Geoff Brumfiel
Stories
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A classified network of SpaceX satellites is emitting a mysterious signal
An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal, which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum.
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Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on
Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.
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Kiss reality goodbye: AI-generated social media has arrived
With the launch of Sora 2, OpenAI has opened a new chapter in addictive, and some worry dangerous, AI video content.
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Experts say Trump's TikTok deal payment is a shakedown
The U.S. government will collect a multibillion-dollar payment from the American investors who will take over TikTok. Some experts call it a fee and other deals like it "extortion."
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Social media is shattering America's understanding of Charlie Kirk's death
There is a deep schism in how Americans understand the assassination that took place a little more than a week ago and that gap is being widened by social media.
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Foreign influencers are doing their best to spin the Charlie Kirk assassination
Russia, Iran and China have all attempted to shape the narrative, but so far, their influence has been relatively minor, experts say.
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Charlie Kirk's assassination sparks grief and rage online
Some conservative influencers mourned Kirk's loss, even as others quickly blamed the left.
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Fantasy or faith? One company's AI-generated Bible content stirs controversy
"The AI Bible is a way to really bring these stories to life in a way that people have never seen before. Think of if we were like, the Marvel Universe of faith," said one of the site's creators.
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Whistleblower says Trump officials copied millions of Social Security numbers
A whistleblower complaint says that the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.
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Research suggests doctors might quickly become dependent on AI
A study in Poland found that doctors appeared less likely to detect abnormalities during colonoscopies on their own after they'd grown used to help from an AI tool.
