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Explainer: The trickle of tankers and cargo ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz
More than 20 ships have used a purported Iran-approved northern route.
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No, for Real, the Best Sci-fi Movie of the Year So Far Is Finally Coming Home
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Trump has suggested the ICE agents would be arresting undocumented immigrants at airports
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A Mysterious Numbers Station Is Broadcasting Through the Iran War
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Schumer clashes with MS NOW host over whether degrading Iranian military is a good thing
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., clashed with MS NOW's Joe Scarborough on Monday as the MS NOW host pushed the Democratic Senator to acknowledge that it was a good thing that Iran's military capabilities have been degraded as a result of the war.Scarborough, co-host of "Morning Joe," asked Schumer if degrading Iran's military infrastructure was a good thing. Schumer argued that it was a "premature question" after taking aim at gas prices, which had skyrocketed as a result of the hal...
Top TSA watchdog backs Trump’s ICE airport move as shutdown snarls travel
EXCLUSIVE: A key lawmaker charged with oversight of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) believes President Donald Trump's new plan addressing the partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown will reduce hours-long airport delays nationwide."I think it will help and it'll speed up the process greatly," Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., chair of the House Homeland Security Committee's subcommittee on transportation, told Fox News Digital."Right now, we're losing TSA agents not only due...
Flipper Zero, Everyone’s Favorite Legally Dubious Hacker Tool, Gets an AI Upgrade
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'Reacher' star Alan Ritchson allegedly caught on video throwing punches at neighbor as his kids watch
"Reacher" star Alan Ritchson was allegedly caught on video in a physical altercation with his Tennessee neighbor, as conflicting accounts emerged over what led to the fight.Ritchson can allegedly be seen throwing punches at his Tennessee neighbor as his kids watch from the street in video obtained by TMZ. The actor's neighbor and alleged victim, Ronnie Taylor, claimed the drama began Saturday, according to the outlet.According to Taylor, Ritchson was seen riding his green Kawasaki bike through t...
Trump demands SAVE America Act be tied to DHS funding amid airport chaos
President Donald Trump on Monday said he wants to tie the SAVE America Act to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding as the stalemate between lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle continues.Speaking at a roundtable in Memphis, Tennessee, to tout the Memphis Safe Task Force (MSTF), a multi-agency, federal-led law enforcement initiative launched in late 2025 to combat violent crime in the city, Trump spoke of the chaos unfolding at airports across the country amid a lapse in DHS fu...
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Justice referendum defeat dents ‘winner’ Italian Prime Minister Meloni’s image
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Giants valued at $10.8B as Tisch family seeks equity transfer with Epstein investigation looming: report
As New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch and his siblings look to transfer an equity stake to a children’s trust, the overall value of the franchise has been revealed.An NFL memo obtained by ESPN earlier this month found the Tisch family Steve, Jonathan and Laurie are seeking a transfer of their collective equity stake in the franchise to their children. The proposed stake was 23.1% of the team. The proposed transfer of equity values the team at $10.8 billion, according to Sports Business Journal...
SCOTUS conservatives signal readiness to curb late-arriving mail ballots
The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Monday appeared poised to overturn state laws from Mississippi and other U.S. states that allow for the counting of mail-in ballots received after Election Day a major case that could upend voting laws for millions of Americans just months before the 2026 midterm elections.At issue is a Mississippi voting law that allows the state to count mail-in ballots that are received up to five days after the election, so long as they are postmarked by or before...
Sarah Ferguson's rep breaks silence on rumors she’s joining reality show to clone Queen Elizabeth’s corgis
Sarah Ferguson’s spokesperson broke their silence on reports that the former Duchess of York planned to star in a reality TV show about cloning Queen Elizabeth II’s corgis.The 66-year-old and her ex-husband, the former Prince Andrew, took in Muick and Sandy after the monarch died in 2022 at age 96."Ms. Ferguson regularly receives varied TV offers and proposals often for reality shows, which she always declines," Ferguson’s rep told People magazine on Sunday.KING CHARLES, KATE MIDDLETON, PRINCE W...
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Transcript suggests confusion before deadly LaGuardia crash in New York
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Trump Recounts the Story of the Man Who Invented the Paper Clip
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Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app
Apple is reportedly planning on inserting ads into the Maps app, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. An announcement could come as soon as this month, with the ads themselves appearing on iPhones this summer. This will likely work similarly to ads in Google Maps and Yelp, which lets retailers and brands bid for coverage with particular search queries. I've personally never found the ads in Google Maps to be that annoying, so let's hope Apple's implementation is similar. This potential ad reve...
SEE IT: 'Habitual' offender with 10-plus prior convictions arrested after driving backwards on highway: police
A "habitual" offender was caught on-camera driving backwards on a busy Florida roadway, the Flagler County Sheriff's Department said.The department said "multiple callers" reported that a driver in a silver sedan was driving backwards along SR 100, a busy highway serving northeast Florida, on March 13.Video shows the silver vehicle maneuvering backwards around the median highway split on a busy road.FLORIDA WOMAN SEEN ON VIDEO ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING PREGNANT DRIVER, ELDERLY BYSTANDER AND BITING POL...
Colombian military cargo plane crashes near Peru-Ecuador border, unknown number of casualties
A military cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, causing an undetermined number of casualties, the country's defence minister said.
House GOP targeting vulnerable Dems over DHS shutdown, TSA chaos
House Republicans are targeting vulnerable districts in the 2026 midterms over the Department of Homeland Security shutdown and burgeoning Transportation Security Administration security chaos."House Democrats shut down Homeland Security while TSA agents work for free and Americans sit in hours-long security lines," National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson Mike Marinella wrote Monday in a statement, announcing the targeting of Democrats in 28 districts most impacted by TSA securi...
Doc: Kalshi and Polymarket CEOs are investing in a VC fund, led by two early Kalshi employees, that is raising up to $35M to back prediction market startups
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Smart Glasses Companies Are Getting Shamed Into Covering Their Cameras
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This Fan-Made Lego ‘Project Hail Mary’ Rocky Build Is Amaze Amaze Amaze
A Lego creator figured out how to make Ryan Gosling's bestie out of a $20 'Cute Bunny' set.
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Passengers Braced for a Rough Landing Before Crash at LaGuardia
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Ex-model questioned in France over scout with Epstein links
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UK counterterrorism police probe antisemitic arson attack as Iran-linked group claims responsibility
Counterterrorism police are leading an investigation after four Jewish community ambulances were set on fire outside a synagogue in London early Monday in what authorities are treating as an antisemitic hate crime. The attack took place around 1:45 a.m. in the Golders Green neighborhood, where Hatzola ambulances, a volunteer emergency service run by the Jewish community, were deliberately set ablaze in a synagogue parking lot, according to a statement by Detective Chief Superintendent Luke Willi...
OpenAI lures private equity firms with guaranteed returns in race against Anthropic
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EU blocks US vote to define gender as biological men and women at UN women’s forum
The United States stood alone at the United Nations in early March after a European-led procedural move blocked a vote on defining gender in biological terms at one of the world’s leading forums on women’s rights.At the conclusion of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, the U.S. was the only country to oppose the body’s annual "Agreed Conclusions," citing concerns that the language departs from biological definitions of women and girls. No other member state voted with the United States.A...
Why WWDC 2026 Will Be Apple’s Most Important Developer Conference in Years
Apple has to deliver the repeatedly delayed AI-powered Siri and fix Liquid Glass so it hurts everyone's eyes less.
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After resigning from the US Administration in protest, Joe Kent is taking his message to Trump’s base
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More Than 230 Rescued As Devastating Flooding Continues To Hammer Hawaiian Islands
More Than 230 Rescued As Devastating Flooding Continues To Hammer Hawaiian Islands Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, It has been the worst flooding Oahu has seen in more than 20 years, and as of the morning of March 21, the torrential rains and rushing waters continue to flow across the mountainous island and the rest of the Hawaiian archipelago. The devastating milestone was announced on March 20 by Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, who said that damages could exceed $1 billio...
Wing expands its drone delivery service to the Bay Area
Wing's drone deliveries are coming full circle after adding Bay Area to its service locations. The drone delivery startup has been rapidly expanding to metro areas across the US, but is now targeting the tech-friendly Silicon Valley region. Going back to its inaugural deliveries, Wing ferried office supplies across Google's Mountain View campus in the Bay Area with its automated drones. It was still a startup out of Google's X, The Moonshot Factory incubator at the time, but early users were alr...
Obama intel chief angered president at meeting by asking if he'd tolerate Iran having nuclear weapon
Former Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair once angered then-President Barack Obama during a White House meeting on Iran, after he pressed Obama on whether he could tolerate the nation obtaining a nuclear weapon, according to newly released oral history interviews."When it came my turn to speak at this meeting," Blair said, "I said, ‘Mr. President, you really just have one decision to make… Are you going to tolerate Iran having a nuclear weapon or not?’" He added that rejecting a nucl...
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Supreme Court Seems Skeptical Of State Law Allowing Late-Arriving Ballots
Supreme Court Seems Skeptical Of State Law Allowing Late-Arriving Ballots The U.S. Supreme Court on March 23 seemed skeptical of a Mississippi law that allows the state to count mail-in ballots received after Election Day in federal elections. The Epoch Times' Matthew Vadum reported that during oral arguments on March 23, Justice Samuel Alito seemed concerned about the possibility of fraud when “a big stash of ballots” that arrived late “radically flipped” an election. 🚨 BREAKING...
Our Favorite Budget Earbuds Are Literally $19
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UK counter-terror police investigating ‘Iran-backed firebombing’
An Iran-linked Shi'ite group has posted a video online claiming the arson.
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Ohtani. Yamamoto. Sasaki. A 12-story 'cultural bridge' between L.A. and Japan to debut in Torrance
Artist Robert Vargas will unveil his 12-story mural featuring the Dodgers' three Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki Tuesday in Torrance.
Attacker Exploits Crypto Stablecoin for a $25 Million Payday
Resolv Labs was allegedly compromised by someone who got their hands on private AWS keys.
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Nuclear Fuel Supply Chain Advancing Rapidly As Leading Reactor Developer X-energy Files For IPO
Nuclear Fuel Supply Chain Advancing Rapidly As Leading Reactor Developer X-energy Files For IPO X-energy submitted a draft registration statement to the SEC for an initial public offering of its Class A common stock. The company intends to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker “XE.” X-energy has submitted a draft registration statement on form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to the proposed initial public offering of X-energy’s Class A common stock. X-ener...
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New Top Prosecutor Named in Embattled U.S. Attorney’s Office
Federal judges appointed Robert Frazer to run New Jersey’s U.S. attorney’s office, which has been in disarray over the past year because of uncertainty about who was in charge.
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Middle East conflict live updates: Trump shelves attack on power plants in stunning about-turn after ‘very good’ talks, which Iran denies
Trump said his administration was discussing with an unidentified 'top person' in Iran.
Quebec's housing tribunal rules no-pet clause in rental lease violates Charter rights
A recent ruling by Quebec’s housing tribunal has found the “no-pet” clause of a rental lease to be in violation of the province's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.
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Video: 'Green' rattlesnake can be a poppy field surprise. What to know before you sit for a selfie
The Mojave rattlesnake, often called a 'Mojave green,' is known to inhabit areas of the Antelope Valley, which is part the Western Mojave Desert.
World Series champ recalls terrifying near-drowning incident in Minnesota
Houston Astros star Carlos Correa detailed a harrowing ordeal he and his son faced on a Minnesota lake last summer.Correa and his 3-year-old son were swimming in Lake Minnetonka when his legs began to cramp up. With his son clinging to him, Correa noticed a buoy a few feet away and swam to it in a last-ditch effort to stay alive.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHe said he turned to God to help him through the strenuous time."’Lord, save me,’" he told MLB.com. "'I promise you tha...
Apple's WWDC 2026 is set for June 8-12
Apple announced that this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place from June 8-12. The company tends to be consistent with event timing, so it's no surprise that CEO Tim Cook will take the stage for the keynote on June 8, most likely at 1PM ET. Much of WWDC will take place online and will be free to attend, though there will be an in-person component for select developers, students and media at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. You'll be able to take in WWDC via the Appl...
‘Starfleet Academy’ Will End After Season 2
The latest 'Star Trek' show, which was renewed for its second season back in 2024, will now come to an end once it's released.
'Call a Boomer' payphones help cure loneliness, spark friendships across generations
Along a bustling sidewalk in Boston, a bright yellow payphone invites folks to "call a Boomer."Almost 3,000 miles away in Reno, Nevada, a nearly identical phone prompts residents of Sierra Manor – an apartment complex for seniors – to "Call a Zoomer." The goal is simple: to get strangers to talk to each other.The project, often referred to as simply "Call a Boomer," is the latest initiative from Matter Neuroscience, a New York-based company dedicated to mapping the "biomarkers of happiness."NEAR...
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Dramatic Footage Shows Air Canada Jet Colliding With Fire Truck At LaGuardia
Dramatic Footage Shows Air Canada Jet Colliding With Fire Truck At LaGuardia Summary: Air Canada Express Flight AC8646 collided with a fire truck late Sunday night at LaGuardia Airport The pilot and co-pilot were killed, while dozens of passengers were injured LaGuardia has remained closed since the crash, with flights not expected to resume until 1400 ET ATC audio suggests the controller may have been distracted by an earlier incident * * * Update on Air Can...
Sources: Apple is preparing to introduce ads in its Maps app, allowing retailers and brands to bid for ad slots against search queries
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is preparing to introduce ads in its Maps app, allowing retailers and brands to bid for ad slots against search queries Apple Inc. is preparing to introduce a
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Petrol prices have jumped more than 30% in some US states in two weeks
New York Times: Some drivers are filling up as a hedge against future higher prices.
Kendra Duggar, wife of 19 Kids and Counting's Joseph Duggar, arrested
Two days after the arrest of former 19 Kids and Counting star Joseph Duggar, an arrest warrant for his wife Kendra Duggar was also issued and served.
Walmart: ChatGPT Checkout Converted 3x Worse Than Website
Walmart found that purchases made directly inside ChatGPT converted at only one-third the rate of traditional website checkouts, leading it to abandon OpenAI's Instant Checkout in favor of routing users through its own platform. Search Engine Land reports: Starting in November, Walmart offered about 200,000 products through OpenAI's Instant Checkout. Users could complete purchases inside ChatGPT without visiting Walmart's site. Daniel Danker, Walmart's EVP of product and design, said those in-ch...
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Palantir Seen On "Golden Path" As Pentagon Moves To Make Maven Battlefield System A Program Of Record
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Trump calls off Iran strikes and announces ‘very good’ talks
Trump says he ordered a five-day pause on strikes while secret talks continue.
Police investigating Alabama student Jimmy Gracey’s death pursue no charges as they await toxicology, autopsy
Spanish authorities investigating the death of a 20-year-old University of Alabama student who vanished after a night out with friends while on spring break in Barcelona are not currently pursuing criminal charges as officials await final toxicology results following a preliminary autopsy. James "Jimmy" Gracey disappeared after partying in the city’s popular Shoko nightclub early Tuesday morning. On Thursday, authorities pulled his body from the water in a nearby marina located just 500 feet awa...
Air Canada passenger says pilot 'did the best thing he could,' describes deadly impact
A passenger aboard the Air Canada jet that collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport Sunday night described the instant of the deadly runway impact, saying the pilot "did the best thing he could" in the moment.Jack Cabot, one of 72 people aboard the Air Canada Express flight, recalled "chaos" unfolding as the plane landed."As we were arriving, we came down really hard," he said. "We stopped really quickly and about two seconds later we had an absolute slam. Everybody was flying everywhere,...
Arborist rescues cat from 8-storey-tall tree in east Ottawa
Arborist Tyler Sirrs saw social media posts about a cat stuck for days in a tall tree in Orléans and decided to help. He described the rescue to CBC Ottawa Morning host Rebecca Zandbergen.
ICE Invades Airports Across the US
Agents from ICE are being deployed to over a dozen airports around the country, including New York, Atlanta, and Chicago.
Polymarket’s Coming-Out Party in Washington Was a Disaster
At the Polymarket pop-up in DC, attendees were supposed to be able to bet on geopolitical crises in real time with their friends. That didn’t happen.
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Top devs share their placeholder art to prove you don't need AI
Crimson Desert, a new action-adventure role-playing game developed by Pearl Abyss, won praise for its vast and beautiful scenery but some criticism for its indistinct worldbuilding and bland storytelling. That there'd be various examples of AI-generated artwork in it (I like one exquisitely nasty example of early-version Midjourney slop) is no surprise. Read the rest The post Top devs share their placeholder art to prove you don't need AI appeared first on Boing Boing.
LibreOffice is Adding a Donation Banner That Might Annoy Some Users
LibreOffice is the go-to for people who want a capable, no-nonsense office suite that does not phone home or push subscriptions in their face. It handles everything from text documents and spreadsheets to presentations and databases, and it does so without asking for money or peddling AI.Needless to say, keeping an open source project of this scale running is not free, even if the software itself is. The developers have now decided to make that point a little more obvious.What is it?The Document...
Norwegian startup Lace, which is building a form of lithography that uses a helium atom beam instead of light to create chip designs, raised a $40M Series A (Reuters)
Reuters: Norwegian startup Lace, which is building a form of lithography that uses a helium atom beam instead of light to create chip designs, raised a $40M Series A Lace, a Norway-headquartered chi
Polymarket is cracking down on insider trading with updated rules
Polymarket announced that it's taking insider trading more seriously. Seen in its latest press release, the prediction market updated its market integrity rules, specifically those concerning insider trading and market manipulation. While Polymarket is taking the initiative to update its rules, it's likely a response to the rise in suspicious bets, whether it's about the US capture of Nicolás Maduro or the release of a new product from OpenAI. As first reported on by Bloomberg, Polymarket is tar...
Maine Senate candidate cites combat trauma when confronted on 'terrible' posts about sexual assault
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner cited his combat deployments and struggling in the aftermath when confronted during an interview that aired Sunday about his past social media posts about sexual assault."I wonder, though, if you think how damaging this thing might be politically, because, I read those posts and, you know, they’re bad. Those posts are terrible," CNN's Manu Raju said.Gov. Janet Mills, who is running against Platner in the Democratic Senate primary, launched an ad campaig...
Former Biden spox complains easy Trump press access influences 'giddy' reporters
Former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki claimed easy press access to President Donald Trump could influence how "giddy" reporters cover him.On the "Pod Save America" Sunday, Psaki and host Dan Pfeiffer, a former Obama aide, discussed how easy it has been for reporters to speak with Trump on his personal phone. While Psaki said Trump interacting with the press was not bad "on its face," she took issue with how it could potentially "shade" interviews."I think the thing that is challenging or concer...
Illegal immigrant charged in college student’s murder has court hearing postponed after latest arrest
The illegal immigrant accused of murdering a college student in Chicago has a criminal record and entered the U.S. under the Biden administration, according to officials.Twenty-five-year-old Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national, was arrested on Friday after he allegedly killed Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student in a shooting. A police source earlier told Fox News that the Thursday shooting was an apparent ambush, adding that the suspect was reportedly wearing some ki...
Illegal immigrant charged in college student’s murder hauled into court in latest arrest
The illegal immigrant accused of murdering a college student in Chicago has a criminal record and entered the U.S. under the Biden administration, according to officials.Twenty-five-year-old Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national, was arrested on Friday after he allegedly killed Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student in a shooting. A police source earlier told Fox News that the Thursday shooting was an apparent ambush, adding that the suspect was reportedly wearing some ki...
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I said I'd skip Marathon. I was wrong.
Yes, I know I boldly declared I was going to pass on Marathon the new extraction shooter from Halo and Destiny developer Bungie but I ask you to consider the power of peer pressure. All my friends were getting into it! Read the rest The post I said I'd skip Marathon. I was wrong. appeared first on Boing Boing.
Meta boss Zuckerberg reportedly builds personal AI agent and plans flatter hierarchies
Mark Zuckerberg is building a personal AI agent to help him run Meta. The company is reportedly planning massive job cuts. The article Meta boss Zuckerberg reportedly builds personal AI agent and plan
Trump delays Xi meeting as Iran conflict lets US strong-arm China’s oil supply
President Donald Trump’s decision to delay a planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping as the U.S.' conflict with Iran unfolds is raising a new question in Washington: whether pressure on global oil flows is factoring into U.S. leverage with Beijing. The summit originally had been planned for March 31 to April 2, but Trump said on March 16 that he had asked China to delay it by "a month or so," explaining, "We got a war going on. I think it’s important that I be here." The following day,...
Overcoming LLM hallucinations in regulated industries: Artificial Genius’s deterministic models on Amazon Nova
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Live Updates: Audio Suggests Confusion Before Deadly LaGuardia Crash
A collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck killed the plane’s two pilots and injured dozens of people. Audio from the tower indicated that an air traffic controller appeared to be distracted by an earlier incident.
The New Live-Action ‘Moana’ Trailer Welcomes You to the Rock
Disney's latest 'reimagining' of one of its animated hits stars Catherine Lagaʻaia as Moana and Dwayne Johnson as Maui; it hits theaters July 10.
WNBA players vote to ratify 7-year collective bargaining agreement through 2032
WNBA players unanimously approved the new collective bargaining agreement on Monday with more than 90 per cent participating in voting over the weekend.
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Tit-for-tat strikes on Middle East’s oil factories and water plants would worsen the energy crisis
US has warned it could target Iranian power plants and Iran has vowed it would respond.
Judge blocks Trump from deporting Abrego Garcia to Liberia, extending legal standoff
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plans to deport Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the U.S. to a third country stopping, for now, the government's stated plans to swiftly remove him to the West African nation of Liberia.The temporary order from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis keeps in place two previous orders she issued blocking the Trump administration's efforts to deport Abrego Garcia from the U.S. for a second time to a third country. It com...
Megan Rapinoe praises Iranian women's soccer team's 'bravery' after facing criticism
Former U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe spoke out in support of the Iranian women’s soccer team amid the players’ trials and tribulations over the last few weeks while competing in Australia.The Iranian women’s soccer team was in Australia earlier this month to compete in the Women’s Asian Cup. Players were seen refusing to sing their country’s national anthem as the U.S. and Israel launched a joint military campaign on the Iranian regime. The players were dubbed "wartime traitors" by an Iranian b...
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Scambaiter hires two fake lawyers to fight each other in court
In the scambaiting game deliberately cooperating with scammers to waste as much of their time as possible money talks. Even fake money. All you have to do is mention offhand that you have a wealthy uncle or a thriving business and scammers will eat out of your hands for as long as you care to let them. Read the rest The post Scambaiter hires two fake lawyers to fight each other in court appeared first on Boing Boing.
Palantir executive says AI enabling rapid battlefield planning and high-speed US strike operations
AI-powered battlefield technology is enabling the U.S. and its allies to carry out military operations faster and more efficiently than ever before, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said Monday, pointing to the Iran conflict as evidence of a seismic shift in modern warfare."The planning that happened was done in a fraction of the time it would have taken in prior conflicts of this scale, and we accomplished more than twice as much per day of strikes," Sankar told "America's Newsroom.""How do you do 2,0...
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Trump Says No DHS Funding Without SAVE Act; Deploys ICE To Snarled Airports
Trump Says No DHS Funding Without SAVE Act; Deploys ICE To Snarled Airports Federal immigration agents on Monday showed up to several major airports to help TSA agents manage long lines amid a showdown over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Transportation Security Administration. The move comes after President Trump floated the idea over the weekend, which was echoed by border czar Tom Homan in a Sunday CNN interview. "President Trump is using...
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Trump sending ICE to airports to "help" TSA
Trump announced on Truth Social that ICE agents will be deployed to airports to "help" TSA screen passengers. The pretext: Democrats refused to fund DHS, leaving TSA short-staffed. Never mind that Customs and Border Protection agents already work at every international airport in the country and could have filled the gap without anyone noticing. Read the rest The post Trump sending ICE to airports to "help" TSA appeared first on Boing Boing.
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N.Y.U. Professors Go on Strike, Seeking Better Pay and Job Protections
About 950 full-time faculty members who are not on the tenure track walked out. The university told students that classes would continue.
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Major League Baseball can now call balls and strikes with 100% accuracy… but will only use the system in the most annoying way possible
The 2026 Major League Baseball season will be the first in which a computer will be used to determine balls and strikes. The strike zone has been redefined for this Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) system, to eliminate subjectivity. However, instead of simply using this technology, which allows MLB to set the strike zone with millimeter-level precision and enforce it with absolute consistency, to call all balls and strikes, it has decided to use it only sparingly, and in the most annoying way possib...
OpenSeeker's open-source approach aims to break up the data monopoly for AI search agents
With just 11,700 training data points and a single training run, the AI search agent OpenSeeker achieves results that rival solutions from Alibaba and others. Data, code, and model are all openly acce
Mask-free ICE agents begin patrolling US airports; Trump floats National Guard
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deployed to U.S. airports to help with TSA security lines beginning Monday.President Donald Trump advised Monday that the agents should not wear masks while on that assignment, adding he could bring in the National Guard to assist with airport chaos if needed."ICE was my idea," Trump told reporters on the tarmac before boarding Air Force One from West Palm Beach on Monday morning. "First person I called, Tom Homan, I said, what do you think? He said, I ...
'Neuron-freezing' technique can stop LLMs from giving users unsafe responses
Researchers have identified key components in large language models (LLMs) that play a critical role in ensuring these AI systems provide safe responses to user queries. The researchers used these ins
Shanann Watts' father says family faced years of 'evil' online hate after Chris Watts murders
Chris Watts’ 2018 guilty plea may have closed the legal case, but for Shanann’s family, the tragedy morphed into years of relentless online vitriol and defamation.Nearly eight years later, her relatives say they endured a persistent wave of online harassment they describe as cruel and unrelenting and fueled by true crime conspiracy theories."I never saw so much evil in this world. Towards us, towards other victims," Frank Rzucek, Shanann’s father, said in a new Fox Nation special. The new specia...
Robot plays tennis with humans in real time
A humanoid robot is now rallying tennis shots with a human in real time. It runs without a script or remote control, so it can react instantly on a tennis court.The robot stands about 4 feet tall, giving it a compact, human-like frame. Galbot Robotics released a video showing its robot going shot-for-shot with a human player. The system behind it is called LATENT and runs on the Unitree G1.And it is not just returning the ball. It is moving, adjusting and competing during live play.Sign up for ...
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Air Traffic Audio Appears to Show Tower Was Dealing With Incident Before Crash
Several minutes after the collision, a controller told the pilot of a Frontier jet that “we were dealing with an emergency earlier,” according to audio reviewed by The New York Times.
Newsom’s wife says evangelicals are ‘pulling us back as a country’ in resurfaced clip
A resurfaced interview with Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, is drawing attention online after she said that evangelicals are "pulling us back as a country."In a 2022 interview with journalist Elex Michaelson when he was working at a local Los Angeles station, Siebel Newsom discussed her documentary, "Fair Play." It was inspired by Eve Rodsky's book of the same name, which examines gender roles in the home.Siebel Newsom also discussed "redefining what pro-life is rea...
Interviews with Sundar Pichai and other Google executives on being blindsided by ChatGPT's launch, Gemini, Pichai's vision of useful AI everywhere, and more
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8 Horror Movies to Welcome Spring’s Arrival
Killer plants, deadly getaways, and sinister rituals await.
10 Best X (Twitter) Accounts to Follow for LLM Updates
Skip the hype and follow these 10 X accounts for reliable LLM papers, product launches, and thoughtful takes on where AI is heading.
Uber's Deal Blitz To Stop a Robotaxi Monopoly
Uber is aggressively partnering with multiple robotaxi companies to avoid a future dominated by Waymo or Tesla. The ride-hailing giant has struck deals with at least a dozen autonomous vehicle players in recent years. Just last week, it announced a $1.25 billion partnership with Rivian, with plans to deploy up to 50,000 driverless vehicles over the next decade. Business Insider reports: Uber announced three new robotaxi partnerships in the past few weeks with Zoox, Wayve-Nissan, and Rivian. In l...
LG Sound Suite review: Dolby Atmos FlexConnect in a powerful package
The premise seems simple enough. LG promises that you can set its Sound Suite speakers anywhere and Dolby’s home theater tech will make them perform well. The soundbar, subwoofer and speakers don’t have to go in prescribed locations for the best results, which means you can place them where you need to and move them as you see fit. Of course, this all hinges on the reliability of the underlying tech and LG’s ability to make individual speakers that actually sound good. Like most premium soundba...
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Epstein Cover-Up Deepens; FBI Officers Raise Alarm
Epstein Cover-Up Deepens; FBI Officers Raise Alarm Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Fresh Justice Department files reveal a frantic document destruction operation at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan just days after Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death, adding fresh fuel to suspicions of elite protection and deep state obstruction. This latest bombshell, drawn from a Miami Herald analysis of thousands of pages in the Epstein files, fits the pattern of irregul...
Littlebird raises $11M for its AI-assisted ‘recall’ tool that reads your computer screen
Littlebird is building an AI that reads your screen in real time to capture context, answer questions, and automate tasks, without relying on screenshots.
Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way
Gimlet Labs just raised an $80 million Series A for tech that lets AI run across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, ARM, Cerebras and d-Matrix chips, simultaneously.
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The strait’s closure has revealed Hormuz for what it is - one of the world’s great bottlenecks
New York Times: World economy dependent on small number of regions at risk for shutdowns.
King Harold’s Legendary 200-Mile March ‘Never Happened,’ Study Suggests
“Only a mad general would force his army to go through that before a battle.”
