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Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 - Britain's King Charles III will emphasize the long history and democratic values his country shares with the United States in an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, delivered while relations between the two nations are at an unusually low ebb. He will start his speech, which is expected to last around 20 minutes, by expressing solidarity and talk about how the US and United Kingdom stand ...

Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 - A political and media dispute has erupted involving United States President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel. Melania publicly criticised Kimmel on Monday and urged the TV network ABC to take action against him. The president has gone further, calling for Kimmel to be removed from his role altogether. The controversy centres on remarks Kimmel made during a comedy ...

Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 - An eightfold increase since 2020, with Facebook generating more losses than text and email scams combined New FTC data published Monday show that nearly 30% of all reported scam losses last year began on social media. Investment scams alone cost $1.1 billion. Shopping scams were the most frequently reported. Romance scams started on social media in 60% of reported cases. All age groups except the over-80s lost more ...

Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 - Musk's lawsuit accuses Altman of fraud, while OpenAI says that Musk is 'motivated by jealousy' A lawsuit between two of Silicon Valley's biggest tycoons goes to trial Monday in California, the culmination of a years-long bitter feud. Elon Musk has accused Sam Altman of betraying the founding agreement of the non-profit they started together, OpenAI, by changing it to a for-profit enterprise. Musk accuses Altman, ...

Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 - Proponents of a proposal to tax California billionaires say they have obtained enough signatures for the measure to appear on the November ballot.  The measure, proposed by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), a union representing more than 120,000 California health care workers, would impose a one-time 5% tax on Californians with net worths of $1 billion or more. ...

Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 - Our special spring issue is out now. Get a discounted subscription to our print magazine today. Your support keeps us publishing! The potential for catastrophic effects from the AI boom demands robust deliberation and real democratic governance. Localized initiatives like data center moratoria won't get us there. S hould we just stop building data centers? Or at least pause for a little while? The intuitive answer ...

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