Enshittification
Enshittification

Bryan, a food broker from Michigan, wasn’t sure if he’d be able to make it to urgent care in time. He started feeling off on Thursday, and by Saturday, he was having to use the bathroom every 15 to 30 minutes. “It’s no joke about the explosive diarrhea,” Bryan, who asked that his last name […]

Suno snatched millions of songs from YouTube, Genius, and Deezer
Suno snatched millions of songs from YouTube, Genius, and Deezer

Suno data obtained in a hacking incident has exposed that the AI music generator was trained by scraping millions of songs and lyrics from online audio platforms, including YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius, 404 Media reports. Given that Suno has avoided revealing what’s in its training datasets and how they were acquired, this a rare […]

Daylight saving time is a step closer to becoming permanent in the US
Daylight saving time is a step closer to becoming permanent in the US

The US is getting closer to observing daylight saving time year-round. On Tuesday, the House advanced the Sunshine Protection Act on a 308 to 117 vote, which would turn clocks one hour ahead permanently, as reported by CBS News. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social in May that the bill would save the “hundreds […]

Google and Epic give up fighting — third-party Android app stores are coming next week
Google and Epic give up fighting — third-party Android app stores are coming next week

Epic Games and Google have just jointly withdrawn their attempt to retroactively settle the lawsuit that’s changing how Android app stores work in the United States – and that means Google will be forced to carry rival app stores inside of its own. In fact, Google tells the court, it’s ready to begin carrying third-party […]

Poll: Small Business Only American Institution With Bipartisan Support

New Gallup survey shows that voters of all stripes mistrust banks, big business, tech companies, the media and Congress, but have enduring trust in Main Street.

Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs
Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs

A group of 26 former Meta employees is suing the company over claims that it used AI tools to unfairly target workers on leave with layoffs, as reported earlier by Reuters. In the lawsuit, the employees allege Meta determined which workers to dismiss based on performance data collected by a “constellation” of internal AI tools, […]

New York becomes the first state to enact a data center moratorium
New York becomes the first state to enact a data center moratorium

New hyperscale data centers can’t set up shop in New York for up to a year now that Governor Kathy Hochul (D) has signed the nation’s first statewide moratorium. But a bill passed by the state legislature that could restrict even more developments still awaits her signature. The order blocks new environmental permits for data […]

States make last-ditch effort to stop the Paramount ‘media behemoth’
States make last-ditch effort to stop the Paramount ‘media behemoth’

A dozen state attorneys general are trying to block the $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery they warn would raise movie prices and crush cable TV distributors. The states – California, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington – filed suit on Monday, arguing […]

Renewed Iran Fighting Will Sustain Shift To Clean Energy

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at California’s new EV rebates and Peak Energy’s sodium-ion battery plans

57 Patient Advocacy Organizations Ask Congress To Block Trump OMB Rule

57 patient advocacy organizations from the United for Cures pushed leaders of Congress for more action about the Trump administration’s new White House OMB rule