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Steve Nadis / Quanta Magazine : In two recent papers, researchers detail a new breakthrough to speed up matrix multiplication, potentially leading to savings in computational power and money   —  By eliminating a hidden inefficiency, computer scientists have come up with a new way to multiply large matrices that's faster than ever.

A pro-Palestinian protester rushed the stage as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke at an arts festival in the nation's capital on Friday morning. Bowser was at a podium to announce the start of Aromatic's weekend community art exhibit on M Street when video shows two demonstrators charging at the stage. One woman managed to get on stage carrying a "DC 4 CEASEFIRE" sign before she was removed by security. "Oh, here we go. Thank you. Whoa, whoa, whoa," Bowser says as the woman charges right for her. The protester got within feet of Bowser's microphone when she was stopped by security. She can be heard shouting, "D.C. artists against apartheid" as she was led away, video obtained by FOX 5 DC shows. PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT SOTU NEAR CAPITOL: ‘BIDEN’S LEGACY IS GENOCIDE Bowser remained at the podium while security took the woman away before making an exit. She returned to the stage several minutes later. She did not address ...

The Kentucky Senate voted on Thursday to expand insurance coverage for people seeking treatment for stuttering, and the bill's sponsor credited a former basketball star with the assist. The Senate action to advance the bill came after Michael Kidd-Gilchrist endorsed the measure at a Senate committee hearing. Kidd-Gilchrist played on a national championship team at the University of Kentucky and then spent several years playing in the NBA . But it's his willingness to open up about his own struggles with stuttering that won praise Thursday. TENNESSEE POLICE SEARCHING KENTUCKY LANDFILL IN CONNECTION WITH DISAPPEARANCE OF MISSING AUTISTIC TEEN "He's a hero and a game-changer for using his position and his influence to do good for people that don't have the resources that he had access to," said Republican state Sen. Whitney Westerfield. Westerfield said his bill aims to help many more Kentuckians receive the treatment they need. "There are a lot of Ken...

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac : Epic says Apple has reinstated its developer account, clearing the way for its Epic Games Store in the EU; Tim Sweeney says the move followed a swift EU inquiry   —  After a whirlwind of events, Epic Games says Apple has reinstated their App Store developer account.

FIRST ON FOX: South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed permitless carry into law Thursday, marking the second Republican-led state in two days to adopt constitutional carry gun laws.  "This new law will provide strict increased penalties for illegal gun use and possession by criminals. Now, law enforcement, prosecutors and judges can keep career violent criminals behind bars where they belong, where they can no longer hurt innocent South Carolinians," McMaster said this week of the legislation.  The NRA- backed bill allows eligible citizens 18 and older to carry a firearm in public without gaining approval and a permit from the government. The state Senate passed the bill Wednesday in a 28-18 vote, while the state House passed the legislation the day prior, with lawmakers voting 86-33. The bill’s primary sponsor, Republican state Rep. Bobby J. Cox, told Fox News Digital that the signing of the legislation marks "a long and hard-fought victory for South Carolina....

A Republican Senate candidate in Ohio is taking fire from his political opponents in the GOP Senate primary over an alleged scheduled meeting with No Labels, a third-party political group known for promoting liberal positions on gun control, abortion and other issues. The controversy started earlier this week when NBC News reporter Henry Gomez posted a screenshot of an email from No Labels promoting a Zoom call with Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose on Tuesday night and touting him as the group’s "longtime friend" who would be a better choice as an "independent senator" then Trump endorsed businessman Bernie Moreno whom the group called a "Trump senator." The news generated criticism on social media, including from Moreno, who argued that a true conservative would not meet with No Labels. "No real conservative would be caught dead begging pro-amnesty and pro-gun control No Labels to fund their Senate campaign," businessman Bernie Moreno pos...

Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE : Denver-based Todyl, a networking and cybersecurity startup focused on SMBs, raised a $50M Series B led by Base10 Partners, bringing its total funding to $83.8M   —  Networking and security startup Todyl Inc. said today it has raised $50 million in new funding to grow its cybersecurity platform …

Rep. Dean Phillips on Wednesday dropped out of 2024 Democratic race for the White House, halting his steep uphill primary challenge against President Biden. The move comes after the three-term congressman from Minnesota suffered dismal results on Super Tuesday, when 15 states from coast to coast – including his home state – held Democratic presidential nominating contests. "I ran for Congress in 2018 to resist Donald Trump, I was trapped in the Capitol in 2021 because of Donald Trump, and I ran for President in 2024 to resist Donald Trump again - because Americans were demanding an alternative, and democracy demands options," Phillips wrote on X. "But it is clear that alternative is not me. And it is clear that Joe Biden is OUR candidate and OUR opportunity to demonstrate what type of country America is and intends to be." "I ask you join me in mobilizing, energizing, and doing everything you can to help keep a man of decency and integrity in the White House...

Punchbowl News : The White House is backing a bipartisan bill that would force ByteDance to sell TikTok if it wants to remain in US app stores   —  The Biden White House is backing a bipartisan bill that could lead to a ban on the hugely popular social media app TikTok in the United States.

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac : In letter to Epic, Apple's lawyers cite Tim Sweeney's public attacks, including an X post, and say Epic is part of a “global effort to undermine” Apple's rules   —  In the latest installment of Things No One Should Lose Sleep Over, Epic Games says Apple has taken down its newly reinstated developer account in the EU.

Georgia's 2024 elections kicked into high gear Monday with the start of qualifying for state and federal offices. Dozens of candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties streamed to the state Capitol to sign papers and pay their qualifying fees, while those running for nonpartisan posts and as independents lined up across the street to qualify with the secretary of state's office. Candidates have until noon Friday to sign up. While the presidential contest will top Georgia's November ballots, all 14 of the state's congressional seats, plus its 56 state Senate seats and 180 state House seats are also up for grabs . Parties will decide their nominees in primaries on May 21, the same day Georgia will elect judges and other nonpartisan offices. Runoffs will be held on June 18 for any offices in which a candidate doesn't win a majority on May 21. FULTON COUNTY, GA, STILL DEALING WITH DAMAGE LEFT BY JANUARY RANSOMWARE CYBERATTACK Because of court-ordered redis...

Tom Warren / The Verge : Microsoft will end support for its Android subsystem in Windows 11 on March 5, 2025, and consequently, for the Amazon Appstore on Windows as well   —  Microsoft is ending support for its Android subsystem in Windows 11 next year.  The software giant first announced it was bringing Android apps …

The Kentucky House passed a bill Friday aimed at curbing unruliness on school buses by requiring student and parental buy-in to transportation policies and setting clear consequences for misbehavior. The measure sailed through the House on a 93-1 vote to advance to the Senate. Supporters said the goal is to offer relief to beleaguered bus drivers by setting expectations for students and parents. Misbehavior on school buses was termed a statewide issue, but the House discussion focused on Kentucky's largest school system , in Louisville. In November, the district was forced to cancel nearly 100 routes after bus drivers organized a sickout and 143 called off work, with student behavior cited as among their biggest concerns, the Courier Journal of Louisville reported. UPDATED KENTUCKY BUDGET WITH INCREASED SCHOOL BUS FUNDING ADVANCES TO HOUSE Setting accountability is crucial to getting the problem under control, Republican Rep. Kevin Bratcher said. "Accountability — what ha...

Matt Binder / Mashable : After Elon Musk assured right-wingers like Libs of TikTok that X's anti-trans hate policy wouldn't affect them, X updates it with “where required by local laws”   —  Musk spent the weekend assuring right-wing users that the policy won't affect them.  Now, it's been officially changed.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in a case that will determine whether former President Trump can be kicked off Colorado’s state primary ballot for allegedly interfering in the 2020 election could arrive as early as Monday.  The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in December that Trump is disqualified from being president again and ineligible for the state's primary – which is Tuesday. Trump, who has since been barred from primary ballots in Illinois and Maine, has challenged the Colorado court’s decision. The state’s highest court was the first to invoke Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, a post-Civil War constitutional provision aimed at preventing those who "engaged in insurrection" from holding office. Until now, the Supreme Court has never ruled on the provision. The potential resolution of the case on Monday, a day before Super Tuesday contests in 16 states, would remove uncertainty about whether votes for Trump, the leading Republican candidate for president, will ul...

Marah Eakin / Wired : A profile of Lanny Smoot, Disney's only research fellow, who holds 100+ patents and has built an omnidirectional HoloTile Floor to allow users to walk in VR   —  If you've ever seen a lightsaber at a Disney park or marveled at BB-8, you've seen Lanny Smoot's work.

Border officials encountered upwards of 14,000 illegal migrants at the southern border between Saturday and Friday, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources.  Leading the encounters was the Tucson, Arizona, sector, with more than 2,000 apprehensions of illegal immigrants, per reporting from Fox News’ Bill Melugin.  And that’s on top of more than 1,000 gotaways on Saturday.  The figures have followed a trend since President Biden took office, whereby illegal border crossings dip around January and February, then tick back up in March, before exploding in the spring.  "If no action is taken – buckle up for the rest of the year, if the last 3 years are any indication," Melugin tweeted. "Especially if migrants feel they need to get in before Biden is potentially voted out of office." The figures come as the border has become central to the 2024 presidential election. President Joe Biden and the presumed GOP nominee, former President Donald T...

Lawmakers are finally rolling out a bill to fund part of the federal government for fiscal year 2024 on Sunday, bringing Congress closer to averting a partial government shutdown come March 8. If passed it will take Congress another step toward putting to bed a battle that's led to historic levels of dysfunction, particularly within the House of Representatives. The 1,050-page legislation is a package of six bills dealing with departments and agencies whose funding expires on Friday – dealing with agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); the Departments of Justice and Commerce; Energy and Water Development; the Department of the Interior; and Transportation and housing. Both Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., were quick to claim victory after the deal was announced. Johnson’s office touted modest cuts to key agencies that have been criticized by conservatives, including a 10% cut to the Environmental Protection Agency (...