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Waymo, the Alphabet subsidiary offering robotaxi rides in 11 US metros right now, says it’s ready for the FIFA World Cup. Match attendees can catch driverless rides to six of the 16 North American venues: stadiums in Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The sprawling football event, expected to attract

At the 2026 World Cup, the refs on the field and the officials on the sidelines will be able to use an abundance of tech to help call penalties, spot offside violations, and make other consequential decisions. The video assistant referee system, known as VAR, and the semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) have been used in

Because of their scale, soccer stadiums require a fair amount of energy and water. A single match activates all their systems at the same time: field irrigation, toilets, lighting, ventilation, and services for tens of thousands of people. In that time, they also generate large volumes of waste, mainly plastics and food trash. For the

Even before the first whistle blows, the 2026 World Cup—taking place from June 11 to July 19 across the United States, Canada, and Mexico—already has winners and losers away from the field. Specifically, at the border, at passport control, in consular offices, and at US airports. Here, amidst denied visas, prolonged checks, and contested entries

EXCLUSIVE — Border Patrol’s South Florida region for the first time rivals regions across southern border states, such as Texas, Arizona, or California, for the most illegal immigrant arrests. As illegal immigrant apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border have slowed to historic lows under President Donald Trump and the Department of Homeland Security has focused its

President Donald Trump’s begrudging decision to relaunch attacks on Iran won’t preclude him from seeking a diplomatic end to the war, but Trumpworld insiders say that a slow escalation of the fighting between Israel and Iran ultimately forced the president’s hand. According to persons close to the president, Iran’s downing of an Army Apache helicopter

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s behemoth company that launches rockets and runs data centers, is set to go public Friday with a target valuation above $1.75 trillion. The move will make Musk, already the richest man in the world, vastly wealthier. A public offering will allow SpaceX to raise even more money to fund its AI ambitions

Three Indian mariners aboard the Palau-flagged M/T Settebello were killed on Tuesday night when the United States Navy fired on the vessel for ignoring the U.S. blockade on Iran. As the Washington Examiner previously reported, the Navy fired precision strikes at the engine room of the Settebello to disable the vessel. The incident occurred as

The Department of Justice declared this week that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s “disparate impact” policies are unconstitutional, tossing aside a rule, long criticized by conservatives, that saw racial discrimination whenever a policy resulted in outcomes that differed among people of different races — regardless of whether the policy had anything to do with race.

Any American with a television has, by now, surely seen commercials for online pharmacies advertising GLP-1s and other popular prescription weight-loss medicines at bargain prices. You know the ones, where retired tennis stars or comedians you haven’t seen in 10 years tell you how wonderful, and easy to procure, these life-changing medications are. It’s a