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Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC.

The clock’s ticking on TikTok

Ashley Murray, Utah News Dispatch March 14, 2024

WASHINGTON — Citing major national security concerns, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that effectively bans TikTok unless the company splits from its Chinese owner ByteDance...

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Back in black: Warner Bros. reboots ‘Matrix’ franchise

Nic Muranaka September 6, 2019

Even if you're not familiar with the film, you're probably familiar with its most iconic scene: Neo dodging bullets in exaggerated slow motion. Twenty years later, the scene may have moved from awe-inspiring...

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), second from left, speaking during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 28. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? 10/4

Nic Muranaka October 3, 2018

1. After the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Sept. 27, the committee voted to advance Kavanaugh's nomination to the floor. However, the vote for his nomination has been delayed at least a week. Why?a....

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Mary Jane and a CEO strained

Cameron Gifford September 17, 2018

It’s been a tumultuous couple of months for serial entrepreneur and philanthropist Elon Musk. Tesla stock plummeted by over $17 per share on Sept. 7 following Musk's appearance on the “Joe...

From the Collecting Innovation Today interview with innovator Elon Musk on June 26, 2008 at SpaceX, part of The Henry Fords OnInnovation project that celebrates the contributions of todays innovators. (Flickr)

Colonizing Mars: the ultimate doomsday prep

Kainoa Nunez September 6, 2018

Elon Musk, billionaire, scientist and CEO of SpaceX intends to send two crewed crafts to the planet Mars to create a self-sustaining civilization by 2022. “The launch cost, you may spend 400 million...

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), speaks on the final day of the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, on Sept. 29, 2017.  (Xu Haijing/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS)

SpaceX: Profiting from the final frontier

Zac Watts June 4, 2018

Gone are the days when the only face of space exploration was NASA. A new actor has stepped onto cosmic stage: SpaceX.SpaceX Founder Elon Musk has been vocal about the private company’s ambitions....

In this April 30, 2015 file photo, Tesla Motors CEO and SpaceX CEO and CTO, Elon Musk, introduces a new line of residential and commercial batteries at his design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. (Jerome Adamstein/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Do you know your news? Feb. 1

Kara Mitchell January 31, 2018

1. Which group is expected to play a key role in Florida elections this year?a. Those registered as Republicansb. Millenialsc. Evacuees from Puerto Rico2. Hackers are already targeting which major upcoming...

Robot Sophia. (Wikimedia)

Meet Sophia, the world’s first robot citizen

Zac Watts November 29, 2017

Saudi Arabia made history on Oct. 25 by declaring Sophia, a highly advanced, human-like robot, its first artificially intelligent citizen. Sophia is not only Saudi Arabia’s first robot citizen but...

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The final frontier: colonizing our solar system

Zac Watts October 27, 2017

If Elon Musk is to be believed, humans will be living on another planet within the next decade. According to Musk, “We will stay on Earth forever, and eventually there will be an extinction event....

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Artificial Intelligence: Humanity’s greatest threat?

Zac Watts September 29, 2017

According to several scientists, innovators and other technology experts, robots may be what exterminates humanity in the end of times. Whether they hunt us down and exterminate us, like in “The Terminator,”...

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