OpenAI on Thursday launched its GPT-5.2 artificial intelligence model, after CEO Sam Altman reportedly issued an internal "code red" in early December pausing non‑core projects and redirecting teams to accelerate development in response to Google's Gemini 3. GPT-5.2 comes with improvements in general intelligence, coding and long-context understanding, the company said...
Fortnite Returns to Google Play in US After Court Order
Dec 11 — Epic Games' popular battle royale title Fortnite is back on the Google Play Store in the United States after Google complied with a U.S. District Court injunction, the company said on Thursday. Epic added that it is working with Google to seek court approval of a settlement...
Want a Picasso Original? Want to Fight Alzheimers? 100 Euros Gets You a Chance to Do Both
A French charity is taking an artistic approach in the fight against Alzheimer's — giving the world a chance to own an original Picasso painting valued at $1 million. The Alzheimer's Research Foundation opened up a raffle Tuesday for Pablo Picasso's 1941 painting "Tête de Femme." Raffle tickets cost 100...
Mike Lindell, MyPillow Founder, Announces Run for Minnesota Governor
Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow and one of the country’s most prolific spreaders of election disinformation, announced Thursday that he was running for governor of Minnesota. A close ally of President Donald Trump, Lindell is best known for promoting the falsehood that voting machines in the United States are...
FBI Official Calls Antifa Biggest US Threat but Provides Few Details
A top FBI official called the anti-fascist movement antifa the biggest domestic terrorism threat to the U.S. during a congressional hearing on Thursday, but struggled to answer detailed questions about the unstructured far-left campaign. Michael Glasheen, operations director of the FBI's National Security Branch, said antifa was the agency's "primary...
$100,000 Save Mart Gift to Fresno Food Bank Builds Lasting Impact
A donation to California charities from the Save Mart Companies includes one to the Central California Food Bank. And, according to Romel Martinez Escarrega with the food bank, that gift will be felt far into the future. The grocer's CARES Foundation on Tuesday announced it would give $201,000 to four...
Valadao Joins Bipartisan Effort to Extend Obamacare for a Year
Fighting for his political life, Rep. David Valadao (R-Hanford) is one of 16 Republicans to sign on to a bipartisan bill extending Obamacare subsidies. Valadao's position isn't in line with House Speaker Mike Johnson's goal of killing Obamacare. However, it's understandable in light of the extreme poverty and lack of...
Can Trump Invalidate Biden Actions Recorded by Autopen?
WILMINGTON, Delaware., Dec 11 — President Donald Trump has claimed, without evidence, that some actions by former President Joe Biden were invalid because he signed them using an autopen, including appointments to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. Below is a look at the controversy and legality of the device....
Amnesty Says Hamas Attacks and Gaza Hostage Treatment Amount to Crimes against Humanity
A new report by Amnesty International has found that Palestinian militant group Hamas committed crimes against humanity during its attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023 and against hostages it took to Gaza. The London-based human rights group said that its report, published on Wednesday, analyzed patterns of the...
Republican Healthcare Bill Failing in US Senate
A Republican bill to create new federal subsidies to help Americans fund health insurance savings accounts rather than extend Affordable Care Act subsidies expiring on December 31 was failing to win enough votes to advance in the U.S. Senate on Thursday. — (Reporting by Richard Cowan; editing by Scott Malone)