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Alexandr Wang, Meta's chief AI officer, gave a keynote address during Meta Connect 2026. He wore a camo t-shirt and Crocs.
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It’s a high-stakes week for global geopolitics and diplomacy. On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith for a broad discussion on the real-world impact of fiery UN d...
Prism's larger goal is open-weight AI that runs on devices and makes better use of the computing power they already have.
Feather is betting on a customizable, $30,000 platform built for software developers.
The Vice-President of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, Abdullah Al-Alimi Bawazir, told the UN General Assembly on Thursday that his Government had engaged “responsibly and positively” with regional and internatio...
Every tradition in the world has warned against greed. We seem to have institutionalised it
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his address to the UN General Assembly to defend Israel’s strikes against Iran as a matter of national survival and described the violence in the West Bank as the work of a few “juv...
World leaders approved the UN Declaration on Sea Level Rise by consensus on Thursday as the UN chief warned that encroaching waters are already threatening the future of coastal communities worldwide.
Student loan holders sued the Education Department on Thursday, claiming they suffered financial damages despite getting their debts forgiven years ago.
State attorney general Letitia James claims Polymarket has violated the state's gambling laws.
“There is a people. A people who can wait no longer. A people waiting to regain security, to return home to work, to send their children to school, and to freely choose their leaders.” Those are the words of the Haitian...