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Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts
Staffers at Google DeepMind's headquarters have voted to unionize in an effort to prevent the AI firm's technology from being used by Israel and the US military. In a letter to Google management on...
A decades-long plan to abolish the Electoral College may finally pay off
What if we didn’t have to worry about this map anymore? | Lynn Grieveson/Newsroom via Getty Images The Electoral College — our nation’s bizarre system that hands a few narrowly-divided states the...
Microsoft is finally ditching the junk MSN feed in Windows widgets
Microsoft is finally giving up on showing the junk feed of MSN news when you open the widgets feature in Windows 11. After allowing Windows 11 users to disable the MSN feed more than two years ago,...
Kenosha casino plan advances to final federal review stage
Federal officials have entered the final review phase for a proposed casino in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the close of public comments on its environmental study. At this stage, the Bureau of...
Valve just imported 50 tons of game consoles in two days
We still don't know when Valve will launch the Steam Machine, but we may not have to wait too long. Valve just imported roughly 50 tons of "Game Consoles" into the United States in the two-day...
OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question
When the bromance sours, we all end up in court. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The strongest witness for Elon Musk's case against OpenAI so far has been Greg Brockman's journal....
Elon Musk will settle the feds’ Twitter lawsuit with pocket change
Last year, the SEC sued Elon Musk over the way his acquisition of Twitter (now X, and a part of SpaceX) started, and today it announced a settlement that looks like a massive bargain, while Musk's...
Trump eyes a new construction project
A golfer plays at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, DC, on January 8, 2026. | Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that...
Elon Musk settles with the SEC for $1.5 million after years-long dispute over his Twitter investment
Musk did not admit wrongdoing.
The White House is considering tighter regulation of new AI models
A working group could vet new models before they're publicly released.