Category: Media & Big Tech

GM Will Join Tesla’s EV Charging Network, Making It the De Facto Industry Standard

General Motors said it will adapt its electric vehicles to the Tesla Supercharger network, after Ford Motor Co. made a similar deal last month. This move will all but ensure that Tesla’s charging ports will become the North American standard. On June 8, GM CEO Mary Barra revealed in a talk with Tesla CEO Elon…


[PREMIERING NOW] JP Sears: Is Idiocracy the Gateway Drug That Leads to Communism? Can Comedy Be the Antidote? [ATL:NOW]

“Idiocracy is the gateway drug that leads to communism,” says comedian JP Sears. Before the spring of 2020, Sears said he took America’s freedoms for granted. It wasn’t until the pandemic that he became aware of the extent of government and media corruption, hypocrisy, and brainwashing. “[When we] try to deny reality, it literally makes…


NZ Government Agency Bans Staff Form Using AI Platforms

In what appears to be a world first, a government agency in New Zealand has banned employees from using AI technology over data and privacy concerns. The New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) issued the ban on tools like ChatGPT after concerns sensitive information inputted into such platforms could be later retrieved, reported…


NZ Government Agency Bans Staff From Using AI Platforms

In what appears to be a world first, a government agency in New Zealand has banned employees from using AI technology over data and privacy concerns. The New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) issued the ban on tools like ChatGPT after concerns sensitive information inputted into such platforms could be later retrieved, reported…


[PREMIERING 6/9, 9:30AM ET] JP Sears: Is Idiocracy the Gateway Drug That Leads to Communism? Can Comedy Be the Antidote? [ATL:NOW]

“Idiocracy is the gateway drug that leads to communism,” says comedian JP Sears. Before the spring of 2020, Sears said he took America’s freedoms for granted. It wasn’t until the pandemic that he became aware of the extent of government and media corruption, hypocrisy, and brainwashing. “[When we] try to deny reality, it literally makes…


Los Angeles Times Cutting More Than 10 Percent of Newsroom

The Los Angeles Times this week became the latest media organization to announce job cuts, saying it would terminate more than 10 percent of its newsroom. The paper is firing 74 newsroom employees, a spokeswoman confirmed via email to The Epoch Times on June 8. “We have made the difficult decision to undergo a reorganization…


Meta Introduces Broadcast Tool Channels on WhatsApp

Meta Platforms on Thursday introduced WhatsApp Channels, a feature that the social media giant said would help make the app a “private broadcast messaging product.” Users in Colombia and Singapore will be the first to receive access to Channels. Over the coming months, Meta will expand the availability of the tool for users in more…


Creator of Conservative Chatbot Powered by ChatGPT Says OpenAI Tried to Censor Content

The creators of a conservative chatbot powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT announced that they shut down the chatbot because of pressure from OpenAI to censor the bot’s responses. The conservative chatbot, named GIPPR in honor of the late President Ronald Reagan, debuted in May and is part of TUSK, a pro-free speech and anti-censorship web browser. GIPPR…


Tucker Carlson’s Lawyer Responds to Fox News Contract Breach Allegations

A lawyer for Tucker Carlson issued a response after reports claimed that Fox News sent a letter accusing him of violating his contract by launching his own Twitter show this week. “Fox defends its very existence on freedom of speech grounds. Now they want to take Tucker Carlson’s right to speak freely away from him…


Britain’s Daily and Sunday Telegraph Put up for Sale After Bank Runs out of Patience

A traditionally conservative newspaper group has been put up for sale after the Bank of Scotland—owned by the Lloyds Banking Group—ran out of patience with its owners over a £1 billion debt. The Daily Telegraph, its Sunday sister paper, and The Spectator magazine will now be sold to the highest bidder after the failure of…