US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed the State Department to go back to using Times New Roman typeface as the standard for official papers, a spokesperson told CNN, in a reversal of the previous administration’s update to the sans-serif Calibri. Starting on Wednesday, all papers should use Times […]
Australia kicks teens off social apps. The global policy test begins
Australia on Wednesday became the first country to formally bar users under the age of 16 from accessing major social media platforms, a move expected to be closely monitored by global tech companies and policymakers around the world.Canberra’s ban, which came into effect from midnight local time, targets 10 major […]
The Atlantic rift: Europe faces Washington’s new strategy
Washington’s stance on Ukraine confirms the end of the postwar era, with Ukraine becoming a bargaining chip. The new U.S.doctrine strikes at the core of European political identity, adopting rhetoric reminiscent of far-right schools of thought. The conflict between European institutions and American tech giants, such as the case of […]
Trump touts over $20 trillion in new U.S. investments, but the numbers don’t add up – CBS News
President Trump has made increasingly sweeping claims about new investments flowing into the United States, citing figures as high as $21 trillion since taking office. “Twenty-one trillion dollars will be the amount invested in the United States — or committed to invest — in one year,” the president said in […]
For Gen Zers, finding work after college is often a painful slog – CBS News
Angel Escobedo started looking for work a year and a half ago, even before completing his college degree at Saint Xavier University in Chicago.Now, with less than a week to go before graduation and having applied to more than 150 jobs, he’s still searching. Escobedo’s predicament illustrates the challenges that […]
Employers have cut 1.1 million jobs this year. Here’s what’s behind the wave of layoffs.. – CBS News
Employers have cut more than 1.1 million jobs through November, the most since 2020, when companies laid off 2.2 million workers as the pandemic was slamming the U.S.economy, according to a new report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The layoffs represent a 54% increase from the same period […]
Elon Musk shares update on Tesla robot’s new ability, AI chief Ashok Elluswamy joins in with 3-word reply – The Times of India
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared a new video demonstrating a major update for the company’s Optimus humanoid robot.In a video shared by the EV maker on the microblogging site X (formerly Twitter), the Tesla Optimus robot can be seen running.The clip shows the robot jogging steadily across a lab […]
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to fund ‘Trump Accounts’ for millions of American kids | CNN Business
Michael and Susan Dell on Tuesday announced that they are donating $6.25 billion to fund investment accounts for at least 25 million American children. The enormous pledge will go toward helping fund “Trump Accounts,” a new initiative that offers investment accounts for children.The “Trump Accounts” were established as part of […]
Michael Dell to pump $6 billion into ‘Trump accounts’ for newborns
Michael Dell to pump $6 billion into ‘Trump accounts’ for newborns Joey Garrison WASHINGTON ‒ Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Technologies, is contributing more than $6 billion to President Donald Trump’s new accounts for newborn babies ‒ and the president wants others in the business world to follow […]
Lyme disease often goes undetected when it’s most treatable. These teens are working to change that. – CBS News
A team of public high school students in Georgia faced some skepticism when they decided to try to come up with a way to detect Lyme disease earlier. But the students at Lambert High School in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, pushed ahead with their idea, using the gene editing technology CRISPR, […]