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A recent analysis by LendingTree has revealed that Tesla drivers are more prone to accidents than drivers of any other car brand in America.

The popular Netflix children’s cartoon “CoComelon Lane” features an episode in which a little boy dressed as a girl dances for his dads, as seen in a clip of the scene going viral on social media.

Harvard’s early admission applications have dropped to a four-year low as the Ivy League university faces heavy scrutiny over antisemitism scandals that have dominated the school’s news cycle for the past several months.

As privacy-oriented lawmakers continue waging their war to rein in government surveillance abuse, there have been several startling revelations about the government’s abuse of government surveillance laws.

As the country approaches the Christmas holiday, a steady stream of revelations about disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein and his circle of influential friends, including tech titans Bill Gates and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman.

A landmark law in Utah, designed to limit social media use by children, faces a lawsuit from a major trade group representing social media giants. Companies including Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and China’s TikTok are putting their resources into achieving unfettered access to young Americans.

Comcast confirmed that a data breach has affected close to 36 million Xfinity customers. Based on the company’s reported number of subscribers, this means practically all Xfinity customers have been placed at risk.

Google has agreed to pay $700 million and implement minor changes to its app store practices, resolving an antitrust lawsuit with all 50 U.S. states.

Apple has announced the temporary suspension of sales for two of its latest Apple Watch models due to an ongoing patent dispute. Masimo, a medical tech company, claims Apple is infringing on its patents with its blood oxygen feature on the Apple Watches in question.

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan used artificial intelligence (AI) to address a virtual rally from prison.

A Wall Street Journal bombshell report has revealed that Microsoft founder Bill Gates was pictured in 2014 with a victim of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Gates consistently downplays his connection to Epstein, but reports of their connection continue to emerge.

A recent incident involving a Tesla Cybertruck getting stuck carrying a Christmas tree in a California forest has become a viral sensation, especially because the stranded electric vehicle was rescued by a gas-powered Ford F150.

In a significant move, the European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, raising concerns about its compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA puts strict controls on social media companies to moderate “misinformation.”

Fantasia Barrino, the star of the recent musical reboot of The Color Purple, has publicly accused an Airbnb host of racial profiling following an incident during a birthday celebration for her son in which the family was asked to leave their rented accommodations.

Young members of the U.S. Army are throwing a TikTok “mutiny” to complain about “sh*tty food,” being pushed to stay in shape, their freedoms being “suppressed,” and more.

With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films and books that will become public domain as the year turns to 2024.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s vision for the future involves people living in cylindrical space stations, he recently revealed.

Elon Musk’s venture into AI with Grok, intended a humorous and honest alternative to woke leftist chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has surprisingly aligned itself with progressive viewpoints. Grok is seemingly aligned with left-wing viewpoints on transgenderism in particular, leading Musk to comment that the team would attempt to make the chatbot “politically neutral.” 

A recent investigation has revealed troubling issues with Microsoft’s AI chatbot, Copilot, disseminating misinformation and conspiracy theories related to elections. In one case, researchers asked the AI chatbot about corruption allegations against a Swiss lawmaker which the platform immediately responded with details and sources on, but there was just one problem — the AI had “hallucinated” the charges and supporting information. In other words, it made the charges up.

Wikipedia editors have been actively trying to minimize mention of plagiarism allegations raised against embattled Harvard President Claudine Gay. This has included removing mention of the allegations from the intro of her article and removing detailed descriptions of the alleged plagiarism. Some editors have also tried to minimize mention of Gay’s handling of campus antisemitism in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks against Israel.

The Wikipedia Arbitration Committee, likened to a “Supreme Court” for the site, suspended the privileges of member “Beeblebrox” for six months over claimed misconduct in the first such suspension in Wikipedia’s history. Among the alleged incidents, some concerned a now-former administrator with whom Beeblebrox had feuded. The same former administrator last month confessed to impersonating a Spanish indie singer and previously editing Wikipedia with an account banned for undisclosed paid editing, a common practice on the online encyclopedia.

Artificial intelligence (AI) resume screening systems used by major companies may be discriminating against mothers, researchers believe.

According to a class action lawsuit filed against Elon Musk’s X/Twitter, the company refused to pay bonuses it promised to employees to keep them from seeking new jobs after Musk’s takeover. The company has argued that oral promises of bonuses made to employees are not legally binding, calling into question just how far Silicon Valley can push its legal obligations to workers.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), one of the leaders behind the fight to reform a deep state surveillance law, on Friday said Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) strategy was more “appeasement” than leadership.

Tax preparation company H&R Block has unveiled a new AI tax filing assistant named “AI Tax Assist.” This AI chatbot is integrated into H&R Block’s paid DIY tax software versions, offering users detailed guidance on tax rules, possible exemptions, and other tax-related queries.

General Motors’ autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise, has announced the layoff of 24 percent of its workforce as part of a strategic restructuring focused on a single market for its disastrous robotaxis.

NewsGuard, a for-profit company that rates news websites and works closely with government agencies and major corporate advertisers, demands news websites follow government narratives, according to investigative reporter Lee Fang.

A recent report reveals that tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is constructing a sprawling $100 million compound in Hawaii, equipped with extensive security measures including a large underground bunker.

The latest unsettling high-tech craze in China involves bereaved families hiring artificial intelligence (AI) firms to create audiovisual simulations of the dearly departed.

Vladimir Putin took a question from an AI-generated version of himself in one of the more bizarre moments of his year-end press conference.

ChatGPT has become “lazy” and sarcastic according to many users of the popular AI chatbot, leading to the emergence of theories about its changing behavior. Some users are proposing that the AI has become less efficient and more sassy as the holiday season approaches.

Republicans including Rep Elise Stefanik (R-NY) are calling for Harvard to be stripped of billions of dollars in federal funding and tax breaks over the Ivy League institution’s “antisemitism shame.” Stefanik explains, “We must defund the rot in America’s higher education.”

The House passed a defense bill that contains a deep state surveillance authorization, robbing lawmakers of the opportunity to reform FISA.

Pennsylvania Democrat Shemaine Daniels’ congressional campaign has begun utilizing an AI chatbot named “Ashley” to robocall voters in the Keystone State. The company behind the AI chatbot claims “The dawn of AI politics is upon us.”

A former diversity program manager at Facebook has pleaded guilty to defrauding Mark Zuckerberg’s company of more than $4 million through a sophisticated kickback scheme.

IBM’s Indian-born CEO is insisting the company does not discriminate against American job-seekers by race, following the leak of a 2021 video showing him apparently offering bonuses to executives who meet racial quotas.