Open models will largely lose if they keep chasing closed frontier AI models; instead, open models should serve as complementary tools to closed agents

Nathan Lambert / Interconnects AI: Open models will largely lose if they keep chasing closed frontier AI models; instead, open models should serve as complementary tools to closed agents Markets, ca

Sheep jumps on 5-year-old girl in Mutton Bustin’ rodeo event in Texas

Video shows the 5-year-old falling seconds into the ride before the sheep doubled back.

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Another Mostly Empty Office Tower in San Francisco Sells for 75% Off: Juul’s Abandoned Headquarters

Now there’s a new wave of investor-funded tenants in town that are swimming in cash: AI companies.

Alibaba launches Wukong, an enterprise AI platform that coordinates multiple AI agents to handle complex tasks like document editing, currently in beta (Reuters)

Reuters: Alibaba launches Wukong, an enterprise AI platform that coordinates multiple AI agents to handle complex tasks like document editing, currently in beta Alibaba Group (9988.HK) on Tuesday la

Minnesota bill would ban warrants allowing police to collect data from devices near a crime scene

A bipartisan group of Minnesota lawmakers has proposed a bill seeking to ban warrants allowing law enforcement to gather data revealing which cellphones and other devices that were near a crime scene at a specific time.Democrat state Sen. Erin Maye Quade introduced a Senate bill to ban those warrants in most cases, with Sens. Omar Fateh, also a Democrat, and Eric Lucero, a Republican, joining as original sponsors.The bill would also allow anyone whose information was obtained during the search t...

Picsart now allows creators to ‘hire’ AI assistants through agent marketplace

Picsart's AI agent marketplace will launch with four agents, then add more agents each week.

Picsart now allows creators to 'hire' AI assistants through agent marketplace

Picsart's AI agent marketplace will launch with four agents, then add more agents each week.

Venezuela comes from behind to beat Italy, earn WBC final spot vs Team USA

Team USA has its opponent for the World Baseball Classic (WBC) final on Tuesday night. Venezuela ended Italy’s magical WBC run on Monday night, coming from behind to defeat them, 4-2 at loanDepot park, earning a spot in the final against the United States. Italy was the surprise team of the tournament, taking down the U.S. in pool play before defeating Mexico to finish a perfect 4-0 in Pool B.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBut that win over Mexico also kept Team USA alive in t...

SpaceX launch tonight: When to scan the sky

SpaceX's Falcon 9 is set to launch 25 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base to low-Earth orbit at 10:16 p.m. Monday.

SpaceX launches rocket Monday night, seen across Southern California

SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched 25 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base to low-Earth orbit at 10:16 p.m. Monday.

Mistral releases Small 4, its first model to unify reasoning, multimodal, and coding capabilities of its flagship Magistral, Pixtral, and Devstral models (Mistral AI)

Mistral AI: Mistral releases Small 4, its first model to unify reasoning, multimodal, and coding capabilities of its flagship Magistral, Pixtral, and Devstral models Today, we are announcing Mistral

Jerusalem Braces For Unrest After Wartime Closure Of Al-Aqsa Mosque Through Ramadan

Jerusalem Braces For Unrest After Wartime Closure Of Al-Aqsa Mosque Through Ramadan Via Middle East Eye Israel is set to keep Al-Aqsa Mosque closed through the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr and beyond, Middle East Eye has learnt. Sources familiar with the occupied East Jerusalem mosque’s affairs said Israeli authorities informed the Islamic Waqf, the body responsible for administering the site, of the decision in recent days. Al-Aqsa Mosque, deemed one of the holiest site...

New 'Vibe Coded' AI Translation Tool Splits the Video Game Preservation Community

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Since Andrej Karpathy coined the term "vibe coding" just over a year ago, we've seen a rapid increase in both the capabilities and popularity of using AI models to throw together quick programming projects with less human time and effort than ever before. One such vibe-coded project, Gaming Alexandria Researcher, launched over the weekend as what coder Dustin Hubbard called an effort to help organize the hundreds of scanned Japanese gaming m...

[AINews] NVIDIA GTC: Jensen goes hard on OpenClaw, Vera CPU, and announces $1T sales backlog in 2027

a quiet day lets us reflect on NVIDIA GTC 2026

China Directly Mediating Between Pakistan and Afghanistan After Weeks Of War

China Directly Mediating Between Pakistan and Afghanistan After Weeks Of War There's actually another hot war in the Middle East which has been raging, quite apart from the Iran-US-Israel war. Pakistan and Afghanistan have been engaged in a tense border conflict for weeks at this point. The Associated Press on Monday described the latest developments in the following: Afghanistan's Taliban government on Monday accused Pakistan's military of targeting a Kabul hospital that treats d...

Longtime Oil Exec Worked For CIA, Helped Oust Maduro: Report

Longtime Oil Exec Worked For CIA, Helped Oust Maduro: Report Authored by Ken Silva via HeadlineUSA, The Wall Street Journal published a story Sunday about a longtime Chevron executive secretly working for the CIA—including by providing intel in the leadup to the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. According to the Journal, the former Chevron executive, Ali Moshiri, worked for the CIA as an informant since Hugo Chávez was in charge of the Venezuelan government. Moshiri s...

A reporter details harassment and death threats from gamblers trying to win a Polymarket bet if he doesn't change his report on a missile impact in Israel

Emanuel Fabian / The Times of Israel: A reporter details harassment and death threats from gamblers trying to win a Polymarket bet if he doesn't change his report on a missile impact in Israel Betto

A reporter details harassment and death threats from gamblers who stand to win a Polymarket bet if he would change his report on a missile impact in Israel

Emanuel Fabian / The Times of Israel: A reporter details harassment and death threats from gamblers who stand to win a Polymarket bet if he would change his report on a missile impact in Israel Bett

The Most Valuable Company in the World Welcomes You to Its Conference with ‘Veggie-Tales’-Adjacent Slop

And honestly, this observation is a little unfair to Veggie Tales.

Voter ID Has Massive Public Support: Why Is Congress Standing In The Way?

Voter ID Has Massive Public Support: Why Is Congress Standing In The Way? The "controversy" in the US over voter ID requirements is an entirely fabricated affair, and a primary source of obstruction is the very government supposedly elected to represent the public will.  That is to say, the only people that don't support the SAVE Act are politicians, and some of them claim to be conservative. Roughly 80% of all adult Americans support voter ID requirements for US elections; this in...

Jasmine Crockett defends her security guard who was killed in police standoff, wanted for impersonating cop

The man who worked security for Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, but was killed in a standoff with SWAT last week was accused of impersonating a police officer and other offenses, although the congresswoman is defending him, saying his criminal history does not include any violent offenses.The suspect, who was identified as Diamon-Mazairre Robinson, 39, was shot and killed by Dallas Police SWAT officers on Wednesday. He had barricaded himself inside a vehicle in the garage of a children's hospita...

Boox's new Go E Ink tablet includes a 10-inch display and runs Android 15

There are many E Ink tablets out there, but most of them are basically digital notebooks. They are great for reading and handwriting notes, but not so great for doing all of that regular tablet stuff like checking emails and doomscrolling. Boox, however, has released a number of E Ink tablets that can access the Google Play Store, opening up users to the wide world of traditional smartphone apps. The company's latest product is a refresh of the Go 10.3 tablet, called the Go 10.3 Lumi. This intro...

The Prosthetic Principle: AI As Cognitive Infrastructure, Not Cognitive Authority

The Prosthetic Principle: AI As Cognitive Infrastructure, Not Cognitive Authority Authored by Bryant McGill via substack, Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a thinking instrument—a layer of cognitive infrastructure through which humans write, model, reason, and explore ideas. Yet most debates about AI safety, alignment, and moderation miss a deeper architectural question. The central issue is not simply what these systems can do, but what role they occupy inside the thinki...

Woman who wrote a book on grief after husband's death found guilty of murdering him

A Utah woman who wrote a children's book about coping with grief after her husband's death was convicted of aggravated murder in his death by poisoning him with fentanyl. Jurors on Monday also found Kouri Richins guilty of fraudulently claiming insurance benefits after the death of Eric Richins in March 2022 at their home outside the ski town of Park City.

MLB upholds 80-game suspension for Phillies' Johan Rojas after appeal

Johan Rojas will officially be suspended 80 games without pay by Major League Baseball after an unsuccessful appeal after testing for a banned performance-enhancing drug. The league announced Rojas’ official suspension of Rojas, the Philadelphia Phillies outfielder, after testing positive for Boldenone, an anabolic steroid. The news broke earlier this month that Rojas, 25, failed the test. As a result, not only did he face an MLB suspension, but he was removed from the Dominican Republic’s World...

'Back to the Future' actor Matt Clark dead at 89

"Back to the Future" star Matt Clark has died, Fox News Digital confirmed. He was 89.Matt's daughter, Aimee Clark, confirmed her father's death. According to TMZ, Matt died at his home in Austin, Texas after "complications after back surgery."Clark's career spanned five decades, with his biggest role being the bartender Chester in "Back to the Future Part III." He also appeared in TV shows such as "Grace Under Fire," "The Jeff Foxworthy Show," and "Little House on the Prairie."Known especially f...

Sydney Swans apologise after Bondi terror tribute omits Jewish community

The AFL club says they changed the script to use 'inclusive' language.

Cuba's entire electrical grid collapses, leaving whole island without power

Cuba plunged into an unprecedented blackout after its entire electrical grid suddenly suffered a total collapse on Monday, briefly leaving roughly 10 million residents in total darkness. "At 1:54 p.m. local time, there was a disconnection of the national electrical grid resulting in a complete power outage across Cuba which includes the Havana metropolitan area," the U.S. Embassy in Cuba said. The nationwide outage comes just two days after a large crowd of protesters, fed up with the island's e...

DOE Unleashes $500M To Break China's Grip On Critical Materials

DOE Unleashes $500M To Break China's Grip On Critical Materials The DOE’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity for up to $500 million for advancing its strategy to develop secure domestic sources of critical minerals and battery materials. The aim is to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers that have long dominated these markets. This marks the third round of funding under the Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufa...

Progressive group appears to advocate for illegal immigrants to be eligible for guaranteed income programs

The organization working behind the scenes of a guaranteed income program that’s operating in the largest county in Illinois wants "economic protections" for illegal immigrants.Community Change Action, the advocacy arm of an organization called Community Change, wants an "immigrant-inclusive democracy" that "will ensure that no person, regardless of immigration status, is excluded from basic social and economic protections."As "economic freedom" is a core objective of the organization, guarantee...

Parents - Not Schools - Must Be In Charge Of Their Children

Parents - Not Schools - Must Be In Charge Of Their Children Authored by Keri Ingraham via The Epoch Times, Earlier in March, the U.S. Supreme Court had to step in and reaffirm the basic reality that parents, not schools, must be the primary decision-makers for their children. In the Mirabelli v. Bonta ruling, the Court determined that the California law, which barred schools from telling parents about their child’s claimed gender identity, violated parents’ constitutional rights—bo...

The National | Allies reject Trump’s call for help in Hormuz

March 16, 2026 | NATO allies reject Trump’s demand for help re-opening the crucial Strait of Hormuz. A powerful storm brings 40 centimetres of snow to parts of northern Ontario and Quebec. And, a recruitment campaign brings hundreds of doctors and nurses to B.C.

Rex Culpepper, former Syracuse quarterback, dead at 28 from injuries in Georgia dirt bike crash

Rex Culpepper, a former Syracuse Orange quarterback, died this past weekend due to injuries suffered in a dirt bike accident in Georgia. He was 28. "Our Orange family mourns the loss of Rex Culpepper, who passed away this weekend at the age of 28," the Syracuse football program said in a statement on X. "Rex lived his life with endless passion, having overcome cancer at the age of 20 while playing for the Orange. "Appearing in 30 games, Rex played football as fierce as he lived life. Our hearts ...

Anti-ICE agitators blow cover in Boston, allowing child rape suspect to evade arrest for weeks

An illegal immigrant from El Salvador wanted for alleged child rape and living near a school was arrested last week, a month after anti-ICE agitators blew an operation conducted by federal authorities to capture him, Fox News has learned. Video footage taken by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Feb. 12 in Boston, a sanctuary city, showed anti-ICE activists shouting obscenities to an agent recording them from inside a vehicle. At the time, ICE was attempting to take into c...

Utah children’s book author Kouri Richins convicted in husband’s murder

Kouri Richins, the Utah children’s book author accused of poisoning her husband with a fentanyl-laced drink before publishing a book about grief for their children, was found guilty in his 2022 death.Prosecutors alleged the mother of three murdered her husband, Eric Richins, in a calculated scheme to collect millions of dollars in life insurance and gain control of the couple’s finances. Richins has denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty, with her defense arguing the state failed to prove...

4 Are Dead, Including a Child, in a Fast-Moving Queens Fire

The building in Flushing was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived four minutes after a 911 call. Twelve people were injured, at least one critically.

Fuse, which offers AI-powered loan origination software to credit unions and other financial institutions, raised a $25M Series A

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Fuse, which offers AI-powered loan origination software to credit unions and other financial institutions, raised a $25M Series A In 2023, after three years of building a

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of deadly strike on Kabul hospital

Afghanistan on Monday accused Pakistan's military of targeting a Kabul hospital in airstrikes, with Afghan officials saying more than 400 people had been killed.

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of deadly strike on Kabul hospital that it says killed hundreds

Afghanistan accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital late Monday, saying the airstrike had killed at least 400 people. It marked a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month and has seen repeated cross-border clashes as well as airstrikes inside Afghanistan. International calls for a ceasefire have gone unheeded.

'One in a million' malfunction rained shrapnel onto 5 Freeway near Camp Pendleton, report says

An artillery shell fired over Interstate 5 during a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton prematurely exploded, military officials said in a report, calling the incident a "one in a million" malfunction.

Irish Prime Minister Taoiseach Micheál Martin addresses how Europe feels about US-Iran conflict

Irish Prime Minister Taoiseach Micheál Martin addressed how Europeans are perceiving the United States war on Iran as Operation Epic Fury enters its third week."From the Irish perspective, we prefer peaceful resolution of conflict, if that's possible, and we ultimately believe in diplomacy and dialogue," he said.Martin joined "Special Report" Monday ahead of his St. Patrick’s Day meeting with President Donald Trump, where he discussed international perceptions of the U.S.-Iran conflict and Irela...

Obama's Presidential Center Seeking 100 Unpaid Volunteers To Staff Lavish Facility

Obama's Presidential Center Seeking 100 Unpaid Volunteers To Staff Lavish Facility Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, Former president Barack Obama’s foundation has announced that it will be launching its lavish $850 million presidential center in Chicago in June and is seeking unpaid volunteers to help staff the facility. That may seem on brand for a former president who has made volunteerism a central tenet of his civic career since his beginnings as a community or...

Jane Fonda slams Paramount-WBD merger, warns CNN will 'have to cave' to Trump

Actress Jane Fonda protested a merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN's parent company, during an Oscars after-party Sunday night.Variety spoke to Fonda about her "Block the Merger" pin, which she wore to the major Hollywood event to call out Paramount's bid for the company. She emphasized that the merger could give the Trump administration some influence over CNN as WBD tries to move forward with the deal."The mergers are going to be bad for workers," Fonda said...

B.C. hires 417 U.S. health-care workers in 1-year recruitment blitz

The numbers from B.C.’s Ministry of Health show 89 doctors, 45 nurse practitioners, 260 nurses and 23 allied health professionals from the U.S. accepted jobs in the province between March 2025 and January 2026.

Middle East conflict live updates: Trump believes he’ll ‘have the honour of taking Cuba’, estimates remaining timeline of Iran war

Allies have pushed back after Trump called for Nato help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

They had a worse Oscars than Timothée Chalamet: Many had cars towed Sunday in Hollywood

"I left the house to go to the grocery store at 7 a.m. and when I got back at 7:30 all the cars on the street were gone," said one Hollywood resident.

ICE Releases Columbia Protester Who Was Held for One Year

Leqaa Kordia, 33, had been held in a Texas facility, where she said her health had declined. She was arrested during a 2024 protest and then detained by ICE in March 2025.

The Coming Age of Space Stations

With the ISS set to retire in 2030, several plans are in place to replace it. These include existing space stations, proposals by rising national space agencies, and commercial space stations. With multiple outposts in orbit, the potential for research, development, and even conflict is considerable!

Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks RFK Jr's Appointees To Vaccine Panel

Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks RFK Jr's Appointees To Vaccine Panel Authored by Stacey Robinson via The Epoch Times, A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled on March 16 that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. illegally appointed 13 new members to an influential vaccine panel beginning last June. Biden-appointed district Judge Brian Murphy also blocked that panel’s guidance memo revising the childhood immunization schedule and declared its previous votes invalid. Murphy ruled K...

Polymarket gamblers sent death threats over an Iran missile report

More than $14 million was riding on whether Iran landed a missile on Israeli soil on March 10. When Times of Israel military correspondent Emanuel Fabian reported that a warhead hit open ground outside Beit Shemesh footage showed a massive explosion Polymarket gamblers who'd bet "No" started pressuring him to change the story. Read the rest The post Polymarket gamblers sent death threats over an Iran missile report appeared first on Boing Boing.

Search for missing retired Air Force general enters third week as investigators probe new clues

Authorities searching for missing retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William "Neil" McCasland are investigating a new development after hiking boots believed to belong to the missing general were discovered at his vacation home, officials said Monday.Investigators said they are still working to determine whether the boots are connected to McCasland’s disappearance, which has now stretched into a third week.During a Monday news conference, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office said there have still bee...

RoboForce, which is developing robotics systems to perform physically demanding industrial work, raised $52M led by YZi Labs, bringing its total funding to $67M

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: RoboForce, which is developing robotics systems to perform physically demanding industrial work, raised $52M led by YZi Labs, bringing its total funding to $67M Robotics

As family said their final farewell, what they saw in the casket was 'grotesque,' suit says

A lawsuit filed by relatives of a South Gate father claims a funeral home botched the embalming of the dead man, leaving his corpse in a grotesque and oozing state of advanced decay.

Family sues L.A. mortuary over 'grotesque' embalming, claims decayed body oozed liquid

A lawsuit filed by relatives of a South Gate father claims a funeral home botched the embalming of the dead man, leaving his corpse in a grotesque and oozing state of advanced decay.

Trump questions Newsom’s fitness for White House, citing his dyslexia

President Donald Trump on Monday questioned California Gov. Gavin Newsom's fitness for higher office, citing his learning disability. Trump was speaking with reporters in the Oval Office when he talked about requiring identification to vote in elections and the resistance from Newsom and other Democratic elected officials. "That's how crazy it's gotten with a low IQ person, you know, because Gavin Newsom has admitted…that he has learning disabilities," Trump said. "Honestly, I'm all for people w...

Nvidia Expects Agentic AI To Drive $1 Trillion In Revenue

From an OpenClaw partneship to new inference-focused chips, Jensen Huang is betting on agentic AI hype.

Jane Fonda takes a dig at Barbra Streisand, questions why she honored Robert Redford at Oscars instead of her

Jane Fonda is taking a dig at the Academy for choosing Barbra Streisand to honor Robert Redford during the ceremony’s In Memoriam segment.Following the big night, Fonda joked that she had "more to say" than Streisand due to her long history with the late actor."I want to know how come Streisand was up there doing that for Redford?" Fonda told Entertainment Tonight. She noted that Streisand "only made one movie with him, I made four! I have more to say."Fonda said she was "always in love with him...

AEW Revolution features brutal Texas death match, classic tag team war and major returns

Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) and "Hangman" Adam Page chose violence with the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) World Championship on the line at Revolution.The two were left bloodied and broken in a Texas Death Match that saw both competitors use everything at their disposal to deliver the pain. MJF broke out a syringe that he put through the side of Page’s chin and introduced glass into the match. Page used barbed wire wrapped around a chair to bust MJF open and hit a Deadeye through a table. MJF retur...

Washington Post staffers take swipes at bosses as they announce departure from battled paper

Two Washington Post staffers took parting shots at the paper as they announced their exits for a different outlet.NOTUS (News of the United States), the digital news outlet established in 2023 by the non-profit Allbritton Journalism Institute, announced in a staff memo Monday that nine journalists were joining its newsroom, seven of whom had worked at the Post.Dana Milbank, who had been a columnist at the Post for 26 years, released a lengthy statement praising NOTUS publisher Robert Allbritton,...

'Pokemon Go' Players Unknowingly Trained Delivery Robots With 30 Billion Images

More than 30 billion images captured by Pokemon Go players have helped train a visual mapping system developed by Niantic. The technology is now being used to guide delivery robots from Coco Robotics through city streets where GPS often struggles. Popular Science reports: This week, Niantic Spatial, part of the team behind Pokemon Go, announced a partnership with Coco Robotics, a company that makes short-distance delivery robots for food and groceries. Soon, those robot couriers will scoot aroun...

Trying to beat Fallout 4's terrible Switch port before the battery dies

Bethesda was so concerned with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to consider whether they should. Post-apocalyptic "RPG" Fallout 4 has taken the place of Skyrim as the company's designated game to port onto Every System Ever Made, specs and suitability be damned. Read the rest The post Trying to beat Fallout 4's terrible Switch port before the battery dies appeared first on Boing Boing.

Springsteen covers Pogues classic on new MacGowan tribute album

I am so stoked for this. Last week, The Irish Music Rights Organization (disclaimer: I worked for a publication heavily subsidized by the IMRO for close to 30 years) announced that Shane MacGowan's long-term partner and muse, Mary Clarke along with indie record lable Rubyworks have pulled together some of the brightest stars in the music industry to honour one of the great poets of the 20th century: Shane MacGowan. Read the rest The post Springsteen covers Pogues classic on new MacGowan tribute...

Mistral AI Releases Mistral Small 4: A 119B-Parameter MoE Model that Unifies Instruct, Reasoning, and Multimodal Workloads

Mistral AI has released Mistral Small 4, a new model in the Mistral Small family designed to consolidate several previously separate capabilities into a single deployment target. Mistral team describe

Saturday Night Live's RFK Jr. hospital satire hits too close

I don't mean to write about SNL two weeks in a row, but last night's Harry Styles-led show unexpectedly gave us an era-defining piece of satire. I'm not sure what led the President to put Robert "worm-in-brain" Kennedy in charge of the country's health, but the sketch MAHAspital, billed as "The Pitt if RFK were running it," seems like an all-too-plausible glimpse into what's going on under his leadership. Read the rest The post Saturday Night Live's RFK Jr. hospital satire hits too close appear...

Teens allege Musk’s Grok chatbot made sexual images of them as minors

The class action alleges Grok was used to create nude images of over 18 girls.

Nvidia announces the Nemotron Coalition, which includes Thinking Machines Lab, Cursor, and Mistral and will develop an open model trained on Nvidia DGX Cloud

Sebastian Moss / DatacenterDynamics: Nvidia announces the Nemotron Coalition, which includes Thinking Machines Lab, Cursor, and Mistral and will develop an open model trained on Nvidia DGX Cloud Loc

The Iran war is roiling commodities far beyond oil

Shortages of fuels and chemicals threaten industries from farming to pharmaceuticals

Comedian Bert Kreischer thanks God after devastating tour bus fire that could have killed him

Bert Kreischer counted his blessings after narrowly avoiding disaster.The comedian was grateful to be safe Sunday after his bus caught on fire the night before while he was on tour in the Midwest.Kreischer, 53, admitted his team was safe despite the blaze and noted on social media that "God works in mysterious ways." BERT KREISCHER SAYS ROB LOWE'S STRIPPER SCENE CAME FROM $25K GIG WHERE HIS WIFE JOKED HE WAS ‘LIKE A WHORE’"Alright, here's everything you need to know about the bus," Kreischer tol...

SEC Preparing Proposal To Eliminate Quarterly Reporting Requirement

SEC Preparing Proposal To Eliminate Quarterly Reporting Requirement Very soon,10-Qs may be a thing of the past. The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing a proposal to eliminate the requirement to report earnings quarterly and instead give companies the option to share results twice a year, the WSJ reports citing people familiar with the matter. In preparation for the proposal - which could be published as soon as April - regulators have been talking to officials at th...

Trump Advisors Warn of Nuclear Spiral in Iran, Push to Nuke a New Canal for Shipping

Some MAGA fans are encouraging an off-ramp. Newt Gingrich thinks nukes are the answer.

Android tablets and foldables are getting a Chrome bookmark bar

Sometimes, it's the little details in a software update that make the biggest improvements. Google is rolling out a new feature for Chrome that will add a bookmark bar to the browser on Android foldables and tablets. Spotted by 9to5Google, this move will make the browsing experience on larger mobile devices more akin to that of laptops and desktops running Chrome. For those people who do like to do more robust computing on their mobile gadgets, this will be a hugely welcome addition. It's rollin...

New Zealand-born US Marine veteran denied citizenship, now faces deportation

Paul Canton says he was promised American citizenship when he signed up in 1991.

Trump lawyer in Jack Smith case draws conservative backing after DOJ praise rattles 'elite' legal conference

President Donald Trump’s former defense lawyer received swift backing from conservative legal figures online after facing pushback at a recent American Bar Association (ABA) conference for praising the Trump Department of Justice.Attorney John Lauro, who defended Trump in special counsel Jack Smith’s 2020 election case, said the DOJ was "in a better place" under Trump, causing fellow panelists and audience members to shudder, according to a Bloomberg Law report of the event. Lauro told Fox News ...

Team Canada's jerseys for the FIFA World Cup are here

The jerseys Team Canada will wear for the FIFA World Cup later this year have been revealed. The home jersey is a iconic Canadian red with a two tone maple leaf with a split in the middle. The away jersey is black with white cracked ice patterns which form maple leaves.

Timothée Chalamet Looks Messed Up in the First Look at ‘Dune: Part Three’

Paul Atreides returns in December for the final film in Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi trilogy.

Encyclopedia Britannica Sues OpenAI Over AI Training Data. Is Grokipedia Next?

Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster say ChatGPT is 'cannibalizing' their traffic.

Illegal immigrant held on ICE detainer in Charlotte murder as disturbing details surface

An illegal immigrant is facing a murder charge after police say she shot her girlfriend and hid the victim’s decomposing body inside a closet at a Charlotte apartment.Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say 23-year-old Lhis Birito Costa was arrested in connection with the death of 26-year-old Evelin Carolina Enamorado-Cisnado.Officers were called Tuesday afternoon to an apartment in east Charlotte for a welfare check after a caller reported someone inside the home might be dead. What began as a welfare...

Why does a Middle East oil blockage affect Canadian gas prices? | About That

Andrew Chang explains how Iran's blockage of the Strait of Hormuz a critical oil-shipping route in the Middle East affects the cost of energy here in Canada. Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images

Austin-based Ironlight, which is building a regulated marketplace for tokenized securities, raised a $21M Series A; its platform received FINRA approval in 2025

Ryan Lawler / Axios: Austin-based Ironlight, which is building a regulated marketplace for tokenized securities, raised a $21M Series A; its platform received FINRA approval in 2025 Ironlight, which

US Cities Face Water Stress Amid Crumbling Infrastructure

US Cities Face Water Stress Amid Crumbling Infrastructure Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times, Across large swaths of the United States, drought conditions and the explosion of data centers have brought renewed attention to the future of the water supply. But the biggest concern may be something local governments have known about for years: aging pipes and other decaying infrastructure that could threaten supply even when water is abundant. More U.S. cities have be...

L.A. sheriff's deputy made $20K a month on crypto mogul's payroll. Now he'll do five years in prison

A federal judge sentenced L.A. Sheriff's deputy Michael David Coberg to 63 months in prison for doing crypto mogul's bidding in extortion schemes.

L.A. County sheriff's deputy made $20,000 a month on crypto mogul's payroll. Now he'll do 5 years in prison

A federal judge sentenced L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Michael David Coberg to 63 months in prison for doing crypto mogul's bidding in extortion schemes.

NVIDIA and Bolt team up for European robotaxis

At GTC 2026, NVIDIA and Bolt announced what they hope will be a symbiotic partnership. Bolt gets NVIDIA technology that would be costly and impractical to build on its own. Meanwhile, NVIDIA not only gains a major customer but also access to the European rideshare company’s driving data.Bolt says its fleet data will build a "learning engine" for autonomous vehicles (AVs) using NVIDIA tech. The rideshare company will use NVIDIA Cosmos to curate and search driving data. It will tap into NVIDIA Omn...

Bessent pushes back on CNBC reporter over Trump’s Russian oil strategy

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pushed back on a CNBC reporter's characterization of global oil shortages Monday during an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box," arguing that some media coverage is misrepresenting the size of the supply gap created by disruptions in the Persian Gulf.Speaking with CNBC anchor Brian Sullivan, Bessent disputed the suggestion that the release of Russian oil shipments represented only a minimal contribution to global supply."No, no, but that’s bad framing," Bessent said...

Hamas reasserts control in Gaza as Iran war dominates regional attention and global focus

As the war with Iran dominates the region's attention, Hamas is quietly reasserting control inside Gaza, according to videos and photos circulating on social media. An Israeli analyst and a Gazan political commentator say the developments raise fresh doubts about whether postwar plans for the enclave can move forward anytime soon.Michael Milshtein, a senior analyst at the Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, said Hamas has used the past two and a half weeks not only to rehabilitate militarily bu...

Nvidia Bets On OpenClaw, But Adds a Security Layer Via NemoClaw

During today's Nvidia GTC keynote, the company introduced NemoClaw, a security-focused stack designed to make the autonomous AI agent platform OpenClaw safer. ZDNet explains how it works: NemoClaw installs Nvidia's OpenShell, a new open-source runtime that keeps agents safer to use by enforcing an organization's policy-based guardrails. OpenShell keeps models sandboxed, adds data privacy protections and additional security for agents, and makes them more scalable. "This provides the missing infr...

The First Healthcare Robotics Dataset and Foundational Physical AI Models for Healthcare Robotics

HR exec at center of Coldplay kiss cam controversy defends 'very close' CEO relationship

Kristin Cabot is pushing back against the narrative behind the viral "Coldplay Kiss Cam" moment that derailed her career.The former Astronomer HR executive claimed that her relationship with then-CEO Andy Byron was a byproduct of a high-intensity professional culture where sharing desks and social drinks were standard practice during an upcoming appearance on "The Oprah Podcast."Despite the global speculation about an illicit affair, Cabot maintained that she was already separated from her husba...

Manus introduces My Computer, a desktop application that enables its AI agent to interact directly with the user's local files, tools, and applications (Manus)

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ICE Releases Columbia Protester Who Was Held For 1 Year

Leqaa Kordia, 33, had been held in a Texas facility, where she said her health had declined. She was arrested during a 2024 protest and then detained by ICE in March 2025.

Darius Slay, 6-time Pro Bowl cornerback, announces retirement after 13 NFL seasons

Darius Slay, a six-time Pro Bowl cornerback, announced his retirement from the NFL after 13 seasons on Monday. Slay made the announcement on his Instagram page, where he shared some career highlights as well as a message to the game of football. "Dear football, I wanna thank you for all you’ve done for me," his Instagram caption read. ‘I’ve been blessed to play the game I loved since I was 5yrs old for an amazing 13yrs at the highest level. Football was my peace, my joy, my everything. This game...

North Korean Operatives Infiltrating U.S. Companies Through Remote Tech Jobs

North Korean Operatives Infiltrating U.S. Companies Through Remote Tech Jobs North Korean operatives are quietly working inside U.S. companies through remote technology jobs, funneling millions of dollars back to Pyongyang and potentially gaining access to sensitive corporate systems, according to investigators and U.S. officials, according to NBC News. The scheme relies on workers posing as American job applicants using stolen identities and fake credentials to secure high-paying ...

Quoting A member of Anthropic’s alignment-science team

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Cornyn clashes with progressive Rep Greg Casar in heated airport face-off over DHS shutdown

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, got into a heated exchange Monday afternoon over Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding after the progressive lawmaker attempted to interrupt the senator’s news conference."Why don’t you tell the Democrats to vote to pay these poor people," Cornyn told Casar, referring to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees who missed their first full paychecks due to the shutdown on Friday."Let’s do it," Casar, chair of the left-...

‘The Last of Us’ Season 3 Just Cast Patrick Wilson to Die Immediately

The 'Watchmen' actor and Jason Ritter have joined the HBO series.

Archaeologists Unearth 43,000 Ancient Egyptian Receipts, Notes, and ‘To Do’ Lists

An excavation spanning over 11 years is turning up valuable information about everyday life in old Egypt.