Day: January 26, 2025
Trump’s firing of independent watchdog officials draws criticism
U.S. President Donald Trump’s late-night firing of inspectors general at multiple government agencies was criticized as illegal on Saturday by Democrats and others and drew concern from at least one fellow Republican. In what critics called a late-night purge, Trump fired 17 independent watchdogs on Friday, a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, […]
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Coffee, crude oil and cut flowers: Here are the Colombian goods you may be paying more for under Trump’s tariffs
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 23, 2025. Roberto Schmidt | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs on goods from Colombia could drive up the price of some items Americans buy every […]
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Chinese AI applications now have bigger aims — they’re looking beyond chatbots
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — A slew of releases last week demonstrate how Chinese companies such as DeepSeek and ByteDance have moved quickly with artificial intelligence models that compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Now, many companies in China are increasingly building on that foundation […]
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Perplexity AI revises Tiktok merger proposal that could give the U.S. government a 50% stake
Photo illustration of TikTok app logo on a smartphone screen displayed with the American flag. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Perplexity AI on Sunday revised the merger proposal it had submitted to TikTok parent ByteDance. The proposal, which would create a new entity combining Perplexity and TikTok U.S., would now also allow for the […]
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Universal Music Group and Spotify strike new agreement
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s biggest music label, and Swedish streaming giant Spotify have reached a new multi-year agreement for recorded music and music publishing, they said on Sunday. The publishing agreement establishes a direct license between Spotify and UMG across Spotify’s current product portfolio in the […]
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Colombia turns away military deportation flights from U.S., officials say
Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaking during a press conference in Bogota, Colombia, on February 8, 2024, after a meeting with the United Nations Security Council. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Colombia has denied entry to two U.S. military deportation flights, according to officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department. The […]
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Lukashenko on track to win with 88% in Belarus election scorned by West as a sham
Belarusian President and presidential candidate Alexander Lukashenko visits a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, on Jan. 26, 2025. Evgenia Novozhenina | Reuters Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was on track to extend his 31-year rule with 87.6% of the vote in a presidential election on Sunday, according to an exit poll broadcast […]
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After TikTok, the WiFi router in your home may be next Chinese tech ban target
The logo of TP-Link appears on the products of router manufacturer TP-Link in Fuyang, China, on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images While the TikTok ban has lawmakers scurrying and chatter about Chinese influence over U.S. tech at a fever pitch, another danger is lurking. One […]
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Google exec: Here’s the No. 1 piece of advice I want young people to learn from me
The idea of a career ladder is great, in theory — steadily progressing up the ranks from intern to CEO — but most people’s jobs don’t work that way. You might change industries, switch departments or even get laid off. That’s why Google Chief Marketing Officer Lorraine Twohill wants young people to “enjoy the journey” […]
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Feeling anxious or depressed? Go to work, says Harvard psychologist: ‘Work has a protective effect on our mental health’
Companies who don’t address employees’ mental health might be sabotaging themselves, a new study shows. Adults with social anxiety and depression tend to work fewer hours, according to the recent study published in Psychiatric Research & Clinical Practice. Researchers analyzed the data of 250 adults between ages 18 and 60 who were diagnosed with social […]
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