The Unelected Empire: How NGOs Became the World’s Most Powerful Unaccountable Institutions Something strange has happened over the last few decades. Organizations that voters never elected somehow have more influence over policy than the people they actually did elect. These entities testify before Congress, shape international agreements, and dictate corporate behavior—all while operating in an accountability twilight zone that would...
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The Uncomfortable Truth About Genocide: Why We Only Remember Some Mass Atrocities We all know about the Holocaust. It’s taught in schools, memorialized in museums, and referenced constantly in our cultural conversations. But ask the average American about the Rwandan genocide, the Armenian genocide, or the mass killings in Bangladesh, and you’ll get blank stares more often than you’d expect....
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- YouTube now has a way for parents to block kids from watching Shortsby Amanda Silberling on January 14, 2026 at 3:20 pm
Parents will be able toggle […]
- Tesla will only offer subscriptions for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) going forwardby Sean O'Kane on January 14, 2026 at 3:01 pm
It's a huge change to Tesla's […]
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The Unelected Empire: How NGOs Became the World’s Most Powerful Unaccountable Institutions
The Unelected Empire: How NGOs Became the World’s Most Powerful Unaccountable Institutions Something strange has happened over the last few...
The Uncomfortable Truth About Genocide: Why We Only Remember Some Mass Atrocities
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The Simple Fix to America’s Healthcare Affordability Crisis
The Simple Fix to America’s Healthcare Affordability Crisis We’ve overcomplicated healthcare in America. What started as a system meant to...
How Fraud and Illegal Immigration Hit Your Wallet: The Hidden Costs of America’s Broken Border
The bill for our broken immigration system isn’t just landing on the desks of federal bureaucrats—it’s showing up in your...
The Great Under-16 Disconnect: Are Social Media Bans the Answer—or Just Good Business for Big Tech?
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The Data Paradox: We Have All The Information, Just Not The Will To Use It
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- YouTube now has a way for parents to block kids from watching Shortsby Amanda Silberling on January 14, 2026 at 3:20 pm
Parents will be able toggle the Shorts time limit on connected children's accounts.
- Tesla will only offer subscriptions for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) going forwardby Sean O'Kane on January 14, 2026 at 3:01 pm
It's a huge change to Tesla's approach with FSD, and it could impact Musk's $1T pay package and the company's myriad legal troubles.
- VoiceRun nabs $5.5M to build a voice agent factoryby Dominic-Madori Davis on January 14, 2026 at 1:30 pm
VoiceRun, a startup that creates voice agents, raised $5.5 million in a round led by FlyBridge.
- Meta to reportedly lay off 10% of Reality Labs staffby Ivan Mehta on January 14, 2026 at 12:51 pm
Meta is laying off 10% of staff in its Reality Labs division, which is core to developing the company's VR and metaverse products.
- SkyFi raises $12.7M to turn satellite images into insightsby Sean O'Kane on January 14, 2026 at 11:30 am
The Austin-based marketplace offers imagery from more than 50 space-based imagery providers.
- New York governor clears path for robotaxis everywhere, with one notable exceptionby Kirsten Korosec on January 13, 2026 at 10:05 pm
New York City will be a notable exclusion from proposed legislation to legalize commercial robotaxis across the state.
- Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won’t let your electricity bill go upby Lucas Ropek on January 13, 2026 at 8:15 pm
The tech giant has pledged to be a "good neighbor" as it continues to invest in AI infrastructure throughout the country.
- A consumer watchdog issued a warning about Google’s AI agent shopping protocol — Google says she’s wrongby Julie Bort on January 13, 2026 at 7:40 pm
A consumer economics watchdog says Google's new Universal Commerce Protocol is ripe for misuse where consumers could pay more for items. Google […]
- Ammobia says it has reinvented a century-old technologyby Tim De Chant on January 13, 2026 at 7:17 pm
The startup has a new take on the Haber-Bosch process used to make ammonia. If Ammobia can deliver, it could change industries, from power generation […]
- Ring founder details the camera company’s ‘intelligent assistant’ eraby Sarah Perez on January 13, 2026 at 7:05 pm
AI is ushering in Ring’s next chapter, as the Amazon-owned video doorbell maker shifts toward becoming an “intelligent assistant.”
- Man to plead guilty to hacking US Supreme Court filing systemby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on January 13, 2026 at 7:04 pm
A 24-year-old from Tennessee is expected to admit to accessing the Supreme Court’s electronic filing system without authorization dozens of times […]
- Doctors think AI has a place in healthcare — but maybe not as a chatbotby Amanda Silberling on January 13, 2026 at 6:51 pm
OpenAI and Anthropic have each launched healthcare-focused products over the last week.