Here’s Who Just Bought TikTok
Several big companies and investment firms are part of the new American TikTok. Many have ties to one another and President Trump.
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Nazis, Soviets and Trump: America’s Fixation With Greenland
The idea that Greenland is essential to the United States has returned with a vengeance in the Trump era.
Animals experience joy. Scientists want to measure it
Citations S.L. Winkler et al. Bonobos tend to behave optimistically after hearing laughter. Scientific Reports. Published online June 26, 2025. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-02594-8. X.J. Nelson et al. Joyful by nature: approaches to investigate the evolution and function of joy in non-human animals. Biological Reviews. Vol. 98, May 1, 2023, p. 1548. doi: 10.1111/brv.12965. Ľ. Košťál ,…
The TikTok deal is done, finally
TikTok USDS Joint Venture’s mandate is to secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm through comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity measures. It will safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem through robust trust and safety policies and content moderation while ensuring continuous accountability through transparency reporting and third-party certifications. Data Protection: U.S. user data will be…
Trinity Rodman re-signs with Washington Spirit in critical move for NWSL
American soccer’s most electrifying superstar finally has a new club contract and is staying put. U.S. women’s national team winger Trinity Rodman signed a three-year contract extension with the Washington Spirit, the club announced on Thursday. Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang and club president Haley Carter made the special announcement at a media event in…
Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is pregnant
22 January 2026 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is pregnant. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is pregnant The 26-year-old Olympic 400m hurdles champion and her 30-year-old husband, former NFL star Andre Levrone Jr., announced that they are expecting their first child together, via a sweet joint Instagram carousel on Thursday (22.01.26). The caption for the post – which included shots of…
Trump Could Begin Flying on Plane Donated by Qatar by Summer
It remains unclear whether the aircraft would get the full Air Force One security upgrades, which industry experts said could take up to two years to complete.
Mark Carney Says Firmly That ‘Canada Doesn’t Live Because of the United States’
The Canadian prime minister spoke after returning from the World Economic Forum where he urged middle powers to team up in resisting President Trump.
Colon cancer is killing more young people in the U.S. than any other cancer
Most types of cancer have become less deadly over time in adults younger than age 50 in the U.S. but colon and rectum cancers continue to cost lives at alarming rates, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. The data show that colorectal cancer has officially become the number one cause of…
MemRL outperforms RAG on complex agent benchmarks without fine-tuning
A new technique developed by researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and other institutions enables large language model agents to learn new skills without the need for expensive fine-tuning. The researchers propose MemRL, a framework that gives agents the ability to develop episodic memory, the capacity to retrieve past experiences to create solutions for unseen…