Trump Signs AI 'Cyber Defense' Executive Order

Bessent's War On Left-Wing NGOs May Strip Soros Network, SPLC, And CAIR Of Tax-Exempt Status: Report A new report from the New York Post maps out a multi-agency Treasury task force that could soon pursue a broad review that could strip tax-exempt status from George Soros' far-left Open Society Foundations, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Treasury officials are drafting a framework to audit NGOs suspected of exploiting their 501(c)(3) status for political activity, illegal conduct or support of radical groups, the Post reported, citing three...

UMich 'Current Conditions' Sentiment Crashes To Record Low As 'Independents' Lose Faith After sliding back near cycle lows in September (as Republicans lost faith in the recovery and MidEast tensions re-escalated), analysts expected UMich consumer sentiment to fall further in preliminary October data released this morning. And the analysts were right as The University of Michigan’s preliminary sentiment index decreased to 46.3, the lowest reading since May (below the median estimate of 47.6). However, the current conditions gauge sank to 44.7, the lowest on record, from 50.9 in the previous month, while...

A "Black Mark" On Tim Cook's Resume: How Apple Missed The AI Revolution Apple's AI problems didn't become impossible to ignore because competitors released better chatbots. They became impossible to ignore when Apple itself realized it had fallen behind, according to a new feature by Bloomberg.  By early 2025, senior leaders inside the company were holding emergency-level discussions about the state of Apple's AI efforts. What was supposed to be a major leap forward—Apple Intelligence and a next-generation Siri—had instead exposed deeper weaknesses. While Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, and Anthropic were...