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Top News Stories for Wednesday, April 29th 2026
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
When shots rang out at the Washington Hilton as President Trump sat in the ballroom for the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday night, there were echoes of the hotel's storied presidential history. On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan nearly died after John Hinckley Jr. pulled out a .22 caliber revolver and unleashed six shots in 1.7 seconds, from a mere 15 feet away, as the president ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
Jimmy Kimmel has responded to Donald and Melania Trump calling on Monday for ABC to fire him in the wake of the late-night comic making a joke last week in which he described the first lady as having "the glow of an expectant widow." The remark about the president's wife was part of a routine on Thursday's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in which he pretended to deliver a comedy routine at the then-upcoming White House ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
China on Monday officially blocked Meta's Manus deal, signaling tighter control over tech transfers. "Founders will know that if you start in China, you stay in China," said Duncan Clark, chairman of consultancy firm BDA China. The announcement comes less than a month before U.S. President Donald Trump is due in Beijing to discuss trade — and investment. Manus was hailed by Chinese state media as the "next ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
in the U.S. on Monday afternoon, in the king's first visit to the country as monarch. The king's speech on Capitol Hill will be the first address to Congress by a British monarch in 35 years. The king and queen are in the U.S. to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence this year. It comes at a time when the U.S. war with Iran and the president's criticism of NATO threaten ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
An eightfold increase since 2020, with Facebook generating more losses than text and email scams combined New FTC data published Monday show that nearly 30% of all reported scam losses last year began on social media. Investment scams alone cost $1.1 billion. Shopping scams were the most frequently reported. Romance scams started on social media in 60% of reported cases. All age groups except the over-80s lost more ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
Australia unveiled draft laws on Tuesday that would tax tech giants Meta, Google and TikTok unless they voluntarily strike deals to pay local outlets for news. Traditional media companies around the world are in a battle for survival as readers increasingly consume their news on social media. Australia wants big tech companies to compensate local publishers for sharing articles that drive traffic on their ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
BEKASI, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers finished removing victims from a damaged commuter train car Tuesday, confirming that the crash outside Indonesia's capital killed 15 people, all of whom were women. The crash occurred Monday when a long-distance train crashed into the rear car of the stopped commuter train at Bekasi Timur Station outside Jakarta . The car was one designated for women only, a common ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
Musk's shifting stance on AI dangers may complicate trial over OpenAI's mission. A hotly anticipated trial starts this week, where Elon Musk will attempt to prove that OpenAI, under Sam Altman, has abandoned its mission to remain a nonprofit in order to ensure that artificial intelligence serves humanity, and not just billionaires. Many view the lawsuit as a grudge match between Musk—who left OpenAI after ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
OpenAI Group PBC and Microsoft Corp. have revised several sections of the contract that governs their technology partnership. The update, which was announced today, is at least the third that the companies have made since the start of 2025. The partnership began in June 2019 with a $1 billion investment from Microsoft. Four years later, it became OpenAI's exclusive cloud provider. The companies dropped the ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
Proponents of a proposal to tax California billionaires say they have obtained enough signatures for the measure to appear on the November ballot. The measure, proposed by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), a union representing more than 120,000 California health care workers, would impose a one-time 5% tax on Californians with net worths of $1 billion or more. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
The singer's company filed three applications on Friday after Matthew McConaughey launched similar strategy Taylor Swift has filed applications to trademark her voice and image in a move seemingly designed to protect against AI misuse. On 24 April, Swift's company TAS Rights Management filed three trademark applications, Variety reports. Two of these are sound trademarks that cover Swift saying the phrases "Hey, ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
Ingenious? Orwellian? Or both? Supreme Court considers constitutionality of 'geofence' warrants Can't see the video above? Watch it here . The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday about a relatively new law enforcement technique that allows police to tap into giant tech-firm databases to find out who was near the scene of a crime and may have been involved. Essentially the question before the high court ...
Source: npr.org
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
The third man accused in the murder of DJ Jam Master Jay pleaded guilty in federal court Monday for his involvement in the 2002 death of the former member of Run-DMC. Jay Bryant, 52, was charged nearly three years ago in the death of the musician, whose real name was Jason Mizell. Federal officials initially charged Bryant with Mizell's murder, to which he pleaded not guilty at the time. On Monday, Bryant agreed to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
In 2015, Valve tried to venture into the console market with the Steam Machine and the Steam Controller. These devices were discontinued in 2019, but Valve is trying again. The company started small with 2022's , and while it has yet to launch a new Steam Machine, it is ready to roll out the new Steam Controller as one of the most expensive gaming peripherals on the market. Admittedly, $99 is a steep asking price ...
Source: bgr.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
Gov. Janet Mills has vetoed legislation to temporarily ban the development of large-scale data centers in Maine. The bill passed through the state Legislature with bipartisan support earlier this month. It would have enacted an 18-month moratorium on new data centers using more than 20 megawatts of power. If enacted, the law would have been the first of its kind in the U.S. But the governor had asked for an ...
Source: wbur.org
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby confirmed Monday that he approached American Airlines to explore a possible merger between the two carriers, a move that sparked concerns about competition in the airline industry. "I was confident that this combination, which would have been about adding and not subtracting, creating a truly great airline that customers love, could get regulatory approval," Kirby said in an April ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes If you've been sitting at the edge of your seat waiting for OpenAI's world-changing AI device(s), you may want to scooch back on your chair. According to TF Securities International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company behind ChatGPT is developing a smartphone. Yes, a smartphone. But it reportedly won't be just any old glass slab—it'll be an "AI agent phone." An AI AGENT PHONE . What ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
ADT, a Florida-based provider of alarm monitoring solutions, confirmed that hackers breached its systems and accessed a portion of customer data. According to a company statement, unauthorized access was detected on April 20 and affected "a limited set of customer and prospective customer data." ADT said it immediately launched a forensic investigation with third-party cybersecurity experts and notified law ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
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Source: huffpost.com