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DOJ Sues Cloudera For Deliberately Excluding American Workers From Tech Jobs
The Justice Department sued Cloudera, accusing the data‑AI firm of deliberately steering U.S. workers away from at least seven high‑pay technology positions by using a hidden email address that automatically bounced external applications and omitting the jobs from its public careers site. The roles, paying between $180,000 and $294,000 annually, were filled through PERM sponsorship for foreign workers on temporary visas from March 31 2024 through January 28 2025. The complaint is part of the DOJ’s Protecting U.S. Workers Initiative, which has already secured ten settlements targeting similar visa‑based discrimination. The agency warned that employers cannot use the PERM process as a backdoor to sideline American workers.
First Tesla Semi Rolls Off High-Volume Production Line
Tesla has rolled the first Semi off its new high‑volume line at Gigafactory Nevada, ending a protracted development cycle that began in 2017. The truck is offered in a Standard Range (325 miles) and a Long‑Range (500 miles) version, priced...
New Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Would Be Huge Waste of Court's Time, Judge Says
Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Sam Bankman‑Fried's motion for a new trial, labeling his allegations of DOJ witness intimidation as "wildly conspiratorial" and unsupported. The judge noted that none of the witnesses cited were newly discovered and that granting a...
Apple Gives Up On the Vision Pro After M5 Refresh Flop
Apple has effectively halted further development of its Vision Pro headset after the M5 refresh failed to boost sales. The updated model kept the $3,499 price tag while adding a 120 Hz display, 10% more rendered pixels and roughly 30 extra...
California High-Speed Rail Price Tag Jumps To $231 Billion
California’s high‑speed rail project’s projected cost has ballooned to roughly $231 billion, nearly seven times the $33 billion approved in 2008. The latest draft business plan, criticized by former authority chair Lou Thompson, flags severe cost overruns and an “dead end” in...
Colorado's Anti-Repair Bill Is Dead
Colorado's SB26-090, a bill that would have created a "critical infrastructure" exemption to the state's 2024 Right to Repair law, was defeated in a 7‑to‑4 vote by the House committee, halting its progress after passing the Senate. The proposal, backed...
GitHub 'No Longer a Place For Serious Work', Says Hashicorp Co-Founder
HashiCorp co‑founder Mitchell Hashimoto announced he is moving his Ghostty terminal emulator off GitHub after 18 years, citing daily outages that have crippled his workflow. He kept a journal marking almost every day with an "X" for service disruptions, including...
Sony Rolls Out 30-Day Online DRM Check-In For PlayStation Digital Games
Sony announced a new digital‑rights‑management system that forces PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 owners to connect their consoles to the internet at least once every 30 days. The policy applies to games installed after the March firmware update and cannot...
The Bloomberg Terminal Is Getting an AI Makeover
Bloomberg is piloting a chatbot‑style AI layer called ASKB for its Terminal, aiming to cut through the platform’s expanding data deluge. The beta, built on multiple large language models, lets users craft natural‑language queries and workflow templates that synthesize earnings,...
Supreme Court Hears Case On How To Label Risks of Popular Weed Killer
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday over who should decide warning labels for the glyphosate‑based Roundup weed killer. The case pits the EPA’s authority to approve federal labels against state and jury efforts to require cancer warnings, a...
The Silent Frequency That Makes Old Buildings Feel Haunted
Researchers at MacEwan University demonstrated that low‑frequency infrasound—vibrations below 20 Hz generated by aging pipes, HVAC systems and traffic—can subtly alter mood and stress hormones, giving old buildings a "haunted" feel. In a controlled experiment, 36 undergraduates were exposed to 18 Hz...
DeepSeek V4 Arrives With Near State-of-the-Art Intelligence At 1/6th the Cost
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup spun out of High‑Flyer Capital, launched DeepSeek‑V4, a 1.6‑trillion‑parameter Mixture‑of‑Experts model, under an MIT open‑source license. The model matches or exceeds leading closed‑source systems on several benchmarks while costing roughly one‑sixth of GPT‑5.5 and Claude...
America Now Has 70% More Bookstores Than in 2020, Says Bookshop.org Founder
Andy Hunter, founder and CEO of Bookshop.org, says the United States now has roughly 70% more independent bookstores than in 2020, a rebound driven by the platform’s e‑commerce support. Bookshop.org, launched in January 2020 as a B‑Corporation, channels about 80%...
Two Hot Climate Tech Startups Just Raised $1 Billion+ in IPOs
Public markets are showing newfound appetite for climate‑tech firms, highlighted by X-energy's $1 billion IPO that surged 25% in its first trading hour. The nuclear startup counts tech giants Amazon and Google among its early backers. Meanwhile, geothermal pioneer Fervo filed...
Right-to-Repair Laws Gain Political Momentum Across America
A wave of right-to-repair legislation is sweeping the United States, with California, Colorado, Minnesota, New York, Connecticut, Oregon and Washington already enacting comprehensive statutes. Advocates are tracking 57 bills across 22 states, and Texas will implement its own law on...
Bank Robber Challenges Conviction Based on His Cellphone's Location Data
A federal appeals court is reviewing a 2019 Richmond bank robbery conviction that hinged on a geofence warrant, which harvested cellphone location data from users near the crime scene. The warrant helped police pinpoint suspect Okello Chatrie, leading to a...
Is AI Cannibalizing Human Intelligence? A Neuroscientist's Way to Stop It
Theoretical neuroscientist Vivienne Ming reports that AI‑human hybrid teams can rival or exceed prediction‑market accuracy, but only when humans actively challenge AI outputs. In her Wall Street Journal experiment, pure AI (ChatGPT, Gemini) outperformed unaided humans, yet most hybrids simply...
Colorado Adds Open-Source Exemption to Age-Verification Bill
Colorado’s age‑attestation bill, which obliges operating‑system providers and app stores to emit an age‑related signal for downstream applications, cleared the House committee with a significant amendment. The amendment carves out a broad exemption for open‑source operating systems, applications, public code...
Is the World Ready For a Car Without a Rear Window?
Polestar’s new SUV‑coupe, the Polestar 4, eliminates the traditional rear‑window and rear‑view mirror, replacing them with a 1480 × 320‑pixel live‑feed display sourced from a wide‑angle camera. The high‑resolution screen promises better visibility in low‑light and rainy conditions and integrates with four short‑range...
Free Software Foundation Says 'Responsible AI' Licenses Which Restrict Harmful Uses Are Unethical and Nonfree
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced that "Responsible AI" licenses (RAIL) are both nonfree and unethical. RAIL attempts to block AI and machine‑learning software from being used in listed harmful applications such as surveillance and crime‑prediction, yet it fails to...
Intel's Stock Soars 24% Friday, Its Biggest One-Day Gain Since 1987
Intel’s shares surged 24% on Friday, closing at $82.57, the biggest one‑day gain since October 1987. The rally follows a turnaround after a 60% value loss in 2024 and a new CEO who tightened the balance sheet. First‑quarter revenue rose...
Apple Stops Weirdly Storing Data That Let Cops Spy On Signal Chats
Apple released an iOS update that closes a logging flaw which unintentionally stored Signal push‑notification snippets on iPhones. The bug could keep fragments of encrypted messages for up to a month, even after the messages vanished or the app was...
Microsoft Plans First-Ever Voluntary Employee Buyout
Microsoft announced its first voluntary employee buyout program, covering roughly 7% of its U.S. workforce at the senior director level and below. Eligibility hinges on a combined age and tenure score of 70 or higher, with full details slated for...
Google Unveils Two New AI Chips For the 'Agentic Era'
Google unveiled two new Tensor Processing Units—one dedicated to training and another to inference—targeting what it calls the "agentic era" of AI. The training TPU promises 2.8 times the performance of the seventh‑generation Ironwood chip at the same price, while the...
AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright
An AI‑driven tool called Malus claims it can recreate any open‑source project from scratch, producing functionally identical code while avoiding attribution and copyleft licenses. The service leverages the clean‑room design principle established in the 1982 IBM BIOS reverse‑engineering case, arguing...
China's CATL Reveals 621-Mile EV Battery, Under-7-Minute Charging
CATL introduced two new battery systems at a Beijing event ahead of the auto show. The Qilin pack delivers a 1,000‑km (621‑mile) range while shedding weight, using high‑energy NMC chemistry. The Shenxing LFP pack can charge from 10% to 98%...
FBI Looks Into Dead or Missing Scientists Tied To Sensitive US Research
The FBI has launched an interagency investigation into a series of deaths and disappearances involving at least ten scientists linked to U.S. nuclear and aerospace research. Cases include a MIT nuclear physicist shot dead, a retired Air Force general missing,...
Framework Laptop 13 Pro Is a Major Overhaul For the Modular, Upgradeable Laptop
Framework unveiled the Laptop 13 Pro, a ground‑up redesign of its modular 13‑inch notebook. The new model ships with Intel’s 13th‑gen Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) CPUs, a first‑generation touchscreen, larger battery, and a sleek black aluminum finish. While it drops some...
IPhone Video Shows 'Earthset' From Space
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman posted an iPhone video from the Artemis II mission showing Earth set behind the Moon at 8× zoom. The clip is uncut, uncropped and matches the view of the human eye, according to Wiseman. The New York Times notes...
PlayStation To Require Age Verification For Messages and Voice Chat
Sony announced that PlayStation will require users to verify their age later this year to continue using messaging and voice‑chat features. The verification will be applied globally and is presented as a safety measure for families while preserving privacy. Players...
Mobile Phones To Be Banned In Schools In England Under New Plans
The UK government will amend the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill in the House of Lords to make existing guidance on mobile‑phone bans in English schools a statutory requirement. The move is presented as a pragmatic step to secure passage...
Trump Administration Begins Refunding $166 Billion In Tariffs
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February 2026 that many Trump‑era tariffs were illegal, forcing the government to refund roughly $166 billion paid by importers. The Treasury has opened a filing window, allowing companies to claim back duties plus interest. Over...
Palantir Posts Bond Villain Manifesto On X
Palantir posted on X a summary of CEO Alex Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska's upcoming 2025 book, "The Technological Republic," framing its ideas as a Bond‑villain manifesto. The excerpts champion a future where democratic societies rely on software‑driven hard power,...
Allbirds' Move To AI Has Echoes of the Dot-Com Frenzy
Allbirds, known for sustainable wool sneakers, announced a pivot into artificial‑intelligence computing infrastructure, triggering a 582% surge in its stock that quickly reversed. The dramatic price swing highlighted investor enthusiasm for AI narratives despite the company’s unclear roadmap. The move...
Motorola Sues Social Media Platforms and Creators in India
Motorola has filed a lawsuit in a Bengaluru court against major social media platforms X, YouTube and Instagram, along with dozens of Indian content creators. The 60‑page complaint seeks a permanent injunction to remove and block posts it deems defamatory,...
Nevada Police Can Now Track Cellphones Without a Warrant
Nevada’s Department of Public Safety signed a contract with Fog Data Science to let police query a cellphone‑location database up to 250 times a month, effectively tracking devices in near real‑time without a warrant. The software aggregates app‑derived location data...
Duolingo CEO Says They've Stopped Tracking Employees' AI Use for Performance Reviews
Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announced the company will no longer track employees' AI usage in performance reviews, reversing a policy introduced in an April 2025 memo. While maintaining an "AI‑first" stance, the firm continues to limit contractor hiring where AI can...
SpaceX, Blue Origin Compete For 'Artemis III' Mission
NASA’s Artemis III mission, slated for next year, will conduct an Earth‑orbit docking test between the Orion capsule and a commercial lunar lander. SpaceX and Blue Origin are racing to deliver the first operational lander, with Starship and Blue Moon...
Old Cars 'Tell Tales' By Storing Data That's Never Wiped
Security researcher Romain Marchand recovered a telematic control unit from a Polish salvage yard and extracted its Linux file system, finding unencrypted GPS logs that tracked a BYD electric vehicle from its Chinese factory to the United Kingdom and finally...
Online Personalities and Comedians Overtake TV and Newspapers as Primary News Sources
A March Ipsos poll shows 70% of Americans get news online each week, eclipsing TV (55%) and newspapers (25%). Online personalities and comedians—especially Joe Rogan, Greg Gutfeld, Sean Hannity, and late‑night hosts—rank as the top news influencers, with conservative figures...
Mozilla 'Thunderbolt' Is an Open-Source AI Client Focused On Control and Self-Hosting
Mozilla’s MZLA Technologies unveiled Thunderbolt, an open‑source AI client designed for enterprises that prefer self‑hosting over cloud‑only solutions. The platform lets organizations run any AI model—commercial or open source—while integrating with the Haystack framework, Model Context Protocol servers, and Agent...
Amazon's New Fire TV Sticks No Longer Support Sideloading
Amazon announced a new Fire TV Stick HD that runs on its proprietary Vega OS instead of Android. The device will block sideloading, allowing only apps from the Amazon Appstore, a restriction highlighted on some preorder pages with a security...
Newly Unsealed Records Reveal Amazon's Price-Fixing Tactics
California’s antitrust case against Amazon has unsealed deposition records showing the e‑commerce giant used Buy Box suppression to pressure third‑party sellers into raising prices on rival platforms such as Walmart, Target, and Wayfair. Sellers testified that a one‑cent price difference...
OpenAI's Big Codex Update Is a Direct Shot At Claude Code
OpenAI announced a major upgrade to its Codex platform, adding agent‑like capabilities that let the model operate macOS desktop applications, browse the web, and generate images. The update also introduces new plug‑ins for GitLab, Atlassian Rovo and Microsoft Suite, plus...
Google, Pentagon Discuss Classified AI Deal
Google is in talks with the U.S. Department of Defense to let the Pentagon use its Gemini AI models in classified environments. The discussions include a contract that would permit all lawful defense applications while adding clauses to block domestic...
IPv6 Usage Reaches Historic 50% Across Google Services
Google briefly reached 50% IPv6 traffic across its services on March 28, marking the first time half of its global users accessed the platform via the newer protocol. IPv6, introduced in 1998 to solve IPv4’s address shortage, offers an astronomically...
EU Age Verification App Announced To Protect Children Online
The European Commission announced that a new age‑verification app is technically ready for rollout, allowing users to prove they are over a required age without disclosing personal identity. The app will be downloaded from standard app stores and set up...
Researchers Induce Smells With Ultrasound, No Chemical Cartridges Required
A team of four researchers has built a head‑mounted device that uses focused ultrasound to stimulate the brain's olfactory bulb, creating the perception of smell without any chemical cartridges. By placing the transducer on the forehead and directing the waves...
California Ghost-Gun Bill Wants 3D Printers To Play Cop, EFF Says
California’s AB 2047 would force 3D‑printer makers to embed state‑certified software that scans design files for firearm components and blocks prohibited prints. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argues the mandate is technically unworkable, easy to circumvent, and would create a...
Audit Finds Google, Microsoft, and Meta Still Tracking Users After Opt-Out
An independent privacy audit by webXray examined traffic on over 7,000 popular California websites in March and found that Google, Microsoft and Meta routinely set advertising cookies even when users signaled an opt‑out via the Global Privacy Control (GPC). Google...