Across Latin America, we have seen organized crime and corrupt actors infiltrate and control state institutions, with devastating consequences for democracy. It is not too late to stop them in Peru.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Thursday that artificial intelligence (AI) could pose “significant risks” to the financial system. The “complexity and opacity” of AI models, “inadequate” risk management frameworks and “interconnections” that arise from using the same data and models can create vulnerabilities, Yellen said at a conference on AI and financial stability. Risks can...
Boeing's Starliner space capsule successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday afternoon, after being delayed by new leakage and thruster issues earlier in the day, NASA announced. The Starliner spacecraft landed at 1:34 p.m. EDT Thursday over the southern Indian Ocean, NASA's Commercial Crew confirmed on the social media platform X. Automated...
A number of Republican lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday booed two law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. Numerous lawmakers posted on the social media platform X that they witnessed members of the GOP booing and walking out of the chamber after former U.S. Capitol...
The Biden administration has a bad habit of breaking up large companies without consideration of context and repercussions. It's latest target? Live Nation.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) defended her response to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after the Georgia Republican accused Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) of being unable to read because her eyelashes were too long in a House Oversight Committee hearing last month. In an interview on the podcast "On with Kara Swisher," Ocasio-Cortez said she understands some...
The Biden administration on Thursday offered up a definition for what is considered a zero-emission building, as part of an effort to reduce building emissions around the country. The new definition is completely voluntary — but seeks to help industry figure out how to move toward cutting the structures’ contributions to climate change. “The National...
The majority of Americans have an interest in becoming their own boss, and many of those who do are willing to take financial risks in order to do so, according to a new Gallup analysis. The Shopify-Gallup Entrepreneurship study, released Thursday, found 62 percent of surveyed adults would prefer to be their own boss, while...
A new survey shows Biden and Trump supporters are divided over topics described as "culture war" or "woke" issues ahead of November's presidential election.