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How Democrats Can Win Florida in 2028
—Eva Marie Uzcategui—Bloomberg via Getty Images On Tuesday, Democrats flipped traditionally Republican states in places many considered out of reach. As I watched the returns come in from my apartment in Brooklyn, I wondered whether Florida, my home state, would also turn blue. In the end, Republicans won most of Florida’s major statewide races––one of…
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Tear Down Those Guardrails! Meet the Renegades Freeing Chatbots From Corporate Enslavers
Devon Thomas hardly seems like a renegade. Members of his bible study group, he tells me, would probably describe him as unfailingly kind and polite. And yet Thomas is doing something that many in the AI world consider borderline blasphemous. His new company, Abliteration AI, removes safeguards from the world’s most powerful open-weight models. It…
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California judge says she was fired after objecting to settlements with insurers seeking rate hikes
A state administrative law judge is accusing California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara of denying her authority to review requests by insurers for rate increases, and later firing her after complaining the department wasn’t adhering to the law. The Superior Court lawsuit filed by Kristin Rosi, the department’s former chief administrative law judge, takes issue with…
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Robots could transform breast surgery forever
“Wait, I can feel that?” Ami Brasure remembers thinking. For most of us, the experience that dazzled her couldn’t be more ordinary: You’re standing around, maybe in your kitchen or living room, drinking something a little too carelessly, and before you know it, the liquid is dribbling down your chin and trickling down your chest…
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Jensen Huang alleged honeytrap proves CCP spies still infiltrating top levels of the US: ‘Mission is to exploit’
Foreign “honeytrap” spies are a serious blind spot in the US’s national security defenses — as the case of Jensen Huang highlights. The Nvidia CEO admitted an affair with suspected Chinese spy Alice Huang (no relation) this weekend — who is also suspected of manipulating her mark to get banned high-powered processing chips into her…
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Trump’s evading prison by citing a memo that’s actually garbage
If I had a dime for every time a cable news pundit has used the 1973 memo sent by the Office of Legal Counsel as the excuse for why a sitting president can’t be indicted, I’d have a lot of dimes. Even more, if you add the amount of attorneys, including former Special Counsel Robert…
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US-mediated talks on ending Russia-Ukraine war begin in Abu Dhabi
Three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States opened Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates, as Washington renews its push to end the war that followed Moscow’s all-out invasion nearly five years ago. The two-day session in the UAE’s capital, Abu Dhabi, is the first such meeting since February. It will focus on security…
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Here’s What We Know About the X-70 Fractal, NASA’s Experimental New Plane
NASA has unveiled a new experimental vehicle, the X-70 Fractal, although many of its features remain a mystery. The agency describes it as a research platform designed to conduct advanced aeronautical tests, but so far it has released only computer-generated images and some technical specifications regarding its capabilities. Despite the secrecy, it is possible to…
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Trump says deportation push hasn’t put ‘same pressure’ on farm workers, hotel staff: ‘Not even close’
President Donald Trump said on Monday night that his administration’s mass deportation agenda has not put the same pressure on migrant workers as it has on people he described as murderers and drug dealers. During a phone call with C-SPAN, Trump was asked whether law-abiding people who are paying taxes and have lived in the…
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Meghan Markle holds Prince Harry’s hand, stays silent as she makes first public appearance since dad Thomas Markle Sr. charged over child porn trove
Meghan Markle clutched the hand of her husband, Prince Harry, on Tuesday as she made her first public appearance since her estranged 82-year-old dad, Thomas Markle Sr., was charged with possession of child pornography. The duchess is attending an event about online child safety at the European Parliament in Brussels, and was expected to make…