13 controversial redactions from the Epstein files — and what we’re learning about them

This has been a big week in the long-running — and still very much not-over — saga of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Once-hobbled Lumma Stealer is back with lures that are hard to resist

“LummaStealer is back at scale, despite a major 2025 law-enforcement takedown that disrupted thousands of its command-and-control domains,” researchers from security firm Bitdefender wrote. “The ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

How The New York Times uses a custom AI tool to track the “manosphere”

The daily podcast round-up is just one way the Times is adopting in-house AI transcription and summarization tools.

A new book focuses on a queer, Black, WWII-era translator who risked safety for love

About a decade ago, professor and historian Ethelene Whitmire was presenting research on the experiences of African Americans living in Denmark. At that talk, she met – by chance – a relative of Reed ...
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The 11 Tasks You Should Still Do Yourself Instead Of Asking ChatGPT

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. AI is the ultimate "work smarter" shortcut ...