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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 2h
Where is Trump's new America.gov getting its answers? Often it's from the government's well-established web portal, launched by Bill Clinton 26 years ago and maintained since by career federal workers. Credit where it's due.
excerpt from NBC News story: In responses to 34 queries about basic government-related questions, such as how to get a passport or how to get food assistance, 14 of them linked back to USA.gov.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 2h
We tested America.gov and found that in 4 of 10 answers, the chatbot is linking back to USA.gov, the website launched under Bill Clinton that Trump is seemingly trying to replace with the AI product. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Trump’s new America.gov AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago
The answers from the AI chatbot often duplicate what’s on the federal government’s existing sites, sometimes with less detail.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 23h
The audacity after the last one obliterated my phone storage
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A powerful board at OpenAI, the safety and security committee, is facing scrutiny from government as rogue AI agent disclosures continue www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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OpenAI’s powerful safety committee faces scrutiny after rogue agent incidents
OpenAI’s Safety and Security Committee is meant to have the last word on whether the company’s systems are safe. Rogue AI incidents are raising questions about the group.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mark Zuckerberg addressed the "pervert glasses" nickname for the first time in an exclusive sit-down interview with NBC News www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Zuckerberg says Meta will lead on smartglasses privacy despite ‘pervert glasses’ criticism
In an exclusive interview with NBC News chief tech analyst Joanna Stern, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta will do more to highlight its safeguards against secret recording.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mark Zuckerberg rejects the idea of a coordinated AI slowdown From our exclusive interview www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Mark Zuckerberg rejects calls for industrywide AI slowdown
In an exclusive interview with NBC News chief tech analyst Joanna Stern, the Meta founder and CEO said he doesn’t think AI companies need to work together on a slowdown.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW: Mark Zuckerberg talks to @joannastern.bsky.social about Meta’s new audio glasses, Muse and if AI will kill us all. Zuckerberg says AI companies don't need to cooperate on a slowdown, and finally addresses the "pervert glasses" nickname. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Mark Zuckerberg on Meta’s new audio glasses, Muse and if AI will kill us all
In an exclusive interview, the Meta chief shows off his new AI glasses and AI agent and explains why he thinks people should trust the company.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: Inside Russia’s industry of forced POW videos In thousands of videos, Russia has forced Ukrainian captives to give false statements and disavow their country. The propaganda is working — dividing villages over whether what they're watching is real. www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinfo...
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Russia forced a captured Ukrainian soldier to make a propaganda video. His village refused to bury him.
Russia has coerced thousands of Ukrainian prisoners to denounce their leaders and country in propaganda videos. The consequences can follow them home.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Robotaxi emergency phone lines found disconnected and unstaffed www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Robotaxi emergency phone numbers found disconnected and unstaffed
Texas law requires autonomous vehicle companies to tell first responders how to reach them in emergencies. NBC News tested the numbers in all 17 published plans.
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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New from me: I tested the emergency phone number for companies developing AVs in Texas, and five of 17 didn't work.
NBC News article excerpt: Self-driving cars or trucks operating in Texas are supposed to have emergency phone numbers to call in case they go haywire. But in NBC News tests, some were unstaffed, disconnected or listed incorrectly.

Five of 17 companies that are working on self-driving cars or trucks in the state provided emergency numbers in their published “first responder interaction plans” that, when they were tested in late August, seemingly wouldn’t allow companies to immediately respond in emergencies.NBC News article excerpt: The five emergency lines failed in various ways. Two went to voicemail. A third rang without ever going to voicemail or anyone picking up. A fourth rang several times before a recorded message took over, saying: “I’m sorry, the person you are trying to reach has a voicemail box that has not been set up yet. Please try your call again later. Goodbye.” And on the fifth, a recorded message said: “Your call cannot be completed as dialed.”
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
AI giants tap into the social media playbook: self-regulation www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
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AI giants tap into the social media playbook: self-regulation
Executives at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google DeepMind are converging on industry-led oversight.
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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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NBC News headline: Democratic group aims to recruit Al whistleblowers to run for officeNBC News article excerpt: A Democratic-aligned campaign organization,
314 Action Fund, said Wednesday it is starting a recruitment drive to persuade artificial intelligence researchers to run for political office in 2028, hoping to mobilize Al scientists, including those who have been quitting their jobs over safety concerns.
314 Action Fund President Josh Morrow said in an interview that it plans to target computer scientists, data scientists and other Al workers who could help pass meaningful regulations.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Cybersecurity experts say AI giants are shutting them out of safety plans www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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Cybersecurity experts say AI giants are shutting them out of safety plans
Cybersecurity experts told NBC News that they were concerned that fundamental issues of cybersecurity weren’t being addressed.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bernie Sanders, Steve Bannon and Hollywood unite at AI risk summit www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Bernie Sanders, Steve Bannon and Hollywood unite at AI risk summit
An outpouring of interest in the risks around the tech is bringing together Washington insiders, safety advocates and people curious about the future of its development.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The biggest caveat in Dario Amodei’s proposal to pace AI tucked in the end… He says frontier companies should pace AI development as long as they still lead China. For national security of course. One can only guess how that’ll work out…
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Two more researchers from Anthropic and Google DeepMind who recently left their coveted positions are sounding the alarm. Joe Benton, who used to lead a safety research team at Anthropic, and Josh Engels, who used to work on AI safety research at Google, see an urgent need to boost transparency.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Exclusive -- Two more AI researchers quit, this time from Anthropic and Google, to speak out about safety concerns: ‘There are no adults in the room’ www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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Two AI researchers leave Anthropic and Google over safety: ‘There are no adults in the room’
After Jacob Coxon roiled the AI industry with his viral departure from Anthropic, two more researchers are speaking out about their concerns over AI safety.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tesla Cybercab draws concern from Texas fire department over lack of steering wheel www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Tesla Cybercab draws concern from Texas fire department over lack of steering wheel
Firefighters were trained to move the robotaxi with its touchscreen. One captain who took the training says it’s “not the silver bullet” and wants federal standards.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
House Democrat asks regulators to investigate Tesla over sleeping drivers www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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House Democrat asks regulators to investigate Tesla over sleeping drivers
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., said an NBC News investigation last month about napping drivers raised concerns about the safeguards meant to ensure they are paying attention.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In a message on Slack, Jacob Coxon told his colleagues that without more caution and cooperation, superintelligent AI created “a risk of causing human extinction.” www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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An Anthropic safety researcher resigned with a warning about AI to co-workers on Slack
In a message on Slack, Jacob Coxon told his colleagues that without more caution and cooperation, superintelligent AI created “a risk of causing human extinction.”
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Government-linked accounts tried to use Claude for work that could lead to bioweapons, Anthropic says www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Government-linked accounts tried to use Claude for work that could lead to bioweapons, Anthropic says
In a threat report, the AI company details five cases in which researchers tied to state institutions evaded its regional blocks to use Claude on dual-use biological research work.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Two years ago I ran my first marathon in 4:02. In 32 days I'm racing Chicago for sub-3:00. I've been documenting the entire build — 60-mile weeks, every gel, HRV, sleep, my 25 pairs of shoes. Starting a 30-day series on it.
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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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The fire department in Austin, Texas, said Tuesday that it has concerns that Tesla’s new Cybercab could block city streets because the unusual self-driving car doesn’t have a steering wheel or other traditional human controls that firefighters would use to move it in an emergency.

“The lack of driver controls, (no ‘pedals’ or steering wheel) can be problematic,” the department told NBC News in a statement, five days after Tesla began putting the vehicle into service for the first time as part of an autonomous taxi fleet in Austin.
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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Tesla has told first responders that they might need to “push” the new Cybercab out of the way in an emergency
Opening paragraph of an NBC News story: Tesla's new Cybercab may need a "push" from first responders if it stalls on the road because the vehicle has no steering wheel or pedals that would let an officer drive it out of the way, according to a safety plan filed with Texas officials.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Tesla's Cybercab manual for emergency responders instructs them to push the 3,113-pound vehicle with no steering wheel if it gets stuck. If EMS can't contact Tesla by phone, they provide an email, but warn it's not monitored for emergencies. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Tesla says first responders may need to push new Cybercab with no steering wheel
Tesla’s emergency guidance tells first responders the robotaxi “can be quickly pushed” to clear a lane, but warns that doing it incorrectly risks overheating the motor and electric shock.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The FBI is investigating an alleged breach of IDs after hackers claimed to have a copy of Pete Hegseth's driver’s license www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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FBI investigates alleged breach of IDs after hackers claim Hegseth driver’s license
Cybercriminals claim to have stolen digital copies of 160 million licenses and ID cards from an ID verification company, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
AI chatbots frequently flub voting questions ahead of midterms, study finds www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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AI chatbots frequently flub voting questions ahead of midterms, study finds
Spanish-language answers from the six AI chatbots were particularly riddled with inaccuracies.
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Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Ukrainians are increasingly using drones to take their enemies prisoner. Here's our look inside one mission to capture Russian soldiers without the Ukrainian infantry having to fire a single shot: www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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In Ukraine, Russian soldiers are increasingly surrendering to machines
More than 100 Russian soldiers surrendered to drones over the winter, a former Ukrainian official said. NBC News talked to one unit that captured four men without firing a shot.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In Ukraine, Russian soldiers are increasingly surrendering to machines @janelytv.bsky.social takes readers inside a mission to capture Russian soldiers that's entirely conducted through drones www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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In Ukraine, Russian soldiers are increasingly surrendering to machines
More than 100 Russian soldiers surrendered to drones over the winter, a former Ukrainian official said. NBC News talked to one unit that captured four men without firing a shot.
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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A weekend read about how politics is responding to anti-Flock sentiment. In one Tennessee House race, everybody's against them. The Republican introduced a basic bill. The Dem has a much more comprehensive plan. And the independent admitted to police that he shot four cameras with a shotgun.
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A shotgun, a wrestler and a House race: Tennessee’s revolt against Flock cameras
One candidate has a bill to strip funding. Another was accused of shooting cameras.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In a Tennessee House race, Flock cameras have become a target for all 4 candidates. But one was recently arrested and charged with shooting four of the surveillance devices. How he was caught, and how Flock became the center of this midterm fight: www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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A shotgun, a wrestler and a House race: Tennessee’s revolt against Flock cameras
One candidate has a bill to strip funding. Another was accused of shooting cameras.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It's funny because a core tenet of MAGA is fighting against the shifting perspectives and identities of postmodernism/cultural relativism and believing in absolute truths. Changing the names of longstanding geographical features seems deeply in conflict with that idea
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A fascinating part of Meta's announced settlements: it's paying $459,293,017.80 to resolve continued Cambridge Analytica privacy suits 13 years after that scandal began.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The scale of Meta's settlement with states is bigger than just the case in California. Meta says it came to agreements with 52 AGs for up to $18 billion, meaning other cases will be killed by this, and states outside the suit have hopped on. www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
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Meta agrees to settle social media addiction suit with states for up to $18 billion
The settlement came after testimony Tuesday by Instagram head Adam Mosseri. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg had also been expected to take the stand.
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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NEW from me: I interviewed Tesla drivers who say they sometimes sleep intentionally behind the wheel.
Excerpt from NBC News: 

Josh, a Tesla owner in Southern California, spends a lot of time on highways. His son is an avid athlete and needs to be taken to tournaments, sometimes 100 miles away. Lately, Josh has found a new way to pass the time on the road: napping.

“If I’m tired, I’ll sleep,” he said in an interview with NBC News.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
More Tesla drivers are bypassing safety features to nap while their cars drive. We found 43 videos online appearing to show people sleeping while driving their Teslas. The cars are supposed to prevent it, but users say they get around safeguards with sunglasses. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Tesla drivers are bypassing safety features to nap at the wheel while their cars drive
Tesla owners are becoming more brazen about their willingness to shut their eyes and take a nap while the software inside their car handles the driving.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
How the most bombed McDonald's in the world has kept serving customers after 9 Russian attacks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Mp...
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Still Serving: Inside the Most Bombed McDonald’s in The World
YouTube video by NBC News
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Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Our short documentary about the most bombed McDonald's in the world is now on YouTube, just in time for Ukraine's Independence day. Thank you for watching: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Mp...
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Still Serving: Inside the Most Bombed McDonald’s in The World
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
NBC News identified 50 areas across the US where Flock cameras have been damaged, spray-painted, smashed or cut down since 2024. Activists told @kevincollier.bsky.social and @tavleennbc.bsky.social that changes by the company hadn't shifted their positions on Flock. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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Flock camera vandals say privacy reforms aren’t enough: ‘The changes are bull----’
The surveillance company announced shorter data retention and new oversight after a wave of attacks on its cameras.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
When news publications are expending resources to fight against free speech from their own writers, it might be a sign that they lost the plot a bit www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
China’s data centers face little pushback amid the AI boom: ‘that’s a matter for the state’ www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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China’s data centers face little pushback amid AI boom: ‘that’s a matter for the state’
China’s efforts to turbocharge its AI buildout are constrained by chips, not public pushback.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Lawsuits across the country are targeting data center noise blamed for hearing loss and sick pets www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Suing for silence: Nationwide lawsuits target data center noise
Concerns about data centers initially centered on their energy and water consumption, but as more have come online, residents’ gripes are increasingly about noise.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Inside the most bombed McDonald's in the world Kyiv's Lukianivka McDonald's was Ukraine's first, and brought the hamburger to the country. It's also the most attacked McDonald's location on Earth. @janelytv.bsky.social tells its story in a new feature and doc www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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Inside the most bombed McDonald’s in the world
The walls are pockmarked from shrapnel and the golden arches melted at Ukraine’s first McDonald’s. But the restaurant, a symbol of the country’s Western aspirations, still serves as a refuge in Kyiv.
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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
NEW from me: How Amazon’s satellite internet dreams fell years behind schedule www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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How Amazon’s satellite internet dreams fell years behind schedule
Delays one after another have frustrated the progress of Amazon Leo, a long-planned internet service that requires putting thousands of satellites 370 miles overhead.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
AI wrote the code to make a $100 drone stalk a person using facial recognition www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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AI wrote the code to make a $100 drone stalk a person using facial recognition
A new evaluation reveals how publicly available AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI can create software to control cheap drones and track a person based on facial recognition.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Make podcasts audio again
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New bill would stop Trump Media from selling speedy access to the president’s posts www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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New bill would stop Trump Media from selling speedy access to president’s posts
Legislation from Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., takes aim at a new paid service from Trump Media promising faster alerts to posts from President Donald Trump and others.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Creator of test at the heart of rogue AI hacks warns ‘there have likely been more’ www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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Creator of test at the heart of rogue AI hacks warns ‘there have likely been more’
Dawn Song, who helped create the cybersecurity evaluation entangled in the recent OpenAI and Anthropic rogue-agent incidents, says the disclosed cases probably aren’t the only ones.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I found the NYTimes Daily episode on AIPAC a bit odd. There was a lengthy discussion about antisemitism and whether it delegitimized criticism of Israel and AIPAC. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/p...
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Israel, AIPAC and Difficult Questions for Democrats
Once the guardian of the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus, the lobbying group AIPAC is now a polarizing force in the Democratic Party.
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Minnesota now disputing Wisconsin’s characterization
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