Carney Teases Budget Plans With School Meal Program and Automatic Tax Filing
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Friday that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will begin preparing pre-filled tax returns for more low-income people with simple tax situations. The goal is…
Trump Claims Many Federal Workers Being Laid Off Amid Shutdown
The Trump administration began laying off thousands of federal workers across a range of government agencies on Friday, the tenth day of the protracted U.S. government shutdown. President Donald Trump…
Trump Calls Nobel Winner Machado After His Administration Condemned Her Award
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado on Friday, shortly after his own administration publicly denounced the committee that granted her the honor. President…
Trump Threatens to Double Tariffs With New 100% China Duty
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on social media that he would impose an additional 100% tariff on imports from China starting next month. In the same post, President Trump declared…
Nevada Says Musk’s Boring Company Broke Environmental Rules Nearly 800 Times
Elon Musk’s Boring Co., the tunneling and infrastructure enterprise, repeatedly violated state environmental regulations in Nevada, even after the company had formally agreed to comply with those laws, state regulators…
Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri Disputes MrBeast’s AI Concerns, Says Society Must Adapt
Instagram head Adam Mosseri stated this week that artificial intelligence will fundamentally change who can be a creator, granting people who were previously unable to produce content at a certain…
Microsoft Word Now Auto-Saves Documents to the Cloud
Microsoft quietly announced a subtle but important change to its popular word-processing software, Word, this week: the application will now automatically save newly created documents to OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud storage…
Figma Teams Up With Google to Integrate Gemini AI
Design platform Figma announced on Thursday a strategic partnership with Google to integrate more artificial intelligence features. While Figma had previously introduced its own AI app-building tools, this new collaboration…
Google Expands Workplace AI Push With Gemini Enterprise
Google announced on Thursday the launch of Gemini Enterprise, a comprehensive new AI platform for businesses. This move is the latest significant effort by the Alphabet-owned company to compete with…
Duolingo Declares It Will Never Open a San Francisco Office
Duolingo, the widely used language learning application, has stated definitively that it will never open an office in San Francisco. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a city not…
PlayStation 6 Targets Major Graphics Upgrade With New Architecture
While the launch of the PlayStation 6 is still several years away, Sony has revealed that its next-generation console will feature re-architected hardware that goes beyond a traditional CPU and…
PepsiCo Beats Earnings Forecasts Thanks to Strong International Sales
PepsiCo reported quarterly earnings and revenue on Thursday that surpassed analysts’ expectations, a positive result driven primarily by international growth which managed to offset yet another quarter of declining sales…
Tesla Under Investigation After Self-Driving Cars Drift to Wrong Lane
The U.S. government has initiated an investigation into Tesla after reports surfaced that the company’s self-driving cars had violated traffic laws, specifically citing instances of driving on the wrong side…
Netflix to Add Lego, Pictionary, and Tetris Party Games for TV Play
Netflix’s move into gaming, while previously considered an odd pivot for the brand, has found a clear purpose: bringing party games directly to your television that can be played by…
Trump Administration Issues Loan Forgiveness Notices Amid Government Shutdown
Despite the ongoing government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Education has begun sending out notices to student loan borrowers informing them that their debt will soon be canceled. Multiple notices…
Apple to Follow Texas Age Check Law, Raises Privacy Concerns
Apple on Thursday detailed the necessary changes it is implementing to comply with Texas state law SB 2420, which introduces mandatory age assurance requirements for app stores and app developers…
Google Tightens Its ‘Work From Anywhere’ Policy Introduced During Covid
Google is continuing to impose restrictions on employee remote work, this time by significantly tightening its popular “Work from Anywhere” (WFA) policy, which was initially established during the Covid pandemic.…