Tech & Free Speech
Google Gemini Hits Windows, Tightening Its Data Grip on Your Desktop
Google's floating AI overlay watches your work from yet another angle—while antitrust regulators watch nothing.
September 14, 2026
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Tech & Free Speech tracks Big Tech power, censorship, deplatforming, surveillance, and AI — the fight for free speech online and in the public square. Every story ties platform policy to real-world consequences for users and publishers.
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Big Tech CEOs Cry 'Safety' On AI As Competitors Close In
Altman, Amodei, and Musk cry 'safety' while markets crater and China races ahead.
September 14, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Google Builds AI 'Security Cage' on Your Android — Google Keeps the Keys
The company that censors search and tracks your location now decides which AI can run on your phone.
September 13, 2026
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Google's Volunteer Spy Network Knows Where Cops Are Before the Feds Do
Millions of Americans carry Big Tech's sensors voluntarily, feeding Google more live intelligence on police than the government has on its own deployments.
September 13, 2026
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AI Oligarchs Demand "Safety" Rules to Freeze Out Rivals
Altman, Musk, and Amodei want government gatekeeping to crush startup competition.
September 13, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
AI Giants Push 'Safety' Slowdown to Pull Up the Ladder
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Musk are pushing 'safety' rules to entrench their power and freeze out competition.
September 12, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Ex-Anthropic Researcher Warns AI Could End Humanity While Big Tech Self-Regulates
AI giants admit their tech can help build bioweapons. Their solution? Let them police themselves.
September 12, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Cops Arrested for Stalking Citizens With Flock Spy Cameras
Mass surveillance tools are doing exactly what the Founders feared: weaponizing government power against the people.
September 12, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Meta's 'Project Phoenix': Surveillance Mask Disguised as Innovation
The tech press swoons over sleek design while ignoring a face-mounted sensor array built by the platform that censors your speech.
September 11, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Meta AI Scraped Deleted Posts to Interrogate Mom About Her Kids
Meta scraped family data from deleted posts—then told parents to stop sharing photos of their kids.
September 11, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Google Hoards Power for AI While Vacuuming Your Data
A record geothermal deal to fuel AI meets new surveillance features demanding your private life.
September 11, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Amazon Pilots Ignored 'Too Fast, Too Low' Warnings Before Fatal Miami Crash
Cockpit audio shows pilots ignored repeated warnings. A lawsuit alleges Amazon's corporate pressure killed five on the ground.
September 11, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Musk's Boring Company Raises $3B While Feds Burn Transit Cash
Private investors value tunnel innovation at $23B while federal infrastructure delivers nothing but debt.
September 10, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Musk Threatens Suit Over Gibney Doc Pushing Debunked Starlink Vote-Rigging Claim
Establishment filmmaker pushes a debunked satellite vote-rigging conspiracy. Now Musk is suing.
September 10, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
AI Researcher Quits, Warns Silicon Valley 'Gambling With Our Lives'
Silicon Valley insiders privately fear extinction-level AI — and they're building it anyway.
September 10, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Apple Watch Series 12 Records Conversations—And You Pay for the Wiretap
Apple's 'Audio Intelligence' turns a wristwatch into an always-on surveillance device—and bystanders won't even know.
September 9, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Anthropic Researcher Quits, Warns AI Firms Racing Toward Human Extinction
A researcher who worked inside two top AI companies walked out with a warning: the people building this tech believe it could wipe out humanity — and they have no plan to stop it.
September 9, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
NYC Tesla Crash Kills Passenger — Watch the Press Blame the Car
A 27-year-old woman is dead after a late-night Midtown wreck, but watch the press blame the EV instead of the driver.
September 9, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Meta's Muse AI Wants Your Passwords, Your Calendar, Your Cash
The company that built the world's biggest surveillance ad machine now wants the keys to your digital life.
September 9, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
South Park Renames Itself to Mock Big Tech Rewriting Reality
Apple and Google renamed a lake overnight. Parker and Stone noticed who really decides what's real.
September 9, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Google Maps Every Mutation in Human DNA—And Wants to Charge You for It
DeepMind mapped 9 billion DNA variants, but the price is secret and nobody's asking who decides what's a 'defect'
September 8, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Australia Forces Big Tech Algorithm-Free Feeds; Americans Stuck
Canberra forced Silicon Valley to give users real choice. Washington's silence shows who owns D.C.
September 8, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Gibney Doc Frames Musk's Free Speech as 'Right-Wing Agenda'
Hollywood and the press unite to smear the man who shattered their narrative monopoly
September 8, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Convicted Fraudster Holmes Gets Movie Platform to Keep Lying
A24's secret Telluride doc lets the Theranos scammer insist she's truthful while ordinary Americans pay the price for elite fraud
September 8, 2026
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