In late January 2026, social media users shared a rumor claiming that the U.S. Congress had passed a law giving the government the power to use a "kill switch" to "remotely shut down your vehicle." ...

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The F-35’s supply chains and software are already so dependent on the United States that a “kill switch” is essentially redundant.

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On the evening of January 8, 2026, Iran's digital lifelines vanished almost simultaneously. Upload bars froze. Messages ...

Trump predicted Republicans would beat the odds and deliver an "epic midterm victory," but also groused about some members who don't fall in line. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson ...

The backlash against AI invading almost every aspect of the computing experience is growing by the day. Particularly as an onslaught of lazy AI slop subsuming news feeds, the tech is starting to feel ...

In 1995, 60 Minutes made a decision that nearly destroyed the program. Producers killed an interview with Jeffrey Wigand, a tobacco industry whistleblower who had evidence that cigarette companies ...

Mozilla is adding a global "AI kill switch" to Firefox, giving users a single option to permanently disable all AI tools in the browser. Developer Jake Archibald confirmed on Mastodon that the new ...

Editor's take: Mozilla has a new CEO, and a very original idea about the future of Firefox. The open-source software is set to embed nearly every kind of AI feature in the near future, but the ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA is developing an opt-in location verification software for AI GPUs to help data center operators monitor usage, performance, and health while preventing unauthorized export and smuggling ...