At the Computex 2026 technology conference in Taipei, cybersecurity startup Scam.ai announced a partnership with semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm to launch Halo, an on-device deepfake detection model for live video calls. Demonstrated at Qualcomm’s exhibition booth during the Agentic AI track, Halo is optimized to run locally on personal computers using...
SALT LAKE CITY. This week Utah experienced below-average temperatures early Monday and Tuesday, with daytime highs ranging from the upper 60s to low 90s depending on region, and persistent smoke from western wildfires including the Iron, Cherry and Cottonwood Fires. Local forecasts on Monday and Tuesday noted cooler northwest flow,...
United States: Multiple regional outlets reported gasoline price declines this week as national averages fell; GasBuddy recorded a national average of $3.78 per gallon on Monday. Local figures included Natrona County at $3.81, Central Ohio at $3.80, Montana at $3.97, Green Bay at $3.70, and Tennessee at $3.38 this week. These...
California authorities are launching a multi‑day hazardous materials cleanup at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove following a major chemical emergency involving methyl methacrylate (MMA). The operation, scheduled from Monday, June 29, 2026, through Thursday, will remove and dispose of thousands of gallons of neutralized MMA under a unified...
Comcast, headquartered in Philadelphia, announced on Monday that it will split into two publicly traded companies by spinning off its NBCUniversal and Sky media assets. The move will create a standalone media and entertainment company, including NBC and Telemundo networks, Universal film and television studios, theme parks, Peacock, Bravo, and...
The United States is preparing for its 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, with two separate, politically divided federal celebrations developing on opposite coasts. On the East Coast, the Trump administration’s "Freedom 250" committee is organizing a large National Mall event in Washington, D.C., framed heavily around President Donald Trump,...
JPMorgan Chase is eliminating 244 positions at its large corporate campus in Plano, Texas, primarily within its Consumer & Community Banking Fraud and Customer Protection Services inbound call center, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the Texas Workforce Commission. Employees were informed of the decision on...
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington has ruled that federal courts generally lack authority to review decisions by the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate or terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for foreign nationals. In a 6–3 decision along ideological lines in Mullin v. Doe and Mullin v. Al Otro...
Washington, United States – Apple is lobbying the Trump administration for permission to buy memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), a Chinese firm that the U.S. Defense Department has designated a Chinese military company and that an interagency committee has approved for addition to the Commerce Department’s Entity List,...
Edward "Jake" Lang, who was previously pardoned for his role in the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot, was involved in a confrontation outside the 2026 BET Awards at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, June 28, 2026. Witnesses and photos indicate Lang arrived to protest, holding...
