FactChecking the Vice Presidential Debate
Summary Despite a mostly civil debate between Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the two disagreed repeatedly not just on policy, but also on the facts. We referee some of those competing claims, and other factual missteps by the vice presidential candidates. Vance claimed that housing “is totallyContinue Reading
Walz’s False Project 2025 Pregnancy Monitoring Claims
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz falsely claimed that Project 2025 calls for the tracking of “all pregnancies” and would require people “to register with a new federal agency” upon getting pregnant. The conservative playbook advocates the reporting of all miscarriagesContinue Reading
Nvidia just dropped a bombshell: Its new AI model is open, massive, and ready to rival GPT-4
Nvidia has released NVLM 1.0, a powerful open-source AI model that rivals GPT-4 and Google’s systems, marking a major breakthrough in multimodal language models for vision and text tasks…Continue Reading
NASA Announces Selections for Lunar Comms, Network Studies
NASA has selected Intuitive Machines of Houston and Aalyria Technologies Inc. of Livermore, California, to perform capability studies with the goal of advancing space communications and exploration technologies. These studies will allow NASA to gain insights into industry capabilities and innovations to facilitate NASA partnerships with commercial communications and navigation providers. The awards, under theContinue Reading
Naming the dead: Hundreds of unclaimed bodies were sent to a Texas medical school
NBC News is publishing the names of over 1,800 unclaimed individuals sent to the University of North Texas Health Science Center to help families find answers., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Who is the real JD Vance? And 4 other takeaways from the vice-presidential debate
Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. JD Vance, and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, participate in a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on Oct. 1, 2024 in New York City. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Partisans on both sides will have argumentsContinue Reading
Russia reportedly captures key town of Vuhledar in eastern Ukraine
Mining town located on strategic high ground links eastern and southern fronts, acts as supply hub for both sides., Mining town located on strategic high ground links eastern and southern fronts, acts as supply hub for both sides. Russia’s army has reportedly taken full control of the strategic hilltop townContinue Reading
Could US port strike be the ‘October surprise’ that trips up Kamala Harris?
Strike by 45,000 dock workers threatens to stoke inflation just five weeks out from US presidential election., EDITOR’S ANALYSIS Strike by 45,000 dock workers threatens to stoke inflation just five weeks out from US presidential election. Politics watchers in the United States have long spoken about the “October surprise” thatContinue Reading
Cheap! Cheerful! Chinese!? Baojun Cloud (Yun Duo) vs. iCar 03 vs. America
The American automotive industry has a long history of disruption by pint-sized interlopers. The Caroll Shelby–tuned Dodge Omni Goes Like “Heck” (GLH) brought muscle car performance to American econoboxes in a bid to fend off affordable but gutless economy cars from Japan. The original Suzuki Samurai upended the offroad space by pairing cute and capableContinue Reading
The The Traitor campaign strategy to demonize Haitian immigrants
The The Traitor campaign strategy to demonize Haitian immigrants This week, we’re looking into the endgame of the racist and false rumors targeting Haitian immigrants. Are the lies being told about migrants across the country part of a strategy to land a bigger lie: that undocumented immigrants could steal theContinue Reading
DC Studios Greenlights DYNAMIC DUO, A Uniquely Animated Film
Anthony D’Alessandro, Deadline: Here’s a really cool project that just got greenlit at DC Studios and Warner Bros Pictures Animation: Dynamic Duo. It will mark the first joint project between DC Studios and the Bill Damaschke-led WBPA. The 6th & Idaho movie scripted by Matthew Aldrich is being made byContinue Reading
ISW: Russian forces likely seize Vuhledar after years of failed attempts
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Russian forces likely captured the settlement of Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast as of 1 October, following a reported Ukrainian withdrawal from the area. However, the ISW said that it remains uncertain whether Russian forces will be able to quickly advanceContinue Reading
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 951: New NATO’s Chief Rutte pledges unwavering support for Ukraine’s membership path
Exclusive Six American anti-Ukraine aid myths that just won’t go away. It’s not about logic, it’s about emotions. Military Frontline report: Russians lost 60+ armored units in single attack near Kupiansk. Russian forces launched their largest mechanized assault in months near Kupiansk, aiming to reach the Oskil River. Ukrainians decimatedContinue Reading