Americans overrun with political text messages

Cell phones across the country have been inundated with text messages about the election, particularly in the last few months. Jonquilyn Hill, host of Vox's "Explain it to Me" podcast, joined CBS ...

Austin makes political message in Ukraine trip

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Austin makes political message in unannounced trip to Ukraine ...

Politics - The Hill - October 21

American Airlines' message to boarding group cheats: Wait your turn.

American Airlines is testing a new tool to stop passengers from boarding flights ahead of their assigned group.

From This Pennsylvania Swing County, the Truth About American Politics in 2024

The people in Riegelsville, Pa., expressed two shockingly different visions of what a president should be.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 17

Trump speaks at Al Smith dinner after Harris during rally ridicules ‘father of IVF’ claim – US politics live

Donald Trump receives warm response and criticises lack of personal appearance by Kamala Harris, who spotlights reproductive rights during rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Don’t miss important US ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

McDonald defends handling of ex-senator inappropriate texts

Niall Ó Donnghaile says police were notified of inappropriate texts but no formal complaint was received.

'Minutes after texting me, my son was murdered'

Fiona Namusoke recalls the day her son was stabbed as he waited to be picked up from college.

Sinn Féin leaders correct age of teen texted by senator

Michelle O'Neill and Mary Lou McDonald correct the record about the age of a teenage texted by Niall Ó Donnghaile.

Harris Sharpens her Message on Trump

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Top stories - The New York Times - 6 days ago

Google launches NotebookLM Business to make enterprise AI audio, text

A paid version of the increasingly popular Google tool NotebookLM will target businesses.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 17

Door-Knocks, Texts, and Ads, Ads, Ads: Life on the Swing-State Battlefield

This year’s campaign offers a vivid reminder of how much the playing field in presidential elections has shrunk, giving voters in a handful of states a disproportionate influence in the decision.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 20

DeepMind and Hugging Face release SynthID to watermark LLM-generated text

SynthID makes subtle changes to LLM-generated text to create a statistical signature while preserving the quality of the output.

Tech - VentureBeat - 4 days ago

Consumer report shows companies are failing to protect from robocalls, texts

A new report says many phone companies are not doing enough to protect people from robocalls and texts. A consumer watchdog group says more than half of them have not fulfilled all of the ...

Phone companies should do more to prevent robocalls and texts, report says

While scam phone calls have slightly decreased in the last three years, scam texts have tripled. A consumer report found that phone companies need to do more to prevent robocalls and texts for ...

A Political Misdiagnosis

Democrats imagined that they would become the majority party as America became more racially diverse. It’s not working out that way.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 14

Antisemitic messages raked into golf club bunkers

The incident is being investigated as a racially aggravated hate crime, police said.

Labour’s promise of change requires a clearer message

Starmer’s government must learn from leaders who transformed Britain: Attlee, Blair and, yes, Thatcher

World - Financial Times - October 18

Trump’s closing message: From cows to genitalia

Donald Trump has been making increasingly bizarre statements, such as calling Kamala Harris "retarded" and "a s--- vice president," and has been making false claims about climate change and ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

How Harris, Trump messaging is playing to voters

Vice President Kamala Harris has made former President Donald Trump's recent rhetoric, in which he has painted his political rivals as threats to the U.S., a focus of her campaign message. Major ...

Politics - CBS News - 6 days ago

Here Is the Missing Context in Ta-Nehisi Coates’s ‘The Message’

Israel and its foes share one thing in common.

Top stories - The New York Times - 6 days ago

‘Grateful' Jaylen shares heartfelt message on 28th birthday

Jaylen Brown spoke to NBC Sports Boston's Abby Chin after leading the Celtics to a 122-102 win over the Wizards on his 28th birthday.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 5 days ago

Rove: 'Undisciplined' Trump 'stepping on' his own message

Republican strategist Karl Rove criticized former President Trump for being "undisciplined," with the election less than two weeks away — though he also praised the presidential candidate's ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Beyoncé Rallies for Harris in Houston With a Message for the Battlegrounds

Kamala Harris used Texas’ strict abortion ban as a cautionary tale as she sought to lay out the stakes of a deadlocked election.

Top stories - The New York Times - 4 days ago

In closing message at Ellipse in D.C., Harris calls Trump "unstable"

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a speech Tuesday evening to thousands of supporters at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., the same park where former President Donald Trump spoke ahead of the ...

Meta Introduces Spirit LM open source model that combines text and speech inputs/outputs

Spirit LM Expressive incorporates emotional cues into its speech generation and can detect and reflect anger, surprise, or joy.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 19

Nicole Scherzinger was texting Liam Payne on the day he died, calls him a 'blessing' to work with

Nicole Scherzinger pays tribute to Liam Payne, warmly reflecting on their work on 'The X Factor' and more recently on Netflix's 'Building the Band.'

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 5 days ago

Sketchy Politics: Labour Pains

How will Labour handle their first Budget?

World - Financial Times - October 17

Luxury Fashion as Political Propaganda

In fights to sway public sentiment, critics often point to costly clothes as evidence of moral corruption.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - 6 days ago

Schools caught in political crosshairs

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story State politics ensnare colleges and universities As states pass sweeping measures ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Politics is distorting economic data

Partisanship continues to pollute results of influential surveys of consumer and business sentiment

World - Financial Times - 5 days ago

Why it is lonely in the political centre

Genuine commitment to the middle ground is much rarer than it seems

Business - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Japan’s unfortunate political limbo

Prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s decision to call a snap election backfired

World - Financial Times - 5 hours ago

Watch Hammon's moving message to new Valkyries coach Nakase

Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon had a moving message for her former assistant Natalie Nakase, now the coach of the Golden State Valkyries.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 13

Bellway says Budget ‘mixed messages’ hurting UK property market

Housebuilder expects to deliver more homes next year as borrowing costs ease

Business - Financial Times - October 15

Pennsylvania voters being pelted with messaging from Trump and Harris

CBS News polling shows both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are neck and neck in Pennsylvania where 19 electoral votes are up for grabs. CBS News chief White House ...

From China with love: coastguard’s ‘creepy’ message to Taiwan during military drills

Image dispersed during Monday’s military drills likened to sexual harassment or abusive partner. A Chinese propaganda image dispersed during Monday’s military drills around Taiwan was supposed to ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

Trump Draws, and Repels, Nevada Latinos With His Anti-Immigrant Message

For some, Donald J. Trump’s incessant attacks on immigrants are too much. Still, many appear prepared to look past his escalations and back a candidate they believe will help their livelihoods.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 16

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