Author: Press Room
The artificial-intelligence boom is no longer just showing up in stock prices, earnings calls, and data-center announcements. It is now visible in the Federal Reserve’s industrial production data. Output of computer and electronic products rose 1.5 percent in April, one of the strongest gains among major manufacturing categories, the Fed reported Friday. The broader special aggregate covering computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors rose 1.0 percent. The gains point to a rapid expansion in the physical manufacturing base behind the AI buildout: servers, computers, chips, communications gear, electronic components, and related business equipment. Production of computer and peripheral equipment rose 1.5…
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a statement on Friday that attributed 246 suspected infections and 65 deaths to a new Ebola outbreak in the remote Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Africa CDC said it was convening an emergency meeting with health officials from the DRC, Uganda, South Sudan, and other global partners to coordinate a response to the outbreak, including cross-border surveillance of the possible spread of the deadly disease. The statement said most of the infections to date have been reported from two areas within the Ituri province, Mongwalu and…
During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” President Donald Trump said that he thinks the current leaders in Iran are “actually much more reasonable, and, in many ways, smarter than the first tier and the second tier, who are no longer with us.” Trump said, “I think we have people that are leaders. I think they’re much better than — I think they’re much more reasonable. If you talk about a regime change, that’s the ultimate — I said, that is serious, the regime change, right? The third tier that we’re dealing with now,…
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) announced Friday he would not seek reelection later this year, after his Memphis-based House seat was dismantled amid the redistricting battles sweeping the country after last month’s Supreme Court decision. Cohen told reporters that his decision not to run was by far the most difficult moment he’s had as an elected official. The 10-term House incumbent’s decision to end his campaign came days after Tennessee’s Republican-controlled Legislature approved a new congressional map that eliminated Cohen’s majority Black district, likely securing them an all-GOP federal delegation. Tennessee is one of a handful of GOP-controlled states in the…
From Minuteman silos to hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon is preparing for a new era of confrontation The US boasts impressive military capabilities that solidify the country’s position among the world’s military powers. This also applies to missile technology – the US maintains its status as a major global missile power, and long competed with the Soviet Union in the missile and space race.The US did not immediately recognize the potential for developing powerful rockets for launching spacecraft and delivering nuclear warheads over intercontinental distances. However, it soon caught up with the USSR and leveraged its advantages effectively. By investing significant…
If you want to talk about media corruption, how about the discovery that a left-wing political organization has embedded 80 “journalists” in the corporate media by paying their full salaries? Behind this corruption is a far-left, globalist organization called Effective Altruism (EA), which the New York Post describes as a “billionaire-backed movement [that] aims to solve the world’s problems” which wants to send the message that “unchecked AI will destroy us all,” and that we must “prioritize causes like climate change, global health, poverty, [and] pandemics.” EA wants to end factory farming. Okay, and replace it with what — insects?…
German leader Friedrich Merz kept up his campaign of snide asides against President Donald Trump with a warning to avoid education or work in America due to its “social climate” and alleged lack of job opportunities. Centre-right globalist-conservative leader and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz used his appearance at a Catholic conference in the city of Würzburg, Bavaria, on Friday to once again ding President Trump with a snide aside, warning young people off considering emigrating to America because “a certain social climate has suddenly developed there”. In comments that were greeted by laughter and applause, Merz said that while he is…
A Florida news website that presented itself as a legitimate local journalism outlet has been shut down following an investigation that exposed its use of fake AI-generated reporters and stolen content from established media sources. Even the site’s editor-in-chief was generated by AI, according to the investigation. The Florida Trib reports that the South Florida Standard, which until recently published regular updates on local news covering politics, economics, sports, tourism, environmental issues, and technology, has been taken offline after an investigation revealed the operation to be what reporter Kate Payne described as a “digital mirage masquerading as local news.” The investigation…
During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” President Donald Trump said that with Iran, “we stopped, could have gone for another few weeks, it would have been over. I did that at the request of a lot of leaders that are friendly with them.” Trump began by saying, “Iran is wiped out militarily. It’s just a question of time. And we gave them a break by stopping a little while.” Later, he added, “They have no navy, they have no air [force]. It’s all — it’s gone. It’s just a question of time. If…
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has taken some steps to improve his department’s relationship with Capitol Hill. Lawmakers in both parties, however, say there’s much more to be done before the damage from his predecessor’s tenure is repaired. Senate Republicans, largely adulatory of Mullin’s early efforts to change course at the Department of Homeland Security, acknowledge that the poor relationship between DHS and its Senate committee of jurisdiction is limiting productive engagement. Tensions still exist between Mullin and the chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has lashed the Homeland Security secretary for not having…