Federal job cuts continue under Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. Government contractors are seeing slowdowns in government spending and cutting staff due to reduced business. Booz Allen, which relies heavily on government contracts, will lay off 2,500 people.
Microsoft admitted last week that it took action to prevent its employees from emailing large groups with keywords such as “Palestine,” “Gaza,” “genocide,” and “apartheid,” because “emailing large numbers of employees about any topic not related to work is not appropriate.”
A new article published in the journal Nature Medicine noted that there are up to 100,000 synthetic chemicals that can pass from packing to foods, which could help explain why ultra-processed foods have been tied to serious health issues.
The standoff between U.S. President Donald Trump and Harvard over his administration’s pressure campaign on universities to squash freedom of speech on campus when it is in opposition to the Gaza genocide escalated last week when a federal judge blocked the White House’s attempt to ban the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students.
President Donald Trump continued to reshape American energy policy this past week, with what we have long forecast in these pages adds up to energy realism.
Are other AI models capable of “ratting mode,” as Anthropic’s latest Claude 4 Opus model has exhibited, when provided enough access to user computer systems and data?
Anthropic has long taken pains to distinguish its generative and agentic AI from competitors by claiming it prioritizes “AI safety.”
The White House last week approved a waiver submitted by Nebraska to allow the state to ban the purchase of soda or energy drinks with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), better known as food stamps, prompting Brooke L. Rollins, secretary of the Agriculture Department, to call the move a “historic step to Make America Healthy Again.”
Myocarditis cases in otherwise healthy young people. An attempted cover-up by the Biden administration of heart-related risks associated with taking so-called warp speed COVID “vaccines.”
Bitcoin investors are bullish with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House given his family’s tentacles in crypto and optimism that he will do everything he can to make sure there is a favorable regulation environment to spark further growth.