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The White House remained steadfast in its DOGE agenda after 20 Democratic state attorneys general collaborated to file a lawsuit Friday challenging the legality of the administration’s planned cuts to the federal workforce.”The Democrats have no plan on how to recover from their embarrassing loss, and it shows,” White House principal deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said Monday.”Instead of working to become a party that focuses on the will of the people, they are hell-bent on keeping their heads in the sand and gaslighting on the widely supported mission of DOGE.”Maryland’s top lawman led 19 other states in asking a…
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WASHINGTON – A record number of exhibitors are confirmed for the 40th Space Symposium at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs.And while it’s too soon to say for sure, international participation at the April 7-10 conference could also break records, Thomas Dorame, Space Foundation senior vice president for Symposium 365, told SpaceNews.In spite of growing demand for exhibits and 100 firms on a waiting list, the Space Foundation plans to continue holding the annual conference at the Broadmoor.“There’s a magic about Space Symposium and part of that magic is the location,” Dorame said. The campus atmosphere attracts government and industry…
They call it Bullion Boulevard for good reason, for there are very few roads in the world where you can drive past £330bn worth of gold. The boulevard is of course next to Fort Knox in Kentucky, a base of the United States Army that also happens to double up as the home of America’s central bullion depository, holding well over half of the country’s gold reserves. So well protected is the facility that the expression “as safe as Fort Knox” has long been an epithet for security in the United States and beyond.The only person who has come close…
WASHINGTON — NASA is closing three offices and laying off their staff as a first step in broader workforce reductions at the agency ordered by the Trump administration.NASA announced March 10 that it was closing the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy; the Office of the Chief Scientist; and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Branch of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The employees of those offices, 23 in total, will be laid off.“To optimize our workforce, and in compliance with an Executive Order, NASA is beginning its phased approach to a reduction in force, known as…
Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. The South Korean Democratic Party has called for the formation of a Bitcoin reserve in their country as a response to Trump’s announcement of a US Bitcoin reserve. With nations racing to hoard Bitcoin, the price of $BTC can…
Google is making a couple of changes to Gemini. Announced on Friday, one of the changes is focused on the lexicon of Gemini tools, while the other improves the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot’s capability of connecting with different apps. The company is currently rolling out this update to all Google Workspace accounts, although the renaming effort applies to all users. The Mountain View-based tech giant is now calling Gemini extensions “apps,” likely to make it a more unified experience for users.Google Making a Couple of Changes to GeminiIn a blog post, the tech giant announced the two changes. First, Gemini…
Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. Cardano (ADA) has faced massive volatility and extreme price swings, with panic spreading across the crypto market as altcoins continue to struggle. Over the past few days, ADA has dropped more than 28% since last Thursday, adding to the…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of USAID programs will be canceled following the conclusion of a six-week review by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).In total, 5,200 contracts are being terminated, Rubio wrote in his early Monday morning post on X announcing the new reforms. He said the canceled contracts amounted to “tens of billions of dollars” being spent “in ways that did not serve,” or even harmed, the national interests of the U.S.Rubio added that the remaining 18% of USAID programs—approximately 1,000—will now be managed by the State Department. The move to transfer that authority,…
Taiwan’s Foxconn said on Monday it has launched its first large language model and plans to use the technology to improve manufacturing and supply chain management.The model, named “FoxBrain,” was trained using 120 of Nvidia’s H100 GPUs and completed in about four weeks, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer said in a statement.The company, which assembles iPhones for Apple and also produces Nvidia’s artificial intelligence servers, said the model is based on Meta’s Llama 3.1 architecture.It is Taiwan’s first large language model with reasoning capabilities that is optimised for traditional Chinese and Taiwanese language styles, it said.Foxconn said that though…