A good example of the kind of development AI tools are good at. A developer feeds an APK of an Android word game to OpenAI’s Codex + ChatGPT 5.2 and creates a working iOS version which is now in the App Store without writing a line of code. He did get permission from the original game developer.

Repealing section 230 of the CDA is an absolutely horrible idea. Trump loves the idea of repealing it because it will give him a means to silence speech he doesn't like. Opportunistic attorneys favor repeal because it will give them targets with deeper pockets. Don't fall for it.

Mass firings, buyouts and heightened uncertainty led to an exodus of federal workers in 2025. More than 300,000 employees will be out of the government by the end of December.

At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photo showing President Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public. https://to.pbs.org/4p7dLvg

The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.

A November YouGov poll had ICE favorability underwater by 14 points among all Americans and 37(!) points among political independents today.yougov.com/politics/art...

These are the people who are willing to go on the record. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

Ladies and gentleman: The President of the United States www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

It’s clear that trans people face unique, advanced, and persistent threats—online and off. Here are some strategies for resisting the tech-enabled violence that trans people face. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The RAISE Act requires AI companies with $500M+ in revenue to publish safety protocols and disclose safety incidents within 72 hours, with fines up to $3M (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

68% of CEOs plan to increase AI spending in 2026, even though fewer than half of all AI projects have paid for themselves. Additionally , 67% of CEOs expect AI to increase entry-level hiring and 58% expect growth in senior roles too. Bullish for big tech especially Nvidia.

CBP, DEA and local law enforcement agencies have created a massive surveillance dragnet targeting drivers on highways along the US-Mexico border. Here's how to spot automated license plate readers by the roadside. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The Independent has identified Eric Lendrum as the DHS PR officer responsible for a relentless flood of social media posts on DHS pages using Nazis memes, slogans and images. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The FBI put a thousand agents (their own words) on trying to hide all the links between Trump and Epstein. They failed. When people found some additional photos of Trump in the release, the DOJ promptly DELETED THEM FROM THE DOCUMENT RELEASE. www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...

“.. The Trump administration has transformed the release of the Epstein files into the 2025 version of WikiLeaks: a slow-drip document dump that could threaten a long list of Washington power players.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Page One, @latimes.com “.. Stanford computer-science graduates are struggling to find entry-level jobs. I think that’s crazy.” 👀

“.. We are aware of at least 30 deaths at ICE detention centers this year, making 2025 the deadliest year for immigrants in ICE custody," Ramirez said in an online statement.

The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

Security company Koi finds browser extensions with 8M+ total installs that collected users' conversations with AI chatbots and sold them for marketing use (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

ICE whistles work.

AP photographers used an infrared filter on modified cameras to capture how beams are used to track vehicles and people, enable facial recognition — and ultimately, assert digital control.

This is a good point from Michelle Goldberg. I’d add that in an atomized media landscape, where attention is both critical and dearly bought, there are few incentives for the type of cooler, consensus-based presentations when audiences were both large and stable. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/o...

Danish MFA: Today the Danish Defence Intelligence Service attributed two cyberattacks to Russia. We strongly condemn these attacks against a Danish water utility and Danish websites during elections in DK. We call on Russia to cease these malicious cyber activities

New Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Have Yourself a Very Meta Christmas This week, we're overloading on Meta stories, starting with reports of Meta aggressively banning marginalized groups. Remember the days when everyone insisted it was all "anti-conservative bias"? podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/epis...

A gentle reminder that paranoid delusions are a real, serious, and deeply understudied public health issue. Reducing these harms to “ChatGPT” oversimplifies the problem and does a disservice both to the discourse and to the people affected. www.cbsnews.com/news/open-ai...

If I wasn’t on a list before, well, today’s a new day and I’m 6/6 no notes

Omg I want this on a sticker

Australia’s ban of under-16s from social media platforms is now in force. But how is it working out? This week @cameronwilson.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss how the ban came to be and what might have been a better approach. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/307_...

Here are some of the ideologies that could get you surveilled by your local FBI field office under the new orders: • anti-capitalism • anti-Christianity • opposition to law and immigration enforcement • radical gender ideology • hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality

It’s very important to understand that randos you meet online trying to get you to commit crimes are going to testify against you at your trial

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"They had done nothing wrong. They were not protesting. They were not chasing ICE vehicles. They were simply shopping." Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.

Wtaf I find myself sincerely thankful that they won’t duel to the death, but irritated that the USG only cares about the deficit when dems are in charge.

This month's extended security update for Windows 11 broke Message Queuing (MSMQ), which is typically used by enterprises to manage background tasks.

Trump's DOJ has been ordered to embark on a sweeping crackdown on "left-wing domestic terrorism." Civil liberties experts warn it could lead to a level of politicized FBI surveillance of Americans not seen since the era of J. Edgar Hoover and COINTELPRO. Our story today: wapo.st/3L9lpr4 (gift link)

The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns. www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...

Satellites whizzing by each other at close range, maneuvering to gain strategic advantage, is a new development in the militarization of space — and increasingly important.

For the second year in a row, North Korea’s vast cryptocurrency hacking operation has broken its own record, stealing $2.02 billion in 2025, new research says.

A California judge ruled Tesla’s "Autopilot" and "Full Self Driving" are deceptive. The state may now suspend Tesla’s licenses for 30 days. To avoid this, Tesla must rename the tech or achieve true autonomy. Elon Musk has signaled he won’t comply, risking a total halt to state sales and production

The Trump admin says it aims to file 100-200 denaturalization cases per month, a huge increase. But these cases are hard to file and win, and require a lot of DOJ resources, and the DOJ is incredibly stretched thin already. So we’ll see; I have serious doubts about their ability to do this.

Hey, guys! If you need a reason to *not* go back to Twitter, see below. I QT’d the first post with what I think is an uncontroversial historical point. It blew up, and out of the woodwork came the neoconfederates, antisemites, white nationalists, and other racists.

Anti-loitering speakers have been installed in the parking lot of Home Depot in Cypress Park, following a recent Border Patrol raid. “It’s like a sonic ice pick–just stabbing you,” says audio expert Dustyn Hyatt. The full story: lataco.com/cypress-park... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms. 3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers. 4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against. It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power. Story to come.

#France has arrested a 22 year old after a cyberattack on the Interior Ministry. The breach was claimed by the admin of the newly resurfaced BreachForums stating to access 16 million records. Read: hackread.com/france-arres... #BreachForums #DataBreach #CyberCrime #CyberSecurity

Sources: US FTC is probing Instacart's AI pricing tool, after a study showed different prices for the same items at the same stores; CART drops 8%+ after hours (Jody Godoy/Reuters) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Wikipedia is under attack — from accusations of bias, from AI scrapers, from Elon Musk — but the encyclopedia’s founder believes that transparency is the key to survival. Read @joshdzieza.bsky.social's interview with Jimmy Wales: www.theverge.com/tech/846184/...

🚨💻 Watch out as scammers hide fake NuGet packages that impersonate trusted tools to steal crypto keys, redirect funds, and grab sensitive token. 🐍 Read: hackread.com/nuget-malici... #CyberSecurity #NuGet #Malware #Crypto #Infosec

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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇