How Protesters Became Content for the Cops
The tactics behind protest policing are changing—from one of cooperation to intentional antagonism for political marketing purposes.
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AI Labor Is Boring. AI Lust Is Big Business
After years of hype about generative AI increasing productivity and making lives easier, 2025 was the year erotic chatbots defined AI’s narrative.
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Fears Mount That US Federal Cybersecurity Is Stagnating—or Worse
Government staffing cuts and instability, including this year’s prolonged shutdown, could be hindering US digital defense and creating vulnerabilities.
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AI-Powered Dating Is All Hype. IRL Cruising Is the Future
Dating apps and AI companies have been touting bot wingmen for months. But the future might just be good old-fashioned meet-cutes.
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The Great Big Power Play
US support for nuclear energy is soaring. Meanwhile, coal plants are on their way out and electricity-sucking data centers are meeting huge pushback. Welcome to the next front in the energy battle.
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The New Surveillance State Is You
Privacy may be dead, but civilians are turning conventional wisdom on its head by surveilling the cops as much as the cops surveil them.
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In Cryptoland, Memecoin Fever Gives Way to a Stablecoin Boom
In a year that began with a memecoin trading frenzy, stablecoins have emerged as the respectable face of the crypto industry.
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‘We Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’—Trump’s Mass Deportations Will Only Grow From Here
Militias and far-right extremists believed they would be central to Trump’s mass deportation plans. Instead he militarized law enforcement agencies.
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2025’s Best Phones Were Also Its Wackiest
If anything, iPhones and Pixels are practically vanilla. The next generation is thinner, more transparent, and folds in half. That’s a good thing.
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The Gloves Are Off in the Fight for Your Right to Repair
This year, the right-to-repair movement got a boost from—surprisingly—big tech, tariffs, and economic downturn. But the companies controlling who fixes their stuff aren’t giving up that power willingly.
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