Following Democratic gains in recent midterm elections, commentators online have begun using the term 'Woke 3.0' to describe a possible resurgence of progressive workplace and cultural politics, building on earlier waves tied to the pandemic and George Floyd's murder. The term gained attention after Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez referenced it in an interview, where she seemed to distance herself from earlier iterations of that movement.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-11-06
Elon Musk contributed at least $474 million toward the 2026 midterm elections, according to The New York Times. Despite that spending, Democrats are now projected to win 259 House seats and at least 54 Senate seats, giving them a new congressional majority.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-11-06
A Fast Company newsletter commentary argues that tech companies' efforts to appease President Trump are becoming less central to their political strategy. It suggests that navigating a Democratic Party that now holds more power presents a bigger challenge for the industry going forward.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-11-06
A broad selloff in technology shares erased roughly $2.5 trillion in market capitalization, according to reports. Investors are reacting to expectations that an incoming Democratic-led government could impose stricter oversight on AI and tech firms than the current administration.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-11-05
Voters are casting ballots today in midterm elections that will determine which party controls Congress for the remainder of President Trump's second term. The outcome is expected to influence not just political dynamics in Washington but also business conditions and financial markets.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-11-03
Reps. Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia sent a letter demanding the White House release President Trump's AI chatbot conversations, including reported sessions with Elon Musk's Grok about Nicolás Maduro's capture. The lawmakers argue these exchanges qualify as public records under the Presidential Records Act and say Trump consulted Grok rather than Congress before the Venezuela military operation.
cnet.com
· 2026-11-03
On Election Day 2025, the national average gas price reached $4.12 per gallon and diesel $6.28, the highest ever recorded for a US election, according to GasBuddy. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen to 282.2 million barrels, its lowest level in 44 years, as the Trump administration and congressional Republicans spent the past two years cutting EV incentives, halting charging infrastructure funding, and loosening fuel economy standards.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-03
Voting concluded Tuesday in the 2026 midterms after record early turnout, with few reported problems despite a year of disputes over election administration. Trump's Justice and Homeland Security departments conducted operations targeting noncitizen voters, including arrests in California, and DOJ deployed a large poll-monitoring effort while also suing to block certification of Alaska's results if Democrats won the Senate race there. The administration said no armed federal officers would be stationed at polling places, though officials and Democratic groups had prepared for possible federal intervention.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-11-03
Amid growing concern over AI agents' potential to interfere with elections, paper ballots are being highlighted as a safeguard against digital manipulation of voting systems. The concern builds on a longer-running debate about election security that dates back to 2016, when Donald Trump first raised claims of rigged results.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-11-02
Republican candidate Byron Donalds, who has Trump's endorsement and roughly $148 million in campaign funding largely tied to the tech industry, faces defections from GOP voters angered by his support for data center development. Patti Zirhut, a lifelong Republican and anti-data-center organizer in Hernando County, says she will not vote for Donalds and is considering backing Democratic opponent David Jolly instead. Jolly, a former Republican, says opposition to data centers is stronger among Republicans than Democrats in Florida.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-02
Weeks after Trump directed federal agencies to use 'super intelligence' instead of 'artificial intelligence,' Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg used the term during their companies' recent earnings calls, with Musk renaming SpaceX's AI unit SpaceXSI. Other executives, including Amazon's Andy Jassy, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, and Alphabet's Sundar Pichai, stuck largely with 'AI' in their public remarks, while IBM's Arvind Krishna and Intel's Lip-Bu Tan used both terms interchangeably.
tech.slashdot.org
· 2026-11-01
The New York Times reports that President Trump surrounds himself with sycophantic media coverage, disparaging clips of opponents, and AI-generated memes and videos, according to sources close to the White House. One source named federal housing official Bill Pulte as a frequent presenter of mortgage-related memes and AI content to Trump aboard Air Force One, with an administration official calling him a 'court jester.' Separate reporting from TIME says Trump has also shown strong interest in Elon Musk's Grok chatbot.
futurism.com
· 2026-11-01
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