17 Apr DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs Workers for the National Civilian Community Corps were sent home due to “new operational parameters.” The program’s long-term fate is unclear.
17 Apr Marco Rubio Kills State Department Anti-Propaganda Shop, Promises ‘Twitter Files’ Sequel With the Global Engagement Center shut down, the State Department is now set to investigate whether past US efforts against foreign propaganda amounted to censorship of Americans.
16 Apr Here’s What Happened to Those SignalGate Messages A lawsuit over the Trump administration’s infamous Houthi Signal group chat has revealed what steps departments took to preserve the messages—and how little they actually saved.
16 Apr The 45 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now (April 2025) When No One Sees Us, The White Lotus, and Celtics City are just a few of the shows you need to be watching on Max this month.
16 Apr Suspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Admins Though the exact details of the situation have not been confirmed, community infighting seems to have spilled out in a breach of the notorious image board.
15 Apr OpenAI’s New GPT 4.1 Models Excel at Coding GPT 4.1, GPT 4.1 Mini, and GPT 4.1 Nano are all available now—and will help OpenAI compete with Google and Anthropic.
15 Apr Microsoft’s Recall AI Tool Is Making an Unwelcome Return Microsoft held off on releasing the privacy-unfriendly feature after a swell of pushback last year. Now it’s trying again, with a few improvements that skeptics say still aren’t enough.
15 Apr A Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an FBI Search. His Family Is ‘Determined to Fight’ The abrupt firing of Xiaofeng Wang and his wife from Indiana University last month shocked the academic community and is stoking fears that Chinese-born scholars are being targeted.
14 Apr 12 Best Laptops of 2025, Tested and Reviewed These are our favorite Windows laptops, MacBooks, Chromebooks, and Linux portables.
14 Apr FTC v. Meta Trial: The Future of Instagram and WhatsApp Is at Stake The blockbuster antitrust case begins Monday. Its outcome could impact how Big Tech companies grow—but the government has a long way to go to prove its case.
