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Folotoy, the company behind the AI-powered Kumma teddy bear, temporarily ceased sales of the product in response to backlash over safety concerns raised by researchers. The bear’s AI chatbot was proven to instruct children on how to start fires, find knives in their homes, and how to locate prescription drugs. The Company claims the teddy bear, once again for sale, now has stronger child protections in place. In the wake of a recent report from PIRG’s Our Online Life Program, which revealed that certain AI-powered toys could potentially lead children into dangerous situations, toy company Folotoy has taken swift action…

If you want peace, prepare for war. French President Emmanuel Macron appears to be the latest European leader embracing that ancient maxim, launching a new national military service plan Thursday as France seeks to address shortfalls in its armed forces amidst growing concerns over Russia’s geographical ambitions beyond the war in Ukraine. Macron announced volunteers – not forced conscripts – aged 18 and 19 will start serving next year in a 10-month new military service programme alongside 6.5 billion euros ($7.6 billion) in extra military spending in the next two years, AP reports. Germany has already announced it hopes to use…

The University of Minnesota is offering “Whiteness Pandemic” resources to caregivers as a way to “re-educate” themselves and guide children. The school’s Institute of Child Development and Culture and Family Life Lab website features information on the so-called “Whiteness Pandemic” and how, its writers claim, the issue has affected America. The website then targets families: Naming the Whiteness Pandemic shifts our gaze from the victims and effects of racism onto the systems that perpetrate and perpetuate racism, starting with the family system. At birth, young children growing up in White families begin to be socialized into the culture of Whiteness,…

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the 29-year-old Afghan national suspected of shooting two National Guardsmen in Washington, DC, worked with the CIA as a member of a partner force in Kandahar, Afghanistan, the agency’s director John Ratcliffe revealed Wednesday night. Ratcliffe told Fox News Digital of the link, saying the suspect was a “member of a partner force in Kandahar, which ended shortly following the chaotic evacuation.” “The Biden administration justified bringing the alleged shooter to the United States in September 2021 due to his prior work with the U.S. government, including CIA,” Ratcliffe outlined. He lamented Lakanwal “and so many others—should have never…

Reform UK launched an all-spectrum campaign the day after the UK’s left-wing government announced its disastrous annual budget statement, with Mr Farage warning of a potential economic crisis so great it could collapse the government, but promising a haven of competence and preference for British taxpayers under a putative future Reform government. Flexing its donor fundraising ability, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK bought double-page spread adverts across the UK’s major newspapers on Thursday morning to tie into an online media campaign decrying the potentially economically fatal mismanagement of the British government. The message to be sent into homes across the country on…

Law enforcement revealed Tuesday the faces of two suspects wanted for beating up a couple during an illegal car meet-up in Queens over the weekend. The New York Police Department (NYPD) unveiled pictures of the suspects, described by law enforcement as males between 18 and 24 years old, who were allegedly part of the gang that attacked a man and his wife when a mob of rowdy drivers took over a street corner in the normally quiet neighborhood of Malba. After the assault, suspects fled the area in a white Chevy Silverado heading southbound on the Whitestone Expressway, according to…

Brussels is struggling to overcome Belgium’s resistance to its proposed ‘reparation loan’ meant to prop up Kiev’s finances The EU will attempt to override opposition from Belgium and other states in order to follow through on its threat to steal sovereign Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s war-chest, the bloc’s top executive has said.EU leaders want to issue a ‘reparation loan’ to Kiev by using Russian funds frozen in the West as collateral. However, Belgium, where the bulk of the holdings are kept by the privately owned Euroclear, has refused to greenlight the plan unless other EU nations share the legal and financial…

Texas is a rising star amid the national capital flight to the south. Alphabet’s Google announced plans to invest $40 billion into two new data centers in Armstrong County and Haskell County. While Google has operated in Texas for over 15 years, the news reaffirms that capital is committed to staying in the Lone Star State.“This investment will create thousands of jobs, provide skills training to college students and electrical apprentices, and accelerate energy affordability initiatives throughout Texas,” Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai told Reuters. The project is expected to create over 1,700 jobs by 2030. The company will also establish…

A report from France’s domestic intelligence agency has identified Christians as the “prime target” for radical Islamists, who are actively trying to stoke anti-Christian sentiment in the West with “anti-crusader” propaganda. The General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) has found that “anti-crusader” rhetoric has been at the forefront of jihadist rhetoric and attacks over the past thirty years. The report from the French intel service, seen by Le Figaro, said that Islamist propaganda frequently attempts to portray Islam as a victim of the West by presenting an amalgam of historical events such as the Crusades and colonialism to recent military interventions…

Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday: invented in New England, proclaimed by George Washington, stamped into our national calendar by Abraham Lincoln, and celebrated with prayer, turkey, stuffing, love, laughter, and gratitude across this vast country of ornery and sometimes deeply divided people. Everyone knows the story of New England pilgrims sitting down with Native Americans to celebrate a successful harvest, often described as the first Thanksgiving. It was a thanksgiving harvest festival but not yet Thanksgiving. The New England Puritans held many days of thanksgiving at various times—as well as official fast days—in the decades that followed, but there…