In July 2025, actress Michelle Pfeiffer sparked controversy when she shared posts on social media claiming that Apeel, a food technology company backed by Bill Gates, was contaminating organic produce. Pfeiffer’s posts stated that organic produce “is no longer safe” because Apeel’s edible plant-based coating, recently approved by the USDA for organic certification, is invisible

Mark Zuckerberg 發表了一封新的公開信，闡述了 Meta 打造「個人超級智慧」(personal superintelligence) 的策略——此 AI 願景的核心是賦能個人，而非將所有工作自動化。在聲明中，Mark Zuckerberg 描述了 AI 系統學會自我提升的早期跡象，並稱超級智慧的出現已「近在眼前」。 Mark Zuckerberg 設想的未來，並非是將 AI 集中化以服務大規模的自動化，而是每個人都擁有一個深度契合其目標、價值觀和個人情境的 AI 助理，並可透過智慧眼鏡等日常裝置來使用。他相信這將標誌著一場重大的社會變革，賦予人們更大的自主權去創造、探索和成長。 他將 Meta 的方法與科技業的其他公司作對比，後者將超級智慧視為一個用於產生通用產出並供給全人類的系統。他表示，Meta 專注於開發能幫助個人追求其抱負的工具，延續科技在歷史上擴展了人類創造力、健康、科學及人際關係的發展軌跡。 他承認 AI 的安全性至關重要，並表示 Meta 將會審慎決定哪些部分要開源。未來十年的發展可能將形塑 AI 的未來，而 Mark Zuckerberg 的目標是將 Meta 定位為一家致力於大規模實現超級智慧的公司——這種智慧是為「人」而打造，不僅僅是為了「生產力」。

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday imposing tariffs ranging from 10% to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of countries and foreign locations.

In the complex chess game of global geopolitics, few developments have been as paradoxical as the way two of Xi Jinping’s most challenging counterparts may have inadvertently strengthened China’s strategic position. While facing significant domestic economic headwinds, President Xi has found unexpected opportunities in the disruptions caused by Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and Donald

President Donald Trump’s primary Super PAC has raked in over $200 million this year, with the donations ranging from unseemly to objectively funny.  Perhaps the most notable donor to the group, MAGA Inc., is Elon Musk, who gave $5 million in late June despite publicly feuding with the president ever since he left his role

Musk’s donations, and his ensuing about-face, underscores his erratic relationship with the president.