Alcoa is in advanced discussions to sell its Massena East smelter site in upstate New York to New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG). Summary Alcoa is in advanced talks to sell Massena East smelter site to NYDIG. NYDIG aims to expand Bitcoin mining operations using hydropower-linked industrial infrastructure in New York. Massena East site has
A US federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit linked to a memecoin promoted by Caitlyn Jenner. Summary US judge ruled Caitlyn Jenner memecoin did not qualify as security under investment contract standards. Court said investors failed to prove pooled funds or structured financial returns linked to token. Lawsuit claims involving token promotions and donations
An ICE agent charged 2026 with two counts of felony second-degree assault faces a nationwide arrest warrant after allegedly pointing his duty weapon at the heads of two civilians in a moving vehicle during the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Thursday. Summary Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., 35, a Maryland
President Trump said Thursday the White House is investigating the deaths and disappearances of 10 scientists with ties to classified US defense, nuclear, and aerospace research, calling the pattern “pretty serious stuff” after leaving a meeting on the topic — as a lawmaker called for a formal FBI probe into what investigators have not yet
Stanford’s 2026 AI Index shows the performance gap between US and Chinese AI models has compressed to just 2.7%, down from a double-digit lead as recently as 2023, as Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 holds a 39-point Elo lead over ByteDance’s best-performing model on the benchmarks Stanford tracks. Summary The 423-page report, released April 14, finds
CFTC AI news came directly from Capitol Hill Thursday as Chairman Mike Selig told the House Agriculture Committee that artificial intelligence tools, specifically Microsoft’s Copilot, are filling surveillance and investigation gaps at an agency that has lost roughly 25% of its workforce since 2025, even as Congress prepares to hand it primary oversight of the
Goldman Sachs filed a registration statement with the SEC on April 14 for the Goldman Sachs Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, the first bitcoin ETF news from the Wall Street giant that proposes directly issuing its own crypto income product rather than simply holding third-party spot funds. Summary The fund will invest at least 80% of
In the latest generative AI news, CBS MoneyWatch reported that US households are actively making room in their budgets for AI subscriptions, backed by Bank of America Institute data showing the number of paying AI subscribers has surged 38% from the 2024 average. Summary Approximately 3% of Bank of America households paid for AI services
The Trump administration announced Thursday that New York will lose $73.5 million in federal highway funding after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found the state has refused to revoke nearly 33,000 commercial driver’s licenses issued to immigrants whose legal status had since expired, in this latest Trump administration news on federal funding as a
Trump nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director 2026 on Thursday, tapping a former Navy rear admiral and deputy surgeon general from his first term to lead an agency that has cycled through four leaders in the past 12 months and remains without a Senate-confirmed director since Dr. Susan Monarez was fired last August. Summary
