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Give Palantir up to $244m through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo
Draft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency
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A judge expands a block on U.S. Postal Service work on Trump’s mail-in voting order
A federal judge expanded a block on a key part of President Trump’s order to restrict mail-in voting for this fall’s midterms, banning the Postal Service from carrying out directives in every state.
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Bruno Mars’ ‘Risk It All’ Rewarded, Hits No. 1 on Radio Songs Chart
Bruno Mars’ single “Risk It All” has climbed to No. 1 on Billboard’s all-format Radio Songs chart, marking his 12th chart-topper there and extending his record for the most No. 1s among male artists. The song also rose to the top of the Pop Airplay chart, giving him his 13th leader on that list. The…
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Neil Peart documentary No One’s Disciple will premiere at Toronto International Film Festival next month
A documentary chronicling the life of the late Rush drummer Neil Peart, titled “Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple,” will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. The film comes from Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn, the directing duo behind the acclaimed 2010 Rush documentary “Beyond The Lighted Stage” as well…
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Live results: Alabama votes in special House primaries after redistricting fight
Alabamans in a handful of congressional districts are at the polls Tuesday for a series of postponed primary contests. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey called for special primaries in the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th Congressional Districts after the landmark Supreme Court decision weakening part of the Voting Rights Act allowed the state to use a…
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Live results: Flanagan, Craig square off for Democratic nod in Minnesota Senate race
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig are duking it out in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Minnesota Senate after Sen. Tina Smith (D) opted to retire. Flanagan, a progressive, notched the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement as well as support from Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren. Craig, meanwhile, is backed by House Minority Leader…
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Live results: Larson faces primary challenge from Bronin in Connecticut House race
All five of Connecticut’s House members are running for reelection, but just one is facing a contested primary Tuesday. Democratic Rep. John Larson is facing off against former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and two other candidates for the party’s nomination. Larson secured support from the state’s Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Coons, while Bronin…
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Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers
Google has added a new security feature to Chrome called device-bound session credentials (DBSCs), designed to counter a growing method of account takeover that bypasses two-factor authentication and passkeys. Rather than exchanging login credentials repeatedly, websites use session cookies to confirm a user is already logged in, but these cookies can be stolen by infostealer…
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Trump administration targets Head Start bureaucracy in move advocates say puts parents in the driver’s seat
The Trump administration has proposed changes to the federal Head Start programme aimed at reducing bureaucracy and shifting greater authority to individual states, a move that advocates say will give parents more say over their children’s early education and care. The proposal has been welcomed by conservative parental-rights groups, including Moms for Liberty, whose co-founder…
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“I think that might be a misread”: Thief designer on why making a triple-A immersive sim doesn’t really work
Randy Smith Evergreen, a designer on the original Thief: The Dark Project, has argued that immersive sims are ill-suited to triple-A budgets and should instead be made on smaller, leaner scales. Speaking to PC Gamer, he suggested that developers in the genre often mistakenly feel pressure to compete with blockbuster titles like Ghost of Tsushima…