Day: May 27, 2023

Riley Gaines speaks out after two trans runners fail to appear at California high school race amid controversy

3:48 pm May 27, 2023

Former college swimmer Riley Gaines called out a pair of transgender athletes who qualified for the California high school preliminary finals race but ultimately chose not to attend the event. During her time at the University of Kentucky, Gaines swam competitively against Lia Thomas. After winning the 2022 Division I women’s national championship, Thomas quickly […]

DeSantis says he would welcome bill to abolish ‘corrupt’ IRS: ‘We need something totally different’

3:27 pm May 27, 2023

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would be “welcoming” of a measure from Congress to defund the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) if he’s elected president next year. The comments from DeSantis, who officially announced this week that he would seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, came during a conversation with radio host and Second […]

Don’t fall for that ‘look who died’ Facebook message trap

2:39 pm May 27, 2023

Whenever we find out that someone has passed away, whether it’s a celebrity or someone we know personally, there’s always a feeling of shock followed by a curiosity about how exactly they died. It’s natural to see an article with the headline saying that someone has passed away and want to click on it immediately, […]

‘Godfather of AI’ says there’s a ‘serious danger’ tech will get smarter than humans fairly soon

2:35 pm May 27, 2023

The so-called “godfather of AI” continues to warn about the dangers of artificial intelligence weeks after he quit his job at Google. In a recent interview with NPR, Geoffrey Hinton said there was a “serious danger that we’ll get things smarter than us fairly soon and that these things might get bad motives and take […]

Sealed Alex Murdaugh crime scene videos mistakenly sent to Netflix: report

2:32 pm May 27, 2023

Graphic, unedited crime scene videos from Alex Murdaugh’s double murder were accidentally sent to Netflix, but a South Carolina judge ordered that they are to remain sealed, according to a report. Bodycam footage from responding deputies in the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office wasn’t properly labeled as sealed exhibits when inventoried during the trial, a source […]