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Bobby Olivier, a food and culture Editor and a music reporter for NJ Advance Media, took Bruce Springsteen to task this week calling the rocker’s Prudential Center concert in Newark on Monday “all hypocritical crap. Profiteering over legitimate protest.” “Springsteen’s artistic identity, as a bleeding-heart populist who sings for the destitute and downtrodden, has never been more disconnected from his economic behavior as a touring act or businessman. The blue-collar troubadour now charges exorbitant amounts for his tickets — up to $2,900 retail for the best seats in Newark Monday; prices he agreed to despite fan backlash,” Olivier writes at NJ.com.…

Florida Sen. Rick Scott is blocking quick confirmation of hundreds of Coast Guard promotions as he tries to resolve a dispute involving a shipbuilder in his home state. The Republican said in an interview Tuesday that he has placed a hold on the Coast Guard promotions, which prevents the Senate from easily clearing them unanimously and would force Majority Leader John Thune to set up time-consuming roll call votes on promotions that are usually agreed to with little fanfare. “I’ve been talking … since Trump came into office about trying to resolve an issue they have with a boat builder…

Over 70% of displaced Palestinian households have cited threats to women and children as decisive reason for leaving Israeli soldiers and settlers are systematically using sexual violence and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, according to a report by the West Bank Protection Consortium – a group of international humanitarian organizations. The report, published on Sunday and titled ‘Sexual Violence and Forcible Transfer in the West Bank’, documents at least 16 cases of conflict-related sexual violence attributed to Israeli settlers and soldiers over the past three years. The researchers noted that the actual number is…

The Department of War revealed that U.S. forces boarded another stateless, sanctions-defying “shadow fleet” tanker on Monday night to enforce the blockade against Iran. The Department of War (DoW) said the ship, called M/T Tifani, was boarded “without incident” in the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) area of responsibility. INDOPACOM covers the Indian and Pacific Oceans, but not the Strait of Hormuz or Persian Gulf, indicating the tanker was intercepted before it could reach those waters. According to ship tracking data, the Tifani was traveling from Sri Lanka to Indonesia with a cargo of crude oil when it was intercepted. Although DoW…

Apple’s newly appointed CEO John Ternus will inherit a company with a four trillion dollar market cap that faces mounting pressure to articulate a compelling AI strategy as the tech giant prepares for leadership transition from the “Tim Apple” era. CNBC reports that Apple announced on Monday that Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure as CEO will conclude on September 1, with John Ternus, the company’s longtime hardware engineering leader, taking the helm. Ternus becomes only the second CEO since Steve Jobs departed in 2011, and he inherits a company facing significant questions about its position in the rapidly evolving AI landscape. While…

A majority of Germans think the government pressing ahead with shutting down the country’s entire fleet of nuclear reactors during Europe’s years-long, crippling energy crisis was a mistake, with around a third feeling it was “completely wrong”. The decision by the former Angela Merkel German government, which was later taken up and executed by the left-wing Olaf Scholz government, to kill Germany’s nuclear energy sector — officially because of safety concerns — was a mistake, 53 per cent of Germanys think. While only fractionally over half of Germans think so, national broadsheet Die Welt reports, that group is meaningfully larger than…

The move follows an alleged data leak by a South Korean minister and a reported air defense redeployment to the Middle East The US has scaled back intelligence sharing on North Korea with South Korea following an alleged leak by a minister of information thought to have come from sensitive sources, according to local media reports.Seoul is one of Washington’s key allies in East Asia, alongside Japan, with cooperation spanning real-time intelligence sharing on North Korea, including missile warning data and satellite surveillance. Around 28,500 US troops are also permanently stationed in the country.”It’s true that the US has cut…

YouTube is offering elite celebrities a free tool to ensure their likeness is not copied through AI or emerging deepfakes. “Executives at the Google-owned platform [say] that their proprietary deepfake detection tool, years in the making, is now open to anyone at high risk of having their likeness abused,” reports the far-left Hollywood Reporter. This includes “Actors, athletes, creators and musicians, whether they have a YouTube channel or not[.]” “What YouTube’s offering is — and I don’t say this about many tech companies — but out of the graciousness of their hearts, they are doing the right thing by providing these…

Iran’s remaining living regime officials flooded the pages of their state media outlets on Tuesday with outraged statements rejecting any negotiation with the United States and threatening “decisive, definitive, and immediate” attacks. The commentary arrives shortly before a reported Wednesday deadline for the two-week ceasefire between America and Iran which President Donald Trump announced in early April. Widespread reports anticipate that top American officials, including Vice President JD Vance, are en route to Islamabad, Pakistan, for further negotiations with Iran to cement a more prolonged peace. Among the topics of conversation expected are limiting Iran’s illicit nuclear development, addressing its…

Alex Bores, a Democratic congressional candidate in New York, is unveiling a proposal to establish an “AI dividend” program designed to distribute wealth generated by the technology and mitigate potential mass unemployment. The plan sounds suspiciously close to the universal basic income (UBI) plans favored by tech tycoons. Axios reports that Bores is positioning his campaign around growing public unease regarding how AI could transform the American workforce. His proposal for an “AI dividend” arrives at a moment when AI-focused PACs are reportedly escalating their spending against his candidacy. The core premise of Bores’ plan, detailed in a policy memo shared…