Apple isn't burning mountains of cash to buy GPUs for the sake of training AI models and processing prompts. - Nor is it investing huge sums in frontier labs like OpenAI or Anthropic, as are rivals like Amazon and Microsoft. Why it matters: Apple may reap the rewards of everyone else's spend. Success from the sidelines. Apple's playbook: Keep selling high-end consumer hardware that will become even more essential as AI becomes more ubiquitous. - AI advancements could lead to shorter upgrade cycles, while Apple's reputation for enhanced privacy could become an enhanced selling point. - All the while, "taxing" the frontier labs via the App Store. It doesn't matter to Apple which app gets used most, so long as it's being used. Behind the…
Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) submitted their formal resignations from Congress on Tuesday following sexual misconduct scandals. State of play: Swalwell's resignation took effect at 2pm ET on Tuesday — meaning he has already resigned — while Gonzales' takes effect at 11:59 pm ET, according to the House clerk. - Swalwell has been accused by four women of sexual assault, harassment and rape, which he denies. - Gonzales admitted to an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. Between the lines: Both men had been facing the threat of expulsion, which looked increasingly likely to pass if they chose to try to hang onto their seats.
More than a dozen American warships positioned in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea are acting as a “net,” officials said. None of the encounters has required escalation.
Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of D.C. has clashed with the Trump administration over dozens of Venezuelan migrants’ removals to a prison in El Salvador.
The Trump administration has said that enforcement of the FACE Act by the Biden DOJ represents "the prototypical example" of the weaponization of the law against conservatives.
Army Reserve soldiers assigned to the 401st Engineer Company conducted a multiday bridge-building exercise designed to train new troops and refresh skills at Bardwell Lake, Texas.
The US naval blockade of Iran continues today as the Iran war extends into its seventh week. Get the latest on the Iran war and the US naval blockade of Iran in our live breaking news coverage. The war in Iran began on February 28th when the US and Israel attacked Iran. Soon after the war began, Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump last week announced a naval blockade on Iran to pressure them to open the Strait of Hormuz. The blockade prohibits all ship traffic going into or out of all Iran (with humanitarian exceptions). In this interactive live stream, host Steve Lookner brings you the latest breaking news updates on the Iran war and the US naval blockade on Iran, and he’ll also read your comments and…
The Department of Justice fired at least four prosecutors who took part in weaponizing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to put pro-life Americans in prison. Terminations of the prosecutors took place on Monday, and were announced in tandem with a nearly 900-page report detailing Biden administration abuses of the FACE Act […]
Vice President Vance will join Turning Point USA (TPUSA) CEO Erika Kirk in Georgia on Tuesday afternoon as part of the organization's tour focused on college campuses across the nation. Kirk, the widow of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has already thrown her support behind Vance for a potential 2028 presidential bid. The vice president spoke at a separate TPUSA event late last year, where he sparred with University of Mississippi students over Kirk's assassination and President Trump's policies. Vance's remarks come as he is pushing his new book, which details the vice president's conversion to Catholicism.
