Tech giants Google and Apple have restored the Chinese social media platform TikTok to their app stores. China’s TikTok app was restored to both Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store on Thursday night, according to a report by Bloomberg. The two tech giants initially pulled the Chinese social media platform from their app stores in response to…
The website for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was hacked, with tricksters exploiting a security weakness to post their own messages to the site. One message read, “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN.” DOGE’s website tracking Musk’s cuts to the federal government was not secure and pulls from a database that could be edited by anyone,…
BAFTA Film Awards host and Doctor Who star David Tennant took several shots at President Donald Trump during Sunday’s ceremony, labeling Trump a “villain” and making jokes about his hair. During Tennant’s opening monologue at the BAFTA Film Awards, the actor spoke about films such as The Brutalist and The Apprentice, among others. Tennant described The Brutalist as being “a film about incredible architecture,”…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has slashed millions in contracts that were active under the Biden administration, including for a “Brazilian forest and gender consultant” and a “Central American gender assessment consultant.” Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the cuts on Friday, saying that the department has terminated 78 contracts totaling more than $132 million. Rollins…
This news probably makes many Americans a little confused! On February 13, Eastern Time (February 14, Beijing Time), the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet issued a statement on the US Navy website: At 11:46 p.m. local time on February 12, the USS Truman collided with the merchant ship “Besiktas-M” near Port Said, Egypt in the Mediterranean….
BMW’s conservative approach to EV adoption, investing in platforms that can accommodate internal-combustion, hybrid, and electric powertrains, is now paying off as the company navigates the uncertain transition to electric vehicles. Inside EVs reports that as the automotive industry grapples with the challenges of transitioning to electric vehicles, BMW’s strategic decision to invest in flexible platforms is…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has firmly rejected a $97.4 billion takeover attempt by Elon Musk, characterizing the bid as a competitive maneuver rather than a genuine acquisition offer. Speaking at the Paris AI summit, Altman suggested the move was designed to impede OpenAI’s progress rather than represent a serious purchase attempt. “I think he is…
Feb. 13 (UPI) — The New York Jets told quarterback Aaron Rodgers they plan to drop him from the roster, the team said Thursday. Rodgers, 41, is expected to be a post-June 1 roster cut, allowing the Jets to split $49 million salary cap charges between the 2025 and 2026 seasons. Releasing or trading Rodgers…
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced legislation Wednesday to block various federal agencies from banning the use of lead tackle and ammunition by fishermen and hunters. The bill is the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025. It prohibits any ban on lead tackle or ammunition being issued by “the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the…
Google has removed references to Black History Month and LGBT Pride Month from its Calendar platform, stating that it has “returned to showing only public holidays and national observances from timeanddate.com globally, while allowing users to manually add other important moments.” The Independent reports that Google has infuriated leftists by its decision to remove cultural observances from its…
