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“Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick disclosed at least $250 million in income last year, mostly from his prior ownership of Cantor Fitzgerald,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Some of the country’s largest employers are pulling back on benefits as they face yet another year of near double-digit health care cost growth,” Axios reports. “It’s a sign that year-after-year spikes in medical costs have real consequences. And corporations are less willing to eat most of the increases.”

“After winning an upset primary victory over a field of better-funded, establishment-backed rivals, Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-NJ) is launching a super PAC to help other progressive underdogs do the same,” Axios reports.

“Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways when filing recent disclosures of his assets and liabilities, creating confusion about his net worth and holdings,” ProPublica reports. “Among them: Paxton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, reported owning seven homes but said he earned no income from […]

“Maria Bartiromo’s attorney is pushing back on reports surrounding the longtime anchor’s departure from Fox News, saying Friday that claims she was fired or is no longer a Fox employee are ‘absolutely and unequivocally false,'” The Wrap reports.

OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra on Thursday, but many developers hoping to give it a test drive are still waiting for

The post “Sorry for the messy rollout”: OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, but developers are locked out appeared first on The New Stack.

Every journey begins with a first step, but where that journey goes from there can take many forms. Betsy James took many journeys leading up to Practicing to be Lightning, but to play fair by the characters in her story, there were more journeys for her to take. BETSY JAMES: It started out simple. I […]

Hello, dear readers! I find myself at DragonCon, which means I am in Atlanta! I snagged a room upgrade while checking in and now have a view from the 37th floor, which is not half bad. Have an excellent weekend, both con goers and those of you elsewhere! -AMS

Saying X is “formerly Twitter” in App Store lets Musk block use of Twitter name.

Ex-AUSA Now Under Criminal Investigation The Trump DOJ has fired the federal prosecutor who sought to bring civil rights charges...

BYD launched an aggressive sales campaign in the UK, its “biggest-ever,” offering over $3,000 off select plug-in and electric vehicles.

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Rivian is rolling out RivianOS 2, the biggest overhaul of its in-car software since the R1 first shipped. For the first time, it puts every vehicle the company sells on a single software stack.

The update, version 2026.31, started reaching eligible R1 and R2 vehicles today. It brings a rebuilt interface, Unreal Engine 5 graphics, real-time police and speed-camera alerts, and a deeper AI layer Rivian calls Unified Intelligence.

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US District Judge Deborah Boardman bashed Trump's legal team by calling their latest attempt to undermine the US Constitution and the Supreme Court on birthright citizenship "distorted" and "completely misread" the ruling. After being kicked in the nuts by his personal Su...

In controlled offline evaluations, HydraFusion’s selective coding workflows matched or exceeded the evaluated Opus 5 baseline while reducing estimated workflow cost. Now available as a research preview in GitHub Copilot.

The post Project HydraFusion: Frontier quality via multi-model orchestration appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

“Leading AI chatbots provided inaccurate, unclear or outdated replies on 29% of basic questions about elections and voting procedures in tests this year ahead of the midterm elections, according to a new report,” NBC News reports.

Romani-inspired “boho” and medieval European styles merged in 1960s hippie culture, with rock stars like Stevie Nicks, Mama Cass and Janis Joplin leading. “American youth were reading Tolkien, wearing their grandmother’s silk scarves, and dipping their toes in metaphysical philosophies.” By Avery Trufelman on Articles of Interest.

A child was inside when police say this Hudson Valley woman took off in a stolen SUV. Then she gave police a bizarre explanation. Continue reading…

Laderach Switzerland, Broken Dreams, Angela's Eatery, and El Balompie are among the recent restaurant debuts around the East Bay.

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