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A modified Tesla ModelRobin Beck | Pool | ReutersWhen Elon Musk’s Boring Company announced plans in July to build a 20-mile tunnel in Nashville to carry passengers from downtown to the airport; tesla Republican Gov. Bill Lee touted the project as “transformative.”Eight months on, residents’ enthusiasm appears to be waning. A new poll from Nashville’s Vanderbilt University found that 51% of residents who knew about Musk’s involvement opposed the so-called Music City Loop project. “Public support for Elon Musk’s tunnel plan is heavily influenced by partisanship,” Vanderbilt said on its website about the poll. Local opposition to the construction rose…
The Central American country is the latest country to sign a “third country” deportation agreement as part of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign.Published March 26, 2026March 26, 2026Costa Rica has announced it will accept 25 immigrants a week forcibly returned from the United States as part of a deal to support President Donald Trump’s policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries.”The Central American country joins a growing number of countries in Africa and the Americas that have entered into controversial and often secret agreements with the United States to accept deportees from other countries.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of…
Understaffed security checkpoints at some U.S. airports continued to be crippled this week, with long lines and wait times stretching into hours.Transportation Security Administration employees have been working without pay for six weeks during the partial government shutdown, and Congress is deadlocked over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.This week, at the request of President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived at 14 major U.S. airports to assist TSA agents who have not missed or quit their jobs. ICE agents have also been seen directing snaking security lines and handing out water bottles to weary travelers, but…
Wales lost on penalties to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Cardiff, ending their 2026 World Cup dreams.Kerim Alaibegovic’s spot-kick set up Bosnia’s World Cup play-off final at home to Italy on Tuesday, but Brennan Johnson and Neco Williams both missed penalties. Wales suffered a crushing defeat in the semi-finals of the play-offs, missing out on qualification for the World Cup for the second consecutive tournament. World Cup Playoffs Final – Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Italy Sweden vs Poland Kosovo vs Türkiye Czech Republic vs Denmark Dan James put Wales ahead early in the second half with a fine volley before…
When it comes to AI chatbots, there is currently a battle for consumer attention. All the major chatbot providers are looking to increase their user numbers, and in a small coup for Google itself, it has made it very easy for users of other chatbots to defect to Gemini. The company announced Thursday what it calls a “switching tool.” It’s a new widget designed to allow users to transfer “memories” (essentially chunks of personal information) or entire chat history from other chatbots directly to Gemini. The company says this allows users to easily share “key preferences, relationships, and personal context.”…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Berlin on September 25, 2025.Florian Gärtner | Phototech | Getty ImagesOpenAI’s nascent advertising business generated more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue less than two months after launching a pilot in the U.S., a spokesperson said. In January, the artificial intelligence startup announced plans to test ads with free users and ChatGPT Go subscribers in the United States, potentially creating a new revenue stream. The move was ridiculed by rival Anthropic, prompting OpenAI’s ads to become the focus of its first Super Bowl campaign. OpenAI works with more than 600 advertisers and has seen…
Toucan Studio | E+ | Getty ImagesSingle women have long outpaced single men as home buyers, and they may be ahead financially as well.Among first-time buyers, the median income for single women is $73,000 and for single men $66,400, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2025 Home Buyer and Seller Profile, which analyzed transactions from July 2024 to June 2025. Last year’s report recorded a median income of $73,100 for women and $87,500 for men, a trend that continues over time. The proportion of male buyers exceeds that of female buyers.Jessica Lautz, NAR’s deputy chief economist and vice president…
Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, speaks on stage at the 2025 New York Times Dealbook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 3, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesA federal judge in San Francisco has granted Anthropic’s request for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the Trump administration. Judge Rita Lin issued the ruling on Thursday, two days after lawyers for the artificial intelligence startup and the U.S. government appeared in a hearing. Anthropic sued the government to overturn the Pentagon’s blacklisting and President Donald Trump’s directive barring federal agencies from…
US President Donald Trump has extended a voluntary deadline for attacks on Iran’s power grid to April 6, citing progress in negotiations to end the ongoing war in the country.Thursday’s announcement comes as the president continues to press Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for oil shipments.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list“As requested by the Government of Iran, please allow this statement to state that we are suspending the destruction of energy plants for 10 days, ending Monday, April 6, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time,” President Trump said in a post on Truth…
West Ham may cancel the 2029 World Athletics Championships at London Stadium, with British track and field star Keeley Hodgkinson declaring: “The British team will bring back more medals to that stadium than we have seen in the whole of West Ham’s history.” Last updated: 26/03/26 18:42 Keeley Hodgkinson wins gold in the women’s 800 meters at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Torun (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) British athletics stars Keely Hodgkinson and Dina Asher-Smith have hilariously criticized West Ham after it emerged they could block London from hosting the 2029 World Athletics Championships. The club reportedly has no…