Altman. Musk. Huang. Bezos. They all came to the White House Thursday night, though you might not have seen it on TV. Go to Source Author: Shawn McCreesh https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Is China Really Stealing A.I. From American Companies?
As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, the leaders are expected to discuss claims that China is surreptitiously copying American A.I. technologies, a process known as distillation. Go to …
Supreme Court Allows Use of Trump Administration’s Expansive Database for Voter Screening
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges. Go to Source Author: Abbie VanSickle https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Here’s How Trump Is Building a National Citizenship Database to Check Voters
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to deploy a system that merges personal data from across the government. Questions remain about its reliability. Go to Source Author: Nicholas Nehamas …
The biggest donor in L.A. mayor’s race runs a hedge fund — and wants more bike lanes
Hedge fund manager Aaron Sosnick gave a combined $4 million to two independent expenditure committees backing Nithya Raman’s mayoral campaign. Read full story Author: David Zahniser
Tax the rich? California voters are divided, according to new poll
September LA Times/Berkeley poll on statewide propositions Read full story Author: Seema Mehta
Can Democrats flip the House? Here’s the latest in key races
Democrats need a net gain of four seats to take control of the House. Here are five races to watch before the Nov. 3 elections. Read full story Author: Christopher …
Arellano: Heads up, Latino men: The future of democracy hangs on your vote
When Trump descended that damned escalator, I knew this racist excuse for a leader would nevertheless appeal to many Latino men. Read full story Author: Gustavo Arellano
Trump’s trade war with Canada adds a challenge in Senate races
The dispute stands to heighten voters’ economic worries and add to the GOP’s political challenge in dead-heat races, analysts say. Read full story Author: Justine McDaniel
California’s oldest family-owned winery declares bankruptcy as wine industry struggles
California’s oldest family-run winery has filed for bankruptcy protection, another sign of the struggles in the wine industry. Read full story Author: Annika Duneja
Appeals court orders Trump administration to distribute homeless funds
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has rebuffed a Trump administration effort to dictate how homeless service organizations in Los Angeles can seek millions of dollars in federal housing …
Real ‘Heritage Americans’ at Haskell Indian Nations University Deserve Better
Donald Trump wants to give the real “heritage Americans” a 90% budget cut next year. Of course, the president’s budget is only a wish list. But that this is what …
Mr. Xi Goes to Washington: An Opportunity for U.S.-China AI Assurance
A retired Air Force lieutenant general who was the first director of the DoD’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, a former chair of NATO’s highest-level nuclear policymaking body, and a legal …
Appeasement, Containment and the Democrats’ Internal War
Beneath signs of Democrats’ midterm momentum is evidence of a longer-term strategic failure. Democrats’ dual strategy of appeasing and containing their democratic socialist interlopers is collapsing. Less than two months …
Noah Woods left playground through gap in fence, inquest hears
Noah’s mother tells parents to “hold their children a little tighter and cherish every moment”. Read full story Author:
Daniel Thomas pleads not guilty after dinghy slashed
Daniel Thomas is accused of criminal damage after a video appeared to show him slashing at a dinghy. Read full story Author:
Xi got Trump’s red carpet welcome – but not everything he wanted
China wanted progress on trade, technology and Taiwan – but hasn’t got as much as it would have hoped for. Read full story Author:
Families failed by decision to bail sex offender to flat near playground, victims’ commissioner says
Victims of Zafer Dogan were living close to the 32-year-old who took thousands of pictures of children at a playground from his bedroom window. Read full story Author:
Just how hot and dry was your summer? Use our postcode lookup to find out
Most of us experienced drought and heatwaves – but temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere. Read full story Author:
Brain tumour diagnosis cut from weeks to hours with rapid new test
The test means patients can start treatment sooner and are spared weeks of uncertainty. Read full story Author: