Jimmy Kimmel says his planned interview with James Talarico, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Texas, will not air on ABC’s broadcast version of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and will instead be posted on YouTube. Rolling Stone framed the decision as a response to threats from President Donald Trump’s FCC. Independent reporting from Reuters, Variety, and […]
Elon Musk’s attorney, Alex Spiro, has threatened legal action against filmmaker Alex Gibney and the team behind the new documentary “Musk,” arguing that the film falsely implies Musk may have used Starlink to influence or manipulate the 2024 presidential election. People reported that Spiro sent a letter to Gibney ahead of the documentary’s wider release, […]
Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, has publicly revived one of the most controversial ideas to emerge from the Gaza war: facilitating the large-scale departure of Palestinians from the territory. At a September 2 conference hosted by Yedioth Ahronoth/Ynet, Katz said Israel was prepared to move Palestinians out of Gaza “by sea, by air, by every […]
A new Salon commentary makes a provocative argument: one year after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, his widow and successor Erika Kirk has failed to provide the leadership necessary to preserve his political organization and legacy. But after comparing Salon’s argument with reporting from The Washington Post, Associated Press, The Times, NPR-affiliated reporting, and Turning […]
A new debate over Meta smart glasses is exposing an unusual contradiction in America’s rapidly expanding surveillance culture: law-enforcement agencies that increasingly use cameras, facial recognition and other technologies to monitor the public are now worried about civilians using similar technology to monitor them. Documents reviewed by The Guardian show agencies from Maine to California […]
A confrontation between billionaire financier Leon Black and Congress escalated on September 3 when Black refused to appear for a scheduled deposition before the House Oversight Committee and instead sued the committee to block its subpoenas. The dispute is significant because Black was one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most lucrative known clients. An independent investigation commissioned […]
Computer monitors have traditionally been relatively simple devices: connect a computer, display its output, and little else. But an investigation from Ars Technica warns that this relationship is changing as manufacturers increasingly add operating systems, Internet connections, applications, advertising capabilities, and data collection to displays. The concern is that monitors may be following the same […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized a robotic system capable of locating a patient’s vein, inserting a needle and completing a blood draw largely autonomously — a milestone that could signal a much broader transformation in routine healthcare. The device, called Aletta, was developed by Dutch medical robotics company Vitestro. On August 19, […]
The future of human-machine interaction took a major step forward in 2026 when China approved the world’s first commercially available invasive brain-computer interface (BCI), a milestone that could accelerate a new technological race comparable to the early internet, smartphone, and artificial intelligence revolutions. According to reporting from MIT Technology Review, China has become the first […]
Three recent stories involving Donald Trump highlight a recurring theme that has defined much of his political career: the blending of governance, media, entertainment, and political messaging. The stories involve: While each story addresses different subjects, together they reveal an ongoing debate about presidential power, political branding, and the increasingly blurred lines between government, entertainment, […]