Jamie Lee Curtis is the latest celebrity to call attention to scam ads on Facebook and Instagram that use AI-manipulated video to hawk sketchy products. Curtis also appears to have encountered another issue familiar to many Facebook users: struggling to get the company’s attention. In posts on Facebook and Instagram, the actress asked Mark Zuckerberg to intervene to stop the spread of a “totally AI fake commercial” of her. “My name is Jamie Lee Curtis and I have gone through every proper channel to ask you and your team to take down this totally AI fake commercial for some bullshit…
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The outlook for federal spending on education research continues to be grim. That became clear last week with more cutbacks to education grants and mass firings at the National Science Foundation (NSF), the independent federal agency that supports both research and education in science, engineering and math. A fourth round of cutbacks took place on May 9. NSF observers were still trying to piece together the size and scope of this wave of destruction. A division focused on equity in education was eliminated and all its employees were fired. And the process for reviewing and approving future research grants was…
By LINDA RIDDELL & THOMAS WILSON Recent discussions over Medicaid budget cuts invite us to look more deeply into the house-of-cards that, when it collapses, will hit the states and low-income households hardest. But we will all be harmed. Some states get 80% of their Medicaid funding from the federal government, as a recent Wall Street Journal article, “Medicaid Insures Millions of Americans. How the Health Program Works, in Charts” pointed out. Even states relying less on federal funds will be hard pressed to shift their resources to replace the federal share. The ripple effects are clear: states are likely…
President Donald Trump is leveraging the power of the American economy to open China to U.S. exporters as Washington and Beijing work toward a potential trade deal, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on “Fox News Sunday.” When asked about the ripple effect that Trump’s tariffs are having on dockworkers, the trucking industry and others, Lutnick asked them to remember that “this is just a China problem right now.” Lutnick referenced the 145% tariff Trump put on Chinese imports and the 125% duties China slapped on U.S. imports in retaliation. “Those tariffs are too high to do business, but that’s why…
Like life itself, there is no chart. No degree. No prerequisite that somehow makes one able to ace the journey that is motherhood. It’s as unique as the soul you’re stewarding, a role that singularly splits a person in two and in that uniqueness lies its commonality. Sharing the experience of being a mother can be a lifeline when you’re in it—or even just considering it. Motherhood can also look a million different ways. Such is the gift of books. This collection of motherhood books runs the gamut, highlighting how the role of Mom is one realized in an instant,…
Apple is reportedly planning to introduce a small but welcome convenience feature with iOS 19: cross-device syncing for Wi-Fi access portals. This is according to the latest Power On newsletter from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The feature would address the annoyance of having to individually fill out pop-up forms to access public Wi-Fi on all your devices, like when you’re at a hotel. According to Gurman, “This new feature will let you enter that information on one device and have it synced to your other products.” It’s one of several upcoming features Apple may show off at its Worldwide Developers Conference, which…
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by Christopher Bing and Avi Asher-Schapiro ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The ranking member of the House Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into whether the General Services Administration has given preferential treatment to a technology startup competing for a lucrative government contract. The startup is backed by some of President Donald Trump’s most influential Silicon Valley allies. The committee’s action follows reporting by ProPublica last month that revealed the GSA was eyeing New York-based payments company Ramp to remake a massive, $700…
A bipartisan bill to advance and regulate stablecoins was shot down on the Senate floor Friday after Democrats who previously voted in favor of the legislation changed course. Sources close to GOP party leadership say Senators Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, rallied the party against the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act ahead of a vote to take up the bill on the Senate floor. SEN. TIM SCOTT OUTLINES FIRST 100 DAYS OF CONGRESS, CRYPTO, TARIFFS “Democrats put partisanship above policy and obstruction above innovation when they blocked a vote on the GENIUS…
The Federal Trade Commission has delayed the start of a rule that aims to make the process of canceling subscriptions less of a nightmare. Last year, the FTC voted to ratify amendments to a regulation known as the Negative Option Rule, adding a new “click-to-cancel” rule that requires companies to be upfront about the terms of subscription signups and prohibits them “from making it any more difficult for consumers to cancel than it was to sign up.” Surprising no one, telecom companies were not happy, and sued the FTC. While the rule was nevertheless set to be implemented on May…
