WASHINGTONPOST (Meryl Kornfield) - Trump’s allies are already lining up to apply to his $1.8 billion fund
Jan. 6 rioters, George Santos, Mark McCloskey and Rod Blagojevich: A wide range of figures are eyeing the president’s new settlement fund.
AXIOS (Maria Curi) - Scoop: Palantir fights Pentagon over key intelligence contract
Palantir is battling the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency for the ability to bid for a contract to modernize its data analytics system, according to a filing obtained by Axios. Why it matters: Palantir's already massive foothold at the Pentagon could eventually expand to an agency tasked with providing foreign military intelligence to prevent and win wars. What's inside: Palantir argues in its protest that the DIA is wasting taxpayer money, and flouting the law, by refusing to consider a commercial solution for its data analytics modernization efforts. - The agency launched MARS (Machine-assisted Analytic Rapid-repository System) eight years ago and has been developing it ever since to replace a Cold War-era system. - Palantir…
AXIOS (Ina Fried) - How Google plans to win the AI war
Google is trying to pull off one of the trickiest balancing acts in tech: aggressively disrupting its own products with AI while protecting the businesses that generate tens of billions in profit. Why it matters: Unlike OpenAI and Anthropic, Google enters the AI race with enormous scale, distribution and cash flow — but also a vast empire it has to defend. Driving the news: As it has for the past two years , Google used this week's I/O developer conference to focus almost entirely on AI . - It's revamping its core search box to serve both traditional short queries, while seamlessly allowing it to expand for longer chatbot-style conversations. - YouTube, meanwhile, is getting a new "Ask YouTube" feature where people can ask a question…
WASHINGTONPOST (Drew Harwell) - San Diego mosque shooting offers a chilling echo of past killings streamed online
Authorities say two teens behind the deadly shooting were inspired by extremist online content, including the 2019 massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand.
HUFFPOST - Jon Stewart Drops Brutal Line About CBS On Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ As It Winds Down
The "Daily Show" host also tore into the "putrid administration" of Donald Trump and predicted what comes next for America.
HUFFPOST - Wanda Sykes Reveals Her ‘No. 1’ Worry About Trump And It Escalates Fast
"I'm like, 'Oh, my God, we're all gonna die by the hantavirus.'"
HUFFPOST - I'm Korean American. People Treat Me Like My Culture Is Interchangeable With Other Asians.
“In those moments, I do everything I can to keep the anger from rising in my chest and swallow the lump in my throat.”
HUFFPOST - JD Vance's Historical Take On The Pope's Name Has Critics Blaring 'Irony'
The vice president "didn’t make the point he thinks he made,” one critic wrote on social media.
HUFFPOST - Trump Is Still Bragging About His Economy, And His Big 5-Word Asterisk Says It All
Critics used the president's addition to his typical flexing as a reminder that things are "not going well."
HUFFPOST - Tennessee Man Jailed Over Charlie Kirk Post Wins $835,000 Settlement
“I am pleased my First Amendment rights have been vindicated,” Larry Bushart said in a statement announcing the settlement Wednesday.