Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 3, 2023
Month: August 2023
Ever wanted a talking dog? New products may be close enough.
First Look Ever wanted a talking dog? New products may be close enough. Robotic dogs, moving pillows, and AI-powered strollers – all these inventions were displayed this week at CES, the Consumer Electronics Show. The Las Vegas event showed innovation from startups and big tech alike. | View caption Hide caption | Tech companies are…
Dear lawmakers: Border-adjustable tax can’t shrink trade deficit while producing trillions in revenue
Dear lawmakers: Border-adjustable tax can’t shrink trade deficit while producing trillions in revenue Some lawmakers claim a border-adjustable tax will raise massive amounts of revenue to help pay for corporate tax cuts and give a powerful jolt to US-based manufacturers. But both cannot be true. | View caption Hide caption Lawmakers who back a border…
Washington rushing to put guardrails on AI – fast enough?
Washington rushing to put guardrails on AI – fast enough? | View caption Hide caption “We don’t have a lot of time,” CEO Dario Amodei of Anthropic, a San Francisco-based firm that aims to create “reliable, beneficial” AI systems, told senators last week. “Whatever we do, we have to do it fast.” The reason for…
Vladimir Putin humiliates own military in first state awards since Wagner mutiny
completely snubbed serving members of the Russian military in the country’s first state awards since the rebellion against the president’s rule, it has been claimed. During a special ceremony at the Kremlin Palace, Putin said orders and medals would be awarded to those “who selflessly defended the constitutional order of on June 24”. This was…
U.S. women confident despite slow soccer World Cup start
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — U.S. goals — and wins — have been few and far between this World Cup, but American confidence isn’t lacking. Despite three lackluster group matches that saw the reigning champions squeak through to knockout play, key players insist they’re not shaken by “noise” from the “outside,” firmly believing the United States’…
Russian drone strikes hit Ukrainian port key to grain exports
Russian drones on Wednesday hit a Ukrainian port city along the border with NATO member Romania, causing significant damage and a huge fire at facilities that are key to Ukrainian grain exports following the end of a deal with Russia that allowed Ukrainian shipments to world markets. Since leaving the deal that allowed Ukraine to…
How solar and wind energy are saving Texans from a record heatwave
Texas has been breaking all sorts of records, and that’s mostly bad news. As a heat dome settled over Texas in June, trapping brutal heat and humidity underneath, high temperature records were broken across the state. It was so hot in Texas, meteorologist Ben Noll noted, that the only rivals on planet Earth were “the Sahara…
Is Marjorie Taylor Greene’s escalating feud with Lauren Boebert a warning for the GOP?
When Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) burst into the national consciousness during the run-up to the 2020 elections, the pair were frequently lumped together as dual avatars of the most extreme elements of former President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement; both have documented histories of overt antisemitism, hyper-militarization, casual Islamophobia, and Qanon-tinged conspiracy-mongering.…
British spy chief, Wagner video suggest Prigozhin is alive and freely ‘floating around’
The head of Britain’s MI6 foreign intelligence service said Wednesday that Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is alive and freely “floating around” after his short-lived mutiny in Russia. Prigozhin has not been seen in public since he agreed to end Wagner’s march on Moscow, though the Kremlin said later that Russian President Vladimir Putin met…