American journalist Evan Gershkovich made an appearance in Russian court seeking an appeal against his detention after Russia charged him with espionage. And Elon Musk could be creating a counter-bot in the wake of artificial intelligence advancements. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Journalist detained in Russia appeals…

Chicago experienced a wave of violence during the weekend of April 15 when teenagers and young adults flooded the downtown area for a “Teen Takeover” event. Videos posted on social media captured young people fighting in the streets, jumping on the roof of a bus, breaking into vehicles and setting a Tesla on fire. At…

The U.S. military wants to fly aircraft piloted by artificial intelligence. A few months ago, it succeeded when an AI piloted a U.S. jet fighter over American airspace. It’s yet another sign artificial intelligence and autonomous aircraft are advancing at breakneck speeds. The Pentagon already said the aerial dogfights of tomorrow will no doubt feature…

Twitter DMs might not be as private as users think they are, according to a recent claim made by Twitter CEO Elon Musk. In an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Musk alleged that the U.S. government had access to users’ direct messages on the social media platform. “The degree to which various government…

UPDATED AT 1:42 CENTRAL: The FBI arrested a man believed to be responsible for leaking hundreds of highly classified materials on the social media platform Discord. According to the New York Times, on Thursday April 13th, half a dozen FBI agents arrested 21-yeard-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira. The NYT times was the first…

NPR announced Wednesday, April 12, it will be suspending its use of Twitter after disagreements over a new “state-affiliated media” label that was applied to its accounts on the platform. The news organization said it will stop posting new content on its 52 official Twitter feeds, including its main account which boasts nearly nine million…

Is the government operating a censorship regime funded by American tax dollars? Some free speech advocates are concerned that the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) has overstepped and is infringing on the rights of U.S. citizens. The federal agency, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, shifted its focus after the 2016 presidential…

Tech entrepreneur Bob Lee, who helped launch Cash App and was most recently employed by the cryptocurrency startup MobileCoin, was stabbed to death April 4 on the streets of San Francisco. Lee had lived in the city for a number of years before reportedly relocating to Miami due to reported concerns he had about San Francisco’s…