GOP

A lame duck? Yes, but Trump is still the focus as US heads to midterms

AndyC 16 September 2026

Donald Trump’s name won’t be on any more ballots, but his spirit will be.A lame duck president with relatively low...

New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites

AndyC 15 September 2026

In the biggest-ever legal action against harmful deepfake websites, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has seized 12 sites that collectively targeted around 1,200 victims.Photo-Illustration: Jobanny...

Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in Europe

AndyC 14 September 2026

An analysis of 160 deepfake websites reveals politicians in 22 countries appear on them. Nearly all of them are women.Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff; Getty ImagesAlmost 150...

From Hacks to Bioweapons, Claude Misuse Is Now Everywhere

AndyC 12 September 2026

Plus: The US disrupts the internet’s biggest black market, a Conti ransomware hacker gets prison time, Meta fails to stop AI-generated videos of child abuse.Photo-Illustration:...

Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems

AndyC 12 September 2026

The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag”...