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The Epoch Times

"Facts Matter" investigates complex issues based on the principles of traditional journalism: no spin, no favorites. We give you the facts—you decide the rest.

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  • Thursday · 8 min

    Elon Musk's Nashville Highway Tunneling Project Doubles in Size

    The city of Nashville, the global home to country music, is anything but “boring.” That was until Elon Musk’s The Boring Company began to dig tunnels underneath it. The first of these tunnel loops is set to go live in about five months and promises to alleviate congestion and make traveling from downtown to the airport simpler. The state is now expanding this project so locals within Nashville can travel from one area to another underground. Let’s go through the details of this innovative, new technology together.

  • September 25 · 10 min

    iPhone Owners Can Get Payout From Apple’s Settlement

    Apple settled a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for a cool $250 million. And it’s worth mentioning that over half of that money is actually earmarked for customers. Meaning that if you’re like me (and you’ve purchased an iPhone recently) then there’s a good chance you can get a piece of that settlement. Let me briefly give you the history of the case, as well as how you can check whether you qualify for the money.

  • September 24 · 15 min

    Cuba’s Greatest Weapon Isn’t Missiles, It’s Impressionable American Minds

    A few months ago, when President Donald Trump began floating the idea of taking over Cuba using military force, many people were understandably surprised. Since then, however, the State Department has put out reports and statements making the case for why Cuba is such a threat to the United States, calling the regime “an espionage superpower.” A recent report says the Cuban regime has waged a 70-year-long war against the United States—not with kinetic weapons of course, but instead by using the dark arts of sabotage and subversion, including by propping up anti-U.S. socialists in central and south America and sending over spies who then spent decades hidden inside America with top security clearances. And then, there’s what the State Department calls Cuba’s greatest weapon: the ability to control people in our cities and towns through ideological alignment. It’s the old Soviet tactic of, “If you hate American imperialism, work for Cuba behind the scenes.” Apparently, it’s been effective—so let’s go through it together.

  • September 17 · 28 min

    Big Gold Moves: French Central Bank Moves 129 Tons of Gold out of US; Dutch Central Bank Moves 86 Tons

    There are some big moves happening in the gold market. Last week, the Central Bank of the Netherlands confirmed that they moved 86 tons of gold out of North America—moving it to London. Earlier this year France did something similar, removing all of their gold reserves from the U.S.—in favor of keeping them at home. Germany did the same as well a few years ago. Their central bank moved the 111 tons of gold that they had in New York, and they brought it home to be kept in Germany. All this is atop record-breaking gold buying from the central banks across the world: including China, Russia, India, Poland, Uzbekistan, Hungary, Kazakhstan, and a long tail of central banks in smaller countries buying up the precious metal. And so, in order to get an idea of what’s happening in the market, I got a chance to speak with Machi Block from American Hartford Gold to get a peek at the market from someone who has a finger on the pulse of the industry. Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

  • September 16 · 14 min

    Anthropic Slapped With Lawsuit Over Alleged Theft of Over 10,000 Songs for AI Training

    Anthropic recently settled a $1.5-billion civil suit over the illegal downloading of millions of books used to train its large language model. It was the single largest copyright infringement settlement in U.S. history. This past weekend, over 30 music companies filed a class-action lawsuit alleging Anthropic illegally downloaded song lyrics from the same torrent sites and intentionally removed copyright information. How this case shakes out could very well dictate whether the live music industry is still a thing a generation from now. Let's go through the details together. Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

  • September 9 · 18 min

    The Looming Threat of a Chinese Humanoid Robot Flood into the US Market

    Humanoid robots from China—are they taking over, or just falling over? Are they our cute companions? Or, are they watching us in our homes through secret backdoors left open by the China-based manufacturers? Let’s look at these important questions together.

  • September 4 · 16 min

    Fat From Cadavers Now Being Used for Cosmetic Fillers

    How badly do you want that perfect beach body? Some are willing to get liposuction and have someone shuffle their own fat around. But how about getting one’s body enhanced by injecting fat from dead people? Is that a bit much? Well, that’s what’s happening in the cosmetics industry. Now, you might ask: Why do they need to use fat from cadavers? Why not just liposuction one area, and move it to another? Here’s the twist: the rise of GLP-1 weight loss drugs are leaving people without enough fat to move around. Let’s go through it all together.

  • September 2 · 15 min

    AI Creates 16 Never-Before-Seen Real-World Viruses

    Scientists in the U.S. recently announced that for the very first time, they were able to use AI to create viruses never before seen in nature. Don’t worry, though: these new viruses were designed to target specific strains of E.coli bacteria that have become resistant to natural antibacterials. This development marks a major milestone in the field of synthetic biology, and it opens the door to potential rapid advancements in human healthcare. Maybe these AIs can develop never-before-seen cures to horrible diseases. However, on the flip side, I think after living through the early 2020s ... we can all imagine how this can go horribly wrong. So today, let’s go through the details of these newly created AI real-world viruses together.

  • August 28 · 13 min

    USPS: New Rules for Mail-In Ballots; US Issues Travel Alert for 3 Countries

    Today, we do a round up of three stories. First, a former acting U.S. attorney was found dead in his office in a federal building in California. Second, the USPS just issued new rules regarding mail-in ballot envelopes. Last, the State Department has issued travel advisories regarding three countries. Let’s go through it all together.

  • August 26 · 14 min

    Over 30 Minnesota Water Systems Hit with 'Coordinated Cyberattack,' Forced to Go Offline

    In just 48 hours, a coordinated cyberattack disrupted the digital controls of water systems across more than 30 Minnesota communities, forcing operators to switch to manual backup to keep pumps, valves, and treatment systems running without any data theft, financial loss, or ransom demands. The incident, which remains—officially, at least—without a named suspect, highlights the longstanding vulnerabilities in local U.S. water infrastructure. Let's go through the details of the attack, as well as some of the possible culprits.

  • August 19 · 20 min

    Apps Marketed to US Veterans Are Coming Equipped With Chinese and Russian Code

    A first-of-its-kind study reveals that one out of eight apps marketed to U.S. military service members (and their families) contain foreign code—some from China and Russia—that could be remotely updated to leak sensitive data to adversaries. This alarming finding arrives just as reports confirm foreign adversaries are already using cell phone location data to target American troops in the Middle East. Let’s go through it all together.

  • August 12 · 17 min

    Internal Docs Discovered in Lawsuit Exposed Anthropic’s Mass Book Shredding Project

    It turns out that Anthropic—the giant AI company behind the Claude chatbot—has been secretly destroying millions of books in the process of feeding them into the AI system. Slicing off the spines. Cutting the pages. Scanning them. And then discarding the remains. All to avoid paying copyright fees to the creators. The initiative was called Project Panama—and it was supposed to be a secret. We only learned about it through luck, basically—it was made public only because of the discovery process in an unrelated lawsuit. And the kicker is that it’s 100 percent legal. Furthermore, ironically, it’s only legal, because Anthropic destroys the books in the process of scanning them.

  • August 11 · 21 min

    Future of War: China's SAR Satellite in GEO Orbit Versus Air Force Space Robots

    China launched the world’s first geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar satellite in 2023, giving it continuous all-weather surveillance over roughly one-third of the planet (including the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean), later pairing it with a high-resolution optical spy satellite. Let's discuss the critical mineral chokehold that allowed China to achieve this milestone, as well as the alternative supply chains that the United States is now building to counter the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

  • August 6 · 29 min

    Former CIA Director Dies, Wife Says They Spent His Last Years Looking for Cure to Havana Syndrome

    Havana Syndrome refers to a mysterious set of symptoms—headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, and cognitive issues—that has affected more than 1,500 U.S. intelligence and diplomatic personnel since 2016. The latest case, which was the most high-profile to date, is that of the former CIA Director James Woolsey, whose wife said that he was suffering from Havana Syndrome in the years leading up to his recent death. Let’s go through the details of what we know about this mysterious malady.

  • August 4 · 19 min

    US Praises Venezuela for Initiating Withdrawal From ICC

    Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez has formally begun withdrawing the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The United States, which never ratified the Rome Statute and has long viewed the ICC as a threat to its own sovereignty, publicly praised the move and framed it as support for an American-led effort to dismantle what the Department of State calls a “corrupt and worthless” court. Let’s go through the details.

  • July 23 · 13 min

    Texas Woman Arrested Over Facebook Post, Goes on Legal Offensive

    A woman in Texas was shocked when she opened her front door and found the local police standing there, ready to arrest her over a Facebook post. And the reason she was shocked was because that post wasn’t threatening anyone, nor was it calling for violence. Instead, she was simply commenting on the horrible quality of the water in the town’s local water supply. One of our senior reporters here at The Epoch Times, Darlene McCormick Sanchez, went to where this all took place to get the full story. So today, let’s go through the details.

  • July 22 · 13 min

    Federal Judge Issues Ruling on Trump IRS Lawsuit

    A federal judge on July 13 found that President Donald Trump improperly used a $10 billion lawsuit he ​filed against the IRS to extract personal benefits from the government he oversees, preventing the terms of a settlement agreement from taking legal effect. Miami-based ‌U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams excoriated Trump's personal lawyers and attorneys in his administration, concluding their interests were not opposed to each other as is legally required for civil lawsuits. Williams referred a Trump lawyer in the case and senior Justice Department officials who signed off on the settlement to state bar authorities to determine whether their actions violated legal ethics rules. Let’s go through the details of why she took these steps.

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