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Man Arrested For Playing Darth Vader's Theme Music At National Guard Troops Scores Settlement
11+ hour, 49+ min ago (601+ words) Some readers might look at this headline and think there's something off about it. And I'll grant you that. There are several ways music can be played: to, for, not at all. Sometimes though, the only way to describe the…...
More IPO Fluffing: Musk's Starlink Hints At Becoming Full Wireless Phone Company
13+ hour, 37+ min ago (170+ words) Space X's push now makes a little more sense with the company saying it is "considering" launching a Starlink retail product and could eventually build its own terrestrial US mobile network: "The company's president and chief operating officer, Gwynne Shotwell,…...
No, Tim Sweeney, Valve Isn't "Irresponsible' For Having An AI Disclosure Tag On Games
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (476+ words) But what Tim Sweeney just said about Steam's use of AI disclaimers on its platform might well be one of the dumbest fucking things I've ever heard someone in the industry say. In the past few months, video game publishers…...
German Court Says Google Is Liable For False Claims In Its AI Overviews Because They Are Its Own Words
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (454+ words) The Regional Court of Munich hit Google with a temporary injunction barring the company from spreading false claims about two Munich-based publishers through its AI-generated search overviews (case no. 26 O 869/26). The court classified Google as a direct infringer because the…...
Supreme Court Decides Not To Destroy The First Amendment Just Yet
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (524+ words) While we've been discussing a bunch of other Supreme Court end-of-term decisions this week, we should also call out two decisions the Supreme Court thankfully decided not to make. These non-decisions continue to help preserve First Amendment speech protections. The…...
Daily Deal: Luminar Neo Bundle
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (159+ words) The Luminar Neo Bundle includes a one time purchase of the software, an introductory course on how to use it, and 6 add-ons. Luminar Neo is an easy-to-use photo editing software that empowers photography lovers to express the beauty they imagined…...
The DEA Is A Domestic Terrorist Organization That's Trying To Kill Children
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1016+ words) Plenty of people are going to disagree with this headline. But why should I bother defending it when I can let the government dig its own hole? From Executive Order 14367, issued by President Trump last December: Illicit fentanyl is closer…...
The Supreme Court Upholds The Constitution. Barely.
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (746+ words) Look, 5-4 Supreme Court decisions count just as much as 9-0 ones, and a 5-4 decision getting it right is still a win, but for a number of reasons, the 5-4 decision in Trump v. Barbara, regarding the issue of birthright citizenship is terrifying. This…...
Hey Ezra Klein: Why Did You Stop Talking About Broadband And The Infrastructure Bill?
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (775+ words) Last fall, Ezra Klein was getting a lot of attention for his book Abundance, which basically argued that American had become bureaucracy-obsessed and fallen out of love with building things. I thought it was mostly simplistic cack, downplaying or ignoring…...
JD Vance Brags About Being Able To Do Lots Of Watergates, Compares Himself To Nixon
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (499+ words) Now, I'm not particularly keen on giving free political advice to someone so loathsome, but I don't think I'm breaking new ground when I say it's not a great idea for Vance to brag about how this administration has so…...