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A sabotage plot in New York—suspected to bear China’s fingerprints—was foiled by local and federal cooperation. In blue states like California, obstruction is the new currency—and it endangers the entire Republic. Secret Service agents believe they have uncovered a plot that could have compromised the nation’s largest city’s telecommunications network—and law enforcement functions—in preparation for the arrival of more than 150 world leaders in New York this week. ‘The potential for disruption to our country’s telecommunications posed by this network of devices cannot be overstated,’ Secret Service Director Sean Curran said Tuesday.According to ABC News reporting, Secret Service personnel along...

EXCLUSIVE: In the wake of Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination allegedly at the hands of a left-wing ideologue, a leftist gun club with ties to political violence posted recruiting flyers at Georgetown University with references to Kirk's death. "Hey fascist! Catch!" says a red flyer from the John Brown Gun Club posted on Georgetown's campus. The phrase is a nod to the same slogan which was allegedly written on a shell casing by Tyler Robinson, who stands accused of murdering Kirk at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University. "The only political group that celebrates when Nazis die,"...

Despite $30 to 40 billion in enterprise GenAI investment, a stunning 95% of organizations are achieving zero measurable return, according to a new report from MIT. The report argues that never before has a technology category attracted such massive investment while delivering such disappointing returns. This stark separation between a few AI winners and everyone else isn’t driven by model quality or regulation — it’s determined by approach. While tools like ChatGPT achieve 80% organizational adoption, enterprise-grade custom solutions face a brutal reality: only 5% successfully reach production deployment. The core barrier isn’t infrastructure or talent; it’s learning capability. Most...

A Planned Parenthood facility in Delavan, Wisconsin, has permanently closed its doors, marking a significant moment for pro-life advocates in the state. The closure, effective July 31, was confirmed by Pro-Life Wisconsin, a group dedicated to protecting life from conception. Dan Miller, state director of Pro-Life Wisconsin, announced the closure in a blog post, stating, “Planned Parenthood in Delavan is closed! Yes! It is true! Planned Parenthood in Delavan is CLOSED!” Miller noted that Google Maps lists the facility as permanently closed, and during a visit on September 8, he observed signs posted inside the glass door and office window...

The partially taxpayer-funded Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in California’s Mojave Desert is set to shut down in 2026 due to inefficiency in generating solar energy, according to the New York Post. The $2.2 billion plant, which features three 459-foot towers, was greenlit in 2010 and completed in 2014. According to the New York Post the closure stems from the site being “outpaced by solar photovoltaic technology” and proving both inefficient and costly. The shutter of the site comes more than a decade ahead of its original 2039 end date, according to the Associated Press. Speculation about Ivanpah’s early closure began...

Apple has stopped signing iOS 18.6.2, which means that if you've upgraded to iOS 26, you're no longer able to downgrade to a version of iOS 18. Apple released iOS 26 a week ago.When software is "signed," it means that it has passed a server-side verification check that Apple performs when a new version of iOS is downloaded on an iPhone. An update can't be installed unless it passes the verification check.Unsigning software prevents Apple customers from installing outdated, less secure versions of iOS.Apple isn't forcing users to install ‌iOS 26‌, and there is an option to continue using iOS...

Next month sees Windows 10 finally reaching the end of (mainstream) support. Microsoft has been pushing people towards Windows 11 for what feels like forever, and it worked – for a while. The latest market figures show that this is changing. The statistics for August 2025 from statcounter Global Stats show a marked drop in Windows 11’s share of the desktop market. Rewinding a little bit through time, June 2025 was a significant month because it marked the point at which Windows 11 finally caught up (well, very nearly) with Windows 10. Windows 11 managed to reach a market share...

President Donald Trump’s administration has banned Iranian diplomats from shopping at wholesale club stores and purchasing luxury goods while in America for the UN General Assembly. Newsweek reported that the Iranian diplomats love Costco because they can purchase items in bulk that they can’t buy in Iran. The rule applies to Iranian diplomats who represent the country at the UN all year. According to The Associated Press, the diplomats need permission from the State Department: In notices to be published this week in the Federal Register, the department’s Office of Foreign Missions determined that diplomatic memberships in wholesale club stores...

A coordinated offensive unfolded with precision September 2 against five scientists questioning the popular media’s most sacred bogeyman -- the hypothesis that human-induced emissions of carbon dioxide threaten to overheat the planet. The scientists attacked had written a report published in July by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), "A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate." Delivering virtually identical narratives, proclaiming that 85 "climate experts" had discredited the DoE report, were CBS, NPR, ABC, CNN, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Reuters and others. Language in the news reporting was nearly indistinguishable, and...

The ship “Euro” is steaming full speed toward the iceberg that has long been visible. Looking at the emaciated EU economy, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calls for a push to restore competitiveness. What never crosses her mind is that it is precisely the ecosocialist agenda of her own administration that now threatens the very economic survival of the Union. Every narrative needs its hero. In the fairy tale of a prosperous and expanding European Union, Mario Draghi -- once president of the European Central Bank and later unelected, technocratic prime minister of Italy -- was mythologized by the...

President Trump has long signaled his intention to strike a deal with China that would allow Americans to keep scrolling their way through the videos on the popular social media app TikTok, and it looks like that deal may be imminent. The news is likely to be to the relief of countless teenagers and the chagrin of their parents; it's estimated that there are 170 million TikTok users in the United States.In an interview on Fox News' new The Sunday Briefing, hosted by Peter Doocy, the president revealed "very prominent American people" and "very great patriots" would be involved in...

The Walt Disney Co. could be forced to choose between salvaging its late-night franchise and protecting a multibillion-dollar partnership with the NFL, according to a report. Well-embedded sources predicted to the news site Front Office Sports that the House of Mouse “may ultimately have to make a hard choice” that “may not be much of a choice at all” — which likely means jettisoning Jimmy Kimmel. The stakes are enormous. ESPN recently struck a blockbuster deal with the NFL, trading a 10% equity stake valued around $2 billion to $3 billion for the league’s NFL Network, RedZone and fantasy football...

Cryptocurrency traders saw more than $1.5 billion in bullish wagers liquidated on Monday, triggering a sharp selloff that hit smaller tokens hardest. Ether slumped as much as 9% to $4,075 as nearly half a billion dollars of leveraged long positions in the second-largest token were liquidated, according to data from Coinglass. Bitcoin declined almost 3% to $111,998. Insatiable demand from publicly-listed vehicles bent on hoarding tokens drove both Bitcoin and Ether to all-time highs in August, but there are now signs that the momentum generated by so-called digital-asset treasury companies is beginning to fade. Japan’s Metaplanet, a high-profile Bitcoin buyer,...

As India corners the world’s silver and China gobbles gold, Western investors pile into sky-high tech valuations—could one major move into silver send prices rocketing in the blink of an eye?…… The Great Silver Rush: Is India Outsmarting the World? India isn’t just importing silver—they’re scooping up every ounce they can find, pushing prices through the roof and sending a signal to global markets. Can anyone stop India’s relentless pursuit of “the people’s precious metal”? What do they know that Western investors ignore? China’s Golden Appetite: Why Gold, Why Now? Just as India is flooding its vaults with silver, China...

Yesterday, along with two excellent colleagues, I submitted a Comment to EPA on the subject of the proposed and pending repeal of the so-called Endangerment Finding of 2009. The Endangerment Finding (EF) is the absurd regulatory action by which the Obama-era EPA purported to find that the trace gas carbon dioxide (CO2) constitutes a “danger” to human health and welfare as it accumulates in the atmosphere from the current level of about 0.04%, to perhaps 0.05% or maybe even (the horror!) 0.06% by some time later this century. The EF is then the basis for all the subsequent regulatory initiatives...

Although the winter 2022 truckers’ protest against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s punitive vaccine mandates shook Canada down to its mukluks, it no longer dominates the headlines. Still, it remains in public consciousness. Prominent protest members were recently convicted or are still on trial. Its implications are still with us, and its long-term effects may well be seismic. The Freedom Convoy traversed the country from Prince Rupert, British Columbia, to the nation’s capital in Ottawa to protest the biggest experiment ever in authoritarian rule over Canadians—COVID lockdowns and, particularly, the vaccines. The truckers and their fellow convoy travelers demanded the attention...

President Donald Trump on Friday rolled out a version of his administration’s long-promised gold card, a $1 million fast-track for wealthy foreigners to live and work in the United States. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in a call later with reporters, said the gold card will replace the current EB-1 and EB-2 visa programs for people who are of “exceptional value” to the United States. He said the administration expects to initially make 80,000 gold cards available but will continue to evaluate the model and could eventually phase out other visas.

AI PCs are equipped with powerful processors and AI accelerators designed to increase productivity and creativity. With our round-up of the latest news, learn how AI PCs are poised to shape the future of computing. Virtually every aspect of technology has been affected, and potentially improved, by artificial intelligence (AI). PCs are no exception. While the meaning of “AI PC” is still evolving, it generally refers to a computer specifically designed to excel at AI-powered tasks. These beefed-up computers typically feature: High-end CPUs and GPUs to handle the demanding computational requirements of AI applications such as AI assistants that automate...

A guy I know just had his truck repossessed. He claims he was current on his payments and because I used to be in the auto remarketing many years ago, he called (texted) me for assistance. He bought the truck and financed it with Tricolor. Here's the AI info...

A Starbucks cup from the Chicago location with “Loser :)” written on it after a customer ordered Charlie Kirk’s favorite drink, alongside a screenshot of a store manager. ==================================================================== A Starbucks in Chicago has been forced to temporarily shut down after staff allegedly mocked a senior citizen customer by scrawling “LOSER” across her order, all because she asked for Charlie Kirk’s favorite drink. On Tuesday, Jacqueline Garretson took to X to expose what happened to her mother-in-law at the Starbucks on Northwest Highway and Harlem Avenue. “This morning a family member went to Starbucks and ordered Charlie Kirk’s favorite drink...