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Startup Says It Can Read Your Brain Signals Using a Pair of Headphones
Whether they’re harvesting your data or serving you ads, consumer electronics brands have always wanted to get inside your head. Now, a hip neurotech startup says its devices can do exactly that. The startup, called Neurable, recently announced it was licensing its “non-invasive” brain-computer interface headphones to consumer product manufacturers. First covered by TechCrunch, the
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In controversial landmark ruling: Supreme Court restricts voter rights
The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Callais v. Louisiana authored by Justice Samuel Alito, narrowing protections under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act while technically leaving it intact. Politics & Poll Tracker reported the decision. The case arose from lower-court rulings requiring Louisiana to create a second majority-Black district, which Republicans challenged.
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Dianna Russini, Mike Vrabel photo scandal addressed in Athletic all-hands meeting after reporter’s resignation
The Athletic has reportedly addressed Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel’s scandal with staff members for the first time since Page Six published photos of the pair together at an Arizona resort. Executive editor Steven Ginsberg held an all-hands general meeting on Wednesday following Russini’s April 14 resignation from the outlet, according to Front Office Sports.
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Florida Republicans Are Gerrymandering. They Just Can’t Say So.
Florida Republicans have approved a new congressional map that could hand them as many as four House seats that Democrats currently hold. Their goal is straightforward and universally understood: They want to bolster the GOP’s majority in Congress and retake the lead in a yearlong, nationwide partisan gerrymandering showdown with Democrats. Good luck, however, getting
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Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening ‘the world’s kitchen’
CHIANG SAEN, Thailand — Perched on the bow of his long-tail fishing boat, 75-year-old Sukjai Yana untangled a handful of small fish from his net, disappointed by his catch and fretting over whether he can sell them. Some days Yana earns nothing: Demand for fish is falling due to worries over contamination of the Mekong River and
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Hegseth team blindsided over use of secret messaging apps: ‘Going to take that as a yes’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was surprised by a question during a congressional hearing on Wednesday over whether Pentagon officials were using a secret messaging app. Hegseth appeared to be caught off guard during the House Armed Services Committee hearing when Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA) asked Pentagon officials, including Jules W. Hurst III, Under Secretary of
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Comey appears in court in Trump threat case that’s likely to pose a challenge for Justice Department
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former FBI Director James Comey appeared in court on Wednesday, kick-starting a criminal case against him that legal experts say presents significant hurdles for the prosecution and will likely be a challenge for the Justice Department to win. Comey, who didn’t enter a plea, was indicted in North Carolina on Tuesday on charges of
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Major House vote falls apart as GOP members stage rebellion
House Republican leadership is delaying a vote on the farm bill, after an uprising by several GOP lawmakers enraged about sticking points within it — jeopardizing yet another major piece of legislation House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was hoping to move into the outbox this week. According to Politico, “Leadership will send the agriculture policy
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Infamous ‘Quality Learing Center’ is now totally abandoned after FBI conducts massive fraud raid in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — The infamous Somali immigrant-run “Quality Learing Center” in Minneapolis was abandoned on Wednesday — a day after the FBI raided the daycare and about 20 other local operations as part of an investigation into allegations of massive social services fraud in Minnesota. The business’s misspelled sign has been removed, and replaced with a
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In Hostile Hearing, Democrats Accuse Hegseth of Misleading Public on Iran War Progress
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth frequently argued with Democrats during a testy hearing in the Rayburn House office building in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2026 —Nathan Posner—Anadolu via Getty Images Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived on Capitol Hill on Wednesday facing what was supposed to be a budget hearing. Instead, he confronted something the