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Republicans are spending their time and money on Senate races in historically red states—a sign they’re more nervous than ever as Election Day looms.

NEW: A leak of DHS records has exposed details of more than 41,000 employees and contractors, including workers’ cellphone numbers, ICE and CBP facility locations, and members of groups tied to wiretap programs, Palantir software, and xAI’s Grok chatbot.

The leak comes as DHS aggressively pursues its critics, seeking to unmask anonymous social media users, obtain customer records on protestors, and secure warrants for surveillance tools aimed at reporters. 🔗

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The critical flaw in UEFI firmware—used by most server vendors and data centers—allows attackers to execute code early in the boot process.

The leaked records include the locations of ICE and CBP facilities, workers' cellphone numbers, and the members of groups tied to wiretap programs, Palantir software, and xAI’s Grok chatbot.

For $1,999, you could own an M6 Mac Mini and an M5 MacBook Air instead, both of which are on sale right now.

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To experiment with AI’s predictive skills, I let Codex loose on a fantasy team. It tried to bench Erling Haaland at first, but it soon learned the error of its ways.

An exclusive early look at Apple’s new touchscreen MacBook Pro—the computer Apple said would never happen.

The latest generation of Kindle’s 7-inch e-readers have a new look and new accessories. But are they worth the upgrade given Amazon’s new Kindle prices?

A week before the midterms, Democratic senators are demanding that Dr. Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, disclose any communications with far-right groups promoting a baseless conspiracy theory that left-wing groups are stealing nursing home residents’ votes.

“These left-wing groups go into the nursing homes, and they go into the group homes, and they basically steal the votes of these most vulnerable,” Mitchell said in a recent appearance on Steve Bannon’s War Room show.

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