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Musk Watch: “With Musk now preparing to scale back his work for the White House, he joined a farewell Cabinet meeting last Wednesday, during which he took credit for saving the federal government $160 billion. However, the real number appears to be much lower, particularly when considering how much DOGE could save taxpayers in future …
CNET – “President Donald Trump’s extensive new tariffs are expected to have huge, widespread effects on prices in the US, with more and more companies announcing price hikes for popular products. Recently, Microsoft announced price increases across its Xbox gaming brand, Canon announced that increases for its cameras are coming soon and toymaker Mattel warned of inevitable …
Washington Post [no paywall]: “The goal — a centralized system with unprecedented access to data about Social Security, taxes, medical diagnoses and other private information — would create a multitude of vulnerabilities, experts say. The U.S. DOGE Service is racing to build a single centralized database with vast troves of personal information about millions of …
PC Mag: “Google’s Gemini and Microsoft’s Copilot (among others) have successfully made AI chatbots mainstream and serve as viable alternatives to standard web search engines. In turn, the standard search engines from those companies (along with alternative ones) have adopted some AI elements. Bing, for example, now offers the Copilot Search feature that shows you …
PC Mag – Concerned about high prices that might come with tariffs? Our experts offer handy buying advice to help you navigate this tricky global trade war.”Uncertainty reigns in global trade, with tensions brought on by the Trump administration’s decision to levy tariffs—taxation based on a percentage of a product’s value—on imports from countries near …
PC Mag: “Like it or not, artificial intelligence is here to stay. You’ve probably heard a lot of chatter about how it’s an incredible tool that can transform society and a malevolent force that steals work and is destined to put us all out of a job. The truth, of course, lies somewhere in between. …
The Hill: “The cuts, under consideration as part of a broader push to offset the cost of Donald Trump’s proposed “big, beautiful bill,” would target the very programs that expanded access to care under the Affordable Care Act. From rolling back federal funding for Medicaid expansion to repealing enrollment protections, each option on the table …
CNN: “Chief Justice John Roberts stressed the importance of judicial independence during public remarks Wednesday, noting that the judiciary’s role as a co-equal branch of government is central to the nation’s political system. “The judiciary is a coequal branch of government, separate from the others with the authority to interpret the Constitution as law, and …
New Oxford study uncovers explosion of accessible deepfake AI image generation models intended for the creation of non-consensual, sexualised images of women. “Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the University of Oxford have uncovered a dramatic rise in easily accessible AI tools specifically designed to create deepfake images of identifiable people, finding nearly …
Harvard Business Review Report: “…Ineffective knowledge management can hinder decision making and lead to poor business performance. When knowledge is fragmented and disorganized, with information documented and stored across disconnected applications and systems, workers find it difficult and time-consuming to find the information they need when they need it. As a result, collaboration stagnates, teams …
Executive Order Establishment of the Religious Liberty Commission – May 1, 2025 – “…The Commission shall produce a comprehensive report on the foundations of religious liberty in America, the impact of religious liberty on American society, current threats to domestic religious liberty, strategies to preserve and enhance religious liberty protections for future generations, and programs …
In Custodia Legis: “In criminal law, an act combined with intent constitutes a crime. Corporations are legal persons who cannot act and do not have a mind, independent of their officers, managers, and employees. In most jurisdictions, corporations can be held responsible for the criminal actions of their officers and employees, particularly when those actions …
