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Without drastic interventions, data centers in space could disrupt scientific observations and fragile ecosystems by adding almost innumerable new “stars” to the heavens above

Sixty-nine-year-old Wynd Kaufmyn, a retired teacher from Berkeley, California, is believed to be the first person imprisoned for protesting the development of artificial intelligence, after she and ot...

Restrictions on women’s rights have expanded in Afghanistan since U.S. forces withdrew from the country five years ago, ceding control to the Taliban in the process. Afghan women are banned from atten...

Everyone from RFK Jr. to social media influencers are telling us that the nutrient needs to be maximized in our diet as much as possible. But is that actually good for our bodies?

Militaries across the world are in an “AI arms race,” says Heidy Khlaaf, a chief AI scientist at the AI Now Institute, which just released a joint report with Airwars titled “Anatomy of an AI Kill Cha...

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France and Spain are battling catastrophic wildfires that have forced more than 350,000 people to evacuate their homes. The fires began in the southwest of France on Wednesday before spreading to Spai...

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Transportation officials have removed a growing list of safety materials that mention bike lanes from federal websites. Safety advocates warn that's undermining proven measures for reducing crashes.

The administration was warned about the botched project months ago.

We spoke to Darren Blanchard, the man arrested while speaking out against data centers at a community meeting. He's sharing the bodycam footage of his arrest for the first time with 404 Media.

Utah Senate president loses GOP primary over data center support, Mike Johnson scrambles after Trump cancels signing housing bill, deaths in ICE custody surge by 140%

A group of anti-ICE protesters in Texas were sentenced to 30 to 100 years in jail on Tuesday, after federal prosecutors accused them of being an “antifa terror cell.” The activists attended a protest ...

Anti-ICE activists received lengthy prison terms — including a 100-year sentence — in the first major trial of the NSPM-7 era.

Audio & playlist from June 22, 2026

The FBI says it disrupted a plot to attack the recent UFC fight at the White House. Five people have been arrested so far, including a 19-year-old man who said the goal was to jumpstart a revolution. ...

Financial services moved first inside ChatGPT ads. The land grab, the platform roadmaps, and the $115 billion math behind conversational advertising.

A comic about my wife’s love of gardening its pitfalls.

The environmental toll of the artificial intelligence boom continues to mount as tech companies use ever more power to run their data centers and enormous amounts of water for cooling. A new investiga...

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Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX is set to go public this week targeting a $1.8 trillion valuation, potentially making it the largest initial public offering in history. It is also projected to make ...

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Audio & playlist from June 8, 2026

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Tracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) lit into Republican witnesses at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, erupting in frustration after struggling to get three GOP-invited witnesses to acknowledge ...

In a shocking and unprecedented move, the Justice Department issued a memo Tuesday saying the IRS is “forever barred” from investigating past tax returns of President Trump, his family, company and “r...

In California, authorities confirmed the identities of two other victims killed in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday. Seventy-eight-year-old Mansour Kaziha was a longtime employe...

A humor comic of ridicule, reaction, and breaking the 4th wall. I can always rely on my wife's allergies to inspire my comics.

Thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Sunday for “Rededicate 250,” a taxpayer-funded Christian evangelical service backed by President Trump. The eight-hour lineup ...

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As the “supercharged” construction of new data centers to power artificial intelligence blankets the country, a growing resistance movement to these massive corporate projects amid a lack of public ov...

Drugmakers, influencers, and industry-funded advocacy groups are pushing Alzheimer’s screenings that could label millions of Americans as sick — despite shaky science and dangerous treatments.

Little Black Book, The Show and Tell Agency's Marty Fisher shares how the shop has integrated AI across seven key functions

During a Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, Sen Patty Murray (D-WA) got under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s skin just moments after she took a potshot at Donald Trump.Murray’s line of ques...

This year’s local election results from the United Kingdom are in. The far-right, anti-immigrant Reform UK party made substantial gains, while the ruling Labour Party suffered heavy losses, signaling ...