Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup wants to hit a billion users. It's less than 2% of the way there.

Sam Altman's startup, Tools for Humanity, wants its Orb to scan a billion irises to create a "World ID." Regulators worldwide ...
Coachella Valley IndependentOpinion

How Trump Uses Unfailingly Loyal Media to Get His Way, No Matter the Consequences; a Look at California Legislative ‘Pork’ Projects–Coachella Valley …

News you should know, including Trump's latest effort to use the government to enrich himself; a disconcerting baby-formula ...
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South Africa aspired to be a nonracial democracy. Can it revive that goal?

Thirty years after it scrapped racial segregation, South Africa seeks to recover a founding story that inspired ideas of ...
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UNHCR High Commissioner’s statement to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly

UNHCR High Commissioner’s statement to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly New York, 6 November 2025 ...