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The Department of Justice is arguing that xAI's Grok chatbot qualifies as a national security asset — and that designation may be enough to exempt a gas turbine project from Clean Air Act requirements. The NAACP and environmental groups are pushing back hard, warning this sets a dangerous precedent for sidelining pollution standards in the name of AI infrastructure.
Closer to home, MIT researchers have developed a tiny ingestible sensor capable of measuring core body temperature from inside the digestive tract. The device transmits data wirelessly and could transform how doctors monitor patients with fever-related conditions or post-surgical complications, offering a window into the body that external thermometers simply cannot match.
And in Canada, a quiet cultural shift is hitting hard. The CBC will stop airing NHL games after seventy-four years, ending an era of free hockey on public television. As broadcast rights migrate entirely behind paywalls, the move raises real questions about who gets access to the shared rituals that once defined national identity.
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