• Corruption • Featured • Technology

    Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.

    Eric Lipton, David Yaffe-Bellany, Bradley Hope, Tripp Mickle and Paul Mozur

    New York Times (Gift)

    A lucrative transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips were connected in ways that have not been previously reported.

    Published On: 09/15/2025

  • Artificial Intelligence • Human Rights • Surveillance • Technology

    Silicon Valley Enabled Brutal Mass Detention and Surveillance in China

    Dake Kang and Yael Grauer

    Associated Press

    American technology made up nearly every part of China’s surveillance apparatus, AP found.

    Published On: 09/09/2025

  • Democracy • Featured • Social Media • Technology

    All the President’s Tech CEOs

    Brian Barrett

    Wired

    One by one, Trump asked the executives how much they were investing in the United States. One by one, they obliged, praising Trump’s leadership along the way.

    Published On: 09/05/2025

  • Culture • Recommended • Resistance • Social Media • Technology

    Gavin Newsom on Why He’ll Keep Trolling Trump

    Intelligencer Staff

    New York Magazine

    "It’s humiliating, it’s embarrassing. So this is a mirror, and it’s a mirror not just to Trump himself, but to these networks. These are the chatbots for the administration. And it’s not just Fox, it’s One America News, it’s Newsmax, and it’s all the folks in the right-wing media."

    Published On: 08/29/2025

  • Artificial Intelligence • Social Media • Technology

    Why the Internet is Turning to Shit

    Alex Skopic

    Current Affairs

    Cory Doctorow’s new book is an insightful diagnosis of how Big Tech is making every app and website worse—even if his solutions leave something to be desired.

    Published On: 08/22/2025

  • Culture • Recommended • Technology • Threat Management

    Why Are Silicon Valley’s Utopians Prepping for Collapse?

    Gil Duran

    The Nerd Reich

    Silicon Valley billionaires say tech will create a better future. So, why are many of them quietly preparing luxury doomsday bunkers?

    Published On: 08/09/2025

  • Journalism • Technology

    Substack Is Having a Moment—Again. But Time Is Running Out

    Steven Levy

    Wired

    While star reporters continue to flock to Substack, subscription fatigue is only getting worse.

    Published On: 06/27/2025

  • Artificial Intelligence • Democracy • Disinformation • Technology

    A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy

    Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson

    The New York Times

    Content generated by AI has become a factor in elections around the world. Most of it is bad, misleading voters and discrediting the democratic process.

    Published On: 06/27/2025

  • Journalism • Original • Press Freedom • Resistance • Social Media • Technology

    You’re Not Paranoid. The Surveillance State is Already Here

    Ron Williams

    Resistance Media

    Essential to maintaining a resistance media capacity will be the ability to successfully wage a running battle with those entities that would seek to surveil, disrupt, censor and destroy opposition voices.

    Published On: 06/18/2025

  • Economy • Global • Technology

    Why Climate Action is Unstoppable

    Al Gore

    Ted Talks

    In this urgent and hard-hitting talk, Nobel Laureate Al Gore thoroughly dismantles the fossil fuel industry’s narrative of "climate realism," contrasting their misleading claims with the remarkable advancements in renewable energy.

    Published On: 06/04/2025

  • Featured • Technology

    The Dark Lord of Silicon Valley

    Carole Cadwalladr

    How to Survive the Broligarchy

    Peter Thiel enters the chat.

    Published On: 06/02/2025

  • Surveillance • Technology

    Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

    Sheera Frenkel and Aaron Krolik

    The New York Times

    Mr. Trump could potentially use such information to advance his political agenda by policing immigrants and punishing critics...

    Published On: 05/30/2025

  • Journalism • Recommended • Technology

    The Machines Are Learning — and They’re Learning to Be Fascists

    Thom Hartmann

    The Hartmann Report

    AI is not just another tech revolution. It’s the perfect storm of surveillance, manipulation, and digital obedience...

    Published On: 05/12/2025

  • Technology • Threat Management

    DOGE’s data “panopticon” pales compared to what’s next

    Nicole Schneidman

    If you can keep it

    If state governments surrender their datasets, there’s no telling how they could be abused

    Published On: 05/12/2025

  • Featured • Recommended • Technology • Threat Management

    Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp

    Dan Goodin

    arstechnica

    “Turns out regular people don't like companies that help dictators hack dissidents.”

    Published On: 05/07/2025

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