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There’s an extreme step only Trump could take to crush anti-ICE protests. He’s threatening to do it
President Donald Trump took to social media on Thursday, threatening to crack down on protests in Minnesota as federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers face off with protestors...
2026 will be the year of the AI living companion
2025 unleashed the enormous potential of AI. According to Pew Research, 62% of adults say they interact with AI at least several times a week, and 73% of U.S....
My employee didn’t tell anyone she was pregnant
A reader asks: A while back, an employee who reported to me (I’m a man) became visibly pregnant soon after she started. But she never brought it up. Not with...
Exclusive eBook: How AGI Became a Consequential Conspiracy Theory
In this exclusive subscriber-only eBook, you’ll learn about how the idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry.by Will Douglas Heaven October...
NASA astronauts return to Earth early after a medical evacuation
An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation. SpaceX guided the capsule to...
Is Starlink authoritarian-proof?
Satellite communications networks have proved resilient amid a crackdown. Amid growing protests and escalating violence in Iran, the country’s government has blocked access to domestic communications systems and imposed...
Remember that viral Tea app? The controversial ‘dating safety’ platform is back, this time on the web
Two data breaches, multiple class action lawsuits, and a removal from the Apple App Store later, the popular and controversial dating safety app Tea for Women is back and...
A former Apple executive turned wine entrepreneur is choosing a ‘long-term strategy’ over scale
For most people, leaving Apple after two decades would mean stepping away from sleek design and obsessive detail. For Xander Soren, it simply meant translating those principles into a...
The Download: spying on the spies, and promising climate tech
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet the man hunting the spies in...
What AI is actually doing to jobs in Europe
In January 2026, London’s mayor gave a blunt warning that has reverberated far beyond City Hall: artificial intelligence could trigger “mass unemployment” in the capital’s core industries unless policymakers...
