Trump's 'insane' FCC doing something 'pretty ominous' that may backfire: ex-GOP operative

Former GOP strategist turned Trump administration critic Tim Miller put the smackdown on Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr on MS NOW, following the bureaucrat's far-right speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, boasting about ho…

Charlamagne Admits ICE Agents ‘Were Great’ During His Airport Experience

Charlamagne Tha God acknowledged on Monday that he had an excellent experience with Immigration and Customs Enforcement at New York's LaGuardia Airport

"CEO Said a Thing " Journalism

"CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.

Elon Musk-linked mural at Rhode Island gay bar sparks backlash

A mural honoring a slain Ukrainian refugee at a Rhode Island gay bar has been halted after revelations that it is part of a controversial national campaign reportedly backed by Elon Musk, prompting objections from Providence’s out mayor and sparking backlash …

Mark Cuban Says If Work Becomes Optional Like Elon Musk Predicts, They'll Invent 'New And Unpredictable Taxes' Like A Robot Utilization Tax

The future of work might not come with a timecard. It might come with a tax bill. Mark Cuban jumped into the AI debate on X with a mock IPO "Risk Factors...

Vince Coglianese Warns Left-Wing Assassination Culture Was On Display At ‘No Kings’ Protests

Vince Coglianese said he observed multiple instances of assassination culture at the weekend's "No Kings" demonstrations.

Delaware judge reassigns 3 Elon Musk cases while denying LinkedIn-emoji-related bias claims

Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen McCormick denies "hearting" a LinkedIn post critical of Elon Musk.

Analyzing Elon Musk's TeraFab — A step towards Tesla and SpaceX's partial vertical integration, or an unattainable dream?

Elon Musk's TeraFab has been announced, and the first employees are now being hired. But can this venture scale to all of its terawatt glory? Or will it just help Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI land additional chips they cannot get from regular partners?

Your TL;DR for This Weekend’s No Kings Protests

An estimated 8 million Americans marched in cities across the country (and around the world) to protest—well, take your pick: War? Affordability? Constant attacks on reproductive rights? Trump’s crazy goddamn ballroom?

Former CNN Host Says Who He’d Give ‘Billions Of Dollars’ To; It Isn’t His Old Network

'If I could wave a magic wand'

Everything you need to know about Moltbook

Moltbook launched in January 2026 as a Reddit-style platform for OpenClaw AI agents. Meta acquired it six weeks later. Here's what happened, what's been overstated, and why it matters.

The Download: brainless human clones and the first uterus kept alive outside a body

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside the stealthy startup that pitched brainless human clones  After operating in secrecy for years, R3 Bio, a Californ…

5 of tech's biggest names have together seen nearly $200 billion wiped off their fortunes this year as AI fever cools

Oracle's Larry Ellison, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg have seen their fortunes shrink as stocks have faltered.

It's go time: historic Moon mission set for lift-off

Washington, United States (AFP) Mar 30, 2026 More than half-a-century after the groundbreaking Apollo program's last crewed flight to the Moon, three men and one woman are preparing for a lunar journey set to turn a new page in American space exploration. …

Artemis 2 Moon mission: a primer

Washington, United States (AFP) Mar 30, 2026 NASA's Artemis 2 lunar mission is set to be the first crewed flyby of the Moon in more than half a century, and could launch as soon as April 1. Here is what to know about the highly anticipated mission that wi…

I saw the AI apocalypse documentary. It made the stakes of the new technology feel even higher.

In "The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist," the biggest names in artificial intelligence discuss a future full of potential and risk.

AI Updates for the Week of 3/29/26

Updates Below are some of the highlights in AI, robotics, and machine learning for this past week. 3/29 3/28 3/27 3/26 3/25 3/24 3/23 Learn More You can get more details as well as citations in my AI Timeline. Learn how to take advantage of its filters here. …

LARRY PROVOST: Warner Bros Takeover Not About Right-Versus-Left

The proposed merger between Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is dead, and a Trump administration official is saying what we already knew: this had

Former Acting ICE Director Blames Patel Hack On DHS Shutdown

Never mind the reckless DOGE cuts last year and the damage they did to our national security, this hack wants us to believe that the partial government shutdown is somehow responsible for Kash Patel's personal emails being hacked. Rep. Eric Swalwell warned us…

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Jay Graber is not CEO anymore, but that doesn't mean she hasn't been busy.

Elon Musk Has His Sights Set On A Texas City For Another High-Tech Underground Tunnel

Elon Musk is bringing the Boring Company's underground tunnels to this popular Texas city alongside three other new locations in the U.S. and overseas.

Ahead of the SpaceX IPO, xAI Has Now Shed All 11 of Its Non-Elon Musk Founders

What does it mean that everyone who shaped the company other than Elon Musk is gone now?

Exclusive: USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins Reveals Number of SNAP Program Fraud, Arrest Cases

Washington, DC — U.S. Department of Agriculture Sec. Brooke Rollins revealed the shocking number of fraud cases uncovered and stamped out by her agency. The post Exclusive: USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins Reveals Number of SNAP Program Fraud, Arrest Cases appeared f…

Meta executives could earn nearly $1 billion each if they hit goals in pursuit of a $9 trillion valuation

Moonshot compensation was once reserved for CEOs. Not anymore.

Elon Musk 'Starved The Balance Sheet' At Tesla Post-IPO To Keep Employees Sharp, Says Former TSLA President McNeill

And then there were none: Musk's last xAI cofounder is out

Elon Musk is shaking up xAI ahead of the SpaceX IPO. All 11 of his cofounders are gone, 8 of them since January.

Elon Musk Reportedly Weighs Giving Retail Investors 30% Of SpaceX's IPO And Betting They Won't Bail

CPAC Might Be in Disastrous Decline, But the Stars and Stripes (and Sequins) Remain

Photographer Jack Califano was on the ground in Grapevine, Texas, to capture the scene at CPAC, America’s oldest conservative political conference.

JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon ripped into remote work again. WFH gurus say 5 days in the office is overkill.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said remote work hinders training, hurts collaboration, and feeds distraction. WFH gurus said a balance is probably best.

Daily Briefing: US-Iran conflict could end in weeks, says Rubio; Musk joins Trump-Modi call

In today's edition: Project Hail Mary movie review, Us-Iran conflict, and more

'All the villages will be deserted’: The crisis emptying Greek islands and towns

Greece's population could drop by as much as 20 per cent by 2050, with the government declaring the situation a "national threat".

What does life *want*?

OK, kind of a big mega essay for myself: The supreme question… What is it that life wants? what doesn’t life want? So the first question is… What doesn’t life want? Life does not desire to be static, same same, boring and predictable. Life seeks to be dynamic…

CPAC Used to Be an “Absolute Rager.” Now, Some Young Conservatives “Don’t Even Know” What It Is

As the annual conference descends on Texas, what claims to be the “largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world” has fallen flat with young conservatives: “I literally don’t even know what CPAC is.”

What does life want?

OK, kind of a big mega essay for myself: The supreme question… What is it that life wants? what doesn’t life want? So the first question is… What doesn’t life want? Life does not desire to be static, same same, boring and predictable. Life seeks to be dynamic…

WTF Was Elon Musk Doing on a Phone Call With Trump About Iran?

President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Modi had a phone call on Tuesday to discuss the war in Iran. For no apparent reason, they were joined by billionaire Elon Musk. Musk—who is a private citizen with no present involvement in government—s…

Jillian Michaels Shreds Democrats Sowing Chaos With Fearmongering Over ICE At Airports

Fitness expert Jillian Michaels denounced Democrats for their alarmist rhetoric about President Donald Trump deploying ICE agents.

A CyberSUV could be on the way — as Elon Musk claims that Tesla is working on 'something way cooler than a minivan'

A CyberSUV could be on the way, as Elon Musk hints that it is working on “something way cooler than a minivan”

Turns Out That Advertisers Not Wanting To Fund Neo-Nazi-Adjacent Content Isn’t An Antitrust Violation

Remember when Elon Musk told advertisers to “go fuck” themselves and then sued them for the crime of taking his advice? A federal judge has now dismissed that lawsuit — with prejudice — confirming what anyone with a passing familiarity with antitrust law alre…

Should you rely on AI to do your taxes? Experts warn of risks.

About 1 in 4 Americans are using AI chatbots to prepare their tax returns, but experts warn the tools can produce outdated or inaccurate guidance.

Adam Carolla Calls Cory Booker ‘F*cking P*ssy’ For Throwing Fit Over ICE At Airport

Adam Carolla rebuked Cory Booker for being hysterical about Donald Trump deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports.

Elon Musk Says 'If You're Stranded On A Desert Island With $1 Trillion, It's Not Useful' — Money Is Just An 'Information System For Labor Allocation'

Ask Paul: March 27 ⭐️

Happy Friday! The RAM/component shortage has everyone down, but at least the MacBook Neo is still terrible. The post Ask Paul: March 27 ⭐️ appeared first on Thurrott.com.

The Politicians Won’t Stop This War. Only the People Can.

Jeet Heer The No Kings movement needs to become a mass anti-war movement. The post The Politicians Won’t Stop This War. Only the People Can. appeared first on The Nation.

Epstein survivors sue government, Google over release of personal info

The Justice Department has made public millions of pages from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

INGERSOLL: Big Announcements In Big Tech Barely Break Through. I Wonder Why?

Drones of unknown origin essentially shut down one part of America’s nuclear triad recently and it’s registered barely a blip on national news.

'Congress is way behind where it should be in understanding the nature of this revolution and its impacts': New bill from Bernie Sanders and AOC wants to try and pause US data center construction

Sanders and AOC are proposing to ban data center construction while the US gets to grips with AI regulation.

Handful Of Senators Ram Through DHS Funding Bill So They Can Take 2 Week Vacation

Five Senators passed a funding bill at 2:18 a.m. Friday morning that would end a partial government shutdown before the body went into its Easter recess.

The Download: the internet’s best weather app, and why people freeze their brains

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How a couple of ski bums built the internet’s best weather app  The best snow-forecasting app for skiers isn’t a federall…

Angela Zepeda, X’s Onetime Marketing Chief, Out Amid Restructure

The social platform is reshuffling its ranks ahead of a planned $1 trillion SpaceX IPO.

TikTok for Business accounts targeted in phishing campaign — here's how to stay safe

TikTok for Business users warned not to click any shady links, especially those recently registered through Nicenic.

Judge hands defeat to Musk's X, throws out lawsuit accusing advertisters of illegal boycott

A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed X Corp.'s antitrust lawsuit that accused the World Federation of Advertisers ‌and major companies including Mars, CVS Health and Colgate-Palmolive of illegally boycotting billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s social media com…

For All Mankind Season 5's Alternate Timeline Presents A Very Different Streaming Era

Things are very different in the alternate timeline of For All Mankind, and its season 5 premiere confirms that extends to the streaming era.

NYPD says it's tracking online radicalization after failed Gracie Mansion attack

New York Police Department Counterterrorism officers respond to a suspicious package report in Carl Schurz Park, which borders Gracie Mansion, on March 10, 2026 in New York City. Prosecutors say both teens arrested professed support for Islamic State and o…

3-Hour Airport Lines and a System Under Pressure

Sarah Kopit and Lex Haris break down a week where multiple pressures hit U.S. travel at once — and what it reveals about the system’s ability to handle stress.

Prevent agentic identity theft

Ryan is joined by Nancy Wang, CTO of 1Password, to discuss the security challenges local agents present, how enterprises can create robust governance of credentials through zero-knowledge architecture, and the implications of agent intent and misuse in a worl…

Netflix’s First MLB Broadcast Wasn’t A Home Run; The AI Data Center Backlash Arrives

Netflix's MLB streaming is heavy on the ads; the anti-AI movement gains traction; the court dismissed X's antitrust allegations. The post Netflix’s First MLB Broadcast Wasn’t A Home Run; The AI Data Center Backlash Arrives appeared first on AdExchanger.

Elon Musk Could Legally Help Struggling TSA Agents Get Paid With This One Weird Trick

As far as I can tell, there's no law that would prevent Musk from donating to a union's worker hardship fund, even as a federal contractor.

Big Lawsuits Not Going Great For Social Media Giants

Maybe these products are not good for their users. Where have we heard that before? (Big tobacco. The answer is big tobacco.)

Dutch court bans xAI’s Grok from generating nonconsensual nude images

Court dismissed xAI claim that measures were taken after plaintiff produced video of nude person shortly before hearing.

Elon Musk’s Trans Daughter Vivian Hilariously Trolls Her Dad With New Merch Line

“I love that you named your brand after what your f***-up of a father posted about you,” wrote one user.

Should society help you to die? The EU now has a case to answer

A 25-year-old Spanish woman’s euthanasia after a long court battle ignites global debate over autonomy, suffering, and the limits of the right to die

Court tosses out X's suit that accused major advertisers of illegally boycotting the Elon Musk-owned platform

A US District Court judge dismissed X's case against big advertisers like Mars and Lego, citing lack of jurisdiction and failure to state a claim.

How Rich Is Elon Musk Without Tesla (TSLA)?

ZEN.

ZEN ETHOS,,, within a zen body, lies a zen mind. Where are the zen monks get it wrong No no no, you don’t got to shave your head, adopt a vegetarian diet, and get rid of your iPhone. To me, I envision a more muscular and strong type of Zen warrior monk, part …

Tesla is hiring for Elon Musk's Terafab chip moonshot. Here's how much it's paying.

Tesla is recruiting Terafab engineers in Palo Alto and Austin while SpaceX is also ramping up silicon hiring, according to job listings.

Trump names Huang, Ellison, Dell Zuckerberg and more on new White House council to help 'the Golden Age of Innovation'

PCAST will reportedly help advise the President on 'strengthening American leadership in science and technology'.

Elon Musk’s X taps ex-Aave product chief Benji Taylor to lead design

X hires former Aave chief product officer and Base design lead Benji Taylor as head of design, as the company prepares to roll out its X Money payments product.

Elon Musk Says Tesla Is Making Something Cooler Than a Minivan

Tesla’s lineup is in transition. The Model S and Model X are being dropped, leaving just the Model 3, Model Y, and Cybertruck. That’s a big shift from...

Elon Musk's Terafab semiconductor project could cost $5 trillion, Bernstein claims — herculean effort would cost more than 70% of the total yearly US government budget

To build 1 TW of AI silicon per year, Elon Musk's TeraFab would need to process 22.4 million Rubin Ultra GPU wafers, 2.716 million Vera CPU wafers, and 15.824 million HBM4E wafers annually using from 142 to 358 fabs, according to Bernstein.

March Madness Sweet 16 games ranked as men's NCAA Tournament nears Final Four

The men's NCAA Tournament is down to 16 teams with eight matchups to be played Thursday and Friday. We rank the games from No. 1 to No. 8.

In “Bomarzo,” the Renaissance Man is a Monster

Max Pearl Manuel Mujica Lainez’s historical novel, a strange biography of a 16th-century duke, leaves the reader wondering if human nature can ever change. The post In “Bomarzo,” the Renaissance Man is a Monster appeared first on The Nation.

The Data Center Revolt

Laura Flanders Laura Flanders speaks with Faiz Shakir and John Cassidy on the grassroots fight against the AI oligarchs. The post The Data Center Revolt appeared first on The Nation.

X down: Outage affects thousands, service restored within an hour

X (Twitter) Down Today: Users across regions report being unable to log in, refresh feeds, or upload content as Twitter faces a widespread outage

Elon Musk Found Liable By Jury For Misleading Twitter Investors In $44 Billion Deal, Faces Potential $2.5 Billion Damages

Deep fake demonstration shows sophistication of AI editing tools scammers use to commit identity theft

During a demonstration, cybersecurity experts showed how readily available apps can transform a person's appearance in real time to create a deep fake.

Palantir CEO Says Only the Neurodivergent Will Survive the AI Takeover

It's getting weird, man.

Elon Musk's X hires crypto-savvy design lead as X Money payments push inches closer

Benji Taylor, former CPO at Aave Labs and design head at Coinbase's Base, brings self-custody wallet and DeFi product experience to the social media platform.

Trump Rejects Elon Musk’s Offer To Pay TSA Screeners — Security Lines Expected To Spiral

President Trump has rejected Elon Musk’s offer to cover TSA screener pay during the partial government shutdown, even after the administration reportedly considered the idea. That leaves travelers facing the same worsening airport security lines, with no outs…

White House turns down Elon Musk's offer to pay TSA workers during DHS shutdown

In a post on X Saturday, Musk offered to pay the salaries of TSA workers during the DHS shutdown.

Another cofounder is exiting Elon Musk's xAI ahead of a highly anticipated IPO

Manuel Kroiss is one of 11 engineers who helped launch xAI alongside Elon Musk in 2023. The number of cofounder departures now sits at 10.

More Solar Power, 2x Faster With Maximo Robots

A new generation of powerful, heat-tolerant robot helpers will enable utility-scale developers to build more solar power plants in the US, more quickly, than ever before. The post More Solar Power, 2x Faster With Maximo Robots appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Movement & Technology

Movement & TechnologyDownload So a funny observation: technology works in a really funny way in which, one of the big downsides of technology is, it prevents movement. For example, if you’ve ever seen a kid on an iPhone or iPad… Watching some show, it totally…

The US Has Already Caused $10 Trillion in Climate Damages—and the Math Gets Worse

Individual climate actions have tangible monetary consequences, researchers say. But that goes both ways.

Elon Musk asks judge to recuse herself in Tesla shareholder case, saying she hearted post about him losing a lawsuit

Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen McCormick has ruled against Elon Musk in previous cases, including one involving his Tesla pay package.

Elon Musk says X will "pause" new creator monetization rules that would base payouts on engagement from a user's local audiences, after criticism from creators (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Elon Musk says X will “pause” new creator monetization rules that would base payouts on engagement from a user's local audiences, after criticism from creators  —  Social media platform X swiftly backtracked on its announcement regard…

TSA Agent Departures Continue Amid Ongoing Funding Gap

Introduction: Unpaid Work Leads to Staff Exodus A staffing crisis within the Transportation Security Administration is intensifying as more agents resign amid a prolonged lapse in funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Since the partial DHS shutdown…

Federal judge proceeds with lawsuit against Elon Musk

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected the Trump administration's attempt to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Elon Musk's authority as head of the Department of Government Efficiency. More than a dozen state attorneys general and nonprofits alleged Musk exer…