‘Good question, um’: Trump-backed Republican’s telling stumble raises eyebrows
A GOP lawmaker who’s endorsed by Trump struggled to answer a basic question about why voters should support Trump’s call to unseat Republican Indiana state
MS NOW’s Chris Hayes unveils mocking nickname as Kash Patel scandal deepens
MS NOW’s Chris Hayes took a deep look at scandal-plagued FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday evening, opening up his segment with a brutal nickname
The AI workplace paradox: Higher productivity, higher anxiety
Workers are facing a conundrum: They worry about the potential for their displacement by AI even as it dramatically speeds up their own productivity. According
The agentic AI frenzy increases as more vendors stake their claims
The AI agent introduction frenzy continued at a torrid pace this week, with OpenAI launching what it called workspace agents in ChatGPT and Microsoft adding
Earth quiz: What do you know about our planet’s most amazing features?
Do you know Earth’s highest peak, deepest point, and more? Test your knowledge about our planet in this quiz.
Microsoft and Meta to cut thousands of jobs
Microsoft and Meta, the company behind Instagram and WhatsApp, are planning to make significant cuts to their respective workforces as spending on artificial intelligence (AI)
Trump threatens ‘big tariff’ if UK does not drop digital services tax
Tweety McTreason has threatened to impose “a big tariff” on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on US social media
Microsoft offers voluntary retirement to 7% of US workers in first-ever buyout programme amid $80B AI spending push
Summary: Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement to approximately 7% of its US workforce (~8,750 of 125,000 employees) in the first such programme in its 51-year
OpenAI launches GPT-5.5, its first fully retrained base model since GPT-4.5
The model, codenamed “Spud,” is designed to complete complex multi-step tasks with minimal human direction. It sets new benchmarks in agentic coding, computer use, and
Iran war: What’s happening on day 56 after Trump extended ceasefire?
The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is extended by three weeks after White House talks with Israeli and Lebanese envoys.
How fake AI victims are being used to provide rationale for attacking Iran
In the battle of propaganda, fake videos and images of female victims of Iran’s government are going viral.
China’s DeepSeek unveils latest models a year after upending global tech
Chinese startup says DeepSeek-V4-Pro beats all rival open models for maths and coding.
Zoonotic Spillover Is A Problem
Recently I gave the latest update on the origins of SARS-CoV-2 – bottom line, it was very likely a zoonotic spillover event and not a
Steve Rosenberg: Kremlin’s tightening grip on internet fuels public discontent
Throughout Russia, internet usage has become seriously restricted. Citizens are drawing comparison to Soviet censorship and today’s digital blackouts.