Author: Christopher Hutton, Washington Examiner

The operator of a power grid in the mid-Atlantic is warning that the planned shutdown of a coal-fired power plant could disrupt and short-change electrical supply before people can replace it. PJM Interconnection, the company that manages wholesale electricity in parts or the entirety of 13 states and provides electricity for more than 65 million…

Former Denver Broncos defensive lineman Harald Hasselbach died on Thanksgiving after a six-month battle with cancer. The 56-year-old two-time Super Bowl champion’s family announced his death on Thursday, noting that he was “free of pain.” The NFL player had been diagnosed with metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma, according to his family. The Broncos player appeared in 131…

Federal law enforcement has determined that a car crash on the United States-Canada border that led to two deaths and one injury is not connected to any terrorist group. Alarms were raised late Wednesday morning after a Bentley exploded near Niagara Falls, killing a couple and injuring a border guard. The couple was traveling at…

The Senate Judiciary Committee summoned Big Tech CEOs to answer allegations that they have failed to protect children and teenagers online. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) announced that they sent subpoenas to Discord CEO Jason Citron, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, and X CEO Linda Yaccarino to appear at a Dec. 6 hearing…

Former South Carolina governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s call to require identity verification for all social media users to stop foreign actors from spreading misinformation has raised old and new questions about free speech. Haley on Fox News on Tuesday said posts from anonymous users should be viewed as a “national security…

OpenAI founder Sam Altman was ousted from the artificial intelligence company because he was not candid with its board, the company said Friday. OpenAI’s board of directors said in a statement Friday that it underwent a “deliberative review process” and concluded that Altman was not “consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its…

The Biden White House denounced Elon Musk on Friday for repeating the “hideous lie behind the most fatal act of antisemitism” on X, the social media company previously known as Twitter. The White House was responding to a controversial post from Musk on Wednesday in which he said that Jews “push hatred” against white people.…

Apple intends to adopt a popular encryption standard promoted by Google, which may finally eliminate green bubbles on the iPhone. The company announced on Thursday that it will add support for Rich Communication Services, the preferred encryption standard used by Android devices, sometime in 2024. The difference in encryption limited functionality between iPhones and Androids…

Elon Musk was taken off the schedule to speak at a high-profile government forum on Thursday and replaced with climate envoy John Kerry. Musk was scheduled to speak at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on Thursday on artificial intelligence alongside Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. The schedule was suddenly changed the day of, with Musk being…

President Joe Biden’s decision to study how to make government-owned spectrum frequencies more available to the private sector could help the United States expedite the expansion of 5G and keep up with China. Biden issued a “National Spectrum Strategy” on Monday, calling for detailed studies of several identified frequencies that the federal government believes could…