The IRS is turning to AI agents from Salesforce to handle taxpayer services after massive staff reductions. The agency has lost one-third of its tax auditors since 2024, potentially costing billions in uncollected revenue. This comes as the agency faces unprecedented staffing challenges.
Washington state has all the ingredients for quantum leadership but lacks funding and strategy. With other states investing hundreds of millions, Washington risks falling behind despite its tech giants and research institutions.
A massive study involving over 10,000 participants reveals chatbots aren’t the learning tools we thought. Even when telling the truth, they lead to poorer information retention than good old-fashioned web searching. The problem might be how they deliver answers.
Senator Rand Paul’s committee is demanding extensive documentation from university extremism research centers. The requests include communications about over 300 specific terms, with overwhelming focus on right-wing topics. Researchers fear this could chill academic inquiry into far-right radicaliza
Warner Bros. Discovery is fielding offers from major media players as it weighs a potential sale. The company aims to wrap up the process by mid-to-late December with another bidding round expected soon.
X-Bow Systems has completed installation of its patented additive manufacturing system for solid rocket motors in Texas. The facility aims to produce 1 million pounds of energetics annually, scaling to 3 million pounds within two years. This addresses critical US defense supply chain vulnerabilities
Zoom Communications faces another earnings test with a history of underwhelming investors. The video conferencing giant has seen positive one-day returns just 26% of the time over the past five years. Understanding these patterns could help traders navigate the upcoming announcement.
Windows 11 is testing redundant Copilot buttons in File Explorer and running two identical-looking AI assistants. The confusion comes as Microsoft pushes more AI features exclusively to Copilot+ PCs, leaving regular users behind.
Bitcoin’s 2025 gains evaporated as prices plunged below $90,000. The collapse was triggered by a perfect storm of macroeconomic pressures and broken regulatory promises. Institutional selling accelerated the downturn, proving Wall Street’s fair-weather friendship with crypto.
According to Forbes, the modern education system has created what’s being called the “childhood-industrial complex” with devastating consequences. Student loan debt has reached $1.8 trillion while teen anxiety disorders have increased 50-100% in one generation. The system keeps kids separated from a
