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FIRST ON FOX: Republican Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas and Todd Young, R-Indiana are urging historical museums in Washington, D.C., to “respect” the First Amendment rights of pro-life protesters who are expected to descend upon the city on Friday. “This peaceful exercise of First Amendment rights has historically provided participants with a positive, welcoming experience in…
Barstool Sports founder and president Dave Portnoy said it’s hard to underestimate the importance of TikTok for small businesses and content creators as lawmakers mull the next steps for the social media platform. “I’m very concerned about how many people earn a living. It’s huge. You can’t underestimate that. And just to cut it out –…
Image: The Verge President Donald Trump says he’d be open to his buddies Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok. “Larry, let’s negotiate in front of the media,” Trump said at a press conference with the Oracle co-founder, SoftBank CEO Masa Son, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to announce a $500 billion artificial intelligence infrastructure…
It was all but guaranteed that Ichiro Suzuki would be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday night. The only question was whether his election would be unanimous. He came up one vote shy, receiving 99.7% of the vote after 394 baseball writers sent in ballots. It’s the same total Derek Jeter received when…
Three-time Pro Bowl tight end Mark Andrews received the lion’s share of the blame after the Baltimore Ravens’ playoff run came to an abrupt and excruciating end. Andrews failed to secure a short pass from Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson on a two-point conversion attempt late in the fourth quarter. A completed catch would have tied…
Oakleys are considered stylish and popular with athletes — which is probably why Meta’s keen to partner. | Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images Meta may be releasing new Oakley-branded smart glasses later this year, according to a new Bloomberg report. The Oakley-branded glasses, internally referred to as “Supernova 2”, would be based on the brand’s…
Image: The White House (YouTube) A plan to build a system of data centers for artificial intelligence has been revealed in a White House press conference, with Masayoshi Son, Sam Altman, and Larry Ellison joining Donald Trump to announce The Stargate Project. Their companies, Softbank, OpenAI, and Oracle (respectively), along with MGX are listed as…
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Microsoft and OpenAI announced Tuesday that they have adjusted their partnership so that OpenAI can access competitors’ compute. The new agreement “includes changes to the exclusivity on new capacity, moving to a model where Microsoft has a right of first refusal (ROFR),” Microsoft says. “To further support OpenAI, Microsoft…
More Americans watched Fox News Channel to witness President Trump’s historic inauguration than any other network. From 11:30 a.m. through 1 p.m. ET, Fox News averaged 10.3 million total viewers with two million in the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults age 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. FOX Business additionally netted 282,000 total viewers as FOX…
There’s a new way to consume chicken noodle soup this cold and flu season. Progresso announced last week that it had released a hard-candy version of its chicken noodle soup called Soup Drops – and that the soup-flavored candies immediately sold out. But the company assured curious customers the candies would soon be coming back….