’s emergency infrastructure., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading