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President Joe Biden attempted to ease concerns about his age in an interview Friday by framing his 80 years of life experience as a positive rather than a negative. "Because I have acquired a hell of a lot of wisdom," Biden told MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle on Friday when he was asked "why an 82-year-old Biden" would be the "right person for the most important job in the world" in 2024. "I know more than the vast majority of people. I’m more experienced than anybody who has ever run for the office and I think I've proven myself to be honorable as well as also effective." Biden’s comments were heavily criticized by conservatives on social media, specifically his suggestion he knows more than the "vast majority of people." BIDEN SAYS VP KAMALA HARRIS NEEDS MORE 'CREDIT', DEFLECTS QUESTION ON WHETHER HE'LL SERVE A FULL TERM "Joe Biden is delusional," Steve Guest, Special Advisor for Communications for Texas Repu...

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch : Scammers appear to be hacking verified Meta accounts to impersonate the company and run Facebook ads asking users to download shady tools likely with malware   —  Sketchy Facebook pages impersonating businesses are nothing new, but a flurry of recent scams is particularly brazen.

King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla were crowned on Saturday in a historic ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London. The 74-year-old, who is the oldest son of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, was crowned during Britain's first coronation in 70 years. The royal family were joined by more than 2,200 guests from around the world, including international royalty, foreign dignitaries, government officials and celebrities. Charles immediately ascended to the throne following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8, 2022. Two days later, he was officially proclaimed monarch by the Accession Council in a ceremony at St. James' Palace in London that was televised for the first time in history. KING CHARLES OFFICIALLY CROWNED BRITISH MONARCH The succession to the British throne "is regulated not only through descent but also by Parliamentary statute," according to the royal family’s website . Here’s a look at who is currently in line fo...

The Department of Transportation has given the green light to New York's controversial congestion pricing plan , which would impose a toll on drivers who attempt to enter Manhattan during peak traffic hours. On Friday, the Federal Highway Administration gave tentative approval to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's environmental and legal submissions for the proposal, allowing it to move forward with a 30-day public review period. The administration is expected to give its final approval to the congestion pricing plan at the end of that review period, Politico reported.  Under the plan, drivers entering Manhattan could be forced to pay as much as $23 on top of other tolls and fees. The fees are opposed by North Jersey Democrats, who say the New York plan is unfair and essentially a tax on Jersey drivers.  MTA officials have said they need about a year to build the necessary tolling infrastructure, which puts the plan on target to go into effect in the second quarte...

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge : An in-depth look at the regulatory risks for OpenAI under GDPR, including questions around future data scraping and handling “right to be forgotten” requests   —  The European Union's fight with ChatGPT is a glance into what's to come for AI services.

Queen Camilla wasn’t missing Meghan Markle on her big day. The 75-year-old and her husband, King Charles III , were crowned on Saturday at London’s Westminster Abbey. While Prince Harry attended the ceremony, the Duchess of Sussex was noticeably absent. The former American actress stayed behind in California with the couple’s two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. The May 6 date of the coronation falls on Archie’s fourth birthday. British royals expert Hilary Fordwich claimed to Fox News Digital that the new queen and the duchess were never close, and therefore her absence wasn’t felt during the festivities. "Before Prince Harry’s tell-all autobiography, denigrating his own family, and particularly Camilla, she and Meghan Markle didn’t exactly have a budding friendship, to say the least," Fordwich alleged. "Camilla went out of her way to assist Meghan when she was experiencing difficulties with her own father," Fordwich claimed. "Charles is sai...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas , facing a potentially historic migrant surge once the Title 42 public health order ends in less than a week, made a final plea for migrants not to attempt to cross into the U.S. illegally -- telling them they are being "deceived" by smugglers. "The border is not open," Mayorkas said. "It has not been open, and it will not be open subsequent to May 11th. And the smugglers who exploit vulnerable migrants are spreading misinformation. They are spreading false information, lies in a way to lure vulnerable people to the southern border and those individuals will only be returned." Mayorkas spoke in Brownsville, Texas alongside Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz just days before the Title 42 order will expire on Thursday. The public health order was implemented in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and millions of migrants have been rapidly expelled back to Mexico under the order for public health reason...

Matt Binder / Mashable : Out of ~150,000 early subscribers to Twitter Blue in November, just ~68,157 were still subscribed as of April 30, showing Blue has an abnormally high churn rate   —  The early birds cancel their subscriptions.  —  Twitter Blue's struggles since its launch nearly six months ago are more severe …

Republicans in the House and Senate are increasingly taking shots at President Biden's "administrative state," which they say is powerful enough to cripple American business through federal regulations but is shrouded from the public and congressional oversight. Dozens of House Republicans are backing a bill that would expand the authority of Congress to approve executive branch regulations, and GOP senators have their own plans to erode the power of regulators. Even former GOP officials like Bill Barr, President Trump's attorney general, are getting involved in the fight to reduce the power of the federal bureaucracy. The efforts are mounting as examples of what they describe as regulatory overreach pile up. This year, for example, a group of lobstermen from Maine got the attention of Congress after a rule put in place to protect an endangered whale threatened to put the entire lobster industry out of business. Fighting back against those kinds of rules is the k...

Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal : Coinbase plans to try a novel defense against a potential US SEC enforcement action by arguing the regulator bears some responsibility for approving its IPO   —  Crypto exchange says regulators' lawsuit threat is undermined by clearance of IPO  —  With the Securities and Exchange Commission preparing …

A Virginia Democrat running for the state House of Delegates trashed parents who are involved in their children’s education as wanting to indoctrinate children in a video that has gone viral online. Jessica Anderson, a Democrat running for delegate in Virginia’s 71st district, posted a video amid the 2021 Old Dominion gubernatorial race where she attacked parents who are involved in their kids’ education while promoting former Gov.Terry McAuliffe for re-election. "I’m sorry, but I’ve seen some of the parents that live in Virginia," Anderson said. "You should not be dictating what your daughter and son’s curriculums look like." LOUDOUN COUNTY PARENTS EXPRESS OPPOSITION TO ALL-GENDER, SINGLE STALL BATHROOMS THAT COULD COST MILLIONS "If you want to do that, there’s a thing called homeschool. Indoctrinate them there, but not in my kids’ public schools," Anderson continued, before pleading with her audience to vote for McAuliffe. Anderson told Fox News D...

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch : Amazon expands Inspire, its TikTok-like video and photo feed in the Shopping app that lets users buy from influencer and brand content, to all US customers   —  Amazon's in-app TikTok-like shopping feed is now available to all customers in the United States, according to the company's website.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was roasted this week after his state banned natural gas hookups in new buildings over comments he made earlier this year downplaying the threat of such bans. "Nobody is taking away your gas stove," Schumer tweeted on Feb. 3. "Shameless and desperate MAGA Republicans are showing us they will cook up any distraction to divert from real issues the American people want solved, like the debt ceiling." His comments came after a President Biden-appointed member of the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission floated the idea of a nationwide ban on natural gas-powered stovetops , citing potential respiratory health concerns. The comments sparked outrage among Republicans, consumer advocacy groups and the gas industry and ultimately forced the White House to disavow any potential ban. However, on Wednesday, Schumer's home state of New York approved a sweeping $229 billion budget that prohibits gas hookups in new smalle...

David Pierce / The Verge : Mozilla expands its Mastodon instance to a private beta with strict moderation, saying the company is “not building another self-declared ‘neutral’ platform”   —  If you want to be a member of Mozilla.Social, Mozilla's new Mastodon instance, you're not allowed to harass other users.

COMMENTARY: After months of will they, won’t they, it was finally announced with great fanfare that Harry would attend the royal coronation .  Now Duchess Meghan, that was another thing. While she sits back idly waiting for an apology from the royals for making her relevant and internationally famous, she declined the invite to the event of the decade because she wanted to stay home for a 4-year old’s birthday party. Truthfully, can anyone recall their fourth birthday? After a batch of backfires in the PR stakes – with secret letters sent to King Charles to explain why she was such a monster on TV to Oprah, and then to explain the meaning behind it – this was the bombshell of the week. This was followed up with Meghan gushing about her chum for a social media talk. Then, if that were not quite enough, accidentally going out to a Lakers game and brushing away the rehearsed advances of her husband Prince Harry for the world to see on the "kiss cam." Well, that all failed ...

FIRST ON FOX: Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is calling out the NIH for "prioritizing" woke initiatives, such as promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and gender surgeries, demanding answers on how funds at the U.S.'s primary health research agency are allocated. "Instead of allocating critical funding towards important research efforts like Cancer Moonshot or the BRAIN Initiative, the NIH is using its $47.5 billion budget to fund initiatives and put forward messaging that caters to President Biden’s progressive base. These actions call into question the institutional integrity of the agency," Rubio wrote in a letter, which was exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, to NIH acting Director Lawrence Tabak on Thursday.  Rubio noted in his letter that the NIH has led the nation on health research through its "greatest health challenges," citing the agency’s development of an HIV vaccine last year and a new treatment option...

Bloomberg : Sources: Microsoft is helping finance AMD's expansion into AI chips and working with the chipmaker on Athena, Microsoft's homegrown processor for AI workloads   —  Microsoft Corp. is working with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on the chipmaker's expansion into artificial intelligence processors …

The first commercial video game and the first one marketed to girls are headed to the World Video Game Hall of Fame , alongside a post-apocalyptic nail-biter and a system that made gamers out of grandparents. Computer Space, Barbie Fashion Designer, The Last of Us and Wii Sports were announced Thursday as the Hall of Fame's class of 2023. The Hall of Fame honors arcade, console, computer, handheld and mobile games that have influenced popular culture or the video game industry. This year's additions bring to 40 the number of games to be enshrined since its opening at The Strong museum in 2015. The winners were voted in by a panel of experts from a field of finalists that also included Age of Empires, Angry Birds, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, FIFA International Soccer, Goldeneye 007, NBA 2K, Quake and Wizardry. Nutting Associates' coin-operated Computer Space appeared in 1971 as the first commercial video game and was recognized for proving that video games could reac...

FIRST ON FOX: Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul will release a book later this year that focuses on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, and argues that former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' director Dr. Anthony Fauci deceived the world about the disease. The book is called "Deception: The Great Covid Coverup" and will be released in October by Regnery Publishing, a Salem Media Group company and the publisher of numerous conservative books. "Covid-19 was deadly, but the real killer was the cover-up, led by Anthony Fauci — America’s most durable medical bureaucrat — who knew from the beginning the virus was likely genetically engineered and possibly leaked from a lab," Paul said in a statement in the publisher's news release. "He knew because he’d skirted regulations and funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan and elsewhere. We can’t allow Fauci and his yes-men to walk away from what they’ve done, or the next pandemic...

Hospitals in Wisconsin that don’t comply with federal price transparency regulations could be fined by state regulators under a new proposal from Republican lawmakers. State Sen. Mary Felzkowski and Rep. Robert Brooks began circulating the measure for co-sponsors on Wednesday. WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT RULES PATIENTS CAN NOT DEMAND IVERMECTIN TREATMENT FOR COVID The legislation would require Wisconsin hospitals to post online standard costs for at least 300 services that can be scheduled in advance. Violators would face state Department of Health Services fines ranging from $600 per day to $10,000 per day, depending on the hospital’s size. Felzkowski told reporters on Wednesday that the bill largely mirrors existing federal regulations but would allow the state to enforce them. She and Brooks said the bill would help create competition in the health care industry, leading to lower prices. WISCONSIN'S LEGISLATURE EXPECTED TO KILL LEGALIZED MARIJUANA, STADIUM RENOVATIONS WITH SI...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Pando, which develops supply chain management software, raised a $30M Series B led by Iron Pillar and Uncorrelated Ventures, bringing its total funding to $45M   —  Signaling that investments in the supply chain sector remain robust, Pando, a startup developing fulfillment management technologies …

Jamie Foxx has spoken out for the first time since suffering a "medical complication" in April. Foxx took to Instagram on Wednesday writing, "Appreciate all the love!!! Feeling blessed." He also thanked Nick Cannon for stepping into his role as the host of FOX's "Beat Shazam." Cannon and Kelly Osbourne have been tapped to take over Foxx's role on "Beat Shazam." Cannon will guest host for the sixth season, according to the show's Instagram, while Osbourne will be in the DJ booth for Foxx's daughter Corinne. APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST "'Beat Shazam' has been an unscripted mainstay on the FOX schedule for six season and counting," a statement shared by the show read. "This season, not wanting fans of the game show to miss a minute of the fun, Nick Cannon has offered to fill in as a guest host for his friends, Jamie and Corinne Foxx. Kelly Osbourne will be filling in as guest DJ." "Everyo...

The Texas state senate passed a bill that would give the state secretary the authority to order an election be redone if ballot shortages hinder voters. Texas Senate Bill 1993 grants the Texas secretary of state the right to redo elections in high-population counties if 2% or more of their polling locations are out of ballots for an hour. HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, ELECTION OFFICIAL PROMISES TO GET TO BOTTOM OF PAPER BALLOT SHORTAGES, DELAYED OPENINGS The bill is intended as a safeguard after multiple Harris County polling places experienced ballot shortages during the 2022 midterm election. Counties subject to the proposed law must have a population of at least 2.7 million residents. TEXAS SUPREME COURT ALLOWS HARRIS COUNTY TO COUNT 2,000 VOTES AFTER ELECTION DAY EXTENSION Harris County, which includes the city of Houston and has a population approaching 5 million, is the only Texas county to meet this requirement. The bill must now be approved by the Texas House of Represen...

Abner Li / 9to5Google : Gmail adds blue checkmarks for brands, indicating verified senders that adopted Google's Brand Indicators for Message Identification standard   —  After adding support for verified brand logos in 2021, Gmail is now going further by adding a blue checkmark to emails.

Is Meghan Markle gearing up for a Hollywood comeback? Some experts seem to think so. On April 27, the Duchess of Sussex became a crown jewel for WME and signed up for representation with the legendary agency, Variety reported. According to the outlet, numerous agency rivals attempted to land the former American actress since she and her husband Prince Harry moved to California in 2020. According to reports, Markle will make millions from the deal, which has been in the works for months. Page Six reported that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been spotted more frequently in Hollywood. Christopher Andersen, author of "The King," told Fox News Digital he suspects the mother of two will poise herself to be a power player in Tinseltown as her empire beyond palace doors strikes back. "If Meghan doesn’t end up hosting a daytime syndicated talk show, I'll be surprised," said Andersen. "She certainly seems well-suited to that role in particular, and I can e...

A Florida woman was arrested over the weekend after she assaulted Rep. Matt Gaetz , R-Fla., during an event at Miramar Beach. Authorities were called to the scene and arrested 41-year-old Selena Chambers of Tallahassee after it was "found she intentionally threw a glass of wine at Representative Gaetz after shouting obscenities at him," according to the Walton County Sheriff's Office . Law enforcement officials said Chambers was "charged with battery on an elected official and issued a $1,000 bond" before being released the following day. The assault took place as Gaetz and his wife were in attendance for the South Walton Beaches Wine and Food Festival. MATT GAETZ LAMBASTS SMEARS BY MSNBC, CNN OVER UNPROVEN ALLEGATIONS: 'A REFUGE FOR SCOUNDRELS AND WEIRDOS' Responding to the assault during his podcast, Gaetz, who has represented Florida's 1st Congressional District since 2017, said he will be pressing charges against the woman and will "ne...

Alex Konrad / Forbes : Inflection AI, founded by Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, and Karén Simonyan, debuts Pi, a chatbot that's more sounding board than “repackaged Wikipedia answer”   —  Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of the year-old startup that's already raised $225 million and claims to run …

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defended her decision to shut down a Minnesota critical mineral mine , saying that there were already a lot of jobs available for Americans. Haaland's remarks came in response to a question about her decision this year to ban mining across 225,504 acres near Duluth, Minnesota, from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing Tuesday afternoon. Hawley criticized the decision, highlighting the expected positive economic impacts of the project which its developer said would create more than 1,000 jobs. "Your decision to trade off our energy security in favor of a radical climate change agenda is making us more and more dependent on China. And, at the same time, you are blocking permits for mines in this country," Hawley said. "The jobs for blue collar workers in this nation are valuable resources. The livelihood and well-being of American families are valuable resources," the senator con...