How the Unchecked Power of Judges Is Hurting Poor Texans.
On how the US is failing to fully account for Russia’s information warfare efforts.
After Ukraine, US readies ‘transnational kill chain’ for Taiwan proxy war (analysis of how the linking of a bunch of weapon systems and new cause-effect scenarios might work).
Elon Musk's SpaceX is building a network of spy satellites for U.S. intelligence, report says.
Ukraine’s Victories Over Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Reopen Vital Grain Corridor.
Grim reading but important subject: police taking advantage of assault survivors (and in some cases this is a persistent, unaddressed issue).
Analysis of changes in the oil market (and how these changes may end 50-year norms).
Texas law has led to a popular adult platform pulling out of the state.
Russia is importing a lot more CNC machine tools from China now that they can’t get them from the west (which allows them to keep making missiles, but the quality of China’s machines are reportedly a lot lower);
How American news lost its nerve.
Election disinformation takes a big leap with AI being used to deceive worldwide:
A wave of AI deepfakes tied to elections in Europe and Asia has coursed through social media for months, serving as a warning for more than 50 countries heading to the polls this year.
“You don’t need to look far to see some people ... being clearly confused as to whether something is real or not,” said Henry Ajder, a leading expert in generative AI based in Cambridge, England.
The question is no longer whether AI deepfakes could affect elections, but how influential they will be, said Ajder, who runs a consulting firm called Latent Space Advisory.
As the U.S. presidential race heats up, FBI Director Christopher Wray recently warned about the growing threat, saying generative AI makes it easy for “foreign adversaries to engage in malign influence.”
Jurors found a teen school shooter’s father and mother guilty of manslaughter (this has big implications in a country with as many guns and mass-shootings as the US).
Pence Says He Won’t Endorse Trump, but Won’t Vote for Biden Either.
LGBT+ self-identification in the US is up, and way, way up for Gen Z-aged people:
El Niño could become La Niña this summer (which could change a lot of climactic effects we’re seeing globally right now).
LockBit administrator sentenced to almost four years in prison after guilty plea (more on this case in this recent LKT episode).