Amazon plans revamp of Alexa with monthly fee, AI features

Amazon plans to overhaul its decade-old, money-losing Alexa service by introducing a generative conversational AI with a two-tiered service, with access to the higher version costing around $5 a month, according to people with direct knowledge of the company’s plans. The project, known internally as “Banyan” after the sprawling fig tree, marks the first major […]
Labour’s NHS and social care plans will save money, says Angela Rayner | Labour

Angela Rayner said Labour’s NHS and social care plan would save money “without worrying about being cost neutral”. The party’s plans for funding the health service have been criticised by some think tanks for falling “far short” of what is needed to improve it. Trade unions and social care bosses say the sector is “broken” […]
Wealthy Liberals Barrel Ahead With Plans To Block The Sun

Billionaire-backed non-governmental organizations (NGO) behind a bungled experiment to block sunlight using aerosols in California have vowed to continue their efforts, Politico reported on Wednesday. The initiative, which aims to lower global temperatures by making clouds brighter and thus better able to reflect sun rays, has faced hurdles as local officials in California are hesitant […]
Biden admin won’t say whether it plans to contact family of Maryland mom allegedly killed by illegal immigrant

The Biden administration has not said whether it plans to contact the family of Rachel Morin, a Maryland mother of five who was allegedly raped and murdered by an illegal immigrant last year. Randolph Rice, an attorney for the Maureen family, told Fox News Digital on Thursday that Rachel’s mother, Patty Maureen, has not yet […]
Florida teen Rhomel Crossman, family robbed while dropping son off at California college — now plans to pull him from school over crime

A California freshman and his family were renting a car to take them to school when thieves broke into the vehicle and stole all of their belongings, including $3,000 in cash and their passports. The boy’s parents are planning to withdraw him from the school due to concerns about safety in the state. According to […]
IDF Approves Plans for ‘Offensive in Lebanon’

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have officially approved plans for an “attack on Lebanon” against Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terrorist organization that has been shelling northern Israel since October and illegally occupying southern Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement: Today (Tuesday), Northern Command Commander Maj. Gen. Oli Gordin and Chief of Operations (J3) […]
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Confidant Peter Navarro Describes Life In Prison, Plans For When He’s Free

Dr. Peter Navarro granted an exclusive interview to the Daily Caller from the Federal Correctional Institution of Miami, where he is serving out a sentence for contempt of Congress – a term he and his allies have called a political imprisonment. “Lawfare is real. Lawfare is wrong … We’re not supposed to act like Communist […]
Netanyahu criticizes military’s plans for 11-hour daily pauses in fighting

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized plans announced Sunday by his military for an 11th-hour halt to fighting along a main road into the Gaza Strip to facilitate the delivery of aid to bombarded areas. Reuters reported that the Israeli army announced a daily pause in fighting between the Kerem Shalom checkpoint and Salah al-Din […]
After frustrating U.S. Open, Scottie Scheffler to re-consider future plans, 2025 schedule

Scottie Scheffler couldn’t make a putt at the 124th U.S. Open, which helps explain why he only had four birdies in four rounds. Scheffler, who finished on Tour on Sunday, said it had been a “frustrating” week, adding that it had been “long.” Indeed, Scheffler was fresh off a win at the Memorial and arrived […]
Biden’s missing second term plans, get real on Houthi threat and other commentary

Middle East Watch: Making the Houthi Threat a Reality “The need for cheaper ways to defend against Houthi attacks on warships is real,” it warned. Dov Zakheim of The Hill“Iran has long supported the Houthis,” but “what is little more than a collection of tribal rebels has held the world’s largest superpower back for almost […]