Disney invests US$1 billion in OpenAI, strikes licensing deal
The company to tap OpenAI tools for new products and experiences, and to roll out ChatGPT to staff Walt Disney agreed to invest US$1 billion in OpenAI and licence iconic characters like…
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Mike Johnson Whines He’s Always Asked About Trump’s Wild Comments
House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t seem to understand why President Donald Trump’s violent racism is his problem. Trump confirmed Tuesday that he’d used the epithet “shithole countries”…
Trump Lashes Out at GOP Senator Who Blocked Gerrymandering Scheme
Republicans and Democrats alike have long attacked the court over its investigation into Israel’s conduct in Gaza, and those efforts only increased after the court issued arrest warrants…
The goverment is vibe coding now
Vibe coding has come to Washington. Figma’s AI prototyping tool Figma Make is now available to its Figma for Government users, letting government product managers and designers build and…
The Download: solar geoengineering’s future, and OpenAI is being sued
Solar geoengineering aims to manipulate the climate by bouncing sunlight back into space. In theory, it could ease global warming. But as interest in the idea grows, so do concerns about…
Sembcorp to acquire Australian power company Alinta Energy in A$6.5 billion deal
The asset is country’s fourth-largest utilities provider with around 1.1 million customers Sembcorp Industries will acquire Australia’s fourth-largest utilities provider Alinta Energy. In…
Operation Bluebird Wants to Bring ‘Twitter’ Back to Life
A Virginia startup calling itself Operation Bluebird announced this week that it has filed a formal petition with the US Patent and Trademark Office, asking the federal agency to cancel X…
Most leaders misread generational tension. These 5 habits resolve it
I spend most days in rooms where four generations argue about the same spreadsheet. Boomers, Gen X, millennials, and Gen Z staff the same executive teams, often guided by directors from a…
Filipino typhoon survivors sue Shell over climate change
Typhoon Rai struck in December 2021, killing over 400 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless The survivors of a deadly 2021 typhoon in the Philippines have filed a lawsuit…
Axa warns on data centre ‘gambles’ as private credit risks rise
French insurer Axa is exercising greater caution on the artificial intelligence build-out when backing financing for the sector, amid growing awareness of emerging risks in private…
It’s the Incentives, Stupid
From college kids with ‘disabilities’ to the Minnesota fraudsters, we see the results when society or government confers benefits on certain groups or behaviors. Source link
On Obamacare, Trump Already Showed Republicans the Way
Senate Republicans should quit trying to expand it. Source link
Doha Is the New Paris
Tucker Carlson finds an alluring alternative to the United States. Source link
China’s Threat to the World Economy
This week’s Chinese trade numbers can leave little doubt that the country’s trade surplus is unsustainable. Source link
Trump’s Ominous Decision to Sell Advanced Chips to China
The Nvidia deal could help China beat us in the AI race. Source link
Officials Who Abuse Their Power Should Not Get a Free Pass
A New York bureaucrat pressured banks to cut ties with the NRA. But regulators like her could enjoy immunity unless the Supreme Court acts. Source link
Florida’s St. Pete Goes All Caravaggio
Boy Bitten by a Lizard and other Baroque treasures shine at St. Petersburg’s Museum of Fine Arts. Source link
Seatrium consortium bags major contract with TenneT to link Germany’s grid with North Sea wind power
This brings Seatrium’s value of new wins for FY2025 to over S$4 billion to date A consortium comprising Seatrium and GE Vernova was on Thursday (Dec 11) awarded a contract by European…
‘A willingness to lie’: Why the EPA’s latest Trump-era change is especially concerning
Human activity is driving climate change; that’s a fact that more than 99.9% of scientific papers agree on. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has quietly removed that…
The States Leading the Way on Regulating AI
Andreessen and Altman both opposed California’s efforts to regulate AI. Altman’s company, OpenAI, even subpoenaed policy wonk Nathan Calvin, requesting “all documents concerning SB 53 or…
The Self-Delusions of Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto
I knew about beauty pageants because of JonBenét Ramsey, and I was frightened by beauty pageants because of JonBenét Ramsey, because she was the first girl through whom I learned that if…
The Supreme Court Will Get Another Shot at Church-State Separation
At issue in Drummond were two significant constitutional questions. First: Are privately run charter schools state actors if they are publicly approved and funded? And second: If they are…
A New Report Reveals the Real Reason Democrats Lost in 2024
Way to Win pointed to three main problems that cost Democrats last year: Voters were upset not just about rising prices but about longer-term economic trends, and wanted change;…
Mad King Trump’s Latest Peeve: Sans Serif Fonts
Rubio’s December 9 cable (“Return to Tradition: Times New Roman’s 14-Point Font Required for All Department Paper”) argued that “switching to Calibri achieved nothing except the…