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President Trump visited Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon to discuss his agenda for American workers, stressing a "no tax on tips" policy as the first week of his second term wraps up. Speaking from the Circa Resort and Casino, Trump appealed to the myriad of hospitality workers in Sin City during his speech. "Any worker who relies on tips [as] income, your tips will be 100% yours," Trump said. The Republican, who previously touted the policy as a 2024 campaign promise, also addressed Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo during the speech and bluntly asked him about how important the issue was during the November election. ‘FLOODING THE ZONE’ TRUMP HITS WARP SPEED IN FIRST WEEK BACK IN OFFICE "You think that had an impact on the election?" Trump asked. "What, a half a point? It's pretty big….nationwide over four million workers depend on tip income, including an estimated 700,000 single moms." "And here in Nevada…think of it, a quarter of the ...

Zeyi Yang / Wired : DeepSeek, which started as a deep-learning research branch of Chinese quant hedge fund High-Flyer, is now giving US AI giants a run for their money   —  When Chinese quant hedge fund founder Liang Wenfeng went into AI research, he took 10,000 Nvidia chips and assembled a team of young, ambitious talent.

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC : After pouring tens of millions into Trump's campaign, the crypto industry has been paid back handsomely during his first week back, with EOs, rule changes, more   —  Crypto executives, companies and investors are getting an early return on their investment in Donald Trump.

Caiwei Chen / MIT Technology Review : Rather than weakening China's AI capabilities, US sanctions appear to be driving startups like DeepSeek to innovate by prioritizing efficiency and collaboration   —  The AI community is abuzz over DeepSeek R1, a new open-source reasoning model.  —  The model was developed by the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek …

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology : An interview with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on why he doesn't believe we will have AGI in 2025, putting Google's assistants in smart glasses, and more   —  Q&A with the Google AI head and Nobel laureate on the state of artificial intelligence today, and where it's heading.

Some of President Donald Trump’s most controversial executive branch nominees are set to appear before Congressional committees next week. The commander-in-chief promises that they will shake up their respective departments if they are approved by the Senate.  Kashyap "Kash" Patel  has been nominated to be the FBI’s next director and will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, while Director of National Intelligence (DNI) pick Tulsi Gabbard has a hearing scheduled on the same day before the Senate Intelligence Committee. HEGSETH CLEARS SENATE HURDLE AND ADVANCES TO A FINAL CONFIRMATION VOTE Meanwhile, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., tapped to become director of the Department of Health and Human Services, will face questions on Wednesday from members of the Senate Finance Committee, which directly oversees the department. He’ll also appear before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee on Thursday for a courtesy hearing.  The Senate's "a...

Pranav Dixit / Business Insider : Apptopia: Meta's engagement is steady despite some calls for a Meta boycott over fact-checking and DEI changes; TikTok ban may have overshadowed user concerns   —  - Meta's engagement is steady after the company cut fact-checking and diversity programs.  — A potential TikTok ban might'v …