It’s unclear whether Musk and his newly hired chief executive, plan to make changes to Twitter, cracking down on misinformation, which election experts and tech accountability advocates say erodes trust in democracy.
Amber Carter
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Why a government default could be worse than a government shutdown
All the hand-wringing over a potential government default if Congress doesn’t increase the national debt limit has conjured up images of past government shutdowns
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Senator Chuck Schumer: Congress ‘must move quickly’ on artificial intelligence legislation
He expressed concerns about China’s efforts to regulate artificial intelligence, calling that ‘a wake-up call to the nation.’
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Bill forcing schools to inform parents about transgender children fails in New Hampshire
The bill had passed the Republican-dominated Senate in March along party lines. But while Republicans hold a razor-thin majority in the House, Democrats had a one-vote edge in attendance for Thursday’s session.
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First full-size 3D scan of Titanic shows shipwreck in new light
Richard Parkinson, founder, and chief executive of deep-sea exploration firm Magellan estimated that the resulting data – including 715,000 images – is 10 times larger than any underwater 3D model ever attempted before.
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White House expected to withdraw federal appeals court nomination, in judicial defeat for Biden
Michael Delaney would be the first of Biden’s judicial nominees to fail due to a clear lack of support from the full Senate.
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Meet San Francisco’s D’Arcy Drollinger, the first drag laureate in the U.S.
In a city known for its support of LGBTQ+ rights, San Francisco Mayor London Breed says it was a natural step to create a position that not only embraces drag culture but puts government resources toward it.
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Pentagon leak suspect was warned multiple times about mishandling of classified information
Prosecutors told the judge in their filing that Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, continued leaking documents even after he was admonished by superiors on two separate occasions last year over ‘concerning actions.’
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Elizabeth Holmes ordered to pay massive restitution over fraud
How much her co-accused and former lover Sunny Balwani may be able to pay is unclear.
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Baby, 10-year-old among 4 wounded in Northern California shooting, police say
Officers responded around 10 p.m. Saturday following reports of gunfire near an intersection northeast of downtown.