The AI boom is fueling massive demand for memory chips, forcing electronics manufacturers to grapple with rising prices that are starting to trickle down to consumers. Memory chips, which are responsible for storing and processing data, are a key component in everything from smartphones to laptops to cars. But the massive data center buildout is...
A sour, anti-incumbent mood is sweeping across the nation on its 250th anniversary in what political analysts say is an especially troubling sign for Republican control of the House and Senate, given President Trump’s slumping approval rating. Rising voter anger with the status quo has hit both parties, with eight House incumbents — five Democrats and...
The Democratic presidential primary is shaping up to be one of the most wide-open contests in decades, with no clear front-runner in sight. Still, several Democrats are already separating themselves from the pack, according to strategists, donors and other operatives within the party who spoke to The Hill. Here are our rankings on the race...
Vice President Vance mocked Major League Baseball for issuing a warning to a handful of San Francisco Giants players who wore Bible verses on their Pride Night ball caps during a recent game. The three players, pitchers Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker, wore Pride Night hats with Bible verses written on them when...
⚽ Plus: Iran’s World Cup team ordered to quickly leave US, says coach {beacon} It’s Tuesday. The World Cup storyline of Scottish soccer fans taking over Boston has gotten even funnier. The Boston Globe reports that some bars literally ran out of beer last weekend. One bar’s COO says she had never seen anything like it in...
Anthropic took down its newest AI models last week, after the Trump administration slapped the company with an export control order requiring it to block foreign nationals from accessing its latest technology. The order comes amid concerns about the potential capability to bypass the models’ guardrails, sparking yet another dispute between Anthropic and the administration....
Analysts are questioning the sustainability of current market valuations, as concerns about speculative excess have grown amid heightened enthusiasm and potential risks surrounding the AI-driven stock market rally of recent years.
Records show the price tag for the White House ballroom is rising to $600 million, with half of the costs funded by taxpayer dollars, according to a new report from The Washington Post. The news comes months after President Trump said private donors would pay for the $400 million initiative to construct a new ballroom...
The Trump administration is intervening on behalf of Elon Musk’s xAI after the NAACP accused it in court of illegally polluting the air of a Memphis-area community. In April, the civil rights organization alleged that xAI did not get an air pollution permit for its Colossus Gas Plant, which powers its Colossus 2 data center that in...
Some fans, waving pre-revolutionary Iranian flags, booed the Iranian national anthem before the country's opening match against New Zealand in the FIFA World Cup on Monday in Los Angeles, The Athletic reported. They played to a 2-2 draw in the Group G tilt. The Lion and Sun flag, a green, white and red horizontal tricolor, served as...
No one can know for certain how the current dilemma created by Putin’s military misadventure will play out. One thing, however, is increasingly clear: The trendlines are not good, either for Russia or for its president.
President Trump’s approval rating ticked up slightly in recent days as Americans expressed less dissatisfaction over the cost of living, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The survey, conducted June 12-15, gathered responses from before and after Trump announced a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran, and found that 36 percent of Americans approve...
Combs was sentenced in October to four years and two months in federal prison after being convicted of transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters.
President Trump said on Tuesday that the deal between the U.S. and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz can survive even if Israel’s attacks in Lebanon continue. “It can,” Trump said, speaking from the G7 in Évian-les-Bains, France, when asked if the Iran deal can survive if Israel attacks Lebanon, referring to the conflict...
