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The AI fight brewing inside The New York Times
Yellow taxis pass in front of The New York Times newspaper building. | Alexandra Schuler/dpa (Photo by Alexandra Schuler/picture alliance via Getty Images) How newsrooms should use AI - or if they...
Erin Brockovich launches a crowdsourced AI data center map
Erin Brockovich has launched a new project to give people 'a platform to speak up and voice concerns about AI data centers.'
The 2026 economy could have been great — if not for Trump
President Donald Trump talks to reporters before boarding Air Force One on May 20, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump has put the US...
The 2026 economy could have been great — if not for Trump
President Donald Trump talks to reporters before boarding Air Force One on May 20, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump has put the US...
DuckDuckGo reports a surge in installs after Google put more AI into Search
Search engine company DuckDuckGo says it experienced a 'sustained surge' of installs in the week that followed Google I/O.
Did the Pope use AI to write about the dangers of AI?
It's possible that AI was used to write parts of Pope Leo XIV's latest encyclical about AI's impact on humanity. An analysis by Linch Zhang posted on the forum LessWrong found certain paragraphs of...
NASA’s permanent Moon base plans start with three missions this year
On Tuesday, NASA announced several upcoming lunar missions to the Moon's South Pole region. These missions will pave the way for the crewed Artemis landing slated for 2028, starting with three Moon...
Trump’s new plan to quash leaks
Donald Trump at Morristown Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on May 22, 2026. | Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you...
A new Supreme Court opinion is terrible news for federal workers
Justice Amy Coney Barrett | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Remember DOGE, the Elon Musk-led “government efficiency” project that spread chaos during President Donald Trump’s first few months back in...
Google Health is here, but a lot of people want their Fitbit app back instead
The Fitbit app is no more. Along with the launch of the new Fitbit Air (which you can expect a full review of once we've spent more time with it), Google has officially replaced it with Google...