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AI continues to reshape the job market for both employers and job seekers, as candidates turn to ChatGPT to help with writing and employers use fully AI-driven interviews to screen applicants. Some experts say AI leaves both sides of the job market in a “doom loop” of dissatisfaction as technology fails to help the right people find the right job.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) said Congress has to remove the “liability shield” of Section 230 for online platforms.

The head of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) attempted to claim that his organisation is not a censorship outfit as he faces potential deportation from the United States for involvement in silencing American voices online.

Nvidia plans to start shipping its powerful H200 AI chips to China before the Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Yoshua Bengio, considered one of the “Godfathers of AI,” warns that the threat of job displacement by AI is no longer a distant future but a present reality, with even trade jobs at risk as the technology becomes more sophisticated.

The “All-In” podcast hosted a wonderful Christmas season event featuring comedian Tony Hinchcliffe with the hosts and guest presenting their “Bestie” awards, and a “Kill Tony” special.

Micron, one of the world’s largest memory suppliers, forecasts a prolonged global RAM shortage due to the increasing demand driven by the AI boom. This shortage will impact consumers upgrading their consumers, as well as computer and video game console manufacturers.

The art world is grappling with a new wave of forgeries as fraudsters leverage advanced AI tools to create convincing fake documents, posing a significant challenge to the industry’s long-standing battle against counterfeits and deception.

Reuters claimed on Monday to have viewed a draft report from the Pentagon that said China “is likely to have loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) across its latest three silo fields” which are located near the Mongolian border.

Billionaire tech tycoon Bill Gates has expressed concern about the impact of “misinformation” on future generations, claiming that AI should be used to police ideas he disagrees with online. The creepy Microsoft founder has a long history of taking radical positions on issues including climate alarmism that he’d like to stifle dissent against.

A woman’s frantic attempt to rebook a missed flight turned into a costly crash course in business-impostor scams — now supercharged by AI and slipping through Google’s ad filters. 

A Hungarian technology firm is making what its chairman called a “giant leap” for bilateral cooperation after committing $100 million to a leading U.S. commercial space company, marking the first time a Hungarian enterprise has taken an ownership stake in a major American space player.

A church in Manvel, Texas put on a Christmas display with 1,000 drones showing the Christmas story and the life of Jesus Christ. 

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released an AI video showing Santa Claus rounding up illegal aliens. The agency also encouraged illegals to self-deport before they end up on the “naughty list.”

A major U.S.–South Korea trade deal is unraveling amid an escalating crackdown by South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and lawmakers against American-founded technology company Coupang, prompting alarm inside the Trump administration and on Capitol Hill over the future of bilateral trade.

Tony Bruno, the CEO of United Launch Alliance, has suddenly stepped down from his position after more than a decade at the helm of the company. The company is the primary competitor to Elon Musk’s SpaceX for launching government payloads into space.

Amazon’s security team has uncovered and prevented more than 1,800 attempts by North Koreans to gain employment at the company under false pretenses since April 2024.

A growing number of Tesla owners are purchasing escape tools due to fears of being trapped inside their cars as a result of malfunctioning doors. Elon Musk’s EV giant is facing a  growing number of lawsuits and investigations over reports that its electronic door handles become inoperable in emergencies and in the event of battery failure.

There is “cause for cautious optimism”, say the Free Speech Union as the UK College of Policing moves to all-but-abolish NCHIs.

Two NATO-nation intelligence services suspect Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation with destructive orbiting clouds of shrapnel.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday that his government will seek to further expand restrictions on so-called “hate speech” in the wake of the Islamist terror attack against Jewish people on Bondi Beach in Sydney.

The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla CEO pay package, worth approximately $56 billion, must be restored, overturning a lower court’s decision to cancel the compensation plan.

A suspected cyberattack knocked France´s national postal service and its banking arm offline Monday.

A SpaceX rocket explosion in January put three commercial flights carrying 450 people at risk, according to newly revealed FAA records. The records also indicate Elon Musk’s company failed to alert the FAA about the explosion, with air traffic controllers learning of the incident when they spotted debris on their radars.

Justice Department officials are sounding the alarm about the online extremist network “764,” whose young followers use social media platforms to target and manipulate vulnerable teens into self-harm and violence.  

A family cat, missing for more than a year after it was lost during Hurricane Helene, evoked one of its nine lives and was reunited with its family in North Carolina — with the help of a feline microchip.

Publishing giant HarperCollins has unveiled the official cover for “Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI,” a forthcoming book on AI politics that #1 New York Times bestselling author Peter Schweizer hails as “urgent, elegant, and one of the most important books in years.”

A massive power outage in San Francisco that darkened 130,000 homes Saturday was further complicated as self-driving cars stopped in the middle of the street, triggering extensive traffic jams.

A fundraiser for created for a Target employee who was harassed by a crazed leftist for wearing a shirt in support of Turning Point USA founder and free speech martyr Charlie Kirk has surpassed $260,000.

A recent Fox News poll reveals that about two-thirds of American voters and parents back the idea of banning teenagers under the age of 16 from social media and removing cellphones from K-12 classrooms.

Video game hardware sales in the United States experienced a significant decline in November, reaching the lowest point for the month since 2005. Apparently, Sony’s PlayStation, Microsoft’s Xbox, and Nintendo’s Switch are not on Santa’s list this year.

Various Hollywood celebrities, from Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Natalie Portman, have launched the Creative Coalition on AI.