New Republic

Half the Country Sues Trump for Using Shutdown to Slash SNAP Funding

Nearly two dozen states are suing the Trump administration for failing to salvage SNAP benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown. Approximately 42 million Americans—about one in eight people—who ...
The New York Times

Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots

Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has a far-reaching plan to automate 75 percent of its operations. Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has ...
Butler Eagle

Jefferson Township to implement half-mill EMS tax

JEFFERSON TWP — Township supervisors took a step to support their emergency medical services provider, the Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company, by approving an additional half-mill tax solely for funding ...
Yahoo

Yes, You Can Make A Cake Using Only Half A Box Of Cake Mix. Here's How

Boxed cake mix and required ingredients arranged together on a counter - Arina P Habich/Shutterstock Boxed cake mix is one of those convenience foods that you may not have yet realized is even more ...
IEEE

Reconfigurable Optical Decoder and Half-Adder Composed of Unitary Converter

Abstract: We propose a reconfigurable optical decoder and half-adder using an arbitrary unitary converter composed of cascaded MMI couplers. Both operations confirmed for 2-bit BPSK signals in ...
Newsweek

Nearly Half of Employees Are Using Banned AI Tools at Work

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms rapidly reshape U.S. workplaces, there's a growing rift between employee behavior and company policies. Nearly half of employees said they were ...
Investopedia

This Generation Is Secretly Using AI at Work Every Day—And Not Telling Their Bosses

Andrew Kessel was a breaking news writer for Investopedia until October 2025. He previously covered markets for Proactive Investors, with a focus on small-cap stocks in fintech, healthcare, mining, ...
TechCrunch

DOGE has built an AI tool to slash federal regulations

The Department of Government Efficiency hopes to use a new AI tool to eliminate half of the federal government’s regulatory mandates, according to The Washington Post. Citing a PowerPoint presentation ...
GamesRadar+

Gabe Newell says he ditched Microsoft and made Valve and Half-Life to prove "a better approach to game design" at a time where "there were more people using Doom than using ...

Horror Games After 2 years and $100,000 invested, acclaimed indie studio is "likely closing" due to Steam ban, says it was "tricked and betrayed" by Valve: "A system that allows that is broken" Third ...
GitHub

Implement Video Trimming Functionality using ffmpeg.wasm

Enable users to trim a video file by selecting start and end timestamps. Use ffmpeg.wasm to process the trimming entirely in-browser, ensuring privacy and avoiding server-side dependencies. Tasks: ...
Benzinga.com

AI Agents: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Business Implementation

An AI agent is software that can take actions independently. Unlike chatbots that just respond to questions, AI agents (virtual assistants) can access databases, run calculations, use tools, make ...