The H-1B Visa: Why Is Trump Adding a $100,000 Fee?
President Trump signed an order on Friday adding a $100,000 fee to visas for skilled foreign workers. Immigration hard-liners have criticized the program for replacing American workers.
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NASA picks Blue Origin to deliver VIPER rover to Moon by 2027
NASA has tapped Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, for another major lunar mission under its Artemis programme, awarding it a potential $190 million contract to deliver a rover to the Moon’s South Pole by late 2027. The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) will hunt for water ice and other volatile … Read more
China fines Kuaishou, Weibo over content violations
China’s top internet regulator issued warnings and imposed disciplinary measures against live-streaming platform Kuaishou and social media platform Weibo on Saturday, citing failures in content management. The Cyberspace Administration of China said in two separate statements the actions to be taken include summoning company representatives, issuing official warnings and ordering rectifications within a specified time … Read more
Sargodha welcomes green transit with CM’s electric Bus initiative
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz inaugurated eco-friendly electric buses in Sargodha on Friday. At the ceremony, she stated that 105 buses have been allocated for the four districts of the Sarghoda division, which include Bhakkar, Mianwali, Khushab, and 60 electric buses will run in Sargodha city. For now, 33 buses will run on four separate … Read more
No hands, no problem: Tesla robotaxis hit Arizona
Tesla has been approved to start testing autonomous robotaxi vehicles with a safety monitor in Arizona, the state transportation department said in an email to Reuters on Friday. Tesla had applied in June for a permit to begin trials for an autonomous vehicle ride-sharing service, and now plans to test robotaxis in the Phoenix Metro area using safety drivers, the Arizona Department of Transportation said in its email. Tesla did … Read more
Seeing Through the Reality of Meta’s Smart Glasses
Mark Zuckerberg’s glitch-filled unveiling of computerized glasses revealed a company that may struggle to deliver on its promise for the future of computing.
The breakneck pace of AI and a breakthrough with micro gears, which might be broken by that solar flare.
Nanomachines, son! Photo Illustration: Google Gemini I confess, the title is misleading, and I apologize for that, but we are inching ever closer to making microbots and one day, nanomachines. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg have made light-powered gears that can fit inside a human hair. For reference, a human hair can range from … Read more
scam texts on steroids, Pakistan may be next
Scam texts are usually something we swipe away without much thought. A fake bank alert here, a courier delivery hoax there, but security researchers warn the game is changing. According to Wired, cybercriminals are now deploying “SMS blasters”. These are portable devices posing as a cell tower to trick nearby phones into connecting to it, after which it sends … Read more
Charlie Kirk and Online Rage + Inside Trump’s Chip Flip + This Week in A.I.
“We as a culture are optimizing for rage now.”
Small Creator vs. Mojang and Microsoft
A viral YouTube video titled “WE’RE SUING MOJANG” has set off one of the most unusual legal challenges Minecraft’s creators have faced. Kian Brose, a small developer and content creator, announced in his follow-up video that he has raised $150,000 through a GoFundMe page to finance a class-action lawsuit in Sweden against Mojang, the Swedish … Read more