Twitter (X) has rolled out a new update that shows locations for all accounts Many 'American' political accounts were exposed as foreign users pushing controversies

The economic data, delayed by more than a month, offers a snapshot of the labor market as large-scale layoffs were announced in recent weeks.

The GOP is trying to sneak legislation into a bigger bill that would preempt state laws around the regulation of AI, and create a national environment with very little regulation of the technology. punchbowl.news/article/tech...

House Republican leaders are trying to ban all regulation of AI at the state level.

Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare says it is deploying a fix for an issue that caused global outages for ChatGPT, social media platform X, and transit infrastructure.

A new AI industry super PAC has picked its first target: a New York Assemblymember who co-sponsored a bill that requires AI companies to publish safety protocols for serious misuse use of their tech, like creating biological weapons or carrying out other criminal activity.

‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ looking to add AI-generated short form content “Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI"

'Star Citizen' is about to reach $900M in total donations 🎮 • Game has been in development since 2012 • Still in Alpha with no official release date

Morgan Freeman is taking legal action over AI clones of his voice "I'm a little pissed off ... don’t mimic me with falseness. I don’t appreciate it and I get paid for doing stuff like that, so if you’re gonna do it without me, you're robbing me" (via Guardian)

Oscar-winning actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey have partnered with voice-cloning company ElevenLabs.

BREAKING: A Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million and apologize over a 2023 police raid on a small-town newspaper, editor says.

Thanksgiving travel could be impacted as airlines will need time to retool their flight and staffing schedules once the shutdown ends.

‘Alien: Earth’ has been renewed for S2

Angry Democrats exploded in fury after details emerged of the Senate agreement that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

The Federal Aviation Administration‘s unprecedented order to scale back flights nationwide because of the record-long government shutdown took effect Friday morning. Follow AP's live updates.

As machine translation tools under the banner of AI become increasingly accessible and easy to use, the light novel landscape is at a crossroads. Do light novel publishers compromise their product for more speed, and if so, by how much?

Asked about Republican attacks on Mamdani, Dem congresswoman Debbie Dingell replies: "I'm going to focus on the election of Abigail Spanberger, who is clearly a moderate, as is Mikie Sherrill. Both women that had strong military and national intelligence background..."

umm this sucks

Rotten Tomatoes scores for the mainline Predator films 🍅 Dan Trachtenberg has now directed the 3 highest-rated projects

If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE

Zohran Mamdani is New York City’s next mayor. Read @noahhurowitz.bsky.social from Mamdani HQ theintercept.com/2025/11/04/n...

On the ballot today: -NYC: Mayor -Minneapolis: Mayor -VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House -NJ: Governor -PA: State Supreme Court -GA: Public Service Commission -TX: TX-18 U.S. House -CA: Prop 50 This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.

Dick Cheney, the former vice president who was instrumental in pushing the United States into the disastrous Iraq War, has died. He was 84.

New Mexico is now officially the first state to offer free child care to all residents. Under the program all families, regardless of income, can get their child care fees covered. Proponents say the program will help the economy, improve education, and boost child welfare.

Toho is reportedly planning to release ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ in late 2026 (via THR)

A Japanese organization representing Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Toei Animation and more has demanded OpenAI to halt unauthorized use of their IP

Two new deaths and more illnesses have been reported in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to precooked pasta meals sold in grocery stores in many states.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker mocked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ahead of Halloween, saying she must love the occasion “because she always dresses in law enforcement costumes.”

KAMALA HARRIS: I believe he [Biden] was fully competent to serve. JON STEWART: Do you really? HARRIS: Yeah, I do. STEWART: That surprises me, actually. HARRIS: No, I do. But there's a distinction to be made between running for president and being president.

Asked if the 88-year-old congresswoman suffering from dementia should retire, Hakeem Jeffries replies: "I haven't had a recent conversation with delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. Obviously she's had a legendary career. Ultimately it's going to be her decision..."

Brazilian farmers are increasing soybean production as the U.S. and China engage in a trade fight.

The 88-year-old congresswoman suffering from dementia has seven no-show jobs danboguslaw.substack.com/p/eleanor-ho...

(Early voting starts in less than a day btw)

WGA plans to help block Paramount from buying Warner Bros "Combining [them] would be a disaster”

I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime. While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...

Asked about Zohran Mamdani, Hakeem Jeffries says he's "privately communicated some of my concerns with respect to some of the views that he's expressed in terms of foreign policy."

Warner Bros has now rejected Paramount's bid to buy them three times • They said David Zaslav could be co-CEO • Latest offer was 80% cash (via NY Times)

'One Punch Man' S3 Director Shinpei Nagai has deactivated his Twitter account due to harassment "This is taking a toll on my mental health, it only brings negatives to the work, the staff and the Original Creators ... such despicable behavior is unforgivable"

Kenny Loggins is objecting to the use of his music in a social media post featuring an artificial intelligence-generated video of President Donald Trump.

Hundreds of anti-science bills have hit statehouses, targeting key public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety, fluoride. bit.ly/4qkw167

Costco Black Friday: PS5 Slim Disc Console w/ extra DualSense Bundle will be $479.99 starting Nov 21 www.theblackfriday.com/costco-black...

HBO Max is raising their prices again, effective immediately Basic (with ads) — $11 Standard — $18.49 Premium — $22.99 Their third price increase in 3 years

"Warner Bros. Discovery Initiates Review of Potential Alternatives to Maximize Shareholder Value" www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

“The demonstrations were very small.”

BREAKING: The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns.

Lately, DHS agents have been using a different variant of administrative subpoena to target anonymous accounts that share info about ICE raids and agents. Those subpoenas are also being challenged in court theintercept.com/2025/09/24/c...

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51