Elon Musk has said that SpaceXAI, the company behind the Grok chatbot, will change its name to SpaceXSI. He made the statement on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, October 4, after a user suggested the new name. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, speaks during National … Read more
Vance defended Trump administration’s controversial $100,000 payment requirement for certain H-1B petitions. US Vice President JD Vance has called the H-1B visa programme “completely broken” and said he would support scrapping it, accusing companies of using the system to replace American workers with lower-paid foreign employees.In a video shared on X, Vance said the programme … Read more
The UK has stated that it will provide Saudi Arabia with defensive military support, including air-to-air refuelling for Saudi fighter jets, as Riyadh faces a renewed campaign of attacks by Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen.Prime minister Andy Burnham said Saudi Arabia had requested military support and that Britain had agreed to provide an RAF Voyager … Read more
H-1B visas and US citizenship are among several immigration policies Texas Republican Congressman Chip Roy wants Congress to overhaul as he renews his call for a sweeping pause on immigration. H-1B, US citizenship in focus as Texas Republican Chip Roy pushes sweeping immigration changes. (Getty Images via AFP) Roy’s congressional office said in a post … Read more
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from the company. Hours after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from the company warning that the race to develop increasingly powerful AI systems could pose an existential threat, another researcher at the company has backed his concerns, saying many AI developers believe the technology could potentially cause human extinction within … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP) France is preparing a second attempt at restricting social media for children under 15 while President Emmanuel Macron presses Brussels to turn the same age limit into a common European rule.He made the EU push in an August 29 letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, calling … Read more
Trump hails Mecca Agreement as “big and bold step” US President Donald Trump on Sunday threw his weight behind the newly signed Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, calling it a “big, bold, and important first step”.The pact, signed on August 7, has brought the three major Islamic nations closer on … Read more
By Robin Respaut US Attorney General Blanche publicly backs Pirro after Trump criticism over Reflecting Pool SAN FRANCISCO, – U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday that he backs top Washington, D.C., prosecutor Jeanine Pirro, who was criticized by President Donald Trump for the way she handled a case of alleged vandalism at the … Read more
The report underlined that advisers say the remark doesn’t mean the president has settled on a preferred candidate in 2028 as he continues to weigh between JD Vance and secretary of state Marco Rubio In a private meeting with donors two weeks ago, US President Donald Trump weighed in on Vice President JD Vance’s name … Read more