Why Does the Left Hate Elon Musk? Because He’s the Donald Trump of the Internet.

Illustration: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Image: Getty Images In a new motion filed late Friday in his lawsuit against OpenAI, Elon Musk’s attorneys have asked for a preliminary injunction to stop OpenAI from transitioning to a for-profit enterprise, reports TechCrunch. They also asked the judge to forbid the company from continuing alleged practices that they say violate US antitrust laws. Musk’s lawyers claim that because of CEO Sam Altman’s alleged self-dealing, OpenAI “will likely lack sufficient funds to pay damages” if Musk wins the suit. The motion follows reports of OpenAI’s intent to become a for-profit business and that it recently began early talks with regulators to move its structural change forward. As for antitrust claims, the lawyers say OpenAI and Microsoft “told investors not to... Continue reading…

Scattered over 700,000 square kilometers (270, 271 sq mi) in the southern Pacific Ocean are the Tonga islands. On one of the 176 islands that make up Tonga, there stands one of the strangest megalithic monuments in the Pacific, a trilithon called Ha’amonga ‘a Maui (A carrying stick/burden of Maui). Read moreSection: ArtifactsOther ArtifactsNewsAncient PlacesAustralia & OceaniaRead Later 

Former TV host Charlie Rose has resolved a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by three women in the wake of his #MeToo-era ouster from CBS News in 2017 and the cancellation of his long-running, eponymous PBS talk show.In settling, the plaintiffs said they assign no "ill...

Former Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's home was targeted with bomb threats over the Thanksgiving weekend, reports TMZ.

Democrat strategist James Carville is calling for an audit of Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, saying its "unfathomable" spending has damaged the Democrat brand.

The U.S. on Friday approved $387 million in arms sales to Taiwan, including foreign military sales of spare parts and support for F-16 fighter jets, electronically scanned array radars and related equipment, reports the Taipei Times.

"Wicked," the blockbuster film based on the runaway Broadway hit, is continuing to lead a major box office resurgence, bringing in more than $250 million domestically.

Large-scale disruptions to life may ultimately increase ecological complexity over geologic timescales, though the risk of extinction always looms.

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