How Ukraine’s Ground Robots Are Changing the Battlefield
Operation Vivaldi, a Ukrainian military effort to repel Russian forces in the Donbas, has done much more than push back Moscow’s offensive in the region. The operation is credited with the liberation of dozens of square miles of once Russian held territory because of its mastermind use of drones andContinue Reading
A New Mexico Community Was a Place to Build a Life. Then a Hypersonic Missile Factory Showed Up
Castelion—a next-generation defense tech company—is building a facility in Rio Rancho Estates that documents show could pose a major fire and chemical hazard to neighboring communities.Continue Reading
Test your Drupal website with Cypress
If you don’t include tests in your Drupal development, chances are it’s because you think it adds complexity and expense without benefit. Cypress is an open source tool with many benefits: Reliably tests anything that runs in a web browser Works on any web platform (it’s great for testing projectsContinue Reading
12 steps to smarter Google account security
There are important accounts to secure, and then there are important accounts to secure. Your Google account falls into that second category, maybe even with a couple of asterisks and some neon orange highlighting added in for good measure. I mean, really: When you stop and think about how muchContinue Reading
What’s new in GNOME 44?
I use GNOME as my primary desktop environment on my Linux PC at home. GNOME gives me an easy-to-use graphical desktop that provides the flexibility I need yet doesn’t get in my way when I focus on my work. GNOME recently released GNOME 44 with a bunch of new features.Continue Reading
Google makes its most powerful AI models pay-for-play as AI services struggle to turn users into customers
Half of all US consumers use AI services — but only a small fraction pay for them. Google is trying to shift the balance by giving users of its Gemini AI services reasons to become paying customers. Users are certainly reluctant to dip into their pockets. A quarter of USContinue Reading
Preparing for a Constitutional Crisis
As scholars of democracy, we are watching America’s warning signs flash red. We expect America’s long-building constitutional crisis to soon escalate. Earlier this year, we hosted a national workshop to assess the threats facing our society in the months leading up to and following the November midterm elections. We alsoContinue Reading
Big Box Medicare For All
Look, I’ve been around the block. I know what it means when a feature of my life is suddenly appended with words like -coded and -core. It means the things about myself that I can’t or don’t want to change are being sold back to me as a lifestyle choice,Continue Reading
How Washington Forces Doctors to Defraud Seniors
The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. “No,” said the priest. “It is not necessary to accept everything as true. One must only accept it as necessary.” “A melancholy conclusion,” said K. “It turns lying into a universal principle.” ― Franz Kafka, The TrialContinue Reading
Russia’s secrecy after a mysterious plague lab death raises global alarm
The death of the worker from the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute has stirred fears worldwide., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Why Abdul El-Sayed is drawing The Traitor comparisons | On Balance Full Show
On this episode of “On Balance,” Leland Vittert discusses how similar Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is to Traitor 47. Republican Michigan State Representative Bryan Posthumus and Adolph Mongo weigh in. Meanwhile, the economy continues to hurt Americans. Steve Cortes examines the impact. Later, three years after October 7,Continue Reading
German journalist alleges torture in Syrian detention | DW News
German journalist Eva Maria Michelmann says she was tortured with electric shocks and witnessed severe abuse during five months in Syrian detention. She also accuses the authorities of trying to forcibly disappear her. DW reached out to the Syrian Embassy in Berlin about Michelmann’s case weeks ago but did notContinue Reading
India’s Cockroach Party says members detained ahead of protest
India’s Cockroach Janta Party says thousands of its members have been detained ahead of Saturday’s protest in New Delhi., India’s Cockroach Party says members detained ahead of protest NewsFeed India’s Cockroach Janta Party says its members have been subjected to mass arrests across India ahead of Saturday’s protest in NewContinue Reading