What it’s like to wear Google’s Gemini-powered AI glasses
Google wants to give people access to its Gemini AI assistant with the blink of an eye: The company has struck a partnership with eyeglasses makers Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to make…
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Windows are the leading human cause of bird deaths. Here’s how to help
When wood thrushes arrive in northern Mississippi on their spring migration and begin to serenade my neighborhood with their ethereal, harmonized song, it’s one of the great joys of the…
Do Not Expect the Mainstream Media to Honestly Audit Itself
There are two original sins here. Source link
Debt hawks spar with blue-state Republicans over tentative SALT deal
A tentative deal to quadruple the existing $10,000 cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, or SALT, is irritating conservatives who are seeking steeper spending cuts in…
Here Are the Worst Things in Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill
The CBO also found that the bill would increase resources for the top 10 percent of Americans and lower incomes for the bottom 10 percent. The measure would slash nearly $1 trillion from…
Electricity bills are increasing in Pennsylvania. Here’s what it’s doing about it
Americans’ electricity bills tend to tick up each year in line with inflation. But upgrades to electric wires, reinforcing and protecting power lines from severe weather, and changing fuel…
House Republicans push to block states' new AI regulations
House Republicans are leading an effort to prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence for 10 years. Source link
OpenAI's Big Bet That Jony Ive Can Make AI Hardware Work
OpenAI has fully acquired Io, a joint venture it cocreated last year with Jony Ive, the famed British designer behind the sleek industrial aesthetic that defined the iPhone and more than…
South African President Apologizes for Not Bribing Trump
House Democrats immediately pounced. At a House Rules Committee meeting early Wednesday morning, ranking member Jim McGovern asked Representative Brendan Boyle, the ranking member on the…
Rubio tells lawmakers that U.S. foreign policy should benefit America first
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a House panel in a sometimes-testy hearing Wednesday that U.S. foreign policy should serve America's interests, not necessarily what is good for the…
Education Secretary Linda McMahon vows to abide by the law in push to dismantle department
Education Secretary Linda McMahon vowed Wednesday to uphold the law in the Trump administration's push to eliminate her department. Source link
No Tax on Tips Act: Senate passed bill unanimously, but it doesn’t apply to all workers. Here’s everything to know
The Senate unanimously passed the “No Tax on Tips Act” on Tuesday, a bill that would eliminate federal taxes on tips, and that President Donald Trump made a campaign promise when running…
Trump Blatantly Ignored Court in South Sudan Deportation, Judge Rules
House Democrats immediately pounced. At a House Rules Committee meeting early Wednesday morning, ranking member Jim McGovern asked Representative Brendan Boyle, the ranking member on the…
Where’s KJP?
She constantly lied in behalf of the cover-up. Source link
Trump's firing of feds' civil liberties watchdog was illegal, judge rules
Yet another of President Trump's firings was found illegal Wednesday, when a federal judge ruled he overstepped in ousting members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, a…
Trump puts evidence of 'White genocide' in front of South African leader
President Trump played a video in the Oval Office that seemed to show evidence of widespread violence against White South Africans, putting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in an…
Jim Jordan Flails as Democrat Exposes GOP Plan to Screw Up the Courts
Republican Representative Jim Jordan was called out so much over his party’s budget bill that he had to consult lawyers to see if the bill was upending federal law. At a House Rules…
Marco Rubio Has Bonkers Defense for Trump Profiting Off Presidency
House Democrats immediately pounced. At a House Rules Committee meeting early Wednesday morning, ranking member Jim McGovern asked Representative Brendan Boyle, the ranking member on the…
Divided House GOP head to the White House to save Trump’s big bill
With President Donald Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package at risk of stalling, House Speaker Mike Johnson and conservative Republican holdouts are heading Wednesday to the…
The Anti-Drag Kennedy Center to Feature Cross-Dressing
More importantly, production companies are still using their shows as a vehicle for progressive activism. Source link
Trump Goes on Insane “White Genocide” Rant to South African Leader
House Democrats immediately pounced. At a House Rules Committee meeting early Wednesday morning, ranking member Jim McGovern asked Representative Brendan Boyle, the ranking member on the…
Trump’s EPA Head Melts Down When Democrat Catches Him in a Lie
House Democrats immediately pounced. At a House Rules Committee meeting early Wednesday morning, ranking member Jim McGovern asked Representative Brendan Boyle, the ranking member on the…
Jack Dorsey's Block Made an AI Agent to Boost Its Own Productivity
At a company-wide hackathon this month, developers at finance firm Block built a dizzying number of prototype tools including a database debugger, a program for identifying duplicated…
Trump Posts Wild Meme of Bruce Springsteen as He Ramps Up Threats
House Democrats immediately pounced. At a House Rules Committee meeting early Wednesday morning, ranking member Jim McGovern asked Representative Brendan Boyle, the ranking member on the…