NJ.com

What does the word ‘obfuscate’ mean? If you’re feeling puzzled, here’s what to know

If clarity shines a light on something, obfuscating it is casting a shadow over it. The word “obfuscate” is cloaked in darkness, and often describes things that are shrouded in mystery, are ...
Wall Street Journal

Pam Bondi Needs a Free Speech Tutorial

Attorney General Pam Bondi pledges to go after "hate speech," saying there's no place for it after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. But that isn't U.S. law under the First Amendment, and Kirk himself ...
Bleeping Computer

SystemBC malware turns infected VPS systems into proxy highway

The operators of the SystemBC proxy botnet are hunting for vulnerable commercial virtual private servers (VPS) and maintain an average of 1,500 bots every day that provide a highway for malicious ...
Bleeping Computer

Google nukes 224 Android malware apps behind massive ad fraud campaign

A massive Android ad fraud operation dubbed "SlopAds" was disrupted after 224 malicious applications on Google Play were used to generate 2.3 billion ad requests per day. The ad fraud campaign was ...
The Hill

EPA proposes to axe requirement for companies to report their planet-warming emissions

The Trump administration is proposing to repeal requirements for companies to report their emissions of planet-warming gases — allowing them to keep the government and public in the dark about how ...
The American Conservative

‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Suspended ‘Indefinitely’ Over Charlie Kirk Comments

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... ABC has announced that it is suspending Jimmy Kimmel Live! following the eponymous host’s controversial statements about the assassination ...
NJ.com

What does the word ‘pernicious’ mean? If something insidious may be afoot, here’s what to know

The saying that the pen is mightier than the sword often applies in real life, as words can carry a lot of weight. “Pernicious” is one of those words that carries a lot of weight, especially in a way ...
Foreign Policy

Russia Just Attacked NATO. Again.

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Roll Call

Senate tables Schumer’s motion for a vote on Epstein files

The Senate voted 51-49 on Wednesday to kill a Democratic motion that would have forced the Senate to vote in the coming days on requiring the Trump administration to make public its files on Jeffrey ...
MSNBC

Chuck Schumer sets up vote in Senate over release of Epstein files

UPDATE (Sept. 10, 2025, 7:00 p.m. ET): The Senate voted 51-49 to defeat Sen. Chuck Schumer’s amendment, with Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., joining all Democrats in opposition. Senate ...
Polygon

Alien: Earth just pulled off a surprising first for the franchise's iconic monster

In its penultimate episode, Alien: Earth does something that only a show set on Earth could do: take the Xenomorph outside into the sun. While the movies all take place on dimly lit spaceships or dark ...