MSNBC is becoming ‘My Source News Opinion World’

MSNBC is about to look a lot — and sound — a lot different. The cable news network will soon go by My Source News Opinion World (MS NOW) and drop its peacock logo, as reported earlier by Deadline. The change comes as Comcast, which owns NBCUniversal, plans to spin off its cable business, including […]

U.S. Treasury supports digital IDs as a safeguard against financial crime before transactions are executed

U.S. Treasury supports digital IDs as a safeguard against financial crime before transactions are executed

Digital  identity verification is being weighed up as a mechanism hardwired into decentralized finance (DeFi) systems to control financial related crime. With the potential to reduce illicit activities supported by the U.S. Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, the open-access nature of the sector could be drastically “altered”, said some news outlets, changing permissionless onboarding. The whole […]

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Grammarly says its AI agent can predict an A paper

Grammarly is launching several new AI agents for specific writing challenges, from educators trying to detect plagiarism and AI-generated text to students looking to gauge reader reaction to their paper, needing help with citations, and even seeing their predicted grade. The specialized AI agents are available in docs — which is Grammarly’s new “AI-native writing […]

PBS is slashing its budget in response to Trump’s attack on public media

Now that Congress has passed a bill that will defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS is taking drastic measures to stay alive. In an email sent out to PBS station managers on Wednesday, PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger announced that the organization plans to cut its budget by 21 percent in order to […]