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Sam Altman’s identity verification venture World is launching its eye-scanning Orb product in the U.K.WorldLONDON — World, the biometric identity verification project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is set to launch in the U.K. this week.The venture, which uses a spherical eye-scanning device called the Orb to scan people’s eyes, will become available in London from Thursday and is planning to roll out to several other major U.K. cities — including Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Belfast, and Glasgow — in the coming months.The project aims to authenticate the identity of humans with its Orb device and prevent the fraudulent abuse…

U.S. President Donald Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 28, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersLOS ANGELES — The Trump administration’s border czar warned that immigration enforcement will continue “every day” in Los Angeles, hinting that even elected officials could face arrest if they interfere with agents on the ground.Tom Homan, appointed by President Donald Trump, appeared undeterred by the volatile protests against federal agents in Los Angeles who were carrying out immigration raids. Enforcement would be a daily occurrence, he said in a late-Saturday interview with NBC News.”I’m telling you what, we’re…

Asylum seeking migrant children from Central America take refuge from the rain in the back of a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle as they await to be transported after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico on a raft in Penitas, Texas, U.S., March 14, 2021.Adrees Latif | ReutersA Department of Homeland Security request for 21,000 National Guard troops to support “expansive interior immigration enforcement operations” includes a call for troops to search for unaccompanied children in some cases and transport them between states, three sources briefed on the plan told NBC News.Having National Guard troops perform…

“Death to ICE” is written on a garbage cart following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in downtown Los Angeles on June 6, 2025.Daniel Cole | ReutersFederal agents in Los Angeles on Saturday faced off against demonstrators protesting immigration raids following Friday’s protests that senior White House aide Stephen Miller condemned as an “insurrection” against the United States.The security agents on Saturday engaged in a tense confrontation with protesters in the Paramount area in southeast Los Angeles, where one demonstrator was seen waving a Mexican flag and some covered their mouths with respiratory masks.A live video feed showed…

(The Center Square) – Taking fluoride out of public water systems across the country would result in millions more rotten teeth and cost $9.8 billion over five years, according to a new study. The study, published in JAMA Health Forum, found that if all 50 states removed fluoride from public water systems, kids would develop 25.4 million more decayed teeth over five years. The study noted that “tooth decay would disproportionately affect publicly insured and uninsured children compared to those with private dental insurance.”After 10 years, the total number of decayed teeth would increase to 53.8 million at a cost of $19.4 billion, according…

The Taihuttus on a ski trip to Sierra Nevada in southern Spain. They sold everything they owned in 2017 to bet on bitcoin — and now travel full-time as a family of five.Didi TaihuttuA wave of high-profile kidnappings targeting cryptocurrency executives has rattled the industry — and prompted a quiet security revolution among some of its most visible evangelists.Didi Taihuttu, patriarch of the so-called “Bitcoin Family,” said he overhauled the family’s entire security setup after a string of threats.The Taihuttus — who sold everything they owned in 2017, from their house to their shoes, to go all-in on bitcoin when…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chiseling away at President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Rolling back the green energy tax breaks from President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.At its core, the Republican “big, beautiful bill” is more than just an extension of tax breaks approved during President Donald Trump’s first term at the White House.The package is an attempt by Republicans to undo, little by little, the signature domestic achievements of the past two Democratic presidents.“We’re going to do what we said we were going to do,” Speaker Mike Johnson said after House passage last month.While the aim of the sprawling 1,000-page…

Tesla displays Optimus next to two of its vehicles at the World Robot Conference in Beijing on Aug. 22, 2024.CNBC | EvelynTesla’s vice president of Optimus robotics, Milan Kovac, said on Friday that he’s leaving the company.In a post on X, Kovac thanked Tesla CEO Elon Musk and reminisced about his tenure, which began in 2016.”I want to thank @elonmusk from the bottom of my heart for his trust and teachings over the decade we’ve worked together,” Kovac wrote. “Elon, you’ve taught me to discern signal from noise, hardcore resilience, and many fundamental principles of engineering. I am forever grateful.…

President Donald Trump holds a news conference with Elon Musk to mark the end of the Tesla CEO’s tenure as a special government employee overseeing the U.S. DOGE Service on Friday May 30, 2025 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesTesla has been facing massive challenges trying to get back on track after a disastrous first quarter. Those headwinds strengthened considerably this week.CEO Elon Musk officially concluded his term with the Trump administration at the end of May, hitting the 130-day mark, the maximum time allowed for a…

(The Center Square) – Thurston County Superior Court Judge Chris Lanese on Friday rejected Todd Myers’ lawsuit against Washington state’s Departments of Ecology and Commerce over the agencies’ failure to comply with a state law requiring timely reporting of greenhouse gas emissions.Myers is the vice president for research at the Seattle-based free-market Washington Policy Center think tank.His lawsuit seeks to force the two agencies to comply with RCW 70A.45.020, which requires agency staff to report statewide greenhouse gas emissions for the preceding two years at the end of an even-numbered year. The law requiring timely disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions was adopted in 2008.“But…