Benjamin Goggin
Deputy Technology Editor at NBC News
deputy tech editor @nbcnews — online investigations, internet culture, extremism, child safety Signal: bengoggin.01 [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | Benjamin Goggin |David Ingram |Kevin Collier
May 23, 2025, 6:26 PM EDTFor weeks, President Donald Trump’s memecoin project pushed a promotion — top holders of the crypto asset would get to attend an exclusive dinner with the president, and an even more select group of people would get to meet the president and receive a VIP tour. More than 200 people heeded the call, putting up an average of $1.8 million each to buy $TRUMP coin.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Benjamin Goggin |David Ingram |Kevin Collier
6 hours agoThe Supreme Court just revealed one thing it actually fears about TrumpThe Republican justices draw a line in the sand – in an order that makes absolutely no sense. On Thursday evening, the Supreme Court handed down a brief order, which temporarily permits President Donald Trump to fire two federal officials who, by law, are shielded from being summarily terminated.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | Rich Schapiro |Ryan J. Reilly |Benjamin Goggin |Andrew Blankstein
May 23, 2025, 9:46 AM EDTOn a darkened sidewalk outside the Capital Jewish Museum, he walked past the young couple, then shot them both point-blank in the back. When the woman tried to crawl away, an FBI affidavit says, he reloaded his weapon and fired at her again and again. “Free Palestine,” the man shouted after walking into the building and waiting to be arrested by police.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | Benjamin Goggin |Andrew Blankstein |Tom Winter |Jonathan Dienst
May 19, 2025, 2:13 PM EDTReddit has banned a community devoted to a nihilistic, anti-life philosophy after the FBI said a weekend explosion outside a Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic was linked to a suspect who held anti-natalist beliefs. On Monday, a Reddit spokesperson confirmed to NBC News that it had banned the r/Efilism subreddit after the explosion, which killed the suspect and injured four others.
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3 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | Benjamin Goggin
May 14, 2025, 4:34 PM EDTGrok, the AI chatbot created by Elon Musk’s X.AI and integrated into the X social media platform, has in recent days begun responding to users with information about violence against white people in South Africa, doing so without any related prompts about that topic. On Wednesday, one X user asked, “@grok where is this?” responding to a photo of a walking path. That user did not mention South Africa, and the photo does not appear to be from there.
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