Lawyers spar over COVID-related agreement that shields some on Georgia’s death row from execution
Lawyers are sparring over a COVID-19-related agreement that has shielded some people on Georgia’s death row from execution.
Day: February 21, 2025
U.S. Objects to Calling Russia ‘Aggressor’ in G7 Statement on Ukraine Invasion
The American opposition to a draft of a Group of 7 statement marking the third anniversary of Russia’s attack on Ukraine comes after President Trump blamed Kyiv for starting the war.
Meta announces a $50M creator fund for Horizon Worlds; CTO Andrew Bosworth reportedly told staff that 2025 is a make-or-break year for Meta’s XR ambitions (Ben Lang/Road to VR)
Ben Lang / Road to VR:
Meta announces a $50M creator fund for Horizon Worlds; CTO Andrew Bosworth reportedly told staff that 2025 is a make-or-break year for Meta’s XR ambitions — Meta today announced a $50 million fund to incentivi…
Charges dropped against 3 accused in Liam Payne’s death
A court in Argentina dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who died in October.
Macron is considering increasing France’s military spending from 2.1% to 5% of GDP
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U.S. Constitution: Separation of powers couldn’t be clearer
As a lifelong U.S. citizen and admirer of our Constitution, I am concerned about its erosion. We have three branches of government to protect our freedoms and to keep any one branch from being too powerful: Senators and Congresspeople make laws, regula…
Current Space Force plan just to compete with adversaries in space faulted
The current Space Force policy of seeking to compete militarily with China to prevent a future space war has left America vulnerable to Beijing’s control over the vital domain, according to a think tank report made public on Wednesday.
Education: ‘Bad ideas never go out of style’
Re: “More Washington students are learning math on laptops” (Feb. 18, A1): How well-crafted a newspaper to run an article on failing math on the front page and a perfectly appropriate “Non-Sequitur” comic strip about an invented math system in Comics &…
Explosions on three Israeli buses in ‘militant attack’, police say
The explosions happened on a day when Israel was already grieving after Hamas returned the bodies of four hostages from Gaza.
ChatGPT Reaches 400 Million Weekly Active Users
ChatGPT has reached over 400 million weekly active users, doubling its count since August 2024. “We feel very fortunate to serve 5 percent of the world every week,” OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap said on X. Engadget reports: The latest milestone for the AI a…