11
7
US plans to scrutinize foreign tourists' social media history (nytimes.com)
2
A mutually incomprehensible AI communication system (hackster.io)
204
Advertising as a major source of human dissatisfaction (2019) [pdf] (andrewoswald.com)
3
Kircher and Schott's computer music of the Baroque era (2014) (larkfall.wordpress.com)
14
Presidential executive order would ban all state AI regulation (theverge.com)
3
AI writing hasn't overwhelmed the web yet (axios.com)
1
Computational Turing test shows systematic difference between human, AI language (arxiv.org)
3
Mapping 2M votes in the NYC mayoral elction (kieranhealy.org)
60
[dupe] IRS halts Direct File and points to other free services (wsj.com)
2
Friction interventions to curb the spread of misinformation (nature.com)
1
Calm: Continuous Autoregressive Language Models (github.com/shaochenze)
108
Meta and TikTok are obstructing researchers' access to data, EU commission rules (science.org)
2
It's surprising that people are surprised that Signal runs partly on AWS (bsky.app)
1
Use of full-body restraints during deportation raises humanitarian concerns (apnews.com)
3
Daniel Naroditsky, who became chess grandmaster as a teen, dies at 29 (washingtonpost.com)
6
Elon Musk now owns 2/3 of satellites after 10,000th Starlink launches (independent.co.uk)
9
This is just the Internet now: the slop is winning (theatlantic.com)
1
Florida attorney-general issues subpoena to Roblox over child safety (nbcnews.com)
3
China Accuses US of Cyberattack on National Time Center (kyodonews.net)
5
Russian/neo-Nazi fight clubs grew audience using YouTube, isntagram (theguardian.com)
10
OpenAI accused of using legal tactics to silence nonprofits (nbcnews.com)
3
US charges Cambodian executive in crypto scam and seizes $14B BTC (kyodonews.net)
53
Japan's summers have lengthened by 3 weeks over 42 years, say resaerchers (kyodonews.net)
20
Salesforce CEO Says National Guard Should Patrol San Francisco (techcrunch.com)
3
MIT rejects political cooperation in exchange for university funding (nbcnews.com)
3
A debate about AI plays out on the subway walls (nytimes.com)
1
Universities should reject the administration's proposed 'compact' (msnbc.com)
1
Denmark leads EU push to copyright faces in fight against deepfakes (techpolicy.press)
7
Takaichi Sanae wins LDP vote, likely to be Japan's first female Prime Minister (japantimes.co.jp)
6
Pentagon plans widespread random polygraphs, NDAs to stanch leaks (washingtonpost.com)
8
YouTube to pay $22M for White House ballroom to settle Trump lawsuit (cbsnews.com)
3
Wave of phony news quotes affects everyone, including EFF (eff.org)
1
Hollywood performers union condemns AI-generated 'actress' (reuters.com)
2
South Korean government services offline following data center fire (techradar.com)
5
Electronic Arts to be acquired – $52.5B in largest ever private equity buyout (nbcnews.com)
73
[flagged] NSPM-7 labels common beliefs as terrorism 'indicators' (kenklippenstein.com)
5
US plans to require 1:1 ratio of domestic to imported chips (reuters.com)
13
Japanese ship-mounted railgun successfully hits targets in test (mainichi.jp)
6
Japanese city passes ordinance to limit smartphone use to 2 hours/day (yomiuri.co.jp)
14
Eschatological thinking: why Peter Thiel is talking about the Antichrist (realtimetechpocalypse.com)
2
Wikipedia can save the Internet with advertising (techpolicy.press)
14
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material (washingtonpost.com)
7
Fees for H1-B visas raised to $100k (nbcnews.com)
94
Imperial Tyranny, Korean Humiliation (hani.co.kr)
46
New bill would give Marco Rubio 'thought police' power to revoke US passports (theintercept.com)
64
Hyundai battery plant faces startup delay after US immigration raid, CEO says (japantimes.co.jp)
12
EPA plans to stop collecting greenhouse gas emission data from most polluters (propublica.org)
8
US Senate Republicans trigger 'nuclear option', changing rules to speed nominees (nbcnews.com)
34
AI startup Flock thinks it can eliminate all crime in America (forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster)
29
[flagged] House Republicans want to dox Wikipedia editors over 'bias' complaints (techdirt.com)
5
SSA whistleblower's resignation email mysteriously disappeared from inboxes (wired.com)
2
Sony confirms critical flaw in IC chips used for Japan's transit cards (mainichi.jp)
11
End of low-value tariff exemption on packages is permanent, administration says (reuters.com)
1
Researchers say AI 'deadbots' are primed for monetization (npr.org)
9
Director of Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit Resigns (reuters.com)
15
DHS admits it no longer preserves text message data for top officials (americanoversight.org)
67
Popular Japanese smartphone games have introduced external payment systems (kyodonews.net)
2
'Cheapfake' AI celeb videos are rage baiting people on YouTube (wired.com)
39
Administration will review all 55M visa holders for deportable violations (apnews.com)
1
A Climate of Unparalleled Malevolence (theguardian.com)
2
Philip K Dick and the fake humans (2018) (bostonreview.net)
12
Federal court decision finds cellphone tower-dumping searches unconstitutional (courtwatch.news)
2
PicoCalc (clockworkpi.com)
5
AI may make dubbing for film and TV easier (bbc.com)
4
Trump reverse on Intel CEO, calls him 'success' days after demanding resignation (cnbc.com)
3
Japanese government to use AI to teach language skills to kid with foreign roots (kyodonews.net)
5
Bureau of Labor Standards nominee suggests suspending monthly jobs report (axios.com)
1
Wplace – pixel art on a world map (wplace.live)
4
Nvidia, AMD to pay 15% of China chip sales to US Government – reports (cnbc.com)
4
Major Japan newspaper sues 'free-riding' AI firm Perplexity (japantimes.co.jp)
1
July 2025 Tech litigation roundup (techpolicy.press)
2
Rapidus is Japan's best bet. Will it be enough? (zososdispatches.substack.com)
11
Hubble catches sharpest image yet of 3I/ATLAS (skyatnightmagazine.com)
5
Age verification is coming for the whole internet (nymag.com)
1
Global fight over who governs communications satellites heats up (techpolicy.press)
13
Trump eyes 100% tax on imports containing semiconductors (bloomberg.com)
9
Health Secretary cancels $500M in mRNA vaccine research (cbsnews.com)
3
Freedom of Information Act and Deteriorating Federal Transparency Infrastructure (justsecurity.org)
39
Circadian justice (2022) (lse.ac.uk)
1
WiFi signals could be used to uniquely identify individuals (techradar.com)
7
Mark Zuckerberg is out of ideas (techpolicy.press)
4
Iran's plan to abandon GPS is about much more than technology (aljazeera.com)
1
Japan Records Highest Temperature (aljazeera.com)
4
Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76 (cnn.com)
117
EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm (nytimes.com)
3
The unholy alliance that killed the AI moratorium (theverge.com)
4
Information on Contrails from Aircraft (epa.gov)
2
Japan focusing on fix for smart-phone related eye condition (kyodonews.net)
4
Over 2000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push (politico.com)
8
UK post office scandal led to 13 suspected suicides, says report (reuters.com)
55
China is increasingly a home to major brands (musgrave.substack.com)
49
Michael Madsen has died (nytimes.com)
5
'Explosive increase' in ticks that cause meat allergy due to climate change (theguardian.com)
1
Japan's H2A rocket retired after successful final launch (japantimes.co.jp)
49
AI fakes duel over impeachment of Vice-President in Phillipines (afp.com)
3
White House ends all trade talks with Canada over digital services tax (cnbc.com)
17
Blind spots on American cars are expanding (streetsblog.org)
2
Ranking generative AI companies from most to least evil (cwodtke.medium.com)
13