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A dramatic video shows Zohran Mamdani chased out of a New York City square after an angry protester accused him of antisemitism and demanded he disavow Hezbollah and Sharia law. In the video shared on X, the self-identified socialist Democrat NYC mayoral candidate is seen getting cornered in Manhattan's Foley Square on Friday as protesters shout and beat drums. His security agents usher him through the square toward a waiting vehicle while a man trails close, yelling, "Denounce Hezbollah ! Denounce Sharia law!" ISRAEL CALLS PROMINENT DEMOCRAT ‘MOUTHPIECE FOR HAMAS’ IN BLISTERING OCT. 7 POST Protesters can be heard calling Mamdani an "antisemite" and refuse to back down as he follows him. When Mamdani’s security intervenes, they form a protective barrier to guide him into a car, which then leaves the square. One protester holding a flag is seen pushing up to what looks like another security team member near the vehicle. Mamdani had been speaking at Foley S...

Nikkei Asia : SEMI: US chip fab investment to outpace China, Taiwan, and South Korea from 2027, driven by AI demand and US policies, rising from $21B in 2025 to $43B in 2028   —  PHOENIX, Arizona — U.S. semiconductor investment is set to outpace that of major chip economies China, Taiwan and South Korea …

Stephen Witt / New York Times : Interviews with security researchers about AI's potential for large-scale destruction, as experts remain divided and global regulatory frameworks lag   —  How much do we have to fear from A.I., really?  It's a question I've been asking experts since the debut of ChatGPT in late 2022.

Wall Street Journal : Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch has left to join Meta; he reportedly declined Zuckerberg's offer of a $1.5B+ package in August   —  Andrew Tulloch is the latest big-name AI researcher to join the social-media giant  —  A co-founder of Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab …

New York Attorney General Letitia James faced an avalanche of criticism on social media Thursday following news she was indicted for mortgage fraud as many conservatives brought up past tweets of her taunting then presidential candidate Donald Trump for being indicted. "Roses are red. Violets are blue. No one is above the law. Even when you think the rules don’t apply to you. Happy Valentine’s Day!" James  posted on X in February 2024, days before Trump was barred from operating his business in New York for three years and was found liable for more than $350 million in damages in the civil fraud case brought against him, his family and the Trump Organization by James. The trial was labeled by Trump and many conservatives as politically motivated, and on Wednesday, James herself was  indicted for alleged mortgage fraud, prompting conservatives to mock the attorney general over her previous claims on social media that "no one is above the law." "This aged p...

Suzanne Smalley / The Record : Austria's privacy regulator finds that Microsoft violated EU law by illegally tracking students through its Microsoft 365 Education software   —  Austria's data protection authority on Wednesday ruled that Microsoft illegally tracked students using its education software by failing to give …

Top Justice Department officials urged FBI staff in northeastern Illinois to stay focused on a major federal immigration enforcement operation this week, as persistent civil unrest and feuding politicians threaten to interfere with President Donald Trump's crackdown on crime. During a tour of the Chicago field office and an interview with Fox News Digital, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche discussed "Operation Midway Blitz," the federal effort facing fierce resistance from protesters and local leaders. Speaking inside a command post the size of a large classroom, Blanche told personnel it had become "obvious" that Chicago is "for now, a kind of ground zero in an escalating assault on law enforcement." "I don't say that to be flippant or to be political," Blanche said. "I say that because what we were seeing is a tremendous effort, an organized effort, by domestic terrorists to actually injure and hu...

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology : Q&A with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on Gemini Enterprise, AI's labor implications, hype around AI agents, AI industry's circular investments, and more   —  What's going wrong in the AI enterprise rollout, and what fundamentals are needed to make it work, according to the Google Cloud chief.

Masha Abarinova / Fierce Network : Verizon agrees to buy Starry, which provides home internet via millimeter wave tech to ~100K customers and filed for bankruptcy in 2023, for an undisclosed sum   —  Verizon Starry acquisition fixed wireless access  — Verizon is buying FWA provider Starry for an undisclosed sum

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reminded business leaders on Wednesday that socialism already failed New York City when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y., and progressive activists rallied against Amazon's plan to build a headquarters in Queens. During Crain’s New York Business mayoral forum Wednesday morning, less than one month away from Election Day, Cuomo railed against the threat that Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani's policies pose to the city's economy.  "We are not socialists," Cuomo said. "We all saw the foreshadowing of the danger of this philosophy when we lost the Amazon project in Queens and 50,000 jobs due to socialist opposition."  Cuomo told business leaders New York City is at a crossroads — it will either "decline dramatically" under Mamdani or "pivot and actually see a rebirth." CUOMO CALLS NYC MAYORAL RIVAL 'DANGEROUS,' WARNS SOCIALISM WOULD BE 'DEATH KNELL' FOR CITY "My ...

Alex Konrad / Upstarts Media : New York-based Crosby, a law firm that uses AI to help speed up the contracts process, raised a $20M Series A co-led by Index Ventures, BCV, and Elad Gil   —  Crosby, led by lawyer turned founder Ryan Daniels, has raised a $20 million Series A from Index and Bain Capital Ventures to expand its AI-assisted legal work.

President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that a "substantial" number of jobs will be permanently lost if the government shutdown continues, as he ripped the Democratic Party for having "no leader."  Trump, speaking alongside Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House, said, "We have a lot of things that we're going to eliminate and permanently eliminate."  "I'll be able to tell you that in four or five days if this keeps going on… If this keeps going on, it'll be substantial. And a lot of those jobs will never come back. But you're going to have a lot closer to a balanced budget, actually," Trump added.  The president has blamed Democrats for the government shutdown that began at 12:01 a.m. ET last Wednesday.  TRUMP SAYS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN LAYOFFS ARE 'UP TO' DEMS AS STANDOFF CONTINUES   "Because of the shutdown, which I think they made a big mistake, we're able to take out billions and billions o...

Bloomberg : Michel Devoret, a Google Quantum AI chief scientist, John Martinis, who left Google in 2020, and John Clarke win the Nobel in Physics for quantum computing work   —  Two physicists integral to efforts by Alphabet Inc.'s Google to build working quantum computers have been awarded the Nobel Prize …

A moderate Democratic congressman who Republicans consider one of the most vulnerable House Democrats running for re-election next year is now facing a primary challenge from the left. Maine state auditor Matt Dunlap on Monday launched a 2026 bid for the U.S. House in Maine's 2nd Congressional District against four-term Democratic Rep. Jared Golden. The announcement by Dunlap complicates Golden's bid for re-election in a mostly rural district that President Donald Trump comfortably carried in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections. And it gives Republicans further hope they can flip one of their top-targeted districts in next year's midterms as they aim to not only defend but expand their fragile House majority. NEW TWIST IN THE MOST COMBUSTIBLE REPUBLICAN SENATE PRIMARY IN THE COUNTRY Golden is currently facing off with former two-term Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who right now has a clear glidepath to the GOP nomination in Maine , and the race between LePage and Golden ...

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch : OpenAI launches AgentKit, a toolkit for building and deploying AI agents, including Agent Builder, which Sam Altman described as like Canva for building agents   —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday announced the launch of AgentKit, a toolkit for building and deploying AI agents, at the firm's Dev Day event.

Jay Peters / The Verge : OpenAI unveils a new feature in preview to let developers build apps that work directly inside ChatGPT, starting with Spotify, Figma, Expedia, and more   —  Right within a ChatGPT conversation, you'll be able to chat with apps like Spotify, Canva, and Zillow.

Financial Times : Robinhood is expanding aggressively in the UK, releasing low-cost investment products and seeking to launch its prediction market products in the country   —  US broker in talks with regulator about bringing its products to Britain  —  US broker Robinhood is taking aim at Hargreaves Lansdown …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Sunday he will sue the Trump administration over the deployment of 300 California National Guard personnel to Oregon. "We’re suing Donald Trump. His deployment of the California National Guard to Oregon isn’t about crime. It’s about power. He is using our military as political pawns to build up his own ego," Newsom wrote in a post on X. "It’s appalling. It’s un-American. And it must stop," he added. The move comes just one day after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to deploy Oregon National Guard troops in Portland. TRUMP'S 'WAR-RAVAGED PORTLAND' NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT HALTED BY FEDERAL JUDGE OVER AUTHORITY CONCERNS "In response to a federal court order that blocked his attempt to federalize the Oregon National Guard, President Trump is deploying 300 California National Guard personnel into Oregon. They are on their way there now," Newsom, a Democrat, wrote in a statement...

Chase DiFeliciantonio / Politico : Insiders detail negotiations between politicians, tech and AI companies, VCs, and others over California's SB 53, the first-in-the-nation AI safety law   —  The process also highlighted the stakes for the top Democrats involved: Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential contender, and the bill's author …