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Wall Street Journal : Sources: Amazon Devices & Services SVP David Limp, who oversees Alexa, Echo, and more, plans to retire in the coming months; Amazon says he's leaving in 2023   —  David Limp's retirement will be latest departure from e-commerce giant's leadership under CEO Andy Jassy

FIRST ON FOX: Wyoming’s Republican secretary of state is sounding the alarm over potential vulnerabilities of his state's election system to the influence of outside private groups, including groups that take funding from a Swiss billionaire known for spreading political influence in the United States. "I am writing to warn and caution against any attempts made by third parties to fund the administration of elections in Wyoming," Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray wrote to county clerks in his state in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital. "This is especially imperative, given the influx of millions of dollars to initiatives, including the deceptively named ‘U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence,’ that have set their sights on misleading tactics on local election offices across the country." Gray referred to the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence as the "latest attempt for third parties to influence election administration." The U.S. Allian...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are "praying" for the victims of the Maui wildfires a day after the president declined to comment on the tragedy. During Monday's press briefing, Jean-Pierre said the president and his wife were sending prayers to the victims of the Maui wildfires that leveled the town of Lahaina. "As the president said last week that he and the first lady are praying for families who are grieving their loved ones and for everyone who has suffered devastating losses of land and property as a result of the wildfires in Maui," Jean-Pierre said. BIDEN SHARPLY CRITICIZED AFTER SAYING ‘NO COMMENT’ IN RESPONSE TO DEATH TOLL IN HAWAII: ‘ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE’ "The president continues to stay closely engaged with his team and state and local officials to ensure a robust, whole-of-government response continues," she added. Jean-Pierre said the president has been in contact with FEMA...

Robert F. Kennedy, who spent the weekend campaigning in Iowa, said in an interview he would support a ban on abortions on pregnancies three months or later if elected, according to reports, though his team later clarified the candidate's statement. NBC reported that Kennedy made the statement during an interview at the Iowa State Fair on Sunday. "I believe a decision to abort a child should be up to the women during the first three months of life," the Democratic presidential candidate said. When asked if it meant he would sign a ban at 15 or 21 weeks, he said yes. RFK JR'S CAMPAIGN RENEWS SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION DEMAND AFTER FBI KILLED MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY THREATENED BIDEN "Once a child is viable outside the womb, I think then the state has an interest in protecting the child," Kennedy added. "I’m for medical freedom. Individuals are able to make their own choices." President Biden’s challenger’s stance on abortion went to the beat of a diff...

David Streitfeld / New York Times : A look at publishers' legal fight against the Internet Archive's book lending program; the parties reached a deal Friday to remove some books from the archive   —  In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library.  Publishers sued.

Gary Marcus / The Road to AI We Can Trust : Generative AI could be a dud, so we shouldn't build around the premise that the tech is world-changing, which in hindsight may turn out to have been unrealistic   —  With the possible exception of the quick to rise and quick to fall alleged room-temperature superconductor LK-99 …

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch : Q&A with an FBI agent on targeting and taking down DDoS-for-hire sites, why Christmas is the busiest DDoS time, how attacks have changed over 10 years, and more   —  In an interview at Black Hat, FBI agents explain how they target and take down DDoS-for-hire sites