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Business Standard : Sources: Google is offering to relist the apps of ten big Indian developers on the Play Store if they agree to route any payments through their own websites   —  Play Store to host apps for free without using Google's payment system  —  Google Inc, according to sources, is offering ten key developers …

Former President Trump is leading President Biden in a new poll from the New York Times/Sienna College released Saturday, with voters saying they have little confidence in Biden's leadership. The survey found that 43% of respondents said they would vote for Biden if the election were held today, while 48% said they would vote for Trump. The poll further found that 47% of respondents "strongly disapprove" of Biden's handling of the presidency, in addition to 14% who said they "somewhat disapprove." Just 17% stated that they "strongly approve" of Biden's handling of the job. NYT and Sienna conducted the poll from Feb. 25-28, surveying 980 registered voters across the country. The poll was conducted in both English and Spanish using cellphones and landline telephones. It advertised a margin of error of 4%. POLLS SHOW BIDEN FACING 'ENTHUSIASM GAP' HEADING INTO 2024 ELECTION SEASON EX-ICE CHIEF SCOFFS AT HOCHUL'S SUDDEN OUTRAGE OVE...

Michael Larabel / Phoronix : AMD is unable to release an open source HDMI 2.1 implementation after the HDMI Forum rejected its proposal; the forum closed public specification access in 2021   —  One of the limitations of AMD's open-source Linux graphics driver has been the inability to implement HDMI 2.1+ functionality …

Two left-wing  climate activists  have been hit with felony charges after defacing the U.S. Constitution's display case. The Department of Justice announced on Friday that Donald Zepeda of Maryland and Jackson Green of Utah have been charged with felony destruction of government property following a climate change stunt that involved dumping red powder on the encasement protecting the U.S. Constitution in the National Archives Rotunda. "The National Archives Rotunda is the sanctuary for our nation's founding documents," Dr. Colleen Shogan, Archivist of the  United States , said in a statement following the incident. "They are here for all Americans to view and understand the principles of our nation. We take such vandalism very seriously and we will insist that the perpetrators be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."  NATIONAL ARCHIVES ROTUNDA EVACUATED AFTER CLIMATE ACTIVISTS DUMP PINK POWDER ON CASE HOLDING US CONSTITUTION The duo's vandal...

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : Threads says it will make its API broadly available to developers by June and is currently testing it with some partners, including Techmeme and Hootsuite   —  Meta-owned social network Threads said today that it will make its API broadly available to developers by June.

FIRST ON FOX: Democrats are rubbing salt in the wound when it comes to their massive fundraising advantage over Republicans as the GOP attempts to use its money troubles to fire up would-be donors. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has started running digital ads admitting that it "can't afford" to go toe-to-toe with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) as both parties move deeper into a crucial election year. "Here’s the honest truth: things aren’t looking too good for Republicans. The Democrats are outraising us. They will be able to buy ads in markets we can’t afford, and they will OUTSPEND US. We are gearing up for the election of our lifetime," the ad running on X says. BALLOT HARVESTING, POLL WATCHERS AND MORE: LARA TRUMP REVEALS HER PLAN TO TURBOCHARGE RNC The ad has drawn the attention of the DNC, which told Fox News Digital on Friday it was evidence of how "desperate" the RNC is. "In response to RNC’s dire financial situat...

A top House Republican lawmaker is preparing to circumvent Speaker Mike Johnson, R– La., to force a vote on a bill related to Ukraine aid and U.S. border security. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., co-chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus , said that he was preparing the legislative maneuver as a fail-safe in the event Johnson does not bring a Ukraine aid bill to the floor. "It’s existential, it’s time-sensitive. Whether it’s our [bill] or somebody else’s, we’ve just got to get the money out the door," Fitzpatrick told reporters on Thursday morning. Traditionally, House leadership of the majority party controls which bills get put up for a vote. However, the measure Fitzpatrick filed, known as a discharge petition, would allow rank-and-file members to force a vote on certain legislation with the support of a simple House majority. NATO CHIEF, EUROPEAN ALLIES DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM MACRON SUGGESTION OF TROOP DEPLOYMENT INTO UKRAINE Before it can be activated, how...

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat : Alibaba researchers detail EMO, or Emote Portrait Alive, an AI system that can create realistic talking and singing videos from portrait photos   —  Researchers at Alibaba's Institute for Intelligent Computing have developed a new artificial intelligence system called “EMO,” …

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Tim Cook says Apple will “break new ground” on generative AI this year; Apple shareholders reject a request for report into whether Apple is using AI ethically   —  - Shareholders approve recommendations for board, executive pay  — Longtime directors Al Gore and James Bell officially step down

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., ripped into President Biden 's signature economic policy, known as Bidenomics, on Fox News' "Hannity" Monday night and likened Biden's poll numbers to an STD. Sean Hannity asked Kennedy about the current state of the economy as inflation continues to pick the pockets of Americans.  Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals significant price hikes across various sectors, with grocery prices rising by 20% and home prices increasing by 18%. Energy costs have surged, with gasoline prices jumping by 52%, fuel oil by 45%, and electricity by 26%.  HERE'S HOW BIDENOMICS IS CRUSHING DREAMS OF AMERICAN FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES "When you think of this number, that Americans spend more on food, more of their income as a percentage on food than at any other point in the past 30 years, Senator. I think those people see and feel the real impact of ‘Bidenomics’ in real-time. Will they get away with this shifting of blame?"...

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal : Cox Enterprises is buying OpenGov in a deal valuing the company, which provides cloud software for cities and state agencies, at $1.8B   —  Cable giant is buying OpenGov, a provider of software for cities and state agencies  —  Cox Enterprises is buying OpenGov in a deal that values …

The Economic Times : Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi about the Indian market, competition, achieving profitability, regrets about selling UberEats in India, regulations, more   —  Dara Khosrowshahi took over as the CEO of Uber Technologies in 2017, when the mobility firm was in its most controversial period.

There is growing frustration among the 11 House impeachment managers about when they will present their articles to the Senate in the case of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.  House managers serve as "prosecutors" and argue the impeachment case before the Senate .  One impeachment manager told Fox they had been given "no clear guidance" about the roles they might play or when the House may even transmit the articles to the Senate.  Fox was told the earliest the Senate could begin a trial is Wednesday. However, the decision lies at the feet of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).  RANCHER SOUNDS ALARM ON ‘ROUTE’ FOR TERROR AS MAYORKAS DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR MASS BORDER CROSSINGS Some House Republicans – and some impeachment managers – are itching to get started, but that could backfire without preparation. Fox was told two weeks ago that House impeachment managers believed they might meet late last week to prep and organize – even doing "...

Clothilde Goujard / Politico : A year after EU governments moved to restrict TikTok over security concerns, politicians are flocking to the app to attract the youth vote in upcoming elections   —  A year after banning the Chinese-owned app, Europe's politicians are popping up on TikTok to fight for re-election.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said the Ukraine aid package that hangs in the balance after clearing the Senate with bipartisan support is critical for U.S. munitions production amid concern of a shortage.  Fox News host Shannon Bream asked Sullivan to respond to concerns voiced by Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, at the Munich Security Conference last week. Vance, who reportedly skipped out on a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the conference, advocated for a "negotiated peace" with Russia, raising concern that the United States does not make enough munitions to support a war in Eastern Europe , a war in the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, "and potentially a contingency in East Asia" if China were to invade Taiwan.  "What is the president's plan for rebuilding this gap now in weaponry – so we can help our allies, so we can protect ourselves?" Bream asked, citing a recent report published by Defense News c...

EXCLUSIVE: Senate Minority Whip John Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican leader, is endorsing former President Donald Trump for re-election. It’s a key win for Trump from the establishment wing of the Republican Party. The South Dakota Republican is Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s top deputy in the Senate GOP. "The primary results in South Carolina make clear that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for president in this year’s pivotal presidential election. The choice before the American people is crystal clear: It’s Donald Trump or Joe Biden," Thune told Fox News Digital. TRUMP MOVES CLOSER TO LOCKING UP GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION WITH 20-POINT WIN IN SOUTH CAROLINA "I support former President Trump's campaign to win the presidency, and I intend to do everything I can to see that he has a Republican majority in the Senate working with him to restore American strength at home and abroad," he continued. "Together we must put an end to the d...

A new book detailing the evolving role of the first lady in the 21st century argues that former first lady Melania Trump engaged in a "power struggle" with her stepdaughter Ivanka Trump when Donald Trump was president.  "For her four years in the White House, Melania would wage an internal power struggle with her stepdaughter. Melania called her ‘the princess’ so frequently that a coterie of East Wing aides had adopted the nickname," the book "American Woman" writes.  "American Woman," authored by New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers, will officially hit store shelves Tuesday and examines how the role of first lady has evolved this century, focusing much of the book on first lady Jill Biden.   Fox News Digital reviewed the book before its release, and found it details an alleged struggle for power between former President Trump’s wife and daughter. The book argues that Melania Trump was "going to do her own thing" u...