JD Vance Accidentally Undermines Trump’s Biggest Brag
Donald Trump says the country is hotter than ever. JD Vance must not have gotten the memo. Source link
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Trump Is About to Chicken Out on His Signature Policy
“And right behind me by the way, in about two years from now, we’ll use a much bigger room because we had to turn away a lot of people,” Trump said during an executive order–signing…
Bad Bunny wins album of the year and more at the 2025 Latin Grammys
It should come as a shock to no one: The 2026 Latin Grammy Awards were all about Bad Bunny. The Puerto Rican superstar won album of the year for his landmark release “Debí Tirar Más…
DOJ renews claims about Abrego Garcia's gang membership, 'pornographic' messages
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's membership in MS-13 was a crucial part of his participation in a major migrant smuggling ring, the Trump Justice Department told a federal judge, because it scared…
The Download: how AI really works, and phasing out animal testing
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Chinese hackers used Anthropic’s AI to conduct an espionage campaign It…
One year later, I’m gladder than ever I left Twitter
Hi there, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. Last year, I left Twitter gradually, then all at once. Throughout 2024, Elon Musk’s wildly irresponsible stewardship of his social…
The GOP Can’t Punt on Health Care
Failing to introduce and explain Obamacare alternatives represents a serious political risk. Source link
Stamford Land H1 profit rises 4.1% to S$15.8 million on higher hotel room rates
Stamford Land reported a 4.1 per cent rise in net profit to S$15.8 million for its first half ended Sep 30, from S$15.2 million in the year-ago period. This translates to earnings per…
The Week: The Shutdown Ends at Last
Plus: Remembering James Watson and his complicated legacy. Source link
The Spiritual Tariffs on Ballad of a Small Player
A psychodrama about the West’s diminishing identity. Source link
How patients are turning to AI chatbots to fight back against the broken $5 trillion healthcare system
On July 29, 2025, at 9:45 a.m., Christine Ressy was supposed to be undergoing surgery to remove kidney stones. Instead, Ressy, a 49-year-old hairdresser in New York City, found herself…
Transcript: Marjorie Taylor Greene Drops Epstein Bomb as Trump Spirals
As signs mount that more Republicans than expected will break with Trump on Jeffrey Epstein, Rep. Yassamin Ansari explains why Trump has much more to worry about than is commonly known.…
The Broadway Allure of Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon
Linklater, who never makes the same movie twice—except when he does it three times, as in Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight—is an inveterate formalist who’ll try anything…
Neil Gorsuch’s Lonely Quest to Fix Indian Law
When Crow Dog’s case reached the high court, the justices reaffirmed tribal sovereignty by concluding that federal courts did not have jurisdiction over a purely internal matter for the…
The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great
This finding demolishes a central assumption of contemporary political analysis. Those young working-class whites, as well as young Latino and Asian men, that everyone assumes are driving…
The Shutdown’s Over. Trump May Still Cut Food Stamps.
Trump now appears to see SNAP as a political threat. “We can reform SNAP, and I think we should,” Trump said on Monday night in a Fox News interview, even as some Democrats readied a deal…
Geo Energy Q3 net profit falls 55% to US$3.2 million due to lower coal prices
Indonesian coal producer Geo Energy Resources on Friday (Nov 14) reported a 55 per cent decline in net profit to US$3.2 million for the third quarter ended Sep 30, from US$7 million the…
China to tighten oversight on new cars exported as used vehicles
China will strengthen oversight of used-car exports and strictly control the export of new cars under the guise of used vehicles, according to a notice issued by the country’s commerce…
The Hour Glass posts 23.2% rise in profit for H1 FY2026 to S$75.7 million
The Hour Glass reported a 23.2 per cent rise in net profit to S$75.7 million for the six months ended Sep 30, 2025, from S$61.4 million in the year-ago period. The luxury watch retailer…
A new film reveals just how hard it was to make the ‘female Viagra’
After Viagra came to market in 1998, women began clamoring for a drug of their own. But it has taken decades for the medical community to take women’s sexual health seriously—and even…
You Won’t Be Able to Offload Your Holiday Shopping to AI Agents Anytime Soon
Social commerce—or shopping through platforms like TikTok and Instagram—hasn’t been a smash hit in the US, in part due to ongoing distrust of tech giants among consumers and big retailers.…
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Fresh Epstein Bombshell Should Unnerve Trump
President Trump is angrily urging Republicans not to join Democrats in pushing for release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. But all of a sudden, with the discharge petition set to force a…
These technologies could help put a stop to animal testing
Animal welfare groups have been campaigning for commitments like these for decades. But a lack of alternatives has made it difficult to put a stop to animal testing. Advances in medical…
Singapore stocks fall on Friday, tracking regional peers
Straits Times Index loses 0.7% or 29.84 points to finish at 4,546.07 while the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index gains 0.1% or 1.54 points to 1,461.39 Singapore stocks ended lower on Friday…