Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang is urging Washington to prepare for artificial intelligence to upend the global economy. Source link
Month: April 2025
Mohsen Mahdawi, Columbia Student Detained by Trump Administration, Is Freed
Mohsen Mahdawi, an organizer of the pro-Palestinian movement at Columbia University, was freed from federal custody on Wednesday, more than two weeks after immigration officials detained him and sought to rescind his…
Ancient DNA confirms New Mexico tribe's link to famed Chaco Canyon site
For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history. Source link
Ted Kotcheff, Director Who Brought Rambo to the Screen, Dies at 94
Ted Kotcheff, a shape-shifting Canadian director whose films introduced audiences to characters including the troubled Vietnam War hero John Rambo, a dead body named Bernie and the young hustler Duddy Kravitz, died…
U.S. government expands grounds for canceling international students' legal status
The federal government is expanding the reasons international students can be stripped of their legal status in the U.S., where thousands have come under scrutiny in a Trump administration crackdown that has…
Wegovy Can Treat a Dangerous Liver Disease, Study Finds
New research shows that semaglutide, the compound in the weight-loss drug Wegovy, could treat an increasingly common liver disease. The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, included 800…
Edmonton draft pick Darien Newell ineligible to sign CFL contract for one year after violating CFL/CFLPA drug policy
TORONTO — Under the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the CFL Players’ Association’s (CFLPA) joint drug policy, defensive lineman Darien Newell is ineligible to sign a contract with a CFL Club for…
A former Trump official backs World Heritage status for the vast Okefenokee Swamp
President Donald Trump’s former agriculture secretary is urging the administration to support adding a vast, federally protected wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp to a list of globally treasured natural and cultural…
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck sues Meta over AI responses about him
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck has filed a defamation lawsuit against Meta alleging that the social media giant’s artificial intelligence chatbot spread false statements about him, including that he participated in the riot…
Julia Parsons, U.S. Navy Code Breaker During World War II, Dies at 104
Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, died…