A Jacobin essay argues that artificial intelligence should be placed under social ownership to serve public purposes, proposing purpose trusts as a more pluralistic alternative to government control. …
Nearly 200 activists in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 'Make America Healthy Again' movement sent a letter Friday urging President Donald Trump to stop promoting coal for artificial intellig…
The prospect of U.S. import tariffs could push copper prices to record highs even though there is no global shortage of the metal, analysts say, as the incentive to ship to the United States drains in…
The United States has overtaken China as the world's leading builder of new gas-fired power plants, with under-construction capacity jumping 76% in the first half of 2026 to twice China's level, accor…
The Trump administration's Office of Legal Counsel has issued a memo asserting that executive privilege protects the president's communications with private advisers outside the government, a claim th…
Experts warn that U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on imported electronics could raise prices for AI hardware, video game consoles, and cellphones, potentially slowing adoption and innov…
Guangdong province will curb industrial output, conduct drills, and deploy artificial intelligence to pinpoint pollution sources to ensure blue skies over Shenzhen for the Apec summit starting Novembe…
U.S. President Donald Trump defended AI data center construction in a radio interview that aired Sunday, calling local and state pauses on such projects a mistake because they bring jobs and tax reven…
President Donald Trump defended AI data centers in an interview with Michael Cohen, saying communities that oppose them are making a mistake and calling those that embrace them the 'smart ones.' Trump…
US President Donald Trump invested as much as US$50,000 in Elon Musk's SpaceX in June, according to a public financial disclosure signed on August 12 and made public on August 22. The purchase, made o…
President Donald Trump is backing rapid AI data center expansion, saying communities that reject the projects are 'making a mistake,' even as voter opposition grows across party lines. An Annenberg Pu…
The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) warned that President Trump's renewed economic pressure campaign against Iran risks severe blowback, citing that ordinary Iranians bear the cost while Tehr…
Clean energy additions in the US will rise by a record 45 gigawatts this year, according to S&P Global Energy, roughly 25 percent higher than the 2024 record, driven by surging power demand from AI da…
Iranian state-linked television aired an AI-generated segment in August fantasizing about assassinating Barron Trump, the 20-year-old son of US President Donald Trump, following a previous clip titled…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order scaling back the federal childhood vaccination schedule from 17 to 11 shots, driven by frustration over the pace of research into alleged autism links.…
RUM Group, the company behind Truth Social, has signed a $13.7 billion contract to supply AI chips to an unnamed U.S. cloud customer, sending shares up more than 8% in premarket trading. The deal mark…
A new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper analyzing 29.4 million US LinkedIn profiles found that nearly a fifth of workers retroactively edited past job titles or descriptions, with AI-…
RUM Group, which hosts U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform, announced on Monday a $13.7 billion contract to supply AI chips to an unnamed U.S.-based cloud customer, sending its shares …
Iranian state TV aired a three-minute segment detailing threats against Barron Trump, Donald Trump's 20-year-old son, including AI-generated clips and a reference to a $10 million reward, according to…
Iranian state-affiliated media published a report targeting Barron Trump, the 20-year-old son of U.S. President Donald Trump, featuring AI-generated clips of him playing Xbox and claiming a $10 millio…