President Trump rescinded Biden’s AI executive order
During his first day in office, President Donald Trump rescinded a 2023 executive order signed by former President Joe Biden that sought to reduce AI's potential risks to consumers, workers, and national security. Biden's executive order directed the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to author guidance that helps companies identify — and correct — flaws...
Karmen secured $9.4 million in revenue-based financing products
French startup Karmen has secured a small funding round to expand its quick financing product. The company offers short-term loans to small companies facing a working capital crisis. This is an equity and debt round of €9 million ($9.4 million at current exchange rates) with Seventure Partners buying a stake in the small startup. Financière Arbevel and Bpifrance completed...
Trump signs executive order to delay enforcement action on TikTok for 75 days
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at restoring TikTok services in the US. The order instructs relevant government agencies to “pursue resolutions” that “protect national security” while “saving. "Through the order, Trump instructed the US Attorney General not to take action within 75 days to enforce the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA), an act that...
President Trump signed an executive order to further formalize Musk’s DOGE commission
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an advisory commission led by billionaire Elon Musk that recommends deep cuts to federal agencies, could become more official, if the executive order signed by President Donald Trump passes legally. On Monday evening, Trump signed an order renaming the US Digital Service (USDS), which was created in 2014 by former President Barack Obama...
Trump Signs Executive Order Frees TikTok for 75 Days
Shortly after Monday's inauguration ceremony, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to extend the deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok's US operations, preventing the app from going dark for an additional 75 days. which will ban the app and require companies like Apple and Google to remove it from the app store. TikTok did not immediately respond to...
Proud Boys Leaders Walk Free After Trump Releases All January 6 Rioters
Four Proud Boy leaders convicted of seditious conspiracy are among the hundreds of Capitol rioters who will go free after pardons and sentence commutations are issued by the newly inaugurated president Donald Trump. Enrique Tarrio, who was the leader of the right-wing gang at the time of the insurrection four years ago, has been sentenced to 22-years behind bars-the...
UK to unveil ‘Humphrey’ assistant for civil servants with another AI plan to cut bureaucracy
A week after the UK government announced sweeping plans to make huge investments into AI, it sheds more light on how this will play out in the public sector. On the agenda: AI assistants to speed up public services; data sharing transactions between siled departments; and a new AI tool - dubbed "Humphrey" after a character in an old...
Donald Trump 2.0 Grift Is On
As President Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, activists and opportunists are already looking to cash in on the new Trump era—including the president himself. called $ TRUMP to "celebrate victory and have fun," warning that "it is not intended to be ... an investment opportunity." Trump announced the launch on...
Neo-Nazis Love Nazi-Like Salutes Elon Musk Made at Trump’s Inauguration
Neo-Nazis celebrate Elon Musk making two Nazi-like salutes during a speech to tens of thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump on Monday. Musk said during a speech at the Capital One Arena in Washington DC, a few hours after Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in...
The White House website is basically a Marvel Movie Trailer Now
Helicopter. Some more helicopters. Men wear saluting uniforms. Fighter jets over the White House. American flag. A man looking into the distance. Bald eagle. Pointing. Another American flag. Another helicopter. More pointed. More greetings. Thumbs up. A silhouette. It could easily have been a trailer for anyone from the seemingly endless stream of Hollywood films about threats to the...
