After weeks of worldwide outrage over a Grok feature that allowed Twitter users to request AI-generated "revealing images" of basically anyone, Twitter has promised they Super Totally Fixed It
A country is using lethal force against civilians protesting the current regime. One of those countries is cheering on the civilians of the other.
A woman is dead after an ICE agent shot her point-blank in her car. The US government has already called her a terrorist.
I feel like it goes without saying, but Stuff Still Happened.
Another year comes to a close, and nobody took the time to warn me
Disney is working overtime to set the standard for treating fans like garbage
"The most transparent administration" had to be bound by law to release documents they said didn't exist, but not before redacting them to hell and back
Trump announced that US Military service members will receive a check for $1,776. Unfortunately for the military, Trump is a perennial bankruptee.
The US Immigration efforts are going about as expected, but at least we can balance that out with a fresh round of terrible AI-generated commercials
The Game Awards happened, and with it a bunch of announcements. There were awards too, if you were the developers of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, at least.
THEY MADE THIS FOR YOU AND YOU WERE SO UNGRATEFUL
A US judge ordered Abrego Garcia's release. He's home, but the saga is far from over.
ICE
Dotted around the country are a network of federal and state run facilities where US agents are brutalizing detainees
Weekly Roundup
Pete Hegseth's war crime denial, Netflix's new angle, Twitter's hard lesson, and more
Surveillance
Edmonton's police service is trying out "near-real-time" facial recognition in police worn cameras
Tech
The EU issued a fine to Twitter after a warning last July about Twitter's lack of transparency and verification
Entertainment
Netflix and Warner Bros want to merge, but the Ellison family may have something to say about that
War
Not the only thing Hegseth seems to love that abbreviates to "SS"
Economy
Tech CEOs push for endless spending and ask for us all to simply ignore the lack of revenue or value they're creating
Economy
While Americans scramble to find their next meal, the tech industry dabbles in creating a sort of perpetual motion device but for AI investments
Heist
The Louvre saw one of the raddest heists this side of prohibition.
Protest
Worldwide protests against the Trump administration drew some of the largest crowds seen in over 50 years, though the name of the protest may have varied based on your monarchical status
ICE
The United States federal government sent masked officers to raid a residential building at 1am because they are very masculine and strong. No other reason.
United States
The US Government is at risk of shutting down again as Republicans struggle to figure out how to keep it open despite controlling all branches of government.