Hollywood video game performers ended their nearly year-long strike Wednesday with new protections against the use of digital replicas of their voices or appearances. If those replicas are used, actors must be paid at rates comparable to in-person work. The SAG-AFTRA union demanded stronger pay and better working conditions. Among their top concerns was the […]
A former Department of Justice lawyer possesses documents allegedly showing that the Trump administration pushed to defy court rulings and pressured DOJ attorneys to choose between ethics and the president’s agenda, The New York Times reported. Erez Reuveni, a whistleblower, told The New York Times he is alarmed by the administration’s disregard for judges and […]
The Pentagon is slated to become the largest shareholder in rare-earth miner MP Materials. The Department of Defense has agreed to buy $400 million of MP’s stock and provide the Las Vegas-based miner with a $150 million loan, according to an announcement by the company on Thursday, July 10. MP Materials currently owns the only […]
Now that Hertz Car Rental is using artificial intelligence (AI) to track any dings, dents, scratches and more that customers inflict on rental vehicles, customers are incurring large charges for damages invisible to the naked eye. Some said they’re seeing bills worth hundreds of dollars. Hertz partners with AI company Hertz announced their partnership with […]
Olympic champion Caster Semenya’s seven-year legal battle against sex eligibility rules in track and field competitions took a partial turn in her favor on Thursday, June 10. The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Semenya had her rights to a fair hearing violated while arguing in front of Switzerland’s Supreme Court. What was Semenya’s […]
Navy veteran George E. Smith and Willard S. Boyle shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics for their 1969 invention of the light-sensitive charge-coupled device, which made digital imagery possible.
President Donald Trump clarified his position on a migrant farmworker program during this week’s cabinet meeting, stating that farmers will have an avenue to keep migrants in the U.S. without legal documentation on their payroll amid ongoing mass deportations. However, he emphasized that this does not constitute amnesty. Since the prospect of mass deportations was […]
Mobile network anomalies consistent with cell phone surveillance were detected at a July 4 protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Washington state. Those anomalies, according to an independent analysis by Straight Arrow News, suggest that a device known as an IMSI catcher may have been used to collect identifying information on […]
Russia’s top diplomat is scheduled to visit North Korea during the week of July 6. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s trip to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) highlights the growing ties between Russia and North Korea. Why was the invitation extended? According to North Korea’s state media, the Korean Central News Agency, the […]
The term “alpha male” has been used to describe everything from CEOs to dating personalities. But a new scientific study suggests dominance might not be as natural as we’ve been led to believe. The study, published Monday, July 7, in PNAS, analyzed research from May 2020 to July 2024. Researchers studied more than 100 primate […]
