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Igor Babuschkin, co-founder of Elon Musk’s xAI startup, announced his departure from the company on Wednesday to launch his own venture capital firm, Babuschkin Ventures. TechCrunch reports that in a post on X, Babuschkin shared that his last day at xAI was Wednesday. The AI startup, which Babuschkin co-founded with Elon Musk in 2023, has quickly risen to become one of Silicon Valley’s leading AI model developers in just a few short years. Reflecting on the early days of xAI, Babuschkin wrote, “I still remember the day I first met Elon, we talked for hours about AI and what the…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday announced the soon-to-be opening of a second illegal immigration detention center in the state called the “Deportation Depot,” explaining that the demand is now here for it. DeSantis made the announcement during a press conference in Florida’s Baker County. He explained that they were originally considering Camp Blanding for the second immigration detention center, until they stumbled upon an unused portion of the Baker Correctional Institution, which already had so much of the infrastructure they were looking for, saving millions of dollars. Further, he noted that Camp Blanding’s runway did not have the…

The US president wants to rely on “diplomacy and negotiation” rather than sanctions in relations with Moscow, Karoline Leavitt has said US President Donald Trump believes that diplomacy is the best way to end the Ukraine conflict, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt has told Fox News ahead of the American leader’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.Washington has a wide range of “tools” at its disposal that it can use if necessary but would still very much prefer to try out a diplomatic approach first, according to Leavitt.Washington and Moscow have both tempered expectations for the…

Hundreds of Ukrainian serviceman defect every day, as the low morale is now widespread. As we await US-Russia Alaska summit tomorrow (15), the MSM continues their painful process of recognizing the realities on the ground in the battlefields of Ukraine. One of the most difficult realities to face is the realization that literally millions of Ukrainian citizens will not fight for their country and hide from the conscription officers. A lesson in Ukrainian patriotism for the little ones. TCC employees kidnap a father in front of a mother and child. Hello Ursula @vonderleyen if you or your child has been…

Top fintech and crypto companies on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump to stop American banks from charging fees for customer data. Fintech platform Robinhood, cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz “were among a long list of companies, investors and lobbying groups” that wrote to the Trump administration, arguing that proposed fees by banks would “cripple” innovation and “may cause small businesses and financial tools to shut down,” Bloomberg reported. JPMorganChase, the nation’s largest bank, has argued that they need to charge fintech companies and data aggregators, such as Plaid and MX, to recoup the cost of transmitting customer…

The Communist Party of China imposed a 75.8-percent tariff on Canadian canola products on Thursday, claiming that Canada was intentionally “dumping” underpriced canola seed into the Chinese market to hurt domestic farmers. The measure appeared to be a response to the Canadian government, still under radical leftist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the time, imposing a 100-percent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) last year to protect Canada’s fledgling homemade EVs. Chinese state media explicitly mentioned Canada’s “trade protectionist and restrictive measures against China” in reporting the canola seed tariffs, accusing Ottawa of violating World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. Beijing…

Washington, DC residents on Wednesday heckled federal law enforcement officers’ presence in the capital city as President Donald Trump seeks to crack down on crime. Protestors gathered around the 14th Street Northwest corridor of D.C., where federal law enforcement officers had established a vehicle checkpoint, holding signs and shouting, “Go home, fascists,” and “Get off our streets.” The Hill wrote: National Guard vehicles were also spotted near the National Mall early Thursday, according to NewsNation’s Cameron Congdon. Trump announced Monday his administration would take federal control of Washington’s police force, citing “out-of-control” crime and violence in the city. The president also deployed hundreds of National…

The Ministry of Defence said the event occurred at Faslane earlier this year, raising concerns over the upkeep of nuclear weapons and government transparency A “serious nuclear incident” occurred at a Navy base in Scotland earlier this year, the UK Ministry of Defence has admitted, prompting concerns over poor maintenance of Britain’s nuclear weapons and a lack of transparency.The Category A event – the most serious classification for nuclear site incidents – took place between January and April at HMNB Clyde in Faslane, which houses all Royal Navy submarines, including Vanguard-class vessels armed with Trident nuclear missiles. Such events carry…

Credit: Wikimedia Commons Ashley Biden apparently revealed why she had suddenly filed for divorce from her husband earlier this week. As The Gateway Pundit reported, court records obtained on Tuesday by The New York Post show that Biden filed for divorce from Dr. Howard Krein, her husband of more than 13 years. The Philadelphia Inquirer revealed that the divorce papers were filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Krein works as an otolaryngologist and plastic surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Biden was not exactly in mourning, though. The Daily Mail revealed she snarkily marked the moment…

OpenAI boss Sam Altman is preparing to back a new company called Merge Labs that will compete with Elon Musk’s Neuralink in connecting human brains with computers. The Financial Times reports that in a move that is set to heighten the intense rivalry between billionaire entrepreneurs Sam Altman and Elon Musk, Altman’s OpenAI is preparing to invest in a new brain-computer interface company called Merge Labs. The startup, which aims to raise $250 million at an $850 million valuation, is expected to receive a significant portion of its funding from OpenAI’s ventures team. Altman, who co-founded OpenAI with Musk before…