Getty Images | Bloomberg reader comments 31 with The FBI on Thursday reportedly searched the home of former FTX executive Ryan Salame, who ran the failed cryptocurrency exchange’s Bahamian subsidiary and was a major campaign donor to Republicans. Yesterday morning’s search of Salame’s $4 million home in Potomac, Maryland, was reported by The New York ..
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Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a nuclear mushroom cloud. Midjourney reader comments 148 with On Wednesday, US Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Don Beyer (D-Va.), and Ken Buck (R-Colo.) announced bipartisan legislation that seeks to prevent an artificial intelligence system from making nuclear launch decisions. The Block Nuclear Launch by ..
reader comments 124 with Over the past week, backlash erupted on LinkedIn, in a thread where passionate open source developers began criticizing Pantheon. The developers and other Pantheon supporters commenting had just discovered that the website operations platform—which hosts more than 700,000 websites—is currently hosting websites for hugely influential anti-LGBTQ and anti-immigration organizations that have ..
Enlarge / Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California on March 14, 2019. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images reader comments 205 with The judge overseeing a wrongful death lawsuit involving Tesla’s Autopilot system rejected Tesla’s claim that videos of CEO Elon Musk’s public statements might ..
Enlarge / Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, alongside her partner Billy Evans, leaves a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham US Courthouse on March 17 in San Jose, California. reader comments 78 with Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes just got a little more freedom—a delay of her 11-year prison sentence, which was previously scheduled to start ..
reader comments 55 with Earlier this month, Montana passed the first bill to ban TikTok statewide, upsetting critics who claimed the law was unenforceable, both technically and legally. Now The Wall Street Journal reports that before the controversial bill could even officially reach Governor Greg Gianforte’s desk, he was already taking a pen to the ..
Getty Images | Juan Silva reader comments 107 with Colorado has enacted the nation’s first state law guaranteeing farmers a right to repair tractors and other equipment themselves or at independent repair shops. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, signed the bill yesterday. “I am proud to sign this important bipartisan legislation that saves hardworking ..
Enlarge / Screenshot from RNC’s “Beat Biden” ad. reader comments 153 with Share this story Shortly after US President Joe Biden announced his 2024 presidential run—asking Americans to re-elect him so he can “finish the job!”—the Republican National Committee (RNC) responded with a AI-generated video. The 30-second RNC ad urged voters to “Beat Biden,” or else ..
Enlarge / Google’s booth at the Integrated Systems Europe conference on January 31, 2023, in Barcelona, Spain. Getty Images | Cesc Maymo reader comments 105 with Share this story The European Commission will require 19 large online platforms and search engines to comply with new online content regulations starting on August 25, European officials said. ..
reader comments 122 with Share this story WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear five appeals from the fossil fuel industry seeking to move climate change lawsuits it faces to the federal courts. The decision opens the door for Baltimore and other cities, states, and counties to pursue their claims for damages from climate-related ..
