4 h. ago Apple iPhone 16e review: An A18 chip and Apple Intelligence for $599

Apple delivered its latest budget handset, the $599 iPhone 16e, without pomp. There was no big event in person, nor was there one online. No journalists scrambled through hoards of colleagues to snap photos of the phone. Instead, CEO Tim Cook tweeted out that new hardware was on the way, days before Apple announced the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Technology

5 h. ago Europe’s Relay pulls in $35M Series A after applying Asia’s model to delivery

Being somewhat later than Europe in adopting the idea of parcel delivery, much of Asia built its delivery infrastructure around e-commerce, effectively ‘Uberising’ how deliveries worked down to the last mile. Think DoorDash but for parcels, not food. This is what the founders of Europe’s Relay realized and decided to bring to the region — […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Politics

5 h. ago Biden Justice Department downplayed U.K. demand for Apple ‘back door’

Biden Justice Department downplayed U.K. demand for Apple ‘back door’  The Washington Post

Politics

6 h. ago NIH partially lifts freeze on funding process for medical research

Thousands of grant applications had been stalled when the Trump administration blocked the National Institutes of Health from posting notices to the Federal Register.

Science

6 h. ago With Alexa+, Amazon makes an intriguing play in the consumer agent space

Amazon shared an impressive vision of an “agentic” future on Wednesday — one in which the company’s improved Alexa, Alexa+, handles countless mundane tasks, from booking restaurants to finding appliance repairmen. If Amazon can deliver, it could be the first out to the gate with a comprehensive, consumer-focused agent tool. The company hopes to marry […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Technology

6 h. ago Trump signs executive order to expand DOGE’s spending review powers

In a newly issued executive order (EO), the Trump administration has instructed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Elon Musk-advised initiative to reduce federal spending, to create a “centralized technological system” in every agency to record contract and grant awards. As part of the ramp-up of these systems, agency employees who approved individual contract […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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7 h. ago Dance Review: The Washington Ballet presents “transcenDANCE” at The Kennedy Center

Dance Review: The Washington Ballet presents “transcenDANCE” at The Kennedy Center  MD Theatre Guide

Politics

7 h. ago Tulsi Gabbard gives exclusive glimpse of Trump's first Cabinet meeting

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard described the energetic feeling in the room during President Donald Trump's first Cabinet meeting.

Politics

8 h. ago Seeking Applicants for Washington County Plumbing and Mechanical Board

Seeking Applicants for Washington County Plumbing and Mechanical Board  Washington County Government

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8 h. ago Intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard will fight ‘egregious’ Apple back

Intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard will fight ‘egregious’ Apple back-door order  The Washington Post

Science

10 h. ago Trump’s FCC chairman calls on tech leaders to push back against European censorship

FCC chairman Brendan Carr wrote a letter to top tech CEOs, including Apple CEO Tim Cook and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, calling on them to stand up to European censorship.

Politics

10 h. ago US examining whether UK's encryption demand on Apple broke data treaty

US examining whether UK's encryption demand on Apple broke data treaty  Reuters

Politics

11 h. ago DNI Gabbard: NSA Employees Tied to Explicit Chatrooms to Be Terminated, Security Clearance Revoked

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Tuesday on Fox News Channel's "Jesse Watters Primetime" that employees at the National Security Agency tied to explicit chatrooms will be terminated based on a directive she had issued. The post DNI Gabbard: NSA Employees Tied to Explicit Chatrooms to Be Terminated, Security Clearance Revoked appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

13 h. ago United States: Potential Increase to Debenture Limit for Levered Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs)?

United States: Potential Increase to Debenture Limit for Levered Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs)?  The National Law Review

Politics

14 h. ago Over 100 US intelligence staff fired over sexually explicit chats

Over 100 US intelligence staff fired over sexually explicit chats  Reuters

Events

17 h. ago Q&A: AI safety expert talks about the future of the technology

When California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1047—a state bill regulating artificial intelligence technology—last year, Redwood Research CEO Buck Shlegeris was furious and flabbergasted at the governor's disregard of artificial intelligence's dangers.

Technology

18 h. ago Nanomanufacturing process slashes chip production costs by 99%

The current microelectronics manufacturing method is expensive, slow and energy and resource intensive.

Economics

19 h. ago iPhone voice recognition controversy: 'Racist' converts to 'Trump'

Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explores whether there is artificial intelligence bias involved with the iPhone's voice-to-text conversion in the message app.

Politics

24 h. ago Sheriff's deputies shoot allegedly armed teen in Apple Valley

Sheriff's deputies shoot allegedly armed teen in Apple Valley  NBC Los Angeles

Events

24 h. ago 100 intelligence staffers to be fired for engaging in explicit chats: Gabbard

The participants must be dismissed from the National Security Agency by Friday, NSA Chief of Staff Alexa Henning wrote in a post on X on Tuesday.

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