Trade tensions are rising once again between the Trump administration and Canada. On Monday, Donald Trump announced a new 50% tariff on some Canadian goods under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which empowers the US president to impose additional tariffs of up to 50% on imports from any foreign country that discriminates
Anthropic can finally start writing checks to a group of book authors and publishers who sued the AI lab for copyright infringement. A federal judge on Monday gave final approval to Anthropic’s landmark $1.5 billion settlement in a copyright class action lawsuit, Reuters reported. Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern
Taylor Farms is facing a rapidly advancing public health crisis, and communications veterans say its latest messages have muddied an already confusing situation. The major food supplier said Sunday that the FDA had withdrawn a positive test for cyclospora in its lettuce, calling it a false positive. The cyclospora parasite has sickened thousands of people
When de-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences revealed last year that it was attempting to “resurrect” the dire wolf from genetic material found in fossils, we argued that, despite the controversy surrounding the project, the company was building valuable technologies that justify its $10.2 billion valuation. Now, about 16 months later, the startup is in talks to
In periods of uncertainty, it can be comforting to find common ground. For salad lovers, the current cyclospora outbreak has become an opportunity to throw shade at one of the least fresh leafy green options: iceberg lettuce. After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration linked the outbreak to iceberg lettuce, more details about the contaminated
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is designing a new server chip to help its internal Gemini models run more efficiently. The new chip, internally called “Frozen v2,” is scheduled to launch sometime in 2028, The Information reported, citing anonymous sources. According to the report, the chip could be six to 10 times more efficient than Google’s
