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Waffle House Teleporter Gregg Phillips Is Still on the Trump Administration’s Payroll

DAVID GILBERT

In June, a FEMA official infamous for claiming to have teleported to a Waffle House was reportedly ousted. He’s still employed by the government, though—and meeting with a Trump fixer.

New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name

CYRUS FARIVAR

Judge hasn't ruled on X Corp’s preliminary injunction, but Operation Bluebird plows ahead

Google announces Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for AI-powered speech-to-text

RYAN WHITWAM

The AI that powers Gboard's Rambler is coming to more Google products, including Chrome.

Florida Catholics slap down state AG by rejecting religious vaccine exemptions

BETH MOLE

The bishops' snub comes as the state continues to attack vaccines.

Meta settles states' child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as "peanuts"

JON BRODKIN

Meta to impose daily limit on child social media use in deal with nearly every state.

The Meta Settlement Will Put Limits on Instagram for Teens. They’re Still Vulnerable

PARESH DAVE, LAUREN GOODE

Child safety groups and former Meta employees welcome proposed changes to how the company’s platforms will work for teens. They also think states should demanded more.

Democrats Just Might Win the Senate

HUGO LOWELL

Strategists in both parties have long thought that everything would need to go right for Democrats to take over Congress this fall. Their map, though, is becoming more forgiving.

Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in $45 billion deal with Nscale

LUCAS ROPEK

The new deal with the infrastructure provider is the latest example of Anthropic's white-hot compute-gobbling streak.

AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”

SCHARON HARDING

Reuters report shows Meta's challenges replacing people with AI agents.

How Rising Temperatures Likely Contributed to Nepal’s Deadly Flood

MOLLY TAFT

Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses.

Meta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age verification tech that doesn’t work well

AMANDA SILBERLING

The historic settlement reignites ongoing concern around how age-verification technology puts privacy at risk.

RIP, Tim Curry: Ars remembers his top 10 iconic performances

JENNIFER OUELLETTE

A dashing pirate, a butler, a killer clown, an alien mad scientist in drag—the man had range.

Amazon just tripled its order of Nvidia chips over ‘surging demand’

REBECCA BELLAN, KIRSTEN KOROSEC

Amazon is adding another 2 million Nvidia GPU chips to its data centers over the next two years. But this extended partnerships stretches beyond buying more chips.

Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350 million at a $2.5 billion valuation

LUCAS ROPEK

The startup is only a year old but it has already generated a massive amount of hype (and money) while also spurring privacy concerns.

How to See the Partial Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon on August 27

JORGE GARAY

The eclipse will obscure about 93 percent of the moon’s surface. Here are the peak times and tips for the best viewing experience.