Disproving alleged transcript of McConnell and Kevin McCarthy discussing 'bringing back slavery'
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell supposedly started the call by saying, "We have to bring slavery back. Those were the good old days."
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The White House orders tech companies to make AI bigoted again
A ban on “woke AI” in government aims to control the politics of chatbots.
The White House orders tech companies to make AI bigoted again
President Donald Trump’s ban on “woke AI” in government could have broader implications for the world of chatbots.Adi Robertson (The Verge)
As Starvation Rises, Israeli Minister Says Israel Is 'Driving Out' Gazans (New York Times)
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As Starvation Rises, Israeli Minister Says Israel Is ‘Driving Out’ Gazans
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UAW Statement on U.S. Trade Agreement with Japan (Justin Mayhugh/UAW)
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UAW Statement on U.S. Trade Agreement with Japan - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
The labor union representing workers in auto, aircraft and agricultural implement manufacturing and other industries in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.Justin Mayhugh (UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America)
IRS considers eliminating non-English language tax services (Jacob Bogage/Washington Post)
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IRS considers eliminating non-English language tax services
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“I was given an offer that would explode same day.”
The AI talent wars are intense! Here’s Windsurf’s second hire describing the way Google came in and reverse acquihired the core AI research team. He didn’t take the deal and is now at another AI coding startup called Cognition, which acquired the rest of Windsurf that Google didn’t want.
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This is Big Tech’s playbook for swallowing the AI industry
Amazon has replicated an antitrust-avoidance playbook pioneered by Microsoft with its hiring of most of the team behind buzzy AI startup Adept.Alex Heath (The Verge)
ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship (Lila Shroff/The Atlantic)
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ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship
OpenAI’s chatbot also said “Hail Satan.”Lila Shroff (The Atlantic)
Republicans plan to use the threat of impeachment as a key midterm issue (NBC News)
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Republicans plan to use the threat of impeachment as a key midterm issue
Impeachment may be nothing that Donald Trump wants, but it is shaping up to be a galvanizing midterm election issue that preserves his party’s control of Congress, Republican strategists said.Peter Nicholas (NBC News)
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Fortune laid off its European editorial team, including Executive Editor Alex Wood Morton; the layoffs took place before its 10% global workforce cut on July 21 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
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Fortune Europe editorial team made redundant but new roles being created - Press Gazette
The London-based editorial team focused on Europe set up by Fortune last year has been made redundant amid a strategy pivot.Charlotte Tobitt (Press Gazette)
Texas AG claimed three homes as primary residence. Democrats are being probed for similar issue (Brian Slodysko/Associated Press)
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Texas AG claimed three homes as primary residence. Democrats are being probed for similar issue
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Columbia ends uncertainty with Trump deal, head says (Andrew Hay/Reuters)
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Columbia ends uncertainty with Trump deal, head says
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Interstellar Visitor Zipping Through Our Solar System Could Be a Hostile Probe, Alien-Hyping Scientists Warn
3I/ATLAS is likely a comet from a faraway place. Or is it?Gayoung Lee (Gizmodo)
2025 One Hertz Challenge: 555 Timer Gets a Signal From Above
One of the categories we chose for the One Hertz Challenge is “Could Have Used a 555.” What about when you couldn’t have, but did anyway? The 555 is famously …read more
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2025 One Hertz Challenge: 555 Timer Gets A Signal From Above
One of the categories we chose for the One Hertz Challenge is “Could Have Used a 555.” What about when you couldn’t have, but did anyway? The 555 is famously easy to use, but not …Hackaday
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