Thirty Seconds To Mars is going in for the kill against bots that buy and scalp tickets by giving fans a new way to fight back, but it comes with one unusual catch: they may need to scan their eyes first. Jared Leto's band is using World's new Concert Kit tool to set aside a portion of tickets for verified human fans on its 2027 European tour. The tech comes from Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity, the company behind World ID, an encrypted digital passport created through iris and face scans.
CBS News has not renewed the contract of Sharyn Alfonsi, the "60 Minutes" correspondent who clashed with Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss over a December report on a Salvadoran prison, according to an interview published on Wednesday in the New York Times. CBS pulled the segment " about a mega-prison where the U.S. has sent hundreds of mostly Venezuelan migrants without trial -- hours before it was due to air in the U.S., sparking accusations from inside "60 Minutes" and on Capitol Hill that the network was engaging in self-censorship under political pressure.
INTERLOCHEN, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan summer arts camp and boarding school where Jeffrey Epstein has been accused of meeting at least two his victims will tear down a lodge that once bore his name. The Interlochen Center for the Arts said this week that its board of trustees has approved a plan to demolish the Green Lake Lodge, which had been known as Jeffrey E. Epstein Scholarship Lodge until the school cut ties and scrubbed references to the late millionaire sex offender after his first conviction in 2008. Epstein attended the Interlochen Arts Camp in 1967 as a teenager, and donated more than $400,000 to the school between 1990 to 2003, including $200,000 for the construction of the lodge.
Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to "blow up" the country of Oman if it didn't bow to his wishes around control of the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. president seeks a peace agreement with Iran to re-open the strait. The president hosted a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday and reiterated his insistence that Oman and other nations sign the Abraham Accords, a U.S.-led treaty which encourages the normalization of diplomatic ties between Arab nations and Israel.
Trump, his family, his companies and his administration have always been more concerned with the appearance of conflict of interest than with conflict of interest itself. Indeed, conflict of interest is White House Inc's business model. But something has changed in the last few months. They've given up even caring about appearances. The president is pilfering money directly from the US treasury " that is, picking our pockets. And he is doing it in plain sight. Read more
Trump, his family, his companies and his administration have always been more concerned with the appearance of conflict of interest than with conflict of interest itself. Indeed, conflict of interest is White House Inc's business model. But something has changed in the last few months. They've given up even caring about appearances. The president is pilfering money directly from the US treasury " that is, picking our pockets. And he is doing it in plain sight. Read more
These disembodied organs, sourced from recently deceased donors, are being employed to test experimental drugs aimed at neurodegenerative diseases. The work has ignited fresh debate: could these brains possess some form of consciousness? Read more
The optics for a president could not be worse: handing over billions of dollars to the very regime America has been at war against. Yet, that is the reality facing Donald Trump, who spent years criticising Barack Obama for sending "pallets of cash" to Iran under a 2015 nuclear agreement negotiated by the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany. The sum Mr Trump has to contemplate " $24bn (19bn), half of it to be paid upfront " would be released in exchange for a memorandum of understanding to end two similarly costly and politically painful months of fighting in the Middle East.
Corporations, partnerships, trusts, limited liability companies, and other "artificial entities" have the right to vote in Delaware elections under some circumstances, a judge said in a novel ruling Tuesday.
Canada PM John Carney is in NYC today and tomorrow (27-28 May) to meet with investors, CEOs, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and capital managers to position Canada as a premier destination for new investment.
Canadians (and Mexicans for that matter) are lucky to have competent, educated leaders guiding their countries, unlike dysfunctional Amerikkka.
Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said his department is "drawing up" plans to prevent inbound international flights from landing in what he called "sanctuary cities."
The Trump administration plans to send to Kenya U.S. citizens exposed to the Ebola virus rather than bring them home for observation and treatment, according to three people with knowledge of the plans. The approach is a stark contrast to the way previous administrations responded to outbreaks, during which health care workers and other U.S. citizens exposed to the virus were brought home to be treated at specialized medical units. The administration this month flew an American doctor who developed symptoms to a hospital in Germany, and transported six other Americans for monitoring in Germany and the Czech Republic.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has received legal authorization from the Duma to invade foreign countries under the guise of "protecting Russian citizens" abroad.The Three Greatest Threats to World Peace and Humanity
Vladimir Putin has his Russian version of America's over-abused Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF)
Former International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda reported that the then-head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency Yossi Cohen pressured her to drop her investigation into alleged war crimes committed by the IDF.
Yossi Cohen is not a good human being.
Meta is the latest company to trim its workforce as a result of the growing use of AI within the industry. The company laid off 8,000 employees earlier this week, while also moving 7,000 more to AI-focused roles.
Former President Joe Biden filed suit against the Justice Department on Tuesday in an effort to block the release of recordings and transcripts from interviews he gave for his memoir that were central to a special counsel probe regarding his handling of classified materials after his time as vice president.
