Very excited to hear this news!

Every year I review the iPhone. But NOT this year. This year Joannabot has taken over the job. Seriously! We fed my #iPhone16 test notes and 10 years of my iPhone reviews to a generative AI bot. And it’s pretty… great?! Come ask it questions about my testing of the iPhone

"A Vance spokesperson provided WSJ w/ a police report in which a resident had claimed her pet might have been taken by Haitian neighbors. But when a reporter went to Anna Kilgore’s house Tuesday evening, she said her cat ... which went missing in late August, had actually

This is now becoming a daily occurrence. Elon Musk once again uncritically shares a misleading post and gets community noted for it, this time a satirical, doctored Atlantic article with a fake headline.

Democracies Should Never Spy on Journalists, Even in the Name of National Security buff.ly/41EXMMP

Statement from the New York Yankees: Rickey Henderson was an all-time great player who commanded our attention like few players before or since, transcending our traditional understanding of how elite and thrilling a single player could be in in the batter's box and on the

Members of the Cyber Safety Review Board were informed they have been dismissed pursuant to a DHS order disbanding all advisory committees. The board had been in the middle of probing the Chinese hack of U.S. telecoms, a review that now is in limbo and possibly terminated.

DeepSeek moments…

DeepSeek seems great.

The Pentagon just announced that it would double the number of news organizations removed from physical offices to make room for MAGA propaganda media outlets. OUT: The New York Times, Politico, NPR, The Washington Post, CNN, NBC, The Hill, The War Zone IN: Breitbart, The New

Melania pitched her documentary idea to Bezos over dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Amazon agreed to pay $40M—with more than 70% going to her. And her agent has been trying to sell "sponsorships" for the film—starting at $10M—to CEOs at the inauguration. Buyers would get thanked in the

Hand selecting the media outlets allowed to cover a president is an affront to press freedom reminiscent of the authoritarian tactics I experienced working in Iran.

Trump was regaling donors at Mar-a-Lago about all his administration was doing for the crypto industry when he turned to a more personal element: all the crypto money he is making as president. He marveled at how much $ his memecoin could bring in and asked the audience if they

It is fair to assume that Russia and China have been monitoring all the USG principals’ discussions on every aspect of national security policy if they are carried out in Signal and WhatsApp groups…

Hold on, so Steve Witkoff was participating in the Signal group discussing war plans against Houthis while being physically in Moscow, perhaps even in the Kremlin? He met Putin late on March 13.

The Signal app itself has high encryption. But if your phone is inside Russia, and especially if your WiFi and Bluetooth are not disabled, Russia can see what is inside your phone pretty easily.

News: NPR’s Tom Bowman reports of a Pentagon-wide warning about Signal’s security vulnerability - one week ago 👇🏼

wsj.com/world/russia/r… Bonkers reporting from The Wall Street Journal's drew hinshaw benoit faucon Rebecca Ballhaus Thomas Grove Joe Parkinson under the leadership of ChristopherSStewart. A must read.

UPDATE: Trump just said on Air Force One that the U.S. is "in charge" of Venezuela, despite Rubio veering away from any suggestion of direct control earlier. Trump also said the post-Maduro leaders must give him "total access" to the oil. Gift link: nytimes.com/2026/01/04/us/…

NEW: A classified CIA assessment concluded senior figures within Maduro’s inner circle—including VP Delcy Rodríguez—would be better positioned to lead a temporary government in Caracas than Machado’s opposition if Maduro left power. With Alex Ward Dustin Volz