In Minnesota, we're seeing what happens when ICE moves from border enforcement to domestic policing - expanded powers, minimal accountability, and community disruption.
Asian criminal groups now run industrial-scale pig butchering scams from remote compounds. Service providers are helping these fraudsters scale operations globally in what's being called 'pig butchering-as-a-service'.
In one of the stranger insider trading cases, the payment wasn't cash but a Rolex and PowerPoint help. The scheme involved fake doctors, stolen patient identities, and $41M in profits.
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Behind Tirana's currency exchange kiosks, investigators found a hidden system moving millions for drug traffickers using hawala networks and crypto, revealing gaps in Albania's financial oversight.
AI can write code, but it can't decide what's worth building. Your value lies in work that requires your unique perspective, experiences, and taste.
After three years of delays, the judge has scheduled the trial of accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to begin right after Labor Day, despite ongoing defense challenges to evidence.
Ever wonder what caused Earth's ice ages? Scientists now think Mars might be responsible. The Red Planet's gravity may have changed our orbit enough to bring on the big freeze.
Epic's latest lawsuit alleges Health Gorilla and other companies are exploiting health data networks to obtain patient records for secondary commercial purposes rather than treatment.
The Justice Department is suing states for detailed voter information, including partial Social Security numbers and driver's license data. Privacy advocates say centralized database would expose millions of Americans to identity theft and misuse of their information.
According to Bill Gates, AI may soon help smallholder farmers in poor countries with hyper-local weather and crop advice—potentially better than rich-world farmers get.
Karol G explains how her album 'Tropicoqueta' embraced Colombian nostalgia. The reggaeton star traded formula for family memories and traditional sounds.
Trump announced a plan to limit credit card interest to 10% for one year, calling current rates 'exploitative,' but provided few details on implementation.
Modern security tools are exposing sensitive URLs meant to be private. Those random links in your emails for invoices or medical documents might be searchable by anyone now.
Daily supervision, time clocks, and assignments proved a contractor was really the employer of 'subcontractor' workers.
Wikipedia presents religious concepts like Yahweh and Genesis through an academic lens that many believers find at odds with their faith, raising questions about true neutrality.
Svalbard is warming faster than anywhere on Earth. Now researchers are using digital twins to help protect and restore its vulnerable coastlines.
Pacific workers in New Zealand face a setback as the government's pay equity 'reset' cancels claims and deepens wage disparities in essential services.
Justice Jackson criticized the Court's 'bespoke' standing rule for candidates to challenge voting laws, contrasting it with how the Court has limited regular citizens' ability to sue over police practices and other issues.
Meta is laying off over 1,000 Reality Labs employees and closing multiple VR studios as it reallocates spending away from metaverse initiatives toward AI wearables like smart glasses.
A simple change to use clock_gettime() instead of reading /proc files eliminated a massive performance gap in Java's thread CPU time measurement.
A former WhiteHouse AI advisor discusses how computing power quietly became central to national security, and why America must still learn to use AI effectively.
With former Georgian PM Garibashvili now jailed, observers wonder why Ivanishvili is turning on allies. Some say it's about independent power, others point to suspected Western connections.
AI agents are evolving beyond prompt engineering to become 'senior' assistants that discover the right context. True intelligence isn't bigger memory—it's knowing what to ask.
As VR headset shipments hit a seven-year low, Meta is trimming its Reality Labs division and focusing on smart glasses, which are showing stronger growth.
A new legal paper argues generative AI systems inherently undermine the institutional foundations of democratic societies, regardless of their intended use.
In this week's plague poems: concerns about a 'super flu,' changing safety regulations, and reminders that the pandemic isn't over despite appearances.
EPFL expert Imad Aad discusses how digital identity differs from surveillance, and why public trust remains a challenge for e-democracy initiatives like digital voting and ID systems.
After a sharp drop in public support, Labour now makes digital ID optional for workers. Privacy campaigners still concerned about potential exclusion of those without digital access.
After years of violent online threats, I sat in a courtroom facing the man who threatened to rape me. This is what accountability looks like.
As AI agents transform development in 2025, programmers are shifting from code execution to system thinking and defining intent.
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen discusses economics with a moral compass, sharing stories about Joan Robinson and other economists from his Cambridge days.
The Census Bureau recently doubled its estimate of business AI adoption after changing how they ask the question. Turns out, their old survey was missing most AI usage.
