August 12, 2026

Feds arrest ex-SPLC leader Heidi Beirich as prosecutors allege donor cash was funneled into a $4.1M extremist scheme.

ICE is buying up to $20M in shock gloves so agents can finish removals when the target fights the cuff.

America First Legal asked a federal court to block a North Carolina district policy letting biological males into girls' bathrooms.

OpenAI finally shipped a native ChatGPT desktop app for Linux after years of developer demand.

CoreWeave revenue jumped 112% to $2.58B as AI cloud demand roared, with debt still huge.

Researchers used fewer than 20 AI prompts to find a Zoom bug that could hijack other devices on a call.

CISA and partners say Gunra affiliates are walking into Fortinet holes and ransoming hospitals and agencies.

Zelensky says Zaporizhzhia strikes that killed seven used North Korean ballistic missiles.

iOS beta crumbs show Apple Reference Image metadata that could prove a shot came from a real iPhone camera.

Even MIT Tech Review admits the censorship-industrial complex moved from fringe critique into Trump policy.

Google says Gemini hit 1 billion users, with voice chats and 150 million images a day.

Nvidia's $500B AI financing stack leans on GPU collateral that China could cheapen fast.

After New Jersey registered thousands of noncitizens by glitch, Mikie Sherrill suddenly discovered voter ID.

Trump ordered CMS chief Mehmet Oz to stop Medicaid from paying for gender-transition procedures on minors.

Houthi war traffic turned Yemen’s Red Sea coast into a kill zone for working fishermen.