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The Anti-Woke Right Can’t Figure Out How to Stop ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’
A subset of male gamers have spent years warning that the transgressive series has been neutered by progressive developers, but the backlash isn’t taking hold.…
Court case brought by Zionist federation against journalist Mary Kostakidis ended ‘by consent’
Former SBS newsreader had been accused by Zionist Federation of Australia of breaching Racial Discrimination Act when sharing X posts…
Citrini Research founder James van Geelen has sold the firm to SemiAnalysis for an undisclosed sum; sources: van Geelen plans to launch a new fund (Bloomberg)
From Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.…
The 9 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month (September 2026)
‘South Park,’ ‘Slow Horses,’ ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion,’ and a Lego-fied ‘Mandalorian’ are just a few of the things you should be watching right now.…
4 Plex companion apps that take my media server to the next level
These often overlooked apps will improve your Plex experience.…
How Democrats and their media allies hid Saddam Hussein’s involvement in 9/11
Perhaps the most horrifying acts of anti-American terrorism were the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, which killed 2,977 innocent people, took out both towers of the World Trade Center in …
The Liberal Media Is Panicking About Fetterman Switching Parties, and I Love It
When Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) showed up via video at the first-ever Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas this week, the left-wing media went into panic mode, with reporters a…
California bans addictive social media features for children under 16 and tightens AI chatbot rules
Newsom's office describes the chatbot and social media protections as the strongest in the country, including the nation's first requirements for independent child safety audits an…
Does this AI comic make you laugh?
Comedian Garrett Millerick has created an AI avatar based on his own material. Is it any good?…
Popular TV host, media star faces hanging after conviction in major synthetic drug trafficking case
Sarah Khalifa was among 12 defendants sentenced to death after prosecutors accused the group of manufacturing and trafficking synthetic narcotics.…
Social media is Lindsay Clancy wild card that could tilt potential retrial to the defense, retired judge says
Lindsay Clancy's deadlocked jury received a Tuey-Rodriguez charge as a retired judge warns social media could give her defense an edge in a retrial.…
Meta Doesn’t Want to Be a Social Media Company Anymore
A nationwide social media addiction trial against Meta came to an abrupt end on Wednesday, with the company announcing a sweeping settlement with 52 attorneys general. As part of t…
Red Scare! How the Media Will Cover the Anti-Communist Film Festival
We’re about to launch the first annual Anti-Communist Film Festival. It will be held October 1-4 at the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, D.C.…
New Zealand plans a bill to ban social media for under-16s, requiring "high risk" platforms to check user ages or face penalties of up to 10% of global revenue (Tracy Withers/Bloomberg)
Tracy Withers / Bloomberg : New Zealand plans a bill to ban social media for under-16s, requiring “high risk” platforms to check user ages or face penalties of up to 10% of global …
One of the Most Popular Social Media Apps Just Made a Baffling Change
Tech’s minimalist era is ending. What’s replacing it looks so much worse.…
The Media’s ICE Magic Trick: Make a Final Removal Order Disappear
KTLA described Alex Pereira-Alves as an “L.A. man in country legally” when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained him at a check-in last week. Pereira-Alves has been un…
ABC sues Trump’s media regulator over demand for TV license renewals
Network alleges FCC demand for early license renewal is retaliation for content the administration disapproves of After being forced to apply early to renew its license to broadcas…
Labor pledges opt-out register for online gambling ads akin to Do Not Call register for spam calls
The new measure falls short of calls for gambling ads to move to an opt-in model, or for an outright ban Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking new…
Detroit news anchor can’t keep it together over co-host’s unintentionally risqué question
Fox 2 "Good Day Detroit" co-anchor Ryan Ermanni struggled to keep his composure Thursday.…
Republican lawmakers attack Fauci after former news anchor says he influenced COVID-19 coverage
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) attacked Anthony Fauci over the weekend after a clip of former news correspondent Terry Moran saying the former health official i…
Trump Media Is Selling Early Access to the President's Truth Social Posts for $100,000 a Month
Press groups are suing Trump Media over the scheme, calling it “profoundly corrupt.”…
Australia politics live: Albanese hints at deal on gambling and says ‘absolutely false’ that sports betting is country’s major gambling addiction
Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Legislation forcing tech companies to pay for Australian journalism to be introduced The gover…
Sources: investor interest in Situational Awareness surged after it nearly blew up on leveraged positions; the fund says it's not accepting new capital for now (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)
By Matt Levine / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.…
Sources: Apple remains on track for a glass-centric design overhaul of iPhone Pro's line for 2027, countering rumors that led Jefferies to downgrade AAPL (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
By Mark Gurman / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.…
Trump Media reports $238m loss as crypto falls
The firm says it will refocus on its social media mission, which includes a controversial service that sells faster access to Trump's market-moving posts.…
Trump Media reports a Q2 net loss of $238.1M, vs. a net loss of $20M in Q2 2025, and says 10+ clients are paying up to $100K per month for its Truth API (Steve Kopack/NBC News)
By Steve Kopack / NBC News. View the full context on Techmeme.…
Trump’s media company, which also owns Truth Social, reports $238m loss
Company also announced a paid service for early access to president’s posts on policies to the social media site…
Hunter Biden tells Tucker Carlson that Trump poses an ‘existential threat’
Biden has made a point of talking to conservative media figures in recent months.…
Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals
Platforms like Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google are facing a long road of litigation.…
The media is infatuated with Gadi Eisenkot, the ‘anti-Netanyahu’. Why? | Mehdi Hasan
The challenger to Netanyahu is more of the same. His record makes that abundantly clear…
Q&A with historian Jill Lepore on her new book The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, tech leaders misreading science fiction warnings as manuals, and more (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)
By Anthony Ha / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.…
Wan 3.0 AI – multimodal video generation
Wan 3.0 AI turns text, images, audio, video, and documents into a single 30-second video, with omni-reference consistency and true-to-life detail in every frame.…
New Zealand lost its music media, and what we're building to replace it
In the third week of June 2026, two announcements landed on Karangahape Road within hours of each other. Flying Out , the record store that had anchored...…
PwC left red-faced after being caught using AI hallucinations and fake citations in multiple reports
There's no accounting for AI slop…
Trump’s Social Media Team Craves Your Unwilling Participation in Its Weird Fetish
MAGA's clearly getting off on trying to infuse Trump into everything you love.…
Press access spat adds to fears of circus around Luigi Mangione murder trial
Lawyers for man accused of killing healthcare CEO Brian Thompson raise red flags about limits on reporters…
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Cancel culture fired Shane Gillis — America hired him back
In July, Shane Gillis made comedy history, selling more than 77,000 tickets and setting records for the largest audience for a comedian and the most tickets sold for a solo stand-u…
How Trump’s Priorities May Impact The Midterms
Panelists joined to discuss the president’s continued interest in renovating landmarks in the nation’s capital.…
Slate Mini Crossword for Aug. 8, 2026
Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.…
This Jellyfin plugin makes my bare-bones media server feel like Netflix
Details that quietly change everything…