Posts by Amelia Frost
Altman Counters Musk’s Bid To Buy OpenAI With Offer To Purchase X: ‘No Thank You But …’
[ad_1] AFP When news broke Monday that Elon Musk is leading an investment group to acquire Open AI for $97.4 billion, CEO Sam Altman used Musk’s X platform to deliver a scathing response. “No thank you,” Altman posted, “but we will buy Twitter (X) for $9.74 billion if you want.” no thank you but we…
Read MoreTrump Imposes 25% Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum From Foreign Countries
[ad_1] President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum on Monday, re-upping a policy from his first term that pleased domestic metal makers but hurt other American industries and ignited trade wars on multiple fronts. The president signed two official proclamations that would impose a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum from…
Read MoreCFPB Employees Left Stranded and Confused After Stop-Work Orders
[ad_1] Barely two days after Russell Vought, the new acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ordered the agency to close its office and halt all its work, employees spent Monday in a state of deep confusion about what they should — or should not — be doing. Mr. Vought, the recently confirmed director…
Read MorePlaygrounds Come Alive Again With Brazil School Phone Ban
[ad_1] In Rio de Janeiro, children are playing again “like in the old days,” and their focus in class has improved after a school cellphone ban pioneered in the city that has now gone national. Students across the country of more than 200 million people are starting the school year with phones banned from classes…
Read MoreJustice Department Orders SDNY To Dismiss Corruption Charges Against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
[ad_1] The Justice Department directed federal prosecutors to dismiss all corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday, according to letter from the acting Attorney General. Emil Bove instructed the acting AG for Southern District of New York (SDNY) to drop its case against Adams without prejudice, FOX News reported. The charges…
Read MoreChina Is at Heart of Trump Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum
[ad_1] Follow live updates on Trump’s tariffs and executive orders. The 25 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on Monday on all U.S. imports of steel and aluminum will primarily hit American allies, but at their heart they strike at his longtime nemesis: China. The top five suppliers of steel to the American market in January…
Read MoreElon Musk Heads Group Trying To Buy Control Of OpenAI: Report
[ad_1] Elon Musk is leading an investment group offering $97.4 billion for the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, marking a new front in his war with the ChatGPT-maker, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Musk attorney Marc Toberoff said he submitted the bid to OpenAI’s board of directors, according to the Journal. “No thank you, but…
Read MoreUSAID Employees Barred From Entering Headquarters Despite Judge Blocking Trump’s Purge of Agency
[ad_1] An unprecedented standoff unfolded Monday morning as USAID employees arrived at their Washington, D.C., headquarters—only to be denied entry. Despite a federal judge’s ruling temporarily halting President Donald Trump’s mass purge of the agency, security officials and federal officers turned away staffers at the door. The Trump administration confirmed that USAID had been removed…
Read MoreJudge Extends Block Of Trump’s Federal Worker Buyout Program
[ad_1] AFP The Trump administration’s aim to downsize the federal government workforce through a massive buyout plan hit another delay Monday when a judge issued a temporary restraining order against the program. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole, who put a temporary pause on the buyout plan on Thursday, extended his earlier block on Monday after…
Read MoreThe Weeknd Hits No. 1 for a Fifth Time With ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’
[ad_1] The Weeknd has scored his fifth No. 1 album with “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” posting the biggest overall numbers on the Billboard chart since Taylor Swift nearly a year ago. The release of “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” which the poppy-yet-creepy Canadian star announced at a livestreamed concert in São Paulo in September, was delayed by a…
Read MoreNetflix Scurries to Stem Oscar Fallout From ‘Emilia Pérez’ Scandal
[ad_1] Two weeks ago, Netflix’s chief content officer, Bela Bajaria, strutted across the stage of the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles and crowed about the company’s 13 Oscar nominations for its Spanish-language musical, “Emilia Pérez.” “We just received more Oscar nominations than any other studio,” she boasted. Finally the most coveted prize, the Academy Award…
Read MoreUS Crypto Agenda Must Focus On ‘Made In America’
[ad_1] It did not take long for the “Crypto President’s” appointed Crypto Czar, David Sacks, to arouse the interests of decentralized finance champions at home and abroad. Sacks has been tasked with designing a comprehensive legal framework that supports crypto growth and innovation across the U.S., pursuant to the President’s “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital…
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