Ex-School Board President Indicted In Alleged $1.3 Million Kickback Over $2.7 Million COVID-Funded Air Purifier Deal

San Francisco Snubs Pelosi's Pick For A Radical With Creepy Legislative Record San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan (D-CA) conceded the race for the city's open congressional seat to state Sen. Scott Wiener on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, handing the seat Rep. Nancy Pelosi held for decades to the candidate she did not endorse. Pelosi, the former House speaker, backed Chan and campaigned for her in the closing stretch of the race. Chan announced the result in a statement her campaign released Wednesday. Scott Weiner ((Getty Images)) "After reviewing the results and the...

Can Sam Altman Be Trusted Inside Your Home? Meet OpenAI's New Always-On Smart Speaker Trust remains OpenAI's biggest problem. Sam Altman's public feud with Elon Musk, combined with Apple's allegations that OpenAI stole trade secrets, has only intensified concerns surrounding the company's leadership and governance. Amid this glaring trust issue, OpenAI now wants to place what Bloomberg describes as "essentially a smart speaker without a display" inside millions of homes. Equipped with microphones, cameras, and environmental sensors, the $300 device would function as an always-on intelligence platform, potentially collecting voice, visual, behavioral,...

NRC Approves Security Plan For NANO's Laser Enrichment Partner As SWU Spot Hit Record HIgh Last week the uranium showed up. This week Washington signed off on who gets to look at what happens to it. On Thursday morning LIS Technologies (LIST), the private laser enrichment developer in which NANO Nuclear is a shareholder and strategic partner, announced that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved its Standard Practice Procedures Plan (SPPP) for the Test Demonstration Facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the same building that, as we reported a week ago in...