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Alaskan Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski had a tense moment with NBC News reporter Ryan Nobles after he pressed her on the backlash she faced for her vote on the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) on Tuesday. Nobles caught up with Murkowski after she voted in favor of President Donald Trump’s $3.3 trillion spending bill, asking…
Figma, the platform that specializes in collaborative interface design, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO). The company will trade under the ticker symbol “FIG” as it prepares to “double down” on its investments in AI. Figma was nearly acquired by Adobe for $20 billion in 2022, but the two companies scrapped the deal…
EXCLUSIVE: Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler delivered a sharp rebuke to Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts on Tuesday after he accused the federal agency of raising a “Christian nationalist, White supremacist” flag earlier this month. The SBA flew a large American flag and a smaller “Appeal to Heaven” flag at its headquarters…
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has reportedly been ordered to pay $22.75 million to a bike deliveryman who lost five of his toes after falling from a chipped subway platform in New York City. A jury reached a verdict on Monday in favor of the victim, Maruf Hossain, awarding him $2.75 million more than the $20 million…
X is launching a way for developers to create AI bots that can write Community Notes that can potentially appear on posts. Like humans, the “AI Note Writers” will be able to submit a Community Note, but they will only actually be shown on a post “if found helpful by people from different perspectives,” X…
One of the most anticipated college football offseason programs is the Manning Passing Academy, which brings together some of the nation’s top quarterbacks and others to compete, learn and prepare for the upcoming season. Of course, the camp had a Manning participating instead of teaching, as Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning garnered tons of attention…
One of the largest online shopping events is nearly here! Amazon Prime Day runs from July 8 through July 11, and features deals on pretty much anything you can think of. You can find some of the best Prime Day deals below, including tools, solar generators, Keurigs, high-tech headphones and more. Tech enthusiasts can keep…
Senate Republicans today passed a sweeping spending bill that narrowly avoided punitive tax measures on renewable energy but still threatens to stall its growth in the US. After wrangling over hundreds of amendments for more than 24 hours in a so-called “vote-a-rama” on Monday and Tuesday, Senate Republicans advanced the bill with provisions that make…
T-Mobile is bringing some of its Uncarrier energy to Ultra Mobile, the carrier’s international-focused MVNO that operates on its network. It announced that its plans now have slightly higher data caps and more international perks, but with the same prices as before for new and existing subscribers — a rare thing to see these days….
Google’s 4th-gen Nest Learning Thermostat. Google Home’s latest update will make it easier to decide who in your household can control your smart home. It comes with a new feature, which Google first started testing last year, that will let you assign people “Admin” and “Member” roles. People with Admin status have full control of…