Todd Crawford
China’s DeepSeek AI Raises Alarms Over Privacy Breaches and Censorship
On Jan. 10, a small Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, DeepSeek AI, quietly released its DeepSeek-R1 chatbot on iOS and Android platforms. The app quickly became the most-downloaded free app in the United States, surpassing...
Hochul’s ‘Bell-to-Bell’ Phone Ban in Schools Comes With a Staggering $13.5M Price Tag
Under a proposal recently tabled by New York State Governor, Kathy Hochul, students in the state will have to put away their cell phones while in school, and the proposal is coming with a hefty...
Trump Announces $500 Billion ‘Stargate AI’ Infrastructure Investment
On Jan. 21, President Donald Trump announced a $500 billion investment in an artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project, dubbed “Stargate” involving some of the nation’s top tech companies including OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank. The move...
Trump Signs Sweeping Executive Orders on First Day, Pardons 1,500 Jan. 6 ‘Hostages’
On Jan. 20, immediately following his inauguration ceremony, President Donald Trump made good on a number of his campaign promises, signing dozens of executive orders ranging from halting Biden-era executive actions, revoking protection for transgender...
US Supreme Court Signals it Will Uphold TikTok Ban: Platform Faces Potential Shutdown This Sunday
On Jan. 15, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to issue an expected opinion on the controversial case surrounding the proposed TikTok ban, but previously signaled that it is likely to uphold the measure. Last week,...
Canadian Premier Warns of ‘National Unity Crisis’ if Canada Cuts Off Flow of Oil to the US
Over the weekend of January 11, the Premier of the Canadian province of Alberta, Danielle Smith, met with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida where she discussed Trump’s threats of imposing a...
New York’s Congestion Pricing Scheme to Bring in $500 Million Annually
In conjunction with the ball dropping in Times Square on New Year’s Eve, New York’s congestion pricing scheme went into effect and it is already raking in the dough. According to a website, set up...
Meta to Replace Fact-checkers With ‘Community Notes’ Like System Similar to X
On Jan. 7, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his social media company — responsible for platforms including Facebook and Instagram — will be shelving its fact-checking system and will be replacing it with a...
Canada’s Trudeau Announces Intent to Resign, Prorogues Parliament
On Jan 6. Canada’s embattled prime minister, Justin Trudeau, announced during a live news conference outside one of his parliamentary residences that he intends to resign as Liberal Party leader and prime minister as soon...
California Declares a State of Emergency After More Than 300 Dairy Herds Test Positive for Bird Flu
California authorities have declared a state of emergency after more than 300 dairy herds tested positive for a type of bird flu in the last 30 days. California has become the epicenter for the nation’s...
‘Historically large decreases’: Fewer and Fewer Teens Using Illicit Drugs and Alcohol, Long-term Study Shows
A half-century-long study monitoring the use of illicit drugs and alcohol among the nation’s youth has found “historically large decreases” in drug use among teens. The most recent update from the University of Michigan’s "Monitoring...
Does This Explain The Mysterious Drone Sightings In New Jersey?
After over a month of rampant speculation, a media frenzy, and calls from practically every level of government to get to the bottom of the mysterious drones sightings in New Jersey and beyond, one seemingly...