Japanese toilet maker Toto surges 18% on AI chip component expansion plan
They aren’t making AI toilets. It’s just that the same technology used to manufacture ceramics (i.e., toilets) can also be used to manufacture chips, and chips have a better profit margin these days
Ask.com shuts down after nearly 30 years, marking the end of Ask Jeeves
Ask.com, originally launched as Ask Jeeves in 1997, officially closed down operations on May 1, 2026. The parent company, IAC, announced the closure as part of a shift away from its search business.
Ask Jeeves stood out in the late 1990s and early 2000s for its natural language interface. Users could type full questions and receive direct answers, with help from a mascot called Jeeves. At its peak, the search engine competed with Yahoo in the early web era, but Google eventually took over due to superior indexing.
The company rebranded to Ask.com in 2006, dropping the Jeeves branding to appear more modern and competitive.
A new US phone network for Christians aims to block porn and gender-related content –Launching next week on T-Mobile’s network, the cell plan takes a nuclear approach to online safety.
What an embarrassment. During King Charles’ visit last week to our nation’s capital, the administration not only flew the wrong flag at one point, but later flew his country’s flag upside down as they honored our war dead. Granted, the average U.S. citizen isn’t going to know what’s proper, but you can reasonably expect the people in charge of that stuff to know proper protocol.
Here were the mistakes:
- On April 24, the Friday before the trip kicked off, ABC News reporter James Longman said that Australian flags were briefly raised alongside American flags on the light posts lining a major thoroughfare of Washington, D.C., the King and Queen’s first major stop stateside. “For about two hours, they put the Australian flag up alongside the Stars and Stripes… I think they realized their mistake, and they’ve replaced them now with the Union Jack,” Longman said in a video shared to Instagram.
- The royals laid a wreath and posy at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to honor the fallen and the military partnership between the United Kingdom and the United States, but a problem was spotted with the Union Jack flag on parade. The national flag of the U.K. featured in the King and Queen’s escort was flown upside down.
And I’ll be honest, I had no idea what a posy was, I had to look it up. Basically, it’s a small, hand-tied bouquet of flowers and foliage often gifted to convey sentiments.
Per The Independent: Pete Hegseth is now bringing his wife to Pentagon meetings after he ousted top officials: report
Now, Hegseth has brought his wife, Jennifer Rauchet, a fellow former Fox News producer, to some meetings and she sits in the back of the room.
It’s unclear if Jennifer had any role at the meetings or was just there to observe.
Hegseth has also filled his inner circle with his brother, Phil, who was appointed as senior advisor and attorney Tim Parlatore who has represented both Hegseth and Trump, according to the report.
The Independent has reached out to the Pentagon about the culture at the Department of Defense.
Odds on this passing?
A little more transparency from our elected officials
New U.S. House bill would require Members of Congress to release their tax returns
Candidates for Congress too pic.twitter.com/4Vh5cg3QJE
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 2, 2026
Texas residents sue Elon Musk’s SpaceX saying massive sonic booms have damaged their homes
Punch it, Chewie!