5 questions about Trump's Insurrection Act threat in Minnesota
President Trump warned Thursday that he would invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy the military in Minnesota if protesters continue to attack federal agents carrying out immigration…
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Exclusive eBook: How AGI Became a Consequential Conspiracy Theory
In this exclusive subscriber-only eBook, you’ll learn about how the idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. by Will Douglas Heaven…
Trump announces plan for more choice in health care, lower drug prices
President Trump unveiled a long-awaited health care plan Thursday designed to deliver government assistance directly to consumers instead of routing money to insurance companies under the…
NASA astronauts return to Earth early after a medical evacuation
SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego, less than 11 hours after the astronauts exited the International Space Station. Their first…
Washington Post in Uproar Over Jeff Bezos Reaction to FBI Raid
Washington Postowner Jeff Bezos has stayed noticeably silent after one of the newspaper’s reporters, Hannah Natanson, had her home searched by federal agents Wednesday—and the Post’s staff…
ICE Is Using a Terrifying Palantir App to Determine Where to Raid
How are ICE agents picking where to commit their next act of wanton violence? Well, Palantir has an app for that! According to a user guide obtained by 404Media, the app provides ICE…
Grave AI Recruiting Error Is Making ICE Even More Dangerous
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement used artificial intelligence to streamline its rush to add 10,000 more agents to its countrywide crackdown, according to NBC. This resulted in a grave…
Is Starlink authoritarian-proof?
Satellite communications networks have proved resilient amid a crackdown. Amid growing protests and escalating violence in Iran, the country’s government has blocked access to domestic…
“Another Tuskegee”: Leaked Docs Reveal CDC Is Funding Deadly Study
But the experiment’s protocols not only legitimize those concerns, they raise them. Inside Medicine found that there’s no placebo in the trial, and that this experiment is studying a…
Final day to select ACA health plans arrives in most states, with no subsidy deal yet
Thursday was the final day to select an Affordable Care Act health insurance plan across much of the country, as the expiration of federal subsidies drives up health costs and lawmakers…
Trump Is Keeping Money From Venezuelan Oil Sale in Offshore Account
The full list of countries subject to the freeze is: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan,…
Maersk to return to Red Sea as stability improves in region
The opening of one of the world’s busiest transport bottlenecks is set to pressure profit margins amid an oversupply of vessels Danish shipping company Maersk will return to sailing…
Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act to Stop Minnesota Protests
President Donlad Trump threatened Thursday to send the U.S. military into Minnesota, following the state’s second shooting involving a federal officer in as many weeks. “If the corrupt…
Remember that viral Tea app? The controversial ‘dating safety’ platform is back, this time on the web
Two data breaches, multiple class action lawsuits, and a removal from the Apple App Store later, the popular and controversial dating safety app Tea for Women is back and launching a new…
A former Apple executive turned wine entrepreneur is choosing a ‘long-term strategy’ over scale
For most people, leaving Apple after two decades would mean stepping away from sleek design and obsessive detail. For Xander Soren, it simply meant translating those principles into a…
Tensions Rise in Minneapolis as ICE Shoots Another Man
ICE has shot another person in Minneapolis, raising tensions in an already inflamed atmosphere. The Department of Homeland Security said that an ICE officer shot a Venezuelan man in north…
The Download: spying on the spies, and promising climate tech
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet the man hunting the spies in your smartphone…
Keppel bags 720 MW power bank for AI data centre campus near Melbourne
The group is in ‘active discussions with hyperscalers and neoclouds’ on the site’s future capacity Asset manager Keppel on Thursday (Jan 15) announced that it has secured a 720 megawatt…
UBS CEO Ermotti underlines his desire for internal successor
The bank is currently putting together the right candidates for the new leadership, he says UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti hopes his successor will be a candidate from within the bank, he told…
Australia social media ban hits 4.7 million teen accounts in first month
Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a month after a world-first ban on under-16s took effect, the…
This old Pennsylvania coal town could get a reboot from AI
As the September evening inched along, the line of residents waiting their turn for the microphone held steady. Filing down the auditorium aisles at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania,…
Join Our Next Livestream: Welcome to the Chinese Century
Whether you realize it or not, you’re already living in the Chinese century. From batteries to milk to electric vehicles, China is undoubtably doing it better—while the rest of us kick our…
A family feud could tear apart one Singapore-listed company’s 108% gain of last year
Investors should press for answers as a corporate governance nightmare unfolds at Nam Lee Pressed Metal Industries The Chinese New Year celebrations next month is shaping up to be an…
This stock more than doubled in 2025. Now a family feud may unravel all of Nam Lee’s gains
Investors should press for answers as a corporate governance nightmare unfolds at the company The Chinese New Year celebrations next month is shaping up to be an awkward affair for Nam Lee…