As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida, Ford bemoaned how expensive it had been running a fossil fuel-powered irrigation system on his five-acre farm — and how bad it was for the planet. Earlier this month, Ford installed an automated underground system that uses a solar-powered pump to periodically saturate…
The Iran war is not only disrupting the global energy market but is also threatening the world’s supply of helium and aluminum, key materials used in products such as semiconductor chips, medical equipment and other everyday goods. Qatar, which accounts for roughly one-third of the world’s helium supply, stopped producing helium this month following Iranian strikes on…
As artificial intelligence — and the conversation surrounding it — rapidly evolves, keeping up with the language being used to describe it has become essential to understanding its impacts. Here are some key terms to know: Abliteration Abliteration (a portmanteau of the words ablation, meaning to remove a part of something, and obliteration) is a…
Tyler Shultz, a former Theranos employee and one of the whistleblowers credited with exposing Elizabeth Holmes’ now-infamous biotech company as a fraud, said he “was pretty shocked” by the version of Holmes he saw onscreen in the new documentary “You Can See Everything.” “The Elizabeth that I knew completely commanded a room, even if that…
When California voters head to the polls next month, they’ll be asked whether to adopt a new proposal that calls for billionaires to be taxed like never before. Jo Ling Kent shares what Proposition 40 is all about: “There’s never been a proposal like this anywhere in the world, so it’s a novel idea,” said…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming Democratic New Hampshire Senate candidate Rep. Chris Pappas Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer of Palantir Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026…
The following is the full transcript of the interview with Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer of Palantir, a portion of which aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 11, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: And we’re joined now by the Chief Technology Officer of Palantir, Shyam Sankar. Welcome to Face the Nation. SHYAM SANKAR:…
Anthropic wants users to make like Elvis Presley and “Don’t be cruel.” The Silicon Valley company behind the popular Claude chatbot said it’s banning “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward its artificial intelligence models, part of broader policy changes announced on Thursday. In an update on its website, Anthropic said the ban will only apply…
The world is awakening to the potential threats posed by artificial intelligence amid a barrage of reports about AI agents defying their human creators. In reality, however, the story stretches back to Silicon Valley, where AI was born. So how did we get here, exactly? That’s the question technology journalist Kevin Roose seeks to answer in his new…
Faced with recent questions about the privacy costs of its technology, the surveillance camera startup Flock Safety and its CEO have deployed a tidy statistic to tout its benefits. “Last year we helped clear just over a million crimes in America,” Flock CEO Garrett Langley said in a March 2026 podcast interview. “Over a million…
