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Just three months into the Trump administration’s promised crackdown on immigration to the United States, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement now has a $30 million contract with Palantir to build a “near-real time” surveillance platform called ImmigrationOS that would track information about people self-deporting (electing to leave the US). Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security has … Read more
A team of scientists has identified areas of the brain that are activated when a person becomes aware of themself and their thoughts. This enigmatic process appears to be controlled by the thalamus, a central region of the brain already known for its function as a filter between sensory signals and the cerebral cortex, the … Read more
Women’s sports bras were the bane of my teen existence. Few things are as humbling as struggling to wriggle out of a sweaty one post-workout. I’ve contorted, clawed, nearly dislocated a shoulder—and I once triggered what I can only describe as a sports bra-induced locked jaw. They were too tight, flattened my chest (and soul), … Read more
Operatives from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are building a master database at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that could track and surveil undocumented immigrants, two sources with direct knowledge tell WIRED. DOGE is knitting together immigration databases from across DHS and uploading data from outside agencies including the Social Security … Read more
Over 1,400 employees who were about to be laid off from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will be able to keep working for at least another week after a federal judge intervened in the dismantling of the independent regulator on Friday. Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington, DC, said the Trump administration could not … Read more
It’s April, and the US is experiencing a self-inflicted trade war and a constitutional crisis over immigration. It’s a lot. It’s even enough to make you forget about Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency for a while. You shouldn’t. To state the obvious: DOGE is still out there, chipping away at the foundations of … Read more
But states are now struggling with funding their basic emergency management needs which, in the off season, include planning and preparing for future events as well as recovery from past disasters. This is thanks in large part to frozen FEMA funding, which has been caught up in a broader Office of Management and Budget directive … Read more
“No other vendor could meet these timeframes of having the infrastructure in place to meet this urgent requirement and deliver a prototype in less than six months,” ICE says in the document. ICE’s document does not specify the data sources Palantir would pull from to power ImmigrationOS. However, it says that Palantir could “configure” the … Read more
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders are back on and while consoles will remain the same price, accessories will be more expensive due to President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements. The company said today that preorders will begin next week, April 24, and that the Switch 2 will remain $450 at launch, despite sweeping tariffs announced earlier this … Read more
Other Tablets to Consider Photograph: Julian Chokkattu We test tons of tablets every year. Here are a few others we like, just not as much as our picks above. Nubia Redmagic Nova Gaming Tablet for $649: I’ve enjoyed using this Android tablet from Nubia (formerly a subsidiary of ZTE) for several weeks. The transparent design … Read more