Startup founder Charlie Javice was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for a crime the judge called "biblical," defrauding JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million. "Among the many commandments in the bible are the commandments of just weights and measures. Yours was not a just weight and measure," Judge Alvin Hellerstein said during the sentencing hearing.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into state law on Monday a requirement that ChatGPT developer OpenAI and other big players disclose how they plan to mitigate potential catastrophic risks from their cutting-edge AI models. California is the home to top AI companies including OpenAI, Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google, Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab, Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab and Anthropic, and with this law seeks to lead on regulation of...

JK Rowling tore a strip out of Emma Watson in a scathing post shared Monday on X. Watson, an actress from the “Harry Potter” film series, spoke out about distancing herself from Rowling over her views on transgenderism during a recent interview with Jay Shetty. She told Shetty that despite her differences, she didn’t want Rowling to be canceled. Rowling shared a cryptic post shortly after the interview aired, then returned again with her most recent, ferocious post. The famous author called...

On Sept. 4, the independent game developer Team Cherry released Hollow Knight: Silksong, the long-anticipated sequel to an indie gem that was seven years in the making. Reviews pegged it as one of the best games of 2025. On Sept. 25, the independent game developer Supergiant Games released (the full version of) Hades II, the long-anticipated sequel to an indie gem that was five years in the making. Reviews pegged it as one of the best games of 2025. Between these...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was bullish on Monday evening shortly after leaving the White House, where he accepted US President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Gaza. “Now the whole world, including the Arab and Muslim world, is pressuring Hamas to accept the terms that we created together with Trump, to bring back all the hostages — the living and the dead — while the IDF stays in the majority of the Strip,” Netanyahu said in a video he posted to social media.

A weekend shooting that left three people dead and five others injured was "highly premeditated" and targeted a waterfront North Carolina restaurant, officials said. The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, at American Fish Company in Southport, a maritime town in the southeastern part of the state. The popular spot is known locally not only as a waterfront bar and restaurant, but also as a filming location for "Safe Haven," the 2013 romantic thriller based on...

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by Martin Armstrong, Armstrong Economics: Mandatory digital IDs are coming to the United Kingdom by2029. Prime Minister Keir Starmer would like the public to believe that verification is a protective measure to curb illegal immigration. Digital IDs are a purely a CONTROL tactic. Once you allow the government to link every citizen to a digital […]