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Lee Jung-joo / The Korea Herald : A fire at South Korea's National Information Resources Service's data center shut down 647 government IT systems, disrupting services such as postal banking   —  Covering social issues on Seoul, civil security, climate  —  A fire at the National Information Resources Service's data center …

Jyoti Mann / Business Insider : Leaked Meta internal document shows updated training protocols for its AI chatbot to refuse any prompts involving sexual roleplay with minors   —  - A leaked Meta document shows how its AI chatbot should respond to child sexual exploitation prompts.  — It now says the chatbot should refuse …

A Republican lawmaker is sounding the alarm after her son’s high school aired segments on its student-run television program regarding "Bisexual Plus Awareness Week." Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, posted on X about the segment, saying that it was "so bad and inappropriate" that she refused to share it. "As a mom and as a legislator, I am so appalled the school is promoting sexual content to minors. What administrators approved this content on the morning news program the entire student body watches every morning? Why were parents not made aware of this explicit content our children would be forced to watch? I will be calling for an investigation through the Dept. of Education and working with Governor Reynolds to ensure accountability — stay tuned," she wrote. TEXAS LAWMAKER SLAMS TEXAS A&M AFTER STUDENT ALLEGEDLY REMOVED FROM CLASS FOR CHALLENGING TRANSGENDER LESSON The Sept. 25 segment began with a student saying that Spectrum, the name of the sch...

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg : OpenAI executives working on Stargate say that it costs about $50B to build a data center with roughly 1 GW of capacity, with $35B going toward AI chips   —  Sam Altman and his partners intend to get creative to cover the growing cost of data centers and chips for AI.  But first...  Three things to know:

The Transportation Department is making major changes to eligibility requirements for non-domiciled commercial learner’s permits (CLPs) and commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs). This comes amid an ongoing audit carried out by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Under the new rules, noncitizens will not be able to get a non-domiciled CDL unless they meet a stricter set of requirements, which include an employment-based visa. The department is also instituting "a mandatory federal immigration status check using the SAVE system." Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the move on Friday and said that what his department uncovered in its investigation of licensing practices "should disturb and anger every American." 'ENGLISH ISN'T OPTIONAL': SENATE GOP BILL TAKES AIM AT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCKERS AFTER FLORIDA CRASH "Licenses to operate a massive, 80,000-pound truck are being issued to dangerous foreign drivers — often ti...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Sources: Apple has developed an internal ChatGPT-like iPhone app, code-named Veritas, to help test and prepare for a major Siri overhaul next year   —  Apple Inc. has developed a ChatGPT-like iPhone app to help test and prepare for a long-anticipated overhaul of Siri coming next year, according to people familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump reiterated his support for New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli on Thursday, while also slamming the Democratic candidate, U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, in the process.  "Wow!!! A just out poll has Jack Ciattarelli essentially beating close to incompetent [Mikie] Sherrill in the race for Governor of New Jersey," Trump claimed, misspelling Sherrill's first name as "Mike" in the post . Trump endorsed Ciattarelli earlier this year ahead of the former state lawmaker's victory in the Republican gubernatorial primary. "Jack is tough on crime and cutting taxes, two things that people really demand today," Trump added. "He will be a GREAT Governor, and Sherrill wants Open Borders (again!), men playing in Women’s Sports, Transgender for everyone, and all of the things that almost DESTROYED America. She is a big supporter of the perhaps future Communist Mayor of New York City! We need Jack in New Jersey!!...

Jeff John Roberts / Fortune : Source: cryptocurrency exchange Kraken quietly closed a $500M funding round at a $15B valuation, including from co-CEO Arjun Sethi's Tribe Capital   —  “My neighbors think I'm under house arrest,” observes Arjun Sethi.  It's not hard to see why.  On the driveway of Sethi's comfortable Menlo Park home …

Vice President JD Vance said that those who denigrate law enforcement are encouraging "crazy people to go and commit violence," after a shooter opened fire at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on Wednesday in Dallas.  "You don't have to agree with my immigration policies. You don't have to agree with Donald Trump's immigration policies. But if your political rhetoric encourages violence against our law enforcement, you can go straight to hell," Vance said Wednesday during a trip to North Carolina. "And you have no place in the political conversation of the United States of America."  "If you want to stop political violence, stop attacking our law enforcement as the Gestapo," Vance said. "If you want to stop political violence, stop telling your supporters that everybody who disagrees with you is a Nazi. If you want to stop political violence, look in the mirror. That's the way that we stop political viol...

Emma Roth / The Verge : YouTube adds a “hide” button to let users dismiss recommendation pop-ups that appear at the end of videos, following user feedback that pop-ups were distracting   —  You can hit the ‘hide’ button to get rid of video suggestions that often cover up the video you're watching.

Jurors on Tuesday delivered a guilty verdict for Ryan Routh on all charges after he attempted to assassinate then-presidential candidate  Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club last September.  After the verdict was read, Routh reportedly appeared to try to stab himself in the neck with a pen before four U.S. Marshals restrained him. His daughter, Sara Routh, reportedly stood up and said: "Don’t do anything. I will get you out. What the f---, f---, he didn’t hurt anybody. This is not fair. This is all rigged – you guys are a--holes." The jury was still in the room at the time.  Routh, 59, was charged on five federal criminal counts, including attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer, and multiple firearms offenses. The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.  Jurors deliberated for several hours before returning to the court with a verdict. The update comes after a nearly three-week trial. Prose...

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch : Filing: Indian ride-hailing app Rapido doubled its valuation to $2.3B after Swiggy offloaded its 12% Rapido stake for ~$270M in a secondary share sale   —  Rapido, a popular ride-hailing platform in India that competes with Uber, has doubled its valuation to $2.3 billion following a secondary share sale by food delivery giant Swiggy.

Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year, said he would not take the stand in his own criminal case on Monday — the strongest sign yet that the defense is preparing to rest its case and kick the trial into its final phase before jury deliberation. Routh, 59, has been representing himself in the federal criminal trial. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer, and possession of a firearm, among other crimes. If convicted, he could face life in prison.  He previously floated the possibility that he could testify on his own behalf — a risky strategy that would have waived his Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination, and opened him up to cross-examination by federal prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon asked Routh repeatedly Monday morning whether he’d had enough time to consider...

Jennifer Elias / CNBC : On the H-1B fee, Jensen Huang says he's “glad” to see “Trump making the moves he's making”; Sam Altman says “outlining financial incentives seems good to me”   —  Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday commented on President Donald Trump's decision …

FBI Director Kash Patel announced Sunday that his agency is investigating "theories and questions" related to the Sept. 10 assassination of Charlie Kirk. In a social media post on X, Patel affirmed that he is "committed to ensuring the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s assassination is thorough and exhaustive." "We are examining every facet of this assassination," the official said, before addressing some of the theories that have circulated in recent days. "We are meticulously investigating theories and questions, including the location from where the shot was taken, the possibility of accomplices, the text message confession and related conversations, Discord chats, the angle of the shot and bullet impact, how the weapon was transported, hand gestures observed as potential ‘signals' near Charlie at the time of his assassination, and visitors to the alleged shooter’s residence in the hours and days leading up to September 10, 2025." KAS...

Martin Arnold / Financial Times : The UK FCA has improved its crypto registration process, reducing approval times and increasing acceptance rate after criticism it was too slow and restrictive   —  Regulators in Britain are facing calls to be more accommodating to the fast-growing sector  —  The UK financial watchdog …

Nikita Ostrovsky / Time : UK-based startup Mantic ranked #8 in the Metaculus forecasting cup that asks entrants to predict 60 geopolitical events, the first time an AI made the top 10   —  Reactions to Kimmel's suspension, Trump publicly rebukes Putin, and more … For Vassalo, AIs' unfair advantage solves …