Wired
Donald Trump’s West Wing renovations and DC arch could be on the chopping block, should Democrats win the midterms—they could also be leverage.
Ars Technica
The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.
TechCrunch
OpenAI’s new Astra model will use “recurrent depth,” a technique that allows the model to operate outside of the sequential thinking that characterizes most reasoning models.
TechCrunch
The once-dominant mapping app has surged to the top of Apple’s U.S. App Store after refusing to adopt Trump’s “Lake America” name, drawing more than half of its 2026 U.S. downloads in just six days.
Ars Technica
Carrier scorecards may include call-blocking stats and data on customer complaints.
Ars Technica
"Requirements are being adjusted to reflect near-term mission needs."
TechCrunch
An identity theft search site claimed to have more than 150 million driver's license photos stolen from an ID verification service. The crime site has now shut down.
TechCrunch
If approved, the combined company would become one of the largest food delivery platforms in the world.
NY Times Tech
The public housing authority in Concord, N.H., installed monitoring devices in 300 homes. Tenants are now suing to remove the Minut sensors.
NY Times Tech
The department argued in a court filing that OpenAI legally used articles by The New York Times to develop A.I., adding that national security depended on American tech dominance.
Wired
The US government wrote a letter in support of OpenAI’s argument that training AI on others' intellectual property is fair use.
Wired
As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database.
Wired
A startup called Mostik has a wild new approach to combining the capabilities of AI models.
Ars Technica
Google's Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there's yet another Gemini Flash today.
Ars Technica
Trump’s secret reviews of frontier AI models may hide corruption, lawsuit says.
NY Times Tech
He abandoned a job teaching college English in the 1960s to become a pioneer of the instrument, playing onstage with Herbie Hancock’s jazz band.
TechCrunch
The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop. AI-generated text and images are now making their way into job applications, product reviews, and even insurance claims, leaving platforms and users alike scrambling to figure out what’s real.  A handful of startups have cropped up in the past couple of […]
TechCrunch
X says U.S. creator payouts will now be handled through its X Money payments service, a change that appears to replace the previous Stripe-powered payout system.
TechCrunch
"The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive
artificial intelligence industry that sets the standard for the practice and procedure of AI use
globally," the brief reads.
TechCrunch
Fervo's deal with Google could expand to 1 gigawatt of geothermal power, enough to supply a very large AI data center in Utah.