The Supreme Court battle for Section 230 has begun
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The first shots have been fired in a Supreme Court showdown over web platforms, terrorism, and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.…
House Ways and Means Committee Obtains Trump’s Tax Records
The Treasury Department has reportedly handed over six years of Donald Trump’s federal tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee, about a week after the U.S. Supreme Court…
Critics Slam NYC Plan to Involuntarily Hospitalize Those With Mental Illness
New York Mayor Eric Adams announced this week that police and emergency medical workers will start hospitalizing people with mental illness against their will, even if they pose no threat…
Disney’s latest AI tool de-ages actors in seconds
Image: Disney Remember when making actors look older or younger in movies was a huge deal? The amount of postproduction work to achieve realistic results was immense back in the…
Watch this live Nintendo concert featuring holograms of K.K. Slider and Splatoon 3’s idols
Image: Nintendo Move over, Spotify Wrapped. My favorite music thing on the internet this week is Nintendo’s official English translation of its Splatoon 3 and Animal Crossing concert with holograms…
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ first trailer is full of Maximal action
Optimus Primal in his beast mode. | Image: Paramount After years of Paramount’s live-action Transformers movies feeling like they were coasting on their good looks, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’…
Fracking Firm Agrees to Pay a Small Town’s Water Bills for 75 Years
A fossil fuel company was convicted of criminal charges in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, more than a decade after an early fracking operation poisoned drinking water for residents of the small…
OpenAI’s new chatbot can explain code and write sitcom scripts but is still easily tricked
OpenAI’s latest tool / toy is an AI chatbot. | Image: OpenAI OpenAI has released a prototype general purpose chatbot that demonstrates a fascinating array of new capabilities but also…
Starbucks Must Bargain With Hometown Union After Breaking Law, Labor Board Rules
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled on Wednesday that Starbucks must negotiate with a union formed at an upscale Seattle location after officials determined that the company broke federal…
The EU wants to legitimize carbon removal schemes
The weekly meeting of the EU Commission on November 30th, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. | Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images The European Union has taken a major step toward legitimizing…
