On Tuesday, Nov. 4 2025, New Yorkers elected Zohran Mamdani, 34, as mayor—marking a series of historic firsts: he will be the city’s first Muslim, first of South Asian heritage, and first Africa-born mayor, as well as its youngest in more than a century. The former state assemblyman, a democratic socialist aligned with the party’s […]
On 28 October 2025, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue, alleging that they engaged in deceptive trade practices by marketing Tylenol (acetaminophen) as safe for pregnant women, while allegedly concealing evidence of links between its use and developmental disorders—specifically autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). […]
As the U.S. federal government shutdown extends into its fourth week, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — the nation’s primary food-aid safety net supporting more than 41 million Americans — is facing a potential interruption of benefit payments for November 2025. While October benefits remain funded under previously allocated resources, the United States Department […]
In the vast and intricate web of global finance, few names carry as much weight as BlackRock. With over $10 trillion in assets under management, this financial behemoth is often cited as one of the most influential institutions in the world. Yet for many outside the financial sector, BlackRock remains a mystery—its power largely invisible, […]
A recent statement by a computer science professor has reignited a long-simmering debate about the disruptive potential of artificial intelligence. The professor warned that rapid advances in AI could displace up to 99% of workers within the next five years, raising questions about the future of employment, economic stability, and human purpose in an increasingly […]
In the crowded and highly competitive world of artificial intelligence, few stories have jolted the industry like the arrival of DeepSeek, a Chinese startup whose open-source models have not only rivaled but in some cases outshined offerings from American tech giants. In early 2025, the release of DeepSeek-R1, powered by the company’s DeepSeek-V3 model, sent […]
Africa’s internet story is usually told through cables laid by global giants and traffic routed through far-off hubs in Europe. But imagine a different backbone: a Continental Internet Exchange (CIX) that stitches together Africa’s national IXPs into one fabric—so content created in Lagos reaches Nairobi without a round-trip to Frankfurt, and a fintech API in […]
Long before the sirens and smoke of 1921, Greenwood—the Black business district of Tulsa, Oklahoma—was a portrait of audacity. On bustling Greenwood Avenue, weekend crowds drifted past grocers and tailors, pressed into the vestibules of churches on Sunday, and queued for evening shows at the Dreamland Theater. The rare photographs that survive from those years […]
They Built America Like a Racket In a world where history is often sanitized for textbooks, this documentary rips the veil off America’s rise to global dominance—not as a beacon of democracy, but as a sprawling empire built on covert deals, criminal alliances, and shadow wars. The Premise “They Built America Like a Racket” argues […]
In a groundbreaking leap for computing technology, researchers at Cornell University have unveiled the first-ever “microwave brain” chip—a revolutionary processor capable of simultaneously handling ultrafast data and wireless communication signals. This innovation, detailed in Nature Electronics, marks the debut of a true microwave neural network, fully integrated on a silicon microchip and powered by analog […]