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How an Atlanta Suburb Ended Up Sharing Flock Data With More Than 2,000 Organizations

Network Effect

How an Atlanta Suburb Ended Up Sharing Flock Data With More Than 2,000 Organizations

Caroline Haskins

A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic

Back in Business

A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic

Hugo Lowell

Livestream Replay: The Great Data Center Backlash

Livestream AMA

Livestream Replay: The Great Data Center Backlash

Tim Marchman, Maxwell Zeff, Molly Taft, and Hugo Lowell

Democrats Just Might Win the Senate

Inner Loop

Democrats Just Might Win the Senate

Hugo Lowell

Waffle House Teleporter Gregg Phillips Is Still on the Trump Administration’s Payroll

Waffling

Waffle House Teleporter Gregg Phillips Is Still on the Trump Administration’s Payroll

David Gilbert

Candidates Are Signing a Pact Promising Action on Data Centers and AI Safety

Promises Made

Candidates Are Signing a Pact Promising Action on Data Centers and AI Safety

Molly Taft

‘Darth Vader’ Wants You to Know He Definitely Supports Flock Surveillance

Q&A

‘Darth Vader’ Wants You to Know He Definitely Supports Flock Surveillance

Vittoria Elliott

A MAGA County’s Top Election Official Wants to Hire Election Denial Superstar Tina Peters

Skew the Vote

A MAGA County’s Top Election Official Wants to Hire Election Denial Superstar Tina Peters

David Gilbert

Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas Politics

Inner Loop

Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas Politics

Hugo Lowell

Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians

Taken Down

Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians

Vittoria Elliott and Matt Burgess

Election Officials Are Preparing for Prediction Markets to Sow Chaos in the Midterms

Double Down

Election Officials Are Preparing for Prediction Markets to Sow Chaos in the Midterms

David Gilbert and Kate Knibbs

FTC Strikes Deals to Ignore Unlawful Credit Discrimination

Side Deals

FTC Strikes Deals to Ignore Unlawful Credit Discrimination

Maddy Varner

People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them

AI Do

People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them

Jason Parham

The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy

Inner Loop

The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy

Hugo Lowell

The Gender War Over Obsession Has Come for Theme Parks

Bloody Mess

The Gender War Over Obsession Has Come for Theme Parks

Miles Klee

FEMA's ‘Shadow Administrator’ Was Paid by a DOGE Member's Startup for Months

DOGE Takeover

FEMA's ‘Shadow Administrator’ Was Paid by a DOGE Member's Startup for Months

Vittoria Elliott

Census Proposal Would Stop Counting Undocumented Immigrants—and Ignore Race and Sexual Orientation

Cooked Books

Census Proposal Would Stop Counting Undocumented Immigrants—and Ignore Race and Sexual Orientation

Vittoria Elliott

The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry

Smoke and Mirrors

The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry

Miles Klee

ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows

Uncanny Valley

ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows

Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, and Molly Taft

The National Design Studio Became a DOGE Landing Pad. Now ‘Big Balls’ Is Recruiting

Inner Loop

The National Design Studio Became a DOGE Landing Pad. Now ‘Big Balls’ Is Recruiting

Vittoria Elliott