A tech glitch has caused thousands of Capital One customers to be unable to access their accounts. The issues reportedly popping up on Thursday, Jan. 16, and lingered into Friday, Jan. 17. It left many people unable to access everything from direct deposits to paychecks across the United States. Some customers said the outage had…

A Florida jury found CNN liable for defamation and ordered the network to pay $5 million in damages. The jury also ruled that CNN must award punitive damages to the man who sued the network, accusing it of publishing a hit piece against him. The case centers on a segment aired in November 2021, which…

In a historic move, China will send one of its highest-ranking officials to Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, Jan. 20. Vice President Han Zheng will attend as a special representative for President Xi Jinping, marking the first time China has sent such a senior Communist Party official to a U.S. presidential inauguration. The confirmation that…

A fire at one of the world’s largest battery storage facilities, the Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, California, forced hundreds of residents to evacuate on the night of Thursday, Jan. 16. Located approximately 100 miles south of San Francisco, the facility houses tens of thousands of lithium-ion batteries, including some owned by Tesla.…

Gallantry in action is what it takes to be awarded the armed forces’ third-highest military decoration for valor in combat. Capt. Lacie Hester is the first female in the Air Force to receive this honor. She received her medal during a ceremony on Nov. 12, 2024, at RAF Lakenheath for her bravery and skill during…

The Biden administration closed on a more than $6.5 billion loan to electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian. The move comes after some questioned whether the deal announced on Tuesday, Jan. 14, could get done before the Trump administration takes over. The closure on Thursday, Jan. 16, comes just days before President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed…

It’s only been available for less than six months, but Apple is already disabling one of its artificial intelligence features. Apple announced Thursday, Jan. 16, it is temporarily suspending the AI feature that summarizes news headlines after getting multiple complaints that the technology issued a series of inaccurate news alerts. Apple is also adding a…

TikTok users in the U.S. have only a few days left to scroll through videos before the app faces a potential ban. U.S. officials have called for TikTok to divest from its parent company, ByteDance, due to concerns over data security and its ties to China, which the U.S. government sees as a threat to…

Google is pushing back against the European Union by refusing to add fact-checking, despite the requirements of a new European Union law. Axios obtained a letter that Google Global Affairs President Ken Walker sent to Renate Nikolay, the deputy director general of content and technology at the EU. In the letter, Walker said Google would…

By mid-April, every soldier from North Korea fighting for Russia against Ukraine will likely either be dead or wounded. That assessment is not coming from Ukrainian intelligence but from the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War. North Korea started sending troops to Ukraine sometime in the fall of last year — about 12,000 in…