Ben Affleck tried to make acting a 9-to-5 job because he hated spending time away from his kids
Ben Affleck at the world premiere of “The Accountant 2” at SXSW. Ben Affleck said he adapted his filmmaking career into a 9-to-5 job so that he could spend more time with his three teenage children. In a new GQ interview, Affleck said he realized that being present as a parent was important to him,…
Trump declared April 2 ‘Liberation Day.’ Here are all the tariffs he’s threatening to impose.
President Donald Trump said he’ll impose a range of tariffs on April 2. President Donald Trump has been clear: his big tariff day isn’t an April Fool’s joke. For weeks, Trump has said that April 2 — a date intentionally set so as not to fall on April 1 — will be “Liberation Day” for…
A Big Law firm hired a conservative legal superstar to fight back against Trump’s executive order in court
Paul Clement is representing Wilmer Hale against Trump’s war on Big Law. Two law firms targeted by President Donald Trump launched legal counterattacks against the White House on Friday over executive orders designed to make their work harder — with one hiring a top conservative attorney to plead their case. In February, Trump started issuing…
‘This is our space race’: Meta CTO says AI is a modern-day moonshot that the US should pour ‘as much fuel on as we can’
The CTO of Meta said the push towards advanced AI is the current space race. One of Meta’s top execs believes that the international push to reach advanced AI systems is the current equivalent of the moonshot. “The people we’re discussing, especially China, are highly capable,” Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said on a recent episode…
I visited Social Security offices to see if there was any DOGE-fueled confusion
I visited Social Security offices in New York to see if there was any DOGE confusion for myself. I was ninth in line at the Long Island City Social Security office. At 8:28 a.m., with the temperature hovering just above freezing, a small group of people were already gathered outside. Some held proof of address…
Jenner & Block signals it will stand its ground after being targeted in Trump’s war on Big Law
Donald Trump on Tuesday signed his latest executive order targeting a Big Law firm, this time taking aim at Jenner & Block. Jenner & Block on Tuesday became the latest target in President Donald Trump’s war on Big Law after he issued an executive order revoking its attorneys’ security clearances and ordering a review of…
CoreWeave is on the cusp of a huge IPO — but it could face an expensive hardware proble
Michael Intrator, the CEO of CoreWeave, is on the cusp of a big initial public offering. I recently wrote about Nvidia’s latest AI chip-and-server package and how this new advancement may dent the value of the previous product. Nvidia’s new offering likely caused Amazon to reduce the useful life of its AI servers, which took…
ChatGPT’s new image generation feature had a bug that allowed it to create sexy men — but not sexy women
ChatGPT has a new image generator feature that can create images from users’ text prompts. ChatGPT’s new image generator appeared to have a bug that only allowed the AI tool to create images of “sexy men.” An X user who identified themself as a software engineer pointed out the issue on Tuesday, shortly after the…
Elon Musk says he’s hitting the campaign trail in Wisconsin, will personally hand out $1 million checks
Elon Musk, seen here on the campaign trail ahead of the 2024 presidential election, is returning to the stump. Elon Musk is pulling out all the stops ahead of a closely watched Wisconsin state Supreme Court election, though he apparently changed his strategy after possibly violating state law. On Friday afternoon, Musk wrote on X…
