Ctrl-Alt-Speech: No Child Left Online
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,…
US government website used Chinese model the FBI called “malicious”
On Wednesday, US government officials removed a Chinese AI search tool that was briefly deployed on the Federal Register website, Reuters reported. The change came after social media users noticed…
Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep
For a long time, sleep research has treated the cerebral cortex as a passive follower reacting to signals from the deep brain. “Usually, sleep is associated with being controlled by…
FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
The Federal Communications Commission yesterday approved Paramount Skydance’s plan to sell large equity stakes to the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. Under US…
FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion
An AI tool is set to start advising air traffic controllers on managing air traffic in the congested airspace above the Washington, DC, area. The expected launch would be the…
Court Tells Imran Ahmed His First Amendment Claim May Be Real, Just Not Reviewable.
Well, this is unfortunate. Late last year, Marco Rubio’s State Department declared that it had banned five people from entering the US because of their speech. Most of them work,…
Daily Deal: MOGICS Power Bagel Travel Power Strip
The MOGICS Bagel has 5 international AC sockets, dual USB ports, 3ft integrated length-adjustable power cord, and an ergonomic AC plug. Unlike ordinary power strips, the bagel design makes it…
New WordPress Click2Shell Flaw Forces Theme Installs, Can Chain to Code Execution
WordPress today released patches to fix a new set of vulnerabilities in its core software, one of which could allow a crafted web link, opened by a logged-in administrator, to…
Research Shows ICE Raids Are Killing Local Economies
Contrary to the “worst of the worst” posturing presented by the Trump administration, it’s long been known that immigrants (both legal or otherwise) commit fewer crimes than natural-born US citizens:…
Rocket Report: China wants a Raptor 3 engine; SpaceX set for big Starship test
Welcome to Edition 9.11 of the Rocket Report! The most interesting story of the week, in our view, is a deep dive by Stephen Clark, linked below, into the dwindling…