Amazon, OpenAI CEO to Each Donate $1 Million to Trump’s Inauguration Fund

Announcement coincides with news that Meta will also contribute $1 million to the fund. Amazon and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will each donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. Amazon will also live-stream the inauguration on Prime Video. OpenAI confirmed the news on Friday. Amazon’s announcement on Thursday coincided with news that Meta, the

Ex-Syrian military official indicted in California on torture charges

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in July for visa fraud charges, authorities said Thursday. Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw Syria’s infamous Adra Prison from 2005 to 2008 under recently ousted President Bashar al-Assad,