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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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One of President Traitor 47’s closest economic advisors sharply criticized the Federal Reserve’s announced interest rate increase, calling it “a stiletto in the heart of Main Street.” Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh announced the quarter-point increase Wednesday, which aims to curb inflation. That inflation metric remains above the Fed’s 2Continue Reading

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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a deadly news helicopter crash in Los Angeles that killed reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw. Another person was killed on the ground, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Authorities have not yet said what caused the crash. More: https://tinyurl.com/2mb85dab #helicoptercrashContinue Reading