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Senators Target Law Shielding Tech Platforms From Lawsuits
A bipartisan group of senators led by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., introduced legislation this week that would set a countdown clock on the decades-old legal shield that has largely protected social media companies and other online platforms from lawsuits.
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NASA's Isaacman to Newsmax: Trump 'Making Nuclear Great in Space'
Jared Isaacman, the newly confirmed administrator of NASA, told Newsmax on Thursday about the agency's commitment to nuclear propulsion, deep space exploration, and science.
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Avi Loeb to Newsmax: 3I/Atlas' Near-Earth Pass Draws Global Focus
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb said Thursday that telescopes worldwide will track the interstellar object 3I/Atlas during its closest approach to Earth, calling it a rare research opportunity.
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White House Launches Space Supremacy Push
President Donald Trump enshrined the U.S. goal to put humans back on the moon by 2028 and defend space from weapon threats in a sweeping executive order issued on Thursday, the first major space policy move of his administration's second term.
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Blue Origin to Fly 1st Wheelchair User Into Space
Blue Origin is set to make spaceflight history Thursday, sending the first person who uses a wheelchair beyond the Kármán line - the internationally recognized edge of space - on its next New Shepard mission.
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AI CEO to Newsmax: Crypto Banks Signal Full Entry Into U.S. Financial System
The Trump administration's approval of plans to launch several cryptocurrency-focused national banks marks a turning point in integrating digital assets into the traditional financial system, according to Data Vault AI CEO Nate Bradley on Newsmax on Tuesday.
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Expert Urges Lawmakers to Protect Children on Roblox
An expert with digital safety platform Bark Technologies is calling on lawmakers to act to protect children from predators on the gaming platform Roblox.
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GOP Sen. McCormick Disputes Trump's AI Chip Sale to China
Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., questioned President Donald Trump's decision to allow the export of NVIDIA's H200-class artificial intelligence chips to China as part of broader negotiations on agricultural market access.
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EPA Drops Mention of Fossil Fuels in Website on Warming's Causes
The Environmental Protection Agency has removed any mention of fossil fuels from its popular online page explaining the causes of climate change. Now it only mentions natural phenomena, even as many scientists calculate that nearly all of the warming is due to human...
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Top Climate Change Study Retracted for Major Data Flaws
Authors of a widely cited study projecting catastrophic economic losses from what they described as man-made climate change have retracted their report after discovering major data errors that undermined its conclusions.
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Trump NASA Nominee Aims to Beat China in New Moon Race
Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump's two-time appointee to lead NASA, said it was his goal that the United States beat rival China in the race to return humans to the Moon, during a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday.Isaacman, 42, a billionaire entrepreneur and...
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Fmr Lawmakers Launch PACs to Push AI Safeguards
Two former members of Congress have announced the creation of two super PACs aimed at supporting candidates who favor stronger oversight of artificial intelligence.
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Deepfake Fraudsters Target Major Retailers
Major retailers are facing a surge in artificial intelligence (AI) driven fraud attempts heading into the peak holiday shopping season, with deepfake technology now playing a central role in large-scale scams.
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Trump Signs Order for AI Project to Spur Advances
President Donald Trump is directing the federal government to combine efforts with tech companies and universities to convert government data into scientific discoveries, acting on his push to make artificial intelligence the engine of the nation's economic future.
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Major Internet Outages Growing, May Get Worse
Internet disruptions are becoming more frequent and more sweeping, according to experts, after a string of major outages has repeatedly knocked large parts of the online world offline.
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Dr. Avi Loeb to Newsmax: Comet 3I/ATLAS Was Not a 'Boring Object'
Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb is questioning NASA's recent public assessment of 3I Atlas, an interstellar comet that sparked widespread speculation after weeks of agency silence during the government shutdown.
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IRS Turns AI Agents Loose on Taxpayers
The Internal Revenue Service has quietly begun using Salesforce's Agentforce artificial intelligence platform in three major divisions.
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Futuristic Airship Seen Drifting Above San Francisco
Tech billionaire and Google co-founder Sergey Brin's massive experimental airship, the Pathfinder 1, drew attention over San Francisco this week after residents spotted the giant craft cruising above the city, SFGate reported.
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NASA Unveils Close-Up Pictures of Comet Popping by From Another Star
NASA unveiled close-up pictures on Wednesday of the interstellar comet that's making a quick one-and-done tour of the solar system. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas is only the third confirmed object...
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NASA to Unveil Images of Ancient Interstellar Comet
NASA is set on Wednesday to release new images of an interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS that astronomers have determined is a comet probably even older than our solar system.3I/ATLAS was first spotted in July by an Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS,...
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Dr. Avi Loeb to Newsmax: 'Anomalies' Persist With 3I/ATLAS
Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb told Newsmax on Thursday that key "anomalies" surrounding interstellar object 3I/ATLAS remain unresolved, pushing back on acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy's assertion a night earlier that the object is simply a comet.
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US Opens Screwworm Control Site Inside Mexico
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has opened a sterile fly dispersal facility in Tampico, Mexico, calling it a major step in efforts to stop the spread of the dangerous, flesh-eating New World screwworm.
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Blue Origin Launches Huge Rocket Carrying Twin NASA Spacecraft to Mars
Blue Origin launched its huge New Glenn rocket Thursday with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars.
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Hitler Likely Had Genetic Condition Limiting Sexual Development
Adolf Hitler most likely suffered from the genetic condition Kallmann Syndrome that can manifest itself in undescended testicles and a micropenis, researchers and documentary makers said Thursday, following DNA testing of the Nazi dictator's blood.
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Tesla AI: Sci-Fi Revolution or Orwellian Nightmare?
In a vision that echoes the dystopian worlds of George Orwell's "1984" and the machine uprising in "The Terminator," Tesla CEO Elon Musk is proposing to transform millions of idle Tesla vehicles into a vast, decentralized artificial intelligence computing network.