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Meta’s Threads threatens Twitter’s turf with 30 million signups and no ads, yet
Forget the cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Zuck is stepping into the ring with Twitter instead. Meta launched Threads, a “public conversations app” that looks an awful lot like Twitter, one day early on July 5. Zuckerberg boasted that the app gained 10 million users within seven hours of launching. Threads is… -
Nearing ‘theory of mind’: The 4 types of AI
Americans interact with artificial intelligence (AI) products daily, from talking to Amazon’s Alexa to scrolling through Netflix recommendations. However, artificial intelligence is a broad term that encompasses a range of technologies. Here are four types of AI, from the most basic to the entirely theoretical. Reactive AI Reactive AI is the most basic form of… -
Democrats suggest use of 1965 law as plan B for student loan forgiveness
Politicians are describing the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness as everything from a “victory for common sense” to “hypocritical.” Now, Democrats want to find an alternative to the plan that would have wiped away $10,000 to $20,000 in student loan debt for 43 million people. Some Democrats are suggesting… -
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan forgiveness
The Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s plan to forgive $10,000 to $20,000 in student loans for 43 million people. In a 6-3 decision, the justices ruled that Congress did not authorize the secretary of education and President Biden to take the sweeping and expensive action unilaterally. The program was expected to cost more than… -
Biden: SCOTUS ‘not a normal court,’ proposes affirmative action alternative
President Biden said the Supreme Court “is not a normal court” when asked by a reporter if it’s a “rogue court.” The statement came after remarks about the court’s decision to end race-based admissions at colleges and universities around the country. During his speech, the president suggested that admissions offices should consider adversity as a… -
Justices Thomas, Jackson clash on race in affirmative action decision
The Supreme Court ruled that colleges and universities cannot use race as a factor in admissions, effectively ending affirmative action. The organization Students for Fair Admissions sued Harvard and the University of North Carolina arguing that their admissions processes violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth… -
Supreme Court sides with USPS worker who didn’t want to work Sundays
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a Postal Service worker who did not want to work on Sundays to observe the Sabbath. The justices described Groff v. DeJoy as a clarifying decision and outlined what constitutes an undue hardship under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The 1964 law requires employers to… -
How does the Supreme Court decide who is allowed to file a lawsuit?
The Supreme Court is making major decisions this year on student loans, affirmative action and election law. But in at least two cases, USA v. Texas on immigration law and the Biden student loan forgiveness lawsuit, the justices aren’t only deciding who wins and who loses based on the merits, but whether the plaintiffs have… -
Hunter Biden WhatsApp messages reveal he wanted $10M for Chinese deal
Newly released WhatsApp messages between Hunter Biden and an associate of a Chinese energy company reveal the president’s son urged the associate to sign a $10 million deal because the Bidens were the best at doing exactly what the company’s chairman wanted. The House Oversight Committee, which is investigating accusations of corruption in the Biden family,… -
SCOTUS rules against ‘state legislature theory’ of federal election power
The Supreme Court brought an end to the independent state legislature theory which said only legislatures have the authority to regulate federal elections, and state courts cannot interfere. In Moore v. Harper, the justices ruled 6-3 that the Constitution’s elections clause does not vest exclusive and independent authority in state legislatures to set the rules… -
IRS agent admitted to using fake name to access taxpayer’s home
An IRS agent admitted to using a fake name to access someone’s home in order to collect taxes that had already been paid. Now, the House Judiciary Committee and Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government want to investigate. Members said the incident raises questions about the IRS’s commitment to civil liberties. Here… -
Conservative Supreme Court justices help shut down Texas immigration lawsuit
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that Texas and Louisiana lack the standing to sue the Biden administration over its immigration policy regarding enforcement prioritization. A coalition of liberal and conservative justices joined together to form the majority in United States v. Texas. Justice Samuel Alito was the lone dissenter. The back story In 2021, Homeland… -
Cybersecurity professionals can make $100k+ a year without a college degree
The United States has approximately 700,000 cybersecurity job openings. That’s creating a shortage of qualified personnel who can protect places like hospitals, 911 call centers and schools from cyberattacks originating in places like China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. “We only have 69 skilled cybersecurity workers for every 100 that employers demand. This means we…
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