Judge Rules Blacked.com Can Sue Meta for Scraping Its Porn
The judge found that Meta’s attempt to blame the pirating of thousands of Vixen.com and Tushy.com porn videos on rogue employees “strains credulity.”
SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion
Separately, neither could compete. Now they hope they can.
7 Things to Know About the Data Center Projects Taking Over the U.S.
AI data-center projects are popping up everywhere. Here are seven effects of data centers you may not know about.
Are Many College Students Losing the Ability to Read?
Futurism reports: in a new essay for The Chronicle Higher Education, university-level literature and writing instructor Tyler Jagt recalls how not a single one of his students…
Is Affordability a Climate Issue? Philadelphia Hunger Strikers Said Yes.
A recent hunger strike in Philadelphia demonstrated the expanding scope of environmental justice organizing.
Pluralistic: Google's new remote attestation scheme is every bit as terrible as its old remote attestation scheme (12 Jun 2026)
Today's links Google's new remote attestation scheme is every bit as terrible as its old remote attestation scheme: Not even a QR code can produce a kissable pig. Hey look at…
Ten months later, the $100 Google Home Speaker is finally available for preorder
Google's new smart speaker is more about Gemini than audio quality.
Judge Says Trump’s Attempt To Rewrite History At National Parks Is Illegal
What’s most disturbing about Trump’s “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” executive order isn’t its fully-blinkered, jingoistic take on American history where America…
Week Three in 250 to 250
This was the second week of videos from the 250 to 250 Project that we’re producing to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Rational Agentic Maximalist Philosophies
From the end of high school to after my sophomore year of college, I considered myself an effective altruist. I was on the board of my college EA club, ran an EA intro fellowship,…
Trump Implemented Far-Right Republican Policies – And They’re Failing
Trump’s unconstrained presidency shows GOP extremism doesn't work.
Britain Unveils Sweeping Ban On Social Media For Under-16s
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from NBC News: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a sweeping ban on social media use for those under 16, joining…
Extreme Rationality: Still Not That Great
The tl;dr has spoilers, so I've put it at the end . Also feel free to skip any of the chapters because the post turned out to be very long. I think you can read almost any of them…
Ben Shapiro: "We'll wait to see the MOU. I will say that the early returns do not look wildly promising at this point."
“Without Me, There Would Be No Israel,” Trump Says as Israel Remains in Lebanon
Critics say it’s not the first time a president has vented their anger with Netanyahu with no resulting material change.