US Olympic bobsledder surprises Trump, awards him prestigious Order of Ikkos medal

Olympic bobsled champion Kaillie Humphries surprised President Trump Thursday by awarding him the Order of Ikkos medal during White House women’s history month event with Melania Trump. “Every Olympic medalist in the United States gets an Order of Ikkos that they get to hand to somebody in honor and recognition of somebody who’s…

Kyler Murray signing one-year contract with Vikings after Cardinals exit

Kyler Murray will look to resurrect his career with the Vikings. The former Cardinals quarterback agreed to a one-year contract with Minnesota on Wednesday, per multiple reports. The decision comes after Arizona decided last week to release him at the start of the new league year. The Cardinals still owe…

Tesla rival unveils two-seat robotaxi without a steering wheel or pedals

Lucid unveiled a two-seater robotaxi concept without steering wheel and pedals, and launched new self-driving tech subscriptions, as the electric-vehicle maker laid out its roadmap for the technologies at an investor day event on Thursday. The unveiling deepens Lucid’s push into fully autonomous vehicles, potentially putting it in direct competition with Tesla’s Cybercab as automakers race to build a driverless future. The Elon Musk-led…

Costco shopper sues retailer for tariff refunds after Trump import taxes overruled

An Illinois-based Costco shopper is suing the big-box retailer for tariff refunds in a possible class-action case after President Trump’s core import taxes were overruled last month. Matthew Stockov, a Costco member, bought food, electronics, household items, small appliances and hygiene products from Costco that were imported from other countries…

Anthropic would ‘pollute’ US military supply chain, Pentagon official says

The Pentagon cut ties with Anthropic because use of its artificial intelligence models would “pollute” the US military’s supply chain, a top War Department official claimed Thursday. Emil Michael, the War Department’s chief technology officer, said Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot was trained using a fundamentally different ideology from what the…

Scientists use ‘negative light’ to send secret messages hidden inside heat

Researchers have developed a technology to invisibly transmit information disguised as background thermal radiation. Using a phenomenon called “negative light,” they transferred 100 kilobits of data per second in a way that was completely undetectable to outside observers.Most methods for concealing data during transfer involve hiding it among other data…

‘Interstellar messenger’ 3I/ATLAS could be nearly as old as the universe itself, James Webb telescope observations reveal

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is up to 12 billion years old and unlike anything found in our solar system, new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations suggest.Comet 3I/ATLAS became a celestial celebrity last year after the interstellar visitor was discovered hurtling through our cosmic neighborhood. Not long after, online speculation suggested…

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