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Rabbit CES 2024 darling Rabbit has announced a partnership with Perplexity that will link the “conversational AI-powered answer engine” to the R1‚ a $199 Teenage Engineering-designed AI gadget that’s already sold through 50‚000 preorders. Unlike LLMs that can only reference data up to a certain date in the past‚ what they’re pitching for the R1 is a built-in search engine with “live up to date answers without any knowledge cutoff.” According to Perplexity co-founder Aravind Srinivas‚ who announced the deal in a live Spaces broadcast with Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu‚ the first 100‚000 Rabbit R1 purchases will also come with one year of its Perplexity Pro subscription. The plan includes access to newer LLMs like GPT-4 and normally costs $20 per month. I... Continue reading…

Nilay Patel Just like Netflix‚ YouTube also isn’t building a native app for the Vision Pro. Its iPad app won’t support the $3‚499 headset‚ either‚ as YouTube spokesperson Jessica Gibby tells The Verge‚ “YouTube users will be able to use YouTube in Safari on the Vision Pro.” Those aren’t the only major services that won’t have dedicated apps on the Vision Pro. A source familiar with the situation tells Bloomberg that Spotify isn’t planning to create a new app for the Vision Pro and “doesn’t expect to enable its iPad app to run on the device.” That will likely force users to access Spotify in a web browser‚ too. Out of the 46 most popular apps on the App Store‚ none of them will have a native visionOS app at launch‚ according to findings from M... Continue reading…

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) demanded answers from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas following MRC Free Speech America’s bombshell report uncovering how the agency used taxpayer funds to censor conservatives. MRC released a report Wednesday exposing how the DHS awarded $700‚000 in anti-terrorism grant money to the University of Rhode Island’s Media Education Lab (the “Rhode Island Lab”) to promote censorship and leftist propaganda in America’s classrooms. “This is an outrageous use of federal funds and abuse of power‚” Hawley rebuked in a press release detailing his letter to Mayorkas. As MRC Free Speech America previously reported‚ the university wielded the grant to train educators to use censorship tools to silence right-leaning views in their classrooms. In addition‚ the grant was engineered to pay activists to write blog content promoting left-wing propaganda. It even paid students up to $1‚000 to make social media posts promoting so-called “media literacy.” Hawley didn’t pull any punches. “This amounts to the use of government funds to further President Biden’s political agenda‚” the senator accused. “All these funds should be clawed back by the federal government immediately‚ and anyone involved in making this grant should be fired.”  While the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) grant program is intended to target violence and terrorism‚ Hawley noted in the letter‚ it was egregiously funding efforts to “counter” conservative voices and opinions. The senator further pointed to information uncovered by previous MRC research on a DHS TVTP grant to the University of Dayton‚ which produced the now-notorious “Pyramid of Far-Right Radicalization.” The pyramid put Christians‚ conservatives and Republicans on a radicalization scale that also included militant Nazis. Targeted groups included Breitbart‚ Christian Broadcasting Network‚ the Heritage Foundation‚ and the National Rifle Association. “There appears to be a pattern of funneling taxpayer dollars through the TVTP program to disparage conservatives‚” Hawley criticized. Hawley accused the Biden administration of weaponizing government against free speech and cited Fifth Circuit Court findings in the landmark Missouri v. Biden free speech case. The same case cited research from MRC’s unique CensorTrack.org database “Now‚ we are learning that the Biden Administration has been outsourcing so-called counter-propaganda to private liberal entities‚” Hawley wrote in the letter. “You should claw back all funds provided to entities to combat so-called misinformation and ensure this never happens again.” He requested information about DHS/TVTP grants and the entities involved. The MRC’s latest report exposing the DHS’ antics is the second in a two-part investigation showing how the government weaponized its power to target speech unfavorable to Biden’s leftist political agenda. MRC revealed in part one how the State Department provided 700 educators with censorship tools like leftist website rating systems from NewsGuard and Ad Fontes to brainwash students against right-leaning news sources. The Rhode Island Lab also hosted a year-long series of State Department seminars in Germany to train teachers to indoctrinate students with  European-style socialist ideas‚ all at the expense of the American taxpayer. Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency and an equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored‚ contact us at the Media Research Center contact form‚ and help us hold Big Tech accountable.

Wednesday night on their low-rated CNN show King Charles‚ CBS Mornings co-host and Democratic donor Gayle King and the NBA on TNT’s Charles Barkley blasted 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley for her claim that America’s never been a racist country. However‚ the two went further with predictably liberal‚ 1619 Project tropes that “America was built on” both “racism” and “slavery.” As Hillsdale College’s David Azerrad wrote in an compendious essay for Real Clear Public Affairs in 2020‚ this notion “is the great self-evident truth of the left and of the ruling class whose moral opinions are shaped by it” and wielded as “their most powerful political weapon” to lucrative financial benefits.     The show began with the two on the streets of Manhattan asking passerby what they made of “Nikki Haley sa[ying] this country has never been racist.” Not surprisingly‚ two of the three screamed leftist loons. After one woman merely said “that’s not right‚” another woman gave the eye-rolling anti-American answer that “[t]here’s been a history of racism in the United States and‚ unfortunately‚ it continues today.” The third and final person was a younger man‚ who said not only was that “completely false‚” but that America “was built on racist policies.” Reacting back in studio‚ Barkley started with some sarcasm: I’ve been having a hard time trying to decide who I’m going to vote for. So‚ Nikki Haley is the leader in the clubhouse because — because she’s a hundred percent correct. If you forget about slavery‚ Jim Crow‚ segregation‚ anti-Semitism‚ Asian hate that’s been going on in this country‚ America has been smooth sailing. Pivoting to scorn‚ Barkley said to King’s disagreement that he wasn’t “surprised” by Haley being so “stupid”‚ adding “America was built on racism” as King chimed in that “America was certainly built on slavery.” After the two stated their agreement with each other‚ Barkley tried to offer a more nuanced view that we’re allowed to “criticize” America since it’s “the greatest country in the world” and merely “turn[ing] on the TV” will show there’s “racism” out there. Two different matters‚ Chuck. It’s generally agreed slavery was present and it was such a tenuous issue at the time that a civil war ensued. But calling America a racist country and was built on it flew in the face of the Declaration of Independence‚ the Abolitionist movement‚ the lack of explicitly racist laws today‚ and major pieces of legislation such as the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Barkley and King — two of the highest-paid TV personalities‚ regardless of color — have to keep the grievance train afloat‚ so Barkley sounded off on Haley for saying “something that stupid‚ and that’s just stupid.” “You can’t think that racism doesn’t exist in this country. Right now‚ like I said‚ America was built on racism — like I say‚ segregation‚ Jim Crow‚ segregation‚ even now we’ve got anti-Semitism that’s through the roof. In the last couple years‚ Asian people have been getting mistreated‚” he added as King repeatedly inserted interjections of agreement. Barkley ended the discussion with another so-called joke: “I think that the reason she said that everything is rosy with black people‚ she’d been in New Hampshire and Iowa for the last two months‚ she ain’t seen no black people.” King said she’d “like to see her address that‚” which was ironic considering the guest lineup of Tuesday’s CBS Mornings included none other than Haley. Sure enough‚ King and her team didn’t use the opportunity to read her the riot act. To see the relevant transcript from January 17‚ click “expand.” CNN’s King Charles January 17‚ 2023 10:00 a.m. Eastern CHARLES BARKLEY: We've got a couple questions for you. GAYLE KING: Nikki Haley said this country has never been racist. FEMALE PASSERBY #1: That’s not right. FEMALE PASSERBY #2: There’s been a history of racism in the United States and‚ unfortunately‚ it continues today. MALE PASSERBY #1: Oh‚ I think that's completely false. [SCREEN WIPE] This country was built on racist policies.  (....) 10:05 a.m. Eastern KING: Charles‚ we have to play something — I know you all saw this — what Nikki Haley said this week. Roll tape‚ please. NIKKI HALEY [on FNC’s Fox &; Friends‚ 01/16/24]: We’re not a racist country‚ Brian. We’ve never been a racist country. Our goal is to make sure that today is better than yesterday. KING: We asked — we asked people out on the street about that tonight and we didn’t find anyone that could agree with that. BARKLEY: Not anybody with common sense. KING: Yeah‚ we didn’t find anybody. BARKLEY: Well‚ you know what‚ I’ve been having a hard time trying to decide who I’m going to vote for. KING: Mmhmm. BARKLEY: So‚ Nikki Haley is the leader in the clubhouse because — KING: She was a leader in your clubhouse? BARKLEY: — because she’s a hundred percent correct. If you forget about slavery‚ Jim Crow‚ segregation — [KING LAUGHS] — anti-Semitism‚ Asian hate that’s been going on in this country‚ America has been smooth sailing. KING: Yeah. BARKLEY: You know‚ that was — KING: Yeah. I think a lot of people were surprised by that comment. BARKLEY: — well‚ no‚ first of all‚ you can’t be surprised.  KING: I was. BARKLEY: That was just stupid. America was built on racism.  KING: Mmhmm. BARKLEY: First of all‚ you — KING: America was certainly built on slavery. BARKLEY: — well — KING: Yeah‚ certainly that. Yeah. BARKLEY: — but listen you can criticize a country. This is the greatest country in the world. You can still criticize it. Anybody who thinks we don’t have racism‚ you turn on the TV every single day‚ there’s racism.  KING: Mmhmm. Mmhmm. BARKLEY: And for her‚ somebody who wants to be the president of the United States to set something that stupid‚ and that’s just stupid. Like‚ when you heard it‚ you’re like‚ oh‚ can you — I wish I could go back on my TV because‚ you know‚ some people‚ somebody — KING: To rewind to see that you — BARKLEY: — because you can’t think that.  KING: Mmhmm. BARKLEY: You can’t think that racism doesn’t exist in this country. Right now‚ like I said‚ America was built on racism — like I say‚ segregation‚ Jim Crow. KING: Yeah. BARKLEY: — segregation — KING: Yeah. BARKLEY: — even now we’ve got anti-Semitism that’s through the roof. In the last couple years‚ Asian people have been getting mistreated. KING: — well‚ she has a town hall tomorrow night‚ Jake Tapper. BARKLEY: You know what I want to do? KING: What‚ what? BARKLEY: Listen‚ I want all the black people here in New York‚ we’re going up in New Hampshire. We’re going to have the whole audience black. [KING LAUGHS] That’s what we’re going to do and when Jake Tapper said‚ we got a question‚ we’re going to all raise our hand at the same time. If I could get — it’s cold out here right now. If I could get — KING: Some — something tells me there’s not very many black people in New Hampshire‚ so maybe you might have to cover New York. Yeah. BARKLEY: — well‚ I think that the reason she said that everything is rosy with black people‚ she’d been in New Hampshire and Iowa for the last two months‚ she ain’t seen no black people. But‚ you know‚ listen‚ I’m so disappointed that she said that because it’s 100 percent wrong. KING: Yeah‚ I would like to see her address that. We’ll see.

If there was one thing that transformed Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski from mere critics of Donald Trump into savage antagonists‚ it was Trump's tweet back in 2017 saying that Mika and Joe had begged to be invited to his New Year's Eve party‚ but he said no‚ claiming that "Mika was bleeding badly from a facelift." The pair's vendetta against Trump has raged on ever since. Joe and Mika got a measure of bloody revenge today‚ speculating about Trump apparently bleeding on his right hand [see screencap] after he emerged from a court session in the E. Jean Carroll case yesterday. Mika asked if the red spots were "Magic Marker‚" and Scarborough played off that suggestion: "Is it Magic Marker? Cause it looks like he has a sore on his index finger there." Willie Geist said it looked like a cut‚ and Scarborough‚ meanwhile‚ played it oh-so-coyly. He was just "wondering" about it‚ insisting‚ "I don't want to speculate." Riight. Legal analyst Lisa Rubin suggested Trump had been banging his hand on the table in court‚ and Scarborough replied "Like a child?" Willie obligingly played the heavy‚ speculating that Trump was "like a toddler having a tantrum perhaps‚ and causing bleeding to his hand." The show did stop short of predicting that Trump would claim the wounds were stigmata‚ confirming his divine status. #SyphilisDon was trending on X (formerly Twitter) and "Vice News" did the wild speculating‚ complete with Democrat strategist James Carville -- who once claimed Bill Clinton didn't have a long-lasting affair with Gennifer Flowers‚ he just groped her in a bar -- claiming Trump has syphilis:  What are those red dots on Trump’s hands? Some wild theories are going around‚ included unfounded claims that he has syphilis‚ with #SyphilisDon trending on X. pic.twitter.com/HvjpOqjfQy — VICE News (@VICENews) January 18‚ 2024 Who's spreading unverified rumors? Vice said this might be Trump getting "a taste of his own medicine" for suggesting Biden's not mentally well. (As if the media didn't give Trump that medicine regularly when he was president.) Here's the transcript. MSNBC Morning Joe 1/18/24 6:11 am ET JOE SCARBOROUGH: One other thing‚ Willie‚ I'm just curious about. Do we have any answer on what's on Donald Trump's -- like‚ Donald Trump has‚ uh‚ his hands are bleeding. Looks like he has a sore -- MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Is that Magic Marker? SCARBOROUGH: Is it Magic Marker? Cause it looks like he has a sore on his index finger there. I don't know. I -- maybe it's Magic Marker. I don't know. WILLIE GEIST: It's‚ it looks like a cut. And that's blood‚ isn't it? I don't want to speculate. I don't know. But was there anything -- SCARBOROUGH: I don't want to speculate. GEIST: But was there anything that happened inside the courtroom yesterday‚ Lisa? LISA RUBIN: There‚ there was. You know‚ there was a point in time during the day where Trump‚ very frustrated with Judge Kaplan‚ banged his hands down on the table. I doubt that blisters -- SCARBOROUGH: -- Like a child‚ you mean. RUBIN: -- or the marks we're seeing there come from that. But could they be exacerbated by that? Perhaps. GEIST: Like a toddler having a tantrum perhaps and causing bleeding to his hand. SCARBOROUGH: Yeah‚ yeah.

UFC champion Sean Strickland absolutely eviscerated a reporter amid an anti-woke‚ profanity-laden rant during a Wednesday press conference ahead of his fight against Dricus du Plessis this weekend in Toronto. What are the details? Before the reporter could ask his first question‚ Strickland took control and asked the reporter if he's Canadian‚ and the reporter said he is. With that‚ Strickland asked the reporter if he's "part of the f***ing opposition" — presumably in reference to conservatives in Canada led by Pierre Poilievre. The reporter said he wasn't sure how to phrase an answer. Strickland asked the reporter if he voted for left-wing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — and the reporter replied that he wasn't going to answer the question. With that‚ Stickland told the gathered crowd that such an reply signaled that the reporter probably voted for Trudeau. The reporter then attempted to ask his first question‚ telling Strickland that "we've got a pretty supportive gay and lesbian community in this city" and then referred to an alleged statement Strickland made‚ which OutKick said showed up on X in December 2021: “If I had a gay son I would think I failed as a man to create such weakness."Strickland wasn't having it‚ repeatedly interrupting the reporter's question before asking the reporter if he's gay. The reporter told Strickland that he's an "ally" of the LGBTQ community. Strickland shot back‚ asking the reporter how he would feel if he had a gay son‚ to which the reporter said he'd have "no problem" with that.'You’re a weak f***ing man‚ dude' "Well‚ then you’re a weak f***ing man‚ dude‚" Strickland said. "You’re part of the f***ing problem. You elected Justin Trudeau. ... When he seized the bank accounts‚ like you’re just f***ing pathetic."Strickland presumably was referencing the Canadian trucker protests of 2022 against vaccine mandates‚ which culminated in Trudeau's government establishing emergency powers and freezing a number of bank accounts.Strickland was far from done‚ however: "The fact that you have no f***ing backbone‚ and as he shut down your f***ing country and seized bank accounts‚ you ask me some stupid s**t like that. Go f*** yourself. Move the f*** on‚ man. F***ing coward." The reporter pivoted to Strickland's statement last October after the UFC announced a partnership with Bud Light despite the beer brand's disastrous partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney. "You know how I feel about transgenders‚" Strickland said at the time. "I go f***ing hard‚ that's just what I do. I am the biggest advocate of biological females." The reporter asked Strickland if he will use his platform surrounding his upcoming fight to speak out against Bud Light. "Here’s the thing about Bud Light‚" Strickland. "Ten years ago to be trans was a mental f***ing illness. And now all of a sudden people like you have f***ing weaseled your way [into] the world. You are an infection. You are the definition of weakness. Everything that is wrong with the world is because of f***ing you. And the best thing is‚ is the world's not buying it‚ the world's not buying your f***ing bulls**t you’re f***ing peddling. The world is not saying‚ 'You know what? You’re right. F***ing chicks have d***s.’ The world's not saying that. The world's saying‚ 'No‚ there are two genders. I don’t want my kids being taught about who they could f*** in school. I don’t want my kids being taught about their sexual preference.'"Strickland then blasted the reporter again: "This guy is a f***ing enemy. You wanna look at the f***ing enemy to our world? It's that motherf***er right there‚ asking stupid f***ing questions." Finally‚ Strickland insisted he has no problem with the LGBTQ community‚ saying he's in favor of a live-and-let-live arrangement — but also adding caveats indicating he's seen the LGBTQ community demanding more than he's comfortable with of late. "Don't f***ing tell kids about it‚ don't teach that s**t in f***ing school‚ don't f***ing push your agenda‚ don't try to f***ing brainwash people‚ don't try to go past parents ..." Strickland said.Content warning: Language: Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!