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Panoramic view of the Baidu office building in Pudong, Shanghai, February 9, 2026. Ying Tan | Null Photo | Getty ImagesThe Department of Defense added a number of Chinese companies, including: alibaba group, Baidu Co., Ltd. and car manufacturers BYDon a list of entities believed to be supporting the Chinese military and complicating fragile diplomatic relations between Washington and Beijing.The Department of Defense announced the updated “1260H list” in the United States on Monday night. This is a directory of companies that the Department of Defense considers to be affiliated with China’s military or defense industrial base. The designation does…
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins (center) poses for a photo with Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blaine Arthur (left) and Texas Secretary of Agriculture Sid Miller (right) after a press conference to discuss the New World screwworm response at the Texas State Capitol on Friday, August 15, 2025 in Austin, Texas.Rodolfo Gonzalez | APAgriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Monday called Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller “disingenuous” after criticizing the department’s response to the growing threat of the carnivorous New World spinach insect. Miller, who lost his bid for a fourth term in the March Republican primary despite receiving support…
President Donald Trump has nominated former personal attorney Todd Blanche to officially take over the role of attorney general, the highest ranking law enforcement agency in the United States.Mr. Blanche is currently serving as Attorney General in an interim capacity. However, the Federal Vacancies Reform Act typically limits the term of these interim leaders to 210 days.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listAs of Monday, he has held the position for approximately 67 days since his predecessor, Pam Bondi, was fired on April 2. However, if he nominates a nominee, President Trump could legally extend the interim period beyond…
There’s nothing worse than going out to dinner with a large group of friends and having to pay for your friend’s espresso martini even though you decided not to drink to save money and the group decided to split the bill. You don’t want to go cheap and keep everyone waiting while you recalculate the bill. Now, Apple has a solution for this and announced it at WWDC 2026. This new feature lets you point your iPhone’s camera at your receipt. You’ll then be able to select each item in Siri mode in the camera app, track who got each…
Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI Inc., at the Bloomberg Tech Conference on Thursday, June 5, 2025 in San Francisco, California, USA. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCEO Aravind Srinivas told CNBC that Perplexity plans to go public in 2028, regardless of how Anthropic and OpenAI’s listings are received in the market. “Irrespective of these two companies, we were planning something in 2028 and that hasn’t changed,” Srinivas said in an interview aired on Tuesday. Srinivas previously said the company had no plans to go public before 2028, but his latest comments suggest a more specific timeline. The…
apple unveiled its work in the field of artificial intelligence on Monday at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California. WWDC showed off a demo of the redesigned Siri. Siri can talk to you and is a huge improvement over previous versions of the assistant. In the demo, Siri was also able to check concert dates, set reminders to buy tickets, and even get directions to pick up a friend on the way to the concert venue.But the announcement also highlighted that Apple is adopting a different strategy than many of its Silicon Valley rivals, choosing not to spend…
President Donald Trump watches Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 8, 2026.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump was booed at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Monday night before the start of Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the home team, the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs.When Trump was shown on a jumbotron with Knicks owner James Dolan in a suite far above the court during the national anthem, boos rang out from inside the…
Primary voting is scheduled to take place in four states, further solidifying the front lines ahead of the US midterm elections in November.On Tuesday, residents in Maine, South Carolina, North Dakota and Nevada will vote in party primaries to choose Democratic and Republican candidates who will advance to the final ballot.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut Maine has emerged as one of the most heated key battlegrounds. Democrats are desperate to flip four seats in the U.S. Senate, with all eyes on Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ re-election campaign.Democrats hope to defeat her in November, but the party is…
At WWDC 2026 on Monday, Apple announced a new AI version of Siri. This is said to be the biggest and most dramatic Assistant transformation in the company’s history. In addition to announcing the new Siri AI system, the personal assistant now has its own standalone app. This app is designed to act as a repository of previous archived conversations between you and your Assistant. Similar to the functionality of chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude, users can scroll through all previous conversations and revisit sessions. When a user opens a previous conversation, the app provides a summary of what was…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (pictured) speaks with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event in Tokyo on February 3, 2025.Tomohiro Osumi | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesOpenAI secretly filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission, joining a week after Anthropic did the same and days before Elon Musk’s SpaceX hit the public market. The artificial intelligence company, which has a market capitalization of more than $850 billion, is preparing to go public as early as the fourth quarter of this year. The company can submit confidential documents to regulators for review before disclosing its financials…