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Venture Capital-Backed Tech Companies Will Pilot Medicare’s New AI Experiment
The program will let AI review seniors’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward companies when they deny it.
Microsoft Faces Reckoning for Assisting Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
The tech giant could face legal liability for aiding and abetting “atrocity crimes” in Palestine, legal groups say.
Trump’s Second Term Dispels Any Notion of CEOs Saving Us From Climate Crisis
Corporate actors have shed any pretense of climate action and now openly back Trump’s doubling down on fossil fuels.
A Vast Camera System Now Feeds Information to Police on Drivers Across the US
Flock cameras have been called invasive, insecure, and unconstitutional. Can a grassroots movement beat them back?
6 Democratic Governors Have Linked Arms With the GOP to Push Fossil Fuels
A bipartisan group of 13 governors urges Congress to “reform” energy permitting. It’s a terrible idea.
ICE Is Collecting More Data, Aims to Outsource Judgment to Private Contractors
ICE wants to build a public-private surveillance loop that transforms everyday online activity into potential evidence.
With Big Tech Talking Government Backing, Has OpenAI Become “Too Big to Fail”?
Leaders at the AI company are scrambling to pacify concerns that the bubble around their company could soon burst.
Black Communities Across the US Refuse to Be Sacrifice Zones for Data Centers
From Texas to Virginia and everywhere in between, Black residents are confronting these projects in different ways.
ICE Just Spent Millions on a Social Media Surveillance AI Program
The digital surveillance software, known as Zignal Labs, is also used by the Israeli military and the Pentagon.
From AI to TikTok to TV, This Pro-Israel Billionaire Is Expanding Power in US
One of Trump’s advisers once called megabillionaire Larry Ellison a “shadow president of the United States.”