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It’s hard to be a teen. So hard that the mere thought of it makes me, well past my teen years, want to lie down. Loading audio narration… Understandably, some young people in China have been rebelling against the pressures of modern life for years now — especially the pressures…
Elon Musk says an AI-driven future will mean government handouts and citizens not needing to save for retirement, so we asked his longtime friend and fellow techno-optimist, Peter Diamandis, to break down the argument behind those claims. Loading audio narration… “Don’t worry about squirreling money away for retirement in 10…
A Tesla police car? A Tesla Parks and Recreation fleet vehicle? Loading audio narration… Those are now more likely to whiz through North American streets.The EV maker signed a master purchasing agreement with Sourcewell, a cooperative that lets public agencies buy products without running their own bidding processes. The deal…
Elon Musk recently said the “best way” to handle job losses from AI would be for the federal government to pay a “universal high income” to every American. Loading audio narration… The Tesla and SpaceX CEO headed off concerns that doling out big checks would drive up prices: “AI/robotics will…
Elon Musk thinks he has a solution to AI-driven job losses: the government pays for everyone to live well. Loading audio narration… “Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by AI,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said in…
John Kiriakou spent about 15 years at the CIA, rising to the position of chief of counterterrorism operations in Pakistan. He describes how the work strained his first marriage.His first wife wasn’t in the CIA, and didn’t know he worked for the government agency. He couldn’t tell her where he’d…
Passengers traveling through Houston, New Orleans, Chicago, and other US airports experienced hourslong delays on Sunday and Monday as spring break travel peaked and the Transportation Security Administration experienced staffing shortages due to the ongoing partial government shutdown.Nearly 2.8 million passengers passed through TSA checkpoints on Sunday, making it the…
