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Peter Thiel Allegedly Compared Greta Thunberg and AI Skeptics to the Antichrist

Billionaire Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, reportedly referred to climate activist Greta Thunberg and prominent AI critics as “legionnaires of the antichrist,” according to a recording of…

Trump Responds to China’s Rare Earth Limits With Threat of 100% Tariffs

President Donald Trump declared on Friday that he will impose a 100% tariff on all imports from China, dramatically escalating the ongoing trade conflict between the two nations. In the…

Prince Harry and Meghan Warn of Social Media’s Harm to Youth

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, were honored as Humanitarians of the Year at the Project Healthy Minds Gala on Thursday for founding The Parents Network…

Trump Gets Covid Booster and Flu Shot in Second Checkup

President Donald Trump received both a Covid vaccine and a flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, according to a memo released by the White…

Chinese Company Plans £1.5B Turbine Factory in Scotland

A Chinese energy company, Ming Yang, the largest private wind turbine manufacturer in China, has announced significant plans to build the UK’s largest wind turbine manufacturing facility in Scotland. The…

U.S. Approves Qatar’s Plan to Build Air Force Facility in Idaho

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the U.S. will allow Qatar to construct an Air Force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. This facility…

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…

Apple Outlines How App Store Will Comply With Texas Age-Verification Law

Apple on Wednesday provided a detailed account of the policy changes it will implement in its App Store to comply with a new Texas state law that requires app stores…

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…