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DINNER PLANS

How Tech Moguls Took Over the White House Dinner Table

It’s a power grab. And a political bargain.

Joanna Coles

Bill Gates speaks to the media as he arrives for a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee investigating late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Capitol Hill on June 10, 2026.
SOUNDING THE ALARM

Bill Gates Shares Chilling AI Prediction

The Microsoft co-founder was asked about whether the technology is “powerful enough to end all of humanity.”

Reagin von Lehe

SAN JOSE, CA - MARCH 17: Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes alongside her boyfriend Billy Evans, walks back to her hotel following a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17, 2023 in San Jose, California. Holmes appeared in court for a restitution hearing. (Photo by Philip Pacheco/Getty Images)
OFF LIMITS

Elizabeth Holmes Slapped With Ban Ahead of Shock Release

Conditions have been set for the tech fraudster’s impending release from prison.

Julia Ornedo

An animated GIF of Donald Trump, a crystal ball with computer code.
opinion
CTRL-ALT-DEL

Nobody Knows Anything About AI—Least of All Donald Trump

Like the blind leading the blind...

Michael Wolff

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 04: (L-R) U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House on February 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to visit Trump since he returned to the White House last month. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
DOOMSDAY DIVISION

Major White House Split Leaks as Aides Freak Out

Apocalyptic warnings have sparked panic inside the Trump administration.

Will Neal

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023.
TRAILER TYCOON

World’s Richest Man Reveals He Lives in a Trailer

The billionaire moved to Memphis to be close to the construction of xAI’s Macrohard data center.

Lauren Hartley

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller's wife, Katie Miller.
SKIN IN THE GAME

Katie Miller’s Bombshell Million-Dollar Secret Exposed

The wife of Stephen Miller didn’t bother to mention one important detail while routinely railing against certain AI chatbots.

Ewan Palmer

Anthropic logo, a keyboard and a robotic hand in this illustration taken June 5, 2026.
THE AI-POCALYPSE

AI Insiders Issue Terrifying Warning to All Humanity

One former researcher said AI companies are “gambling with our lives.”

Martha McHardy

John Ternus, Vice President, Mac and iPad Hardware Engineering speaks during Apple's annual world wide developer conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California, on June 5, 2017.
JACKPOT

New Apple CEO’s Jaw-Dropping Pay Package Revealed

The engineer was named as Tim Cook’s successor in April.

Vic Verbalaitis

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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives outside court to take the stand at trial in a key test case accusing Meta and Google's YouTube of harming kids' mental health through addictive platforms, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 18, 2026.
SOCIAL RECKONING

Zuckerberg’s Meta Agrees to Pay $17B in Child Safety Case

Meta also agreed to much stricter protections for young users.

Martha McHardy

The highest-resolution image of the Sun’s surface (photosphere) ever captured, taken at 416 nm by the Inouye Solar Telescope. It reveals deformed boundaries of magnetic elements and ultra-fine scale stripes, both associated with Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.
SOLAR POWER

Closest View of the Sun’s Surface Revealed in New Images

The images were the result of a happy solar accident.

Cameron Adams

Anthropic logo, a keyboard and a robotic hand in this illustration taken June 5, 2026.
RISE OF THE MACHINES

Rogue AI Pretended to Be Real Humans in Jaw-Dropping Hack

Testers warn Anthropic’s agent engaged in a level of “autonomy and deception” never seen before.

Ewan Palmer

Anthropic logo, a keyboard and a robotic hand in this illustration taken June 5, 2026.
JUDGMENT DAY

Rogue AI Escapes and Goes on Hacking Spree

A similar incident involving another AI model was revealed just last week.

Ewan Palmer

A photo illustration illo of Co-founder of Palantir Technologies Peter Thiel and Matt Danzeisen and Gulfstream G550 N878DB.
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IN-FLIGHT TURBULENCE

Peter Thiel’s Bombshell Private Jet Lawsuit Revealed

A flight attendant says the billionaire’s husband assaulted her aboard their aircraft. Then he sued her.

Laura Esposito

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