TikTok’s CEO Will Speak for the First Time Since Browbeating in Congress
On Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will give his first interview since sparring with House lawmakers in a testy hearing back in March. Chew is one of dozens of…
Military Tech Execs Tell Congress an AI Pause Is ‘Close to Impossible’
Military tech executives and experts speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday said growing calls for a “pause” on new artificial intelligence systems were misguided and seemed “close to…
Who Is Jack Teixeira, the Man Accused of Leaking Pentagon Documents on Discord?
Last week, the U.S. government arrested a man accused of one the worst leaks of national security material in years. Spiders Catapult From Sex Off English Who is the culprit?…
Montana Just Passed the First State TikTok Ban
Montana made history on Friday by becoming the first state legislature to approve a wholesale TikTok affecting nearly all devices in the state. The first-of-its-kind ban, which goes far beyond…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla Get Far More Government Money than NPR
This week’s Twitter kerfuffle is all about public funding. Elon Musk decided to label National Public Radio’s account first as “government-influenced media,” which it previously applied to state-operated media outlets…
Pentagon Classified Documents Leak Linked to Discord
Image: rafapress (Shutterstock) After a batch of classified documents were leaked from the Pentagon, it appears open-source intelligence analysts have pinned the leak down to an unlikely place: Discord. The…
Elon Musk Is Using Wikipedia to Determine Which Media Outlets are ‘Government Funded’
Twitter CEO Elon Musk apparently trusts Wikipedia more than any expert or audited report and uses it to make crucial decisions about press freedom. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl Tweet…
Biden Wants to Create a Press Briefing Room for Influencers
The Biden administration previously tried appealing to a younger demographic with Gen Z’s own Olivia Rodrigo, who stressed the importance of getting vaccinated for covid-19 in a July 2021 visit…
Elon Musk Decides NPR Is Not State Propaganda After All
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has decided that NPR is not the same as media outlets like China’s Xinhua News, which is a well-known state propaganda machine, after all, even though…
These 9 Members of Congress Are Defending TikTok on TikTok
Photo: J. Scott Applewhite (AP) With calls for a national ban against TikTok growing more and more common by the week, particularly in Congress, it’s never been a tougher time…