In a revelation from Google‘s 2019 antitrust case, internal company documents exposed a deliberate strategy to degrade search quality for profit, a decision that journalist and activist Cory Doctorow argues exemplifies a phenomenon he calls “enshitification.” The Department of Justice uncovered memos showing two competing visions within Google. Ben Gomes, a longtime engineer who built … Read more
FBI Director Kash Patel is pushing back against criticism over his use of government aircraft to visit his girlfriend, country music artist Alexis Wilkins, arguing that he’s following congressional mandates while exercising far more restraint than his predecessors. In an interview on the Katie Miller podcast, Patel addressed the controversy head-on, noting that Congress mandated … Read more
On a recent episode of So True with Caleb Hearon, Hearon and guest Virgie Tovar floated a take so detached from everyday expectations that it briefly turned a comedy podcast into an argument against personal responsibility. The segment centered on Tovar recounting a party in Chicago where she claimed she could not sit anywhere … Read more
Bryce Mitchell has issued a sharp condemnation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement accusing the agency of operating as a domestic terrorist organization that violates constitutional rights and targets innocent families. In the latest episode of his podcast ArkanSanity the MMA star presented what he described as evidence of systematic abuse unlawful detentions and violence against … Read more
In an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, host Joe Rogan delved into what he described as the “darkest conspiracy theory about aliens.” While emphasizing he doesn’t necessarily believe it, Rogan presented the theory as representing the “top of the food chain” of extraterrestrial speculation. According to this disturbing hypothesis, Earth functions essentially as a … Read more
President Donald Trump has faced a wave of criticism from within his own party after posting a controversial statement on Truth Social following the deaths of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner. Despite calls from Republican lawmakers to show compassion for the grieving family, Trump has refused to back down from his … Read more
A recent episode of the Huberman Lab podcast featuring Dr. Martin Picard, a professor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University, has sparked considerable interest with bold claims about the therapeutic potential of ketogenic diets for serious mental health and inflammatory conditions. During the conversation about mitochondrial function and energy metabolism, Dr. Picard discussed how dietary … Read more
The pioneering American robotics company that brought the Roomba into millions of homes has been sold to its Chinese contract manufacturer following a bankruptcy filing, marking another chapter in the decline of a once-dominant technology brand. iRobot, founded in 1990 by three Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers, announced on December 14 that it had reached … Read more
When Elon Musk launched the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with promises to slash $2 trillion from the federal budget, it was heralded as a revolutionary moment in American governance. Instead, it may have delivered one of the most expensive failures in recent Washington history. The numbers tell a surprising story. Despite months of chaotic … Read more
Comedian Theo Von recently sat down with Joe Rogan for an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, where he candidly discussed his decision to undergo hair transplant surgery. The conversation offered listeners a rare glimpse into the personal choices entertainers make about their appearance and the anxieties that drive them. Early in the podcast, Rogan … Read more
