The total number of cases in a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the luxury MV Hondius cruise ship has risen to seven.AFP via Getty Images Published May 5, 2026 A luxury cruise vacation has turned into [...]
Steven Roth, the chief executive of Vornado, criticized Mayor Zohran Mamdani for singling out the billionaire Ken Griffin in his bid to make the wealthy pay more taxes in New York City.
Hannah Natanson’s reporting anchored a package of articles from The Washington Post that won a Pulitzer on Monday, four months after agents seized her devices.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addressed the threat of deepfakes after AI-generated images of her circulated online.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addressed the threat of deepfakes after AI-generated images of her circulated online. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has spoken out against the circulation of AI-generated deepfake images of her appearing in lingerie, which have been falsely presented as real by political opponents. DETAIL: Meloni addressed the subject on X (formerly Twitter), addressing social media posts containing AI-generated “sexy” photos of her appearing in a bedroom in lingerie, which some have passed off as genuine. According to Meloni, the images are fake, noting that the creator of the images had actually “improved me quite a bit.” She called on people to be more vigilant when…Open
State of the Union: The contract builds on a long-running relationship between the Pentagon and Silicon Valley. The post Pentagon Announces AI Deal with Google, OpenAI, Nvidia, Others appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Department of Defense announced Friday that it has signed agreements with seven major technology companies—Google parent Alphabet, OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, SpaceX, and Reflection—to deploy artificial intelligence tools on classified military networks. The Pentagon said the deals will help establish the U.S. military as an “AI-first fighting force.” The announcements come amid a continuing feud with Anthropic after the company said it objected to requests that would allow its technology to be used for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons systems. In late February, President Donald Trump ordered all federal agencies to terminate their relationships with the AI firm and Secretary of Defense Pete…Open
A U.S. Magistrate Judge says he's "very troubled" by the conditions that WHCD shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen has been faced with in prison. #ColeTomasAllen #WHCD #ShootingSuspect