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Stevie Wonder Calls Politics BS, Says He’s Only Interested in Truth newsthirst.

Play video content BACKGRID Stevie Wonder‘s over all the political hate out there … declaring he’s got a different North Star in his life — and, it ain’t about Democrats or Republicans. The legendary singer-songwriter was spotted walking in Los Angeles Tuesday night … and, he was asked what he thought about Donald Trump‘s inauguration…

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Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show | Elon Musk newsthirst.

Elon Musk admitted he cheated at video games to get high scores, a transcript of a private online conversation he had shows, seemingly concluding a fiery scandal over the billionaire’s outlandish claims to be a globally-ranked player. Musk has regularly bragged about his gaming rankings. He told the podcaster Joe Rogan last year that he…

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Meta backs Databricks as the data analytics startup inches toward IPO newsthirst.

Databricks co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi. Databricks Data analytics software startup Databricks said Wednesday that Meta has signed on as an investor. As the company that trains the popular Llama open-source large language models, or LLMs, that Databricks builds on, Meta plays an important role in the artificial intelligence. Databricks works closely with Meta’s Llama…

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Prince Harry Settles Hacking Suit Against The Sun; Tabloid Apologizes For Harassing Princess Diana newsthirst.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Prince Harry’s yearslong legal battle against media baron Rupert Murdoch has come to an end. And the Duke of Sussex has scored a victory that might forever change the way tabloids conduct their business worldwide. Back in 2019, Harry filed a lawsuit against Murdoch’s News Group, owners of newspapers The Sun…

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US police union says Trump January 6 pardons send ‘dangerous message’ | US Capitol attack newsthirst.

The largest police union in the US, which endorsed Donald Trump during his campaign, said Trump’s decision to pardon more than 1,500 people convicted over the January 6 insurrection “sends a dangerous message”, in a statement on Tuesday. The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), which endorsed Trump in September 2024, and the International Association of…

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What Is an Executive Order? newsthirst.

President Trump began issuing executive actions after taking the oath of office on Monday, unilaterally shifting federal policies across topics that included immigration enforcement, energy production and much more. Many of the actions were in the form of executive orders. These are directives issued by a president to subordinates in the executive branch, instructing them…

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