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Trump administration wants to deny ABA ability to oversee law schools: Report
The Department of Education has suggested ending the American Bar Association’s (ABA) oversight on the law school accreditation process. The ABA has had the power to accredit nearly 200 law schools over the last 70 years, but this power may come to an end, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The department made its…
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Leavitt to work at Trump-affiliated super PAC following White House departure
Karoline Leavitt is set to work at President’s Trump MAGA Inc. super PAC following her departure from the White House, the outgoing press secretary confirmed Friday. Leavitt shared her next career move with reporters outside of Air Force One Friday evening, a little over one week after she announced she would step down at the…
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America’s wokest prosecutor outrages Minneapolis families by offering double murderer lighter sentence ‘for HIS benefit’
The article’s headline reports that Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, dubbed “America’s wokest prosecutor” by the Daily Mail, has sparked anger among families in Minneapolis after reportedly offering a reduced sentence to a man convicted of double murder, with the deal said to be framed as being “for his benefit”. The move has been portrayed…
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Apple reportedly cut more than 200 jobs across Vision Pro and Siri software teams
Apple has laid off more than 200 employees from its Vision Pro and Siri software teams, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, as the company redirects its focus towards smart glasses and next-generation AI technology. The cuts reflect a broader strategic pivot: Apple is said to have shelved a planned Vision Pro successor in favour of…
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Apple TV’s 6-Part Spy Thriller Is a Rare Streaming Gem With Zero Bad Episodes
Apple TV’s spy drama Slow Horses is being singled out as a rare example of a series with no weak episodes, standing apart from acclaimed genre peers such as The Day of the Jackal, Killing Eve and Homeland, which have all included filler instalments. The show premiered in 2022 and, despite strong reviews and Emmy…
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Trump to honor Artemis II astronauts who traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history
President Donald Trump plans to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission, which is carrying humans further from Earth than anyone in history. The recognition marks a significant moment for NASA’s renewed push towards deep space exploration, coming as the mission conducts a lunar flyby that pushes…
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Prime Video’s 8-Part Historical Drama Adaptation Is Officially a Global Smash
Prime Video’s eight-part adaptation of Isabel Allende’s 1982 novel The House of the Spirits has become a global hit, earning praise for capturing the source material’s blend of multigenerational family saga, magical realism and political tragedy more faithfully than most literary adaptations manage. The series follows the Trueba family across decades in an unnamed Latin…
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Israel-Gaza film sparks boycott row as Tesla joins mass China recall
Pro-Palestinian campaigners in Lebanon, Jordan and other Arab countries have called for a boycott of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day, arguing that ticket sales would support producer Avi Arad, whom they say has publicly backed Israel during the Gaza war. The campaign centres on Arad’s political statements and past Israeli military service, rather than the…
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Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive
Michael Polansky, the founder of AI-and-biology startup Outer Biosciences and partner of Lady Gaga, has revealed that his company has spent years developing methods to keep living human tissue alive outside the body, reportedly for over a month at a time, in order to train an AI model on it. The work had been kept…
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Teacher at £56,000-a-year boarding school is banned after failing to disclose fiancé’s child sex convictions
A teacher at a boarding school charging £56,000 a year in fees has been banned from the profession after failing to disclose that her fiancé had convictions for child sex offences. A professional conduct panel found that her non-disclosure represented a serious safeguarding failure, given the direct risk this posed to pupils in her care…