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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has established specific goals for employee adoption of AI tools, including targets for how much code engineers should write using AI assistance, according to internal documents obtained by Business Insider. Business Insider reports that Meta has set concrete targets for employee AI usage as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s initiative to transform the company into what he calls an “AI-native” organization. An internal document reviewed by Business Insider reveals specific goals for different teams regarding their use of AI tools for tasks including software coding. The document, created by Meta employees to collect information about AI adoption goals…
The government of Slovenia began fuel rationing measures this week amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, supply chain issues, and fuel tourism from neighbouring countries in Europe. Ljubljana announced the first rationing measures of any EU nation this week, imposing a limit of 50 litres (13 gallons) per person or 200 litres (53 gallons) per business per day in response to shortages across the country, public broadcaster RTV Slovenia reported. Prime Minister Robert Golob stressed that there are no shortages and that the warehouses of backup supply are full. However, supply chain issues, panic buying, and foreigners taking advantage of…
A federal judge has temporarily halted the Pentagon’s classification of AI company Anthropic as a supply chain risk, delivering an early legal win for the company in its battle against the Department of War. Axios reports that U.S. District Judge Rita Lin granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday that pauses the Pentagon’s designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk. The decision provides temporary relief to the AI company, which has argued that the classification was causing immediate and irreparable damage to its business operations and reputation. Anthropic had sought the injunction on grounds that the designation was prompting business partners…
An illegal alien, released into the United States by former President Joe Biden’s administration, is now accused of killing 62-year-old Christopher Babcock in Pitt County, North Carolina. This week, the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office arrested 25-year-old illegal alien Erasto Lopez-Gomez of Mexico and charged him with felony hit-and-run resulting in death. According to police, on March 11, Lopez-Gomez was driving a vehicle when he hit Christopher Babcock, who was driving his motorcycle. Babcock was thrown from his motorcycle as police say the illegal alien fled the scene, leaving the husband and stepfather to die. Babcock lived in Winterville, North Carolina, and…
Opposition-linked reporter Szabolcs Panyi played a key role in wiretapping Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto Hungarian Justice Minister Bence Tuzson has filed a complaint against opposition journalist Szabolcs Panyi, after Panyi admitted to helping a foreign intelligence agency wiretap Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto ahead of next month’s crucial elections in the country.News of the complaint was announced on Thursday by Gergely Gulyas, the government minister in charge of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s office.“In Hungary, the news today is mostly about spies,” Sulyas told reporters. “The first of these is Szabolcs Panyi, who was found to have been spying against his own…
Epic Games, the developer and publisher behind the massively popular video game Fortnite, is cutting 1,000 jobs as the company grapples with declining player engagement and financial pressures. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says the layoffs are “unrelated to AI.” IGN reports that video game publisher Epic Games announced the workforce reduction of 1,000 employees in an internal memo from CEO Tim Sweeney, who cited a downturn in engagement with Fortnite that began in 2025. The layoffs will be accompanied by over $500 million in cost savings through reductions in contracting and marketing expenses, as well as closing some open positions.…
Consumer sentiment in the U.S. fell sharply as stocks declined and higher gasoline and oil prices fed fears about rising inflation in March, data from the University of Michigan’s monthly survey showed Friday. The headline consumer sentiment index dropped 5.8 percent from a month earlier to 53.3, the lowest reading of the year. Compared with a year ago, the index is down 6.5 percent. “Declines were seen across age and political party. Consumers with middle and higher incomes and stock wealth, buffeted by both escalating gas prices and volatile financial markets in the wake of the Iran conflict, exhibited particularly…
The White House is honoring 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman, murdered in the sanctuary city of Chicago, Illinois, allegedly by an illegal alien who should have been previously turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. In a post this week, the White House paid tribute to Sheridan, who was a freshman at Loyola University Chicago when she was gunned down in a random shooting while hanging out with friends. Jose Medina-Medina, a 25-year-old illegal alien from Venezuela, has been charged with her murder. “A preventable tragedy,” the White House posted to social media. “Sheridan Gorman was murdered by an illegal alien released…
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick illicitly funneled millions of dollars to her campaign and committed various campaign finance infractions, a bipartisan House Ethics subcommittee determined Friday — likely laying the groundwork for a vote by the full legislative body to expel the embattled Florida Democrat. The panel’s adjudicatory subcommittee, led by House Ethics Chair Michael Guest (R-Miss.), deliberated for well past midnight following an hours-long hearing that served as the panel’s first public “trial” in nearly 16 years. It found “clear and convincing” evidence that Cherfilus-McCormick was guilty of all but two of the 27 counts that had been brought against her.…
Tehran has detailed dozens of cases of US fighter jets and drones allegedly conducting missions over the Gulf states during strikes Iran has formally accused the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia of allowing the US military to use their territory and airspace to launch and support strikes against the Islamic Republic, according to letters sent to the UN Security Council.In separate complaints addressed to the Security Council and the UN secretary-general, Tehran detailed multiple instances of US fighter jets, bombers, reconnaissance drones, and support aircraft allegedly operating from or transiting the airspace of the three Gulf states from…