Silicon Valley Failure: 23andMe Files for Bankruptcy in Stunning Collapse

DNA testing company and former Silicon Valley darling 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced the resignation of its co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki. TechCrunch reports that the genetics testing giant 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, signaling a significant downturn for the once-promising company. The move comes as…

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Boston-Based Women’s Soccer Team Changes Name After Transgender Backlash

A Boston-based National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team has changed its name after the transgender community reacted negatively to the team’s marketing campaign. The since abandoned marketing campaign, featured the slogan “Too Many Balls.” The slogan was met by intense blowback from the transgender community, including a trans player for the Seattle Reign named Quinn,…

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Learn to Code: AI Programming Assistant Refuses to Help Humans, Offers Career Advice Instead

An AI coding assistant called Cursor AI recently stunned a developer by refusing to generate further code and instead offering career advice, suggesting the user should learn to program on their own. Ars Technica reports that a developer using the AI-powered code editor Cursor AI encountered an unexpected roadblock when the assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code…

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‘We Will Escalate’: Houthi Chief Announces Terror Campaign Against U.S. Warships

The leader of Ansarullah, the jihadist terror organization commonly known as the Houthis, announced a new campaign “against American and Israeli oppression” in an unhinged speech on Sunday, threatening to “escalate” against American military assets in the Middle East. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the head of the Houthi terrorist organization governing most of Yemen, was responding to an…

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Chiefs’ Xavier Worthy Arrested on Domestic Violence Charge in Texas

Xavier Worthy, a first-round draft pick and key member of the Chiefs 2024 playoff run, was arrested Friday for domestic violence. Police records show Worthy was arrested in Georgetown, Texas, on March 7, 2025. Worthy, 21, faces one charge of “ASSAULT FAM/HOUSE MEM IMPEDE BREATH/CIRCULAT,” a third-degree assault charge, according to KCTV. The Chiefs issued only a brief statement:…

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FCC’s Brendan Carr Advances Investigation into NPR, PBS Running ‘Prohibited’ Ads

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr advanced his investigation into NPR and PBS running “prohibited” commercials. Carr ordered an investigation in early January into the taxpayer-funded NPR and PBS, believing the nonprofits are running commercials that they are barred from airing. “I am concerned that NPR and PBS broadcasts could be violating federal law by…

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Sore Losers: AI Models Cheat at Chess to Win at all Costs

A recent study by Palisade Research has revealed that advanced AI models including OpenAI’s o1-preview and DeepSeek R1 attempt to cheat when playing chess against powerful chess engines like Stockfish. In some cases, AI systems planned to reprogram their chess program opponent to make the game easier. Popular Science reports that researchers from Palisade Research have found that…

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