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The House advanced its aid package. What does that mean for the future of TikTok?

Last month, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance to sell the popular app or face bans in the United States. The bill has since been handed over to the Senate, but its future remains uncertain. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) made a splash on Saturday by […]

At SpaceX stands the ‘Gateway to Mars’ and the future of the human race

A few days after we recent interviews, science writer Joe Pappalardo took his 89-year-old father to the SpaceX Space Base in Boca Chica, Texas. The older Mr. Pappalardo had never seen anything like it before entering the facility. At the entrance, he examined the message “GATEWAY TO MARS” carved into the huge exterior wall. These […]

Mikal Bridges plans to be part of Nets’ future despite ‘not fun’ season

Mikal Bridges says it still hasn’t sunk in that they’ll miss the playoffs for the first time since 2020, but that’s the harsh reality for the Nets. Brooklyn will play its final three games of the season this week, starting with its final home game against the fellow eliminated Raptors on Wednesday night at Barclays […]

Is OpenAI’s Sam Altman’s future worth $7 trillion?

There’s a saying in the modern world of artificial intelligence (AI): “If something isn’t possible with today’s most advanced generative AI systems, wait. It will be next month.” This maxim serves as a powerful reminder not to underestimate the capabilities of a system that is rapidly emerging and is making its way into the halls […]