The X-ification of Meta is related to X-ification
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta, the platform that enables fact-checking of news, will be shut down “in the near future”. The social media platform had partnered with fact-checking organisations and newsrooms across the globe to tackle fake news. Meta’s global policy chief Joel Kaplan had said the platform has decided to stop collaborating with fact-checking organisations.
The Justice Department wants to make public only parts of their report on the Trump cases
US Special Counsel Jack Smith has asked the Department of Justice to release his report on President-elect Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents by January 20. Smith had earlier dismissed the case against Trump, who is accused of illegally leaking classified documents to supporters after his election victory. However, the special counsel has been asked to submit his final report to the Attorney General.
The development of quantum mechanics was a few months ago
The UN has declared 2025 to be the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, which commemorates the first 100 years of the improvement of the standard model and the modern-day Evolution of the Quantum World. The first applications of Heisenberg’s quantum-mechanical theory had been worked on by Lucy Mensing, a member of his group.
Police say that the man who blew up Cybertruck in Las Vegas used online planning tools
Matthew Livelsberger, the soldier who blew up his vehicle outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day, had a “possible manifesto” on his mobile phone, police said. Livelsberger had a “possible manifesto” and sent an email to a podcaster, they added. Police further said that Livelsberger had used generative AI to plan the attack.
Meta users are not being left to wade through hate and misinformation
Meta has completely rolled back the fact-checking policies that were put in place after it was revealed that the tech platform was involved in influence operations that were designed to influence elections and promote violence. Meta’s chief global affairs officer said the decision was made to allow more topics to be discussed on the company’s platforms.
Santa Ana winds are blowing from the South to the West
The California National Guard has said that some communities in the US state have been placed under a mandatory evacuation notice due to the strong winds blowing on the West Coast. The winds areexpected to accelerate to dangerous levels on Tuesday and Wednesday, after a dip in speed on Tuesday afternoon. There could be dangerous winds and weather on Thursday or Friday.
Three key things to watch for in 25 years: Is this the Bitcoin’s golden moment?
The US government could legally start a reserve for Bitcoin with the cryptocurrency it has seized from various bad actors, US President Donald Trump told a cryptocurrency conference earlier this year. He proposed the government buy 200 bitcoins a year for five years until they reach 1 million. He also said the government could start the stockpile with the Bitcoin tokens it has seized.
Most federal waters are off limits to new oil and gas drilling
US Vice President Joe Biden announced that he’d block oil and gas drilling in areas of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. “My decision reflects what coastal communities…have known for a long time: that drilling off these coasts could cause irreversible damage to places we hold dear and is unnecessary to meet our nation’s energy needs,” he said.
There is a shadow of a January 6, 2021 riot over Congress certifying the 2024 election
US President Donald Trump was certified the winner of the 2020 presidential election by Vice President Kamala Harris. The final tally stood at 312 to 226, with Trump having received 312 votes to Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore’s 226 votes. Trump is the first US President to be certified by the new law that explains how states finalised their results.
The FBI says the suspect in the New Orleans attack twice visited the city
The man who rammed his truck into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, killing at least one person, had recently visited the city twice to conduct surveillance, the FBI has revealed. He used “smart glasses” to record video of the area he later targeted, it added. The attack is being investigated as terrorism, the FBI further said.