Mark Zuckerberg during a recent interview with podcaster Theo Von. Meta plans to cut about 8,000 jobs next month, roughly 10 pereccent of its workforce, as it ramps up investment in artificial intelligence. According to Reuters, the layoffs are expected to begin around May 20, with further cuts likely later this year. The scale and timing of additional reductions have not been finalized. The job

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced a new tax on luxury apartments, which he will use to fund free programs for those who do almost no work.   New York’s socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, announced this week that he is making good on his campaign promise to tax the rich. Like all socialists, Mamdani claims that the rich do not pay their “fair

The Honor HUmanoid robot competing in the Beijing half marathon. A humanoid robot has set a new world record for the half-marathon in Beijing, marking a major escalation in the capabilities of artificial intelligence and robotics. The robot, developed by Chinese firm Honor, completed the 21-kilometer race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. That is well ahead of the human world record of roughly 57

Energy Secretary Chris Wright was on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream to talk about the situation with Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump is negotiating with Iran, hoping to work out a deal. He has said he will use overwhelming military force if they refuse to cut a deal. “The President has said this morning that if Iran does not reopen

Five people were shot and injured early Sunday morning after a large fight in the busy pedestrian mall area near the University of Iowa campus escalated into gunfire. The shooting took place around 1:46 a.m. in downtown Iowa City, a popular nightlife district filled with bars and restaurants just blocks from the university. Iowa City Police Department officers were responding to reports of a large

Karmelo Anthony, left, is accused of murder in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf, right. Collin County District Judge John Roach Jr. has issued sweeping new restrictions on media coverage for the upcoming murder trial of Karmelo Anthony, the teenager charged with fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet last year. The order, signed Friday in the 296th District Court, severely

The University of California, Berkeley’s Department of Sociology will host Alex Hanna, a transgender activist and AI researcher, as its Commencement speaker, according to a report from Campus Reform. According to the department’s announcement, Hanna’s work as the director of research at the Distributed AI Research Institute focuses on how AI technologies “exacerbate racial, gender, and class inequality through their data practices and effects on labor.” This

The high stakes confrontation over control of the Strait of Hormuz between the United States and the Islamist Iranian regime took another step up the escalation ladder Sunday with the U.S. seizing an in-bound Iranian flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman that tried to run the blockade established last week by President Donald Trump following a short term ceasefire agreement in order to

Through the help of some small donations, the internally displaced persons camp was able to hold an Easter celebration, although a week late. Photo courtesy of Antonio Graceffo.   “God is so good to us,” said Ku Ro-beh, explaining how grateful he and the other inhabitants of the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp were to be able to hold even a modest Easter celebration without

Vice President JD Vance publicly thanked Pope Leo XIV on Saturday after the first U.S.-born pontiff clarified that he has no interest in engaging in a public debate with President Donald Trump over the ongoing conflict with Iran. The comments came during Pope Leo’s papal visit to Africa. While aboard a flight from Cameroon to Angola on Saturday, the pope addressed media coverage of a