He Started a Social Network Alone. Then 5 Million People Signed Up

Issam Hijazi launched UpScrolled after users alleged censorship on other platforms. Nine months later, its user base is soaring—while Hijazi tries to catch up with his own success.

Wisconsin governor says ‘no’ to age checks for porn
Wisconsin governor says ‘no’ to age checks for porn

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would’ve required residents to verify their age before accessing porn sites, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a letter to the members of the assembly last week, Evers writes that the bill “imposes an intrusive burden on adults who are trying to access constitutionally protected materials.” […]

Iran threatens OpenAI’s Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi
Iran threatens OpenAI’s Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has published a video threatening OpenAI’s planned Abu Dhabi data center if the US follows through on threats to attack the country’s power plants, as reported earlier by Tom’s Hardware. The video, which was published to an Iranian state-backed news outlet’s X account on April 3rd, says the IRGC […]

The DOJ Misled a Judge About How It’s Using Voter Roll Data

The acting head of the DOJ’s voting section told a judge last week that the agency had not touched the nonpublic voter roll data it has collected. That wasn’t true.

Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine Is Helping Out on Viral Fraud Videos Now

The DOGE engineer appeared on influencer Nick Shirley’s podcast this week to talk corruption and government work—and how they collaborated on Shirley’s recent ‘investigation.’

A Year After DOGE Cuts, GSA Now Plans to Hire Hundreds of Employees

The General Services Administration is hiring “approximately 400 positions,” according to an internal email viewed by WIRED. Last year the agency lost thousands of workers as part of DOGE’s rampage.

Trump fires US attorney general Pam Bondi
Trump fires US attorney general Pam Bondi

Taking a break from calling Bruce Springsteen a boring loser on Thursday, Donald Trump followed that up with another Truth Social post saying “loyal friend” Pam Bondi will transition to a yet-to-be-announced job in the private sector. CNN, The New York Times, and Fox News all reported that Bondi, a figure in the TikTok takeover, […]

New York lawmakers want 3D-printer companies to block the creation of ‘ghost guns’
New York lawmakers want 3D-printer companies to block the creation of ‘ghost guns’

Governor Kathy Hochul and other New York state lawmakers want 3D-printer companies to block the printing of components used to create “ghost guns” – firearms without serial numbers that can be printed privately, easily avoiding a background check. At a press event on Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said two 3D-printing companies had voluntarily […]

The boring, insidious world of the womanosphere
The boring, insidious world of the womanosphere

Usha Vance has a new podcast: Storytime with the Second Lady. It’s exactly what it sounds like. Each episode begins with a brief introduction, after which JD Vance’s wife reads a children’s story. The first three episodes were released Monday, and none is longer than 11 minutes – children’s books are, after all, quite short. […]

Insider trading or random guy? It doesn’t matter to Polymarket
Insider trading or random guy? It doesn’t matter to Polymarket

In mid-March, conspiracy theories swirled claiming Benjamin Netanyahu had been replaced by an AI clone. Though there was no actual proof that the Israeli Prime Minister had been injured or killed, on X this spurred a flurry of posts promoting prediction markets where people bet on whether he would be out of office by March […]