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A discussion regarding the Wikipedia article on allegations Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip was closed over the weekend in favor of stating the allegations as fact. The proposal received significant support from pro-Palestinian and socialist editors, but other editors noted a recent discussion had already ruled against claiming genocide as fact. The decision on…

John Carroll University Director of Laboratory Services Jeffrey Your reacted to the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk by sharing a slew of posts mocking and celebrating the murder of the 31-year-old husband and father of two. Your, who works at the Jesuit Catholic university in Cleveland, Ohio, reacted to Kirk’s assassination by sharing posts…

Popular online gaming platform Roblox, currently battling a grooming scandal, has taken swift action to remove more than 100 custom game modes based on the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The custom game modes, known as “experiences” in Roblox, were designed by users to glorify Kirk’s assassination to the children who flock to the platform every…

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Thursday called for the repeal of a law that provides tech platforms legal immunity from content hosted or created on their platforms, citing the danger of artificial intelligence. Hawley called for the repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act during a speech at the National Conservatism conference. He cited the…

Artificial intelligence is already replacing certain jobs at technology companies, with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff revealing that the company has reduced its support staff from 9,000 to 5,000 due to the implementation of AI agents. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff recently appeared on business podcast The Logan Bartlett Show where he shared insights into how AI is transforming…

At least 18 people were arrested Wednesday at Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington, campus during an employee-led protest against the tech giant’s contracts with Israel. KOMO News reports that the arrests occurred when a group of anti-Israel demonstrators, calling themselves “No Azure For Apartheid” and consisting of current and former Microsoft employees, gathered at the company’s headquarters around noon…

The United Kingdom (UK) agreed Tuesday to drop its demand that Apple provide Americans’ encrypted data. President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, confirmed the backdown. Vice President JD Vance led the charge in the negotiations to drop its demand for Americans’ private data. Vance, working with UK partners, successfully negotiated an agreement…

The one worry Hollywood writers and actors had concerning artificial intelligence is already coming to pass in India’s Bollywood where producers are replacing human actors with AI generated voices. While American writers and actors went on strike in 2023 and attempted to force the U.S. entertainment industry to put strong limits on the use of…

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has responded to President Donald Trump calling on him to resign over his alleged conflicts of interest due to his ties to the Chinese Communist Party. “I have always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards,” Tan said. “We are engaging with the Administration to address the matters that have been…

In a win for free speech, a federal judge on Tuesday struck down California’s law on AI-generated election parody videos. The lawsuit was filed from Elon Musk, his X platform, the Babylon Bee, and video platform Rumble. Politico reports that the ruling marks a significant victory for tech billionaire Elon Musk and his social media platform X,…