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Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

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String of Palestinian college activists had Instagram accounts locked for supporting ‘dangerous’ people

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

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Sharp panels on Cybertrucks are sending owners to the ER

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‘Got taken for two rides’: Uber driver praised for ‘hustling’ tip out of hedge fund billionaire

Google's AI Overview tool suggests adding glue to pizza sauce to stop the cheese from sliding off

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Google’s news AI search pulls answers from decade-old Reddit troll post—suggesting glue on pizza

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Google’s new AI search tool keeps claiming dogs play professional sports 

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Duran Duran forced to announce band doesn’t own Cybertruck after Threads post dragged

Every social network besides TikTok failed GLAAD's social media safety test

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Every major social media site flunked GLAAD’s LGBTQ safety test

Video shows Tesla nearly plowing into train crossing in autopilot mode

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Tesla driver says autopilot failed to recognize railroad crossing—shares video of car nearly hitting train

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‘What did he see???’: Sudden departure of top OpenAI employees sparks speculation over ‘superintelligence’ dangers

Mike Hadge

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‘Peak cringe’: Viewers defend Marc Rebillet’s  performance at Google event after it gets mocked on social media

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‘One of the most horrific drives’: Tesla owner says self-driving feature nearly ran him into oncoming cop car

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‘Some of the most sensitive data’: FCC throws $200M in fines at AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon for selling customers’ location data

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How tall is Elon Musk?

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

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Do people actually think Mark Zuckerberg isn’t human?

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As 2024 election approaches, new study finds Meta, X, and Google’s political ad libraries lack critical data

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