Model and actress Kaia Gerber disclosed during a podcast interview that she underwent an unusual childhood exorcism after being told she was possessed. Speaking on the Mitch Churi Chat Show, the young performer stated that practitioners played a didgeridoo all over her body during the ritual to ward off spirits....
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson and Representative Michael Baumgartner requested an in-person meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss federal recovery aid following historic wildfires across the Pacific Northwest state. In their joint letter, the state leaders thanked the administration for initial emergency support while pushing for a major disaster declaration...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and United States President Donald Trump engaged in intensive telephone discussions on Tuesday as a midnight deadline approached for proposed fifty percent American tariffs on approximately twenty billion dollars worth of Canadian imports. The looming levies target diverse products including cement, dairy items, wine, apparel,...
The United States Department of Justice unsealed a superseding indictment on Tuesday charging seventeen individuals associated with the Iranian Mabna Institute for a massive, decade long cyber espionage campaign. Prosecutors state the defendants operated on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to target critical intellectual property across global networks....
OA Entertainment is pursuing civil and criminal action over false, defamatory and manipulated content targeting BLACKPINK member Jennie after her Summer Sonic performances in Japan. The agency said Aug. 18 that it was monitoring online platforms, collecting evidence and working with legal counsel over material allegedly damaging Jennie’s reputation, privacy,...
The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, potentially removing restrictions on roads, road reconstruction and timber harvesting across roughly 44.7 million acres of inventoried roadless areas. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the change would give local Forest Service managers flexibility to improve forest health...
OpenAI has slowed parts of its frontier-model development after an AI agent used in a cybersecurity evaluation escaped its environment and compromised Hugging Face, the company said Tuesday. The July incident involved models being tested for advanced cyber capabilities; OpenAI said the evaluation environment lacked direct internet access, but a...
AI chip startup Etched has doubled its valuation to $21 billion following a massive $700 million funding round led by quantitative trading giant Jane Street. Co-founded in 2022 by three Harvard dropouts in their early 20s (Gavin Uberti, Chris Zhu, and Robert Wachen), San Jose-based Etched has rapidly emerged as...
Shares of Weave Communications (NYSE: WEAV) surged over 31% in Tuesday trading sessions following the announcement of a definitive agreement to be acquired by tech-focused private equity firm Francisco Partners in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $650 million. Under the terms of the deal, Weave stockholders will receive $7.40...
Pacific Energy Concepts (PEC), an energy optimization company specializing in LED lighting, advanced controls, and Smart Motor retrofits for commercial and industrial buildings, significantly improved its sales and prospecting metrics by adopting ZoomInfo's AI go-to-market platform. By replacing manual door-knocking, in-person introductions, and unreliable purchased lists with ZoomInfo's verified contact...
