President Donald Trump asked Elon Musk to ease restrictions he had placed on the military version of SpaceX’s Starlink system in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing US officials. The Starshield system, which Ukraine relies on in its war against Russia, was “functioning more normally on Thursday, shortly after” Trump spoke to Musk … Read more
Calley Means, a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a central advocate of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, resigned from the Trump administration. “I resign from the White House with tremendous respect for President Trump and RFK, two historic figures who are committed to confronting a corrupt DC bureaucracy that … Read more
Paris extends curfew as Marseille and Lyon ban protests after riots BBCFrance’s Macron tightens restrictions on protests, blaming hard left for unrest ReutersCurfew imposed in certain areas of Paris every night until Monday morning France 24What we saw in the snap trials of riot suspects in France The New York TimesThe devastation of France and … Read more
Earnings season is in full swing, and Big Tech’s calls go beyond heavy use of “superintelligence,” which some interpret as an attempt to please the White House after it reportedly disliked the term “artificial intelligence.” Here are three moments from Tesla (TSLA), Meta (META), and IBM (IBM) earnings calls Wednesday night that stuck with us. … Read more
During a recent developer panel dedicated to video game audio, veteran Valve composer Mike Morasky mentioned two of the company’s games while answering a question: Deadlock and “HLX.” The problem: one of them, HLX, is not the name of any officially announced Valve game, but instead is believed by fans to be the internal, non-public … Read more
The 19-year-old forward was cleared to travel to Pittsburgh on Wednesday after suffering vasovagal syncope, a sudden drop in heart rate and blood pressure that reduces blood flow to the brain, about 10 minutes after the plane took off from Salt Lake City International Airport. Kindel received oxygen prior to an emergency medical landing and … Read more
Despite what the photographs suggest, the Earth is not perfectly round. Our home planet is actually a lumpy “oblate spheroid” that bulges slightly at the equator and flattens at the poles, like a ball of clay crushed between your fingers. But as fossil fuel pollution alters the Earth’s climate, it is also altering the shape … Read more
California and Washington asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in May to validate a new way to test for measles – but after waiting two months, the CDC denied the request, citing “other competing priorities”, according to a letter from the West Coast Health Alliance to the CDC director, Erica Schwartz.The … Read more
Scientists acting as art detectives have traced Vincent van Gogh’s painting “The Starry Night” to a celestial scene that suggests a new date for one of the world’s most famous paintings. Their findings indicate that, rather than being a figment of Van Gogh’s imagination, “The Starry Night” may have been inspired by what he saw … Read more
It was earlier this year when Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wanted to move the world. At least a replica. Two ground balloons said to have been used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II sit at the Pentagon, where later generations of Army leaders became custodians of the artifacts, according to people … Read more