Drew Harwell

• Tech

“It’s an honest day’s work,” he says about the $16 an hour job, the only work he's found since he was fired from the Trump Media platform he helped found.

• The Discord Leaks

The U.S. Army knows something about Discord — it runs an official 17,000-member chatroom on the service.

• The Discord Leaks

Two raucous chat rooms devoted to ironic inside jokes about military weapons and geopolitics helped spread a historic leak of U.S. intelligence.

• Tech

New technology has for years been pioneered through porn. AI-image creation hasn't broken from that pattern.

• Tech

Twitter strikes the New York Times’ verified badge on Elon Musk’s orders. The Times and other news organizations say they won’t pay for the icon, which is designed to protect against impersonation.

• Politics

“Do I think the judge is biased? Of course not,” said attorney Joe Tacopina, who when pushed about Trump's claims added that he isn't the former president's "PR person."

• Tech

The fake highlights how trolls and liars can use computer tools to muddle the truth about mass shootings.

• Tech

Midjourney, the year-old firm behind recent fake visuals of Trump and the pope, illustrates the lack of oversight accompanying spectacular strides in AI.

• Tech

The ban of Enes Kanter Freedom lasted 12 days, until TikTok's CEO was being grilled on Capitol Hill.