Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden injured in 'negligent discharge' at Philadelphia airport

A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to former first lady Jill Biden reportedly shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia airport. KYW Newsradio reported that the Secret Service agent assigned to the former first lady accidentally shot himself in the leg early Friday at Philadelphia International Airport and a large police presence was outside the American Airlines ticket counter at Terminal C."On Friday morning just after 8:30, an on-duty U.S. Secret Service Special Agent suffered a non-life-thre...

Meta vows to 'aggressively' fight after landmark verdicts find tech giant liable for addicting kids

A top Meta lawyer says the company will "aggressively" pursue appeals after two juries found it liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.Juries in California and New Mexico recently found Meta liable for designing addictive platforms and violating consumer protection laws. Meta plans to appeal the rulings."We disagree with these verdicts, respectfully," C.J. Mahoney, Meta's chief legal officer, said on "Saturday in America.""We think that they're vulnerable on appeal, and we're goin...

AOC says politicians, especially Democrats, should promise not to accept 'AI money'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has asserted that politicians particularly those within her own party should vow not to accept "AI money.""Politicians especially Dems should pledge not to take AI money. They are buying up influence ahead of the midterms, and Dems who take AI $ will lose authority and trust as the public bears the cost," the progressive "Squad" member wrote in a Thursday post on X."Their money will end up being toxic anyway. People are catching on," she added.FETTERMAN SLA...

WATCH: Airport travelers reveal what they truly think about ICE helping TSA with massive lines

Travelers at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport were very grateful to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for lending TSA a helping hand, with some saying they had been waiting in line for three to four hours.While travelers at Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport expressed disdain for federal agents’ presence at major airports, people hoping to catch flights in Houston took a different tone."I think it has been very helpful. They have been helping people go to the ...

Building a Production-Grade Multi-Node Training Pipeline with PyTorch DDP

A practical, code-driven guide to scaling deep learning across machines from NCCL process groups to gradient synchronization The post Building a Production-Grade Multi-Node Training Pipeline with Py

Sources: Aetherflux, founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt to develop orbital data centers, aims to raise $250M to $300M in a Series B at a $2B valuation (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Aetherflux, founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt to develop orbital data centers, aims to raise $250M to $300M in a Series B at a $2B valuation Aetherflux, led b

'Duck Dynasty' star Jase Robertson says 'rednecks' are the only people left who are 'unoffendable' in America

Jase Robertson thinks "rednecks" are the only group of people left who can't be offended.Robertson explained on the "Unashamed with the Robertson Family" podcast that he "wrongfully asked" his brother, Willie Robertson, if any "Eskimos" had been at an event he attended in Alaska, and Willie told him, "‘That's an offensive word to them.’ I was like, ‘Well, I didn't get the memo on that.’ They're called natives."Relative Zach Dasher asked Jase if he would be offended if someone called him a "redne...

When Coupled Volcanoes Talk, These Researchers Listen

In the summer of 1912, word reached Robert Fiske Griggs that the apocalypse had arrived on Kodiak, an inhabited island off the coast of Alaska. The following year, Griggs, a botanist at the University of Ohio, led the first of several expeditions to the island, where he and a team glimpsed a disquieting sight: Kodiak was shrouded in a full foot of ash. And it wasn’t just the island. Source

Senate votes to fund DHS, but not ICE or Border Patrol

The U.S. Senate last night voted to fund the Department of Homeland Security, but not ICE or Border Patrol, the two agencies whose increasingly violent immigration enforcement led to a standoff in congress. The deal applies to the Transport Security Administration, so will get TSA agents paid and back to work in America's chaotic airports. Read the rest The post Senate votes to fund DHS, but not ICE or Border Patrol appeared first on Boing Boing.

Savannah Guthrie sets Today show return after mother's disappearance

After a two-month absence sparked by her 84-year-old mother's apparent abduction, Savannah Guthrie will return to NBC's Today show next month, saying in an interview that aired Friday 'joy will be my protest.'

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta Shows You There's Potential in the Stable Release

For regulars in the open source space, Ubuntu is kind of a household name that introduced many to the diverse world of Linux, where you have all kinds of flavors. Want some work done? You have Fedora. Want to earn the rights to say "I use Arch, btw," and get work done? You have Arch Linux.We are now weeks away from Ubuntu's next long-term support release, and Canonical have now provided everyone with a beta build for testing purposes. Let's see what it delivers.Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta: A Functiona...

Viral interview captures what traveler really thought about ICE agents helping TSA at airports

A Brooklyn man went viral for his take on the deployment of ICE agents to airports nationwide to assist TSA agents as the DHS shutdown consequences played out over the last several weeks.Chris Scali briefly spoke with News 12 at Newark Liberty International Airport, saying ICE agents were "good" and not bothering anyone comments that quickly gained widespread attention online.Fox News Digital spoke with Scali on Thursday while he was vacationing in the Bahamas; he said he'd arrived with a friend...

Escalation On All Fronts As Iran Says Never Requested US Energy Strike Pause; Israel Goes After Industrial Targets

Escalation On All Fronts As Iran Says Never Requested US Energy Strike Pause; Israel Goes After Industrial Targets Summary No pause from Tehran, war footing deepens: Iran denies requesting Donald Trump’s 10-day halt; Israel attacks steel and industrial sites. Escalation on all fronts: IRGC HQ targeted by US-Israsel; Iran signals expansion by naming UAE targets, hitting Kuwait ports and sending drones on Riyadh Israel doubles down amid reports of manpower strain: IDF chi...

Sheridan Gorman's university newspaper touts ICE tracker after freshman allegedly murdered by illegal alien

More than a week after the Department of Homeland Security said that Loyola University Chicago freshman Sheridan Gorman was murdered at the hands of an illegal immigrant, the school's newspaper still features an Immigration and Customs Enforcement tracker, meant for tipsters to alert the paper about ICE operations in the area.The editorial staff of the Loyola Phoenix announced last October that it had created a map to track ICE activities, soliciting tips about those activities from readers and ...

How ‘Love Story’ Gave Viewers a History Lesson on the Kennedys and ’90s NYC

The FX show, which dramatizes the relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, has inspired a legion of younger viewers to dig into the couple’s past and 1990s New York City.

Doctors Struggle to Spot AI-Generated X-Rays, Raising Scam Risks

In tests, radiologists struggled to discern genuine X-rays from AI-generated fakes.

Brain-inspired AI hardware helps autonomous devices operate efficiently and independently

The human brain constantly makes decisions. It requires minimal power to move bodies in a desired direction or avoid an object. A Purdue University engineer uses the brain's efficiency as inspiration

North American stocks fall, oil prices rise as Trump's delays fail to quell fears

The SandP 500, Nasdaq and Dow Jones Industrial Average all sank in early trading, a day after Wall Street's worst drop since the conflict with Iran started.

Tech Neck: constantly looking down at your phone supposedly makes you look old

The Wall Street Journal reports a sudden panic over "tech neck," the result of spending too much time looking down at your phone. Though the medical risks were already well established—shoulder pain and stiffness, headaches, numbness, degenerative changes in the cervical spine—a more ominous complication has emerged. Read the rest The post Tech Neck: constantly looking down at your phone supposedly makes you look old appeared first on Boing Boing.

Iran War Triggers Jump In Americans' Inflation Expectations, Slump In Sentiment

Iran War Triggers Jump In Americans' Inflation Expectations, Slump In Sentiment While the preliminary UMich survey was undertaken between February 17 and March 9, with about half completed after the start of the US military conflict in Iran, today's final print includes the full month with all the conflict's escalations (and de-escalations). Expectations were for the headline sentiment index to tumble with expectations projected to fall most and consensus was right with the expecta...

AAP faces pressure over trans youth care, guiding docs to keep parents in the dark about child's sexual health

FIRST ON FOX: A parental rights advocacy organization is sounding the alarm over the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) support for transgender medical procedures for minors and encouragement of healthcare providers to withhold the sexual health and history of underage patients from parents.The American Parents’ Coalition compiled a "lookout" showcasing videos and public statements by AAP asserting that "science" supports "gender-affirming care," which can range from puberty blockers to cross...

DarkSword leak puts millions of iPhone users at risk

Last week, researchers warned about a sophisticated iPhone hacking tool called DarkSword. Now the situation has escalated. A newer version of that tool has been leaked online and posted to a public code-sharing site. That changes everything. What was once limited to advanced attackers is now far easier to access and use. Security experts say this could quickly turn into a widespread threat, especially for people using older Apple software.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips,...

George Clooney and Natalie Portman lead Hollywood exodus to France to escape ‘pressure cooker’: experts

Over recent years, Hollywood giants have abandoned their home country and moved their families to France.George and Amal Clooney, Angelina Jolie and Natalie Portman are just a few of Hollywood's heaviest hitters who have ditched the U.S. to raise their kids overseas. This trend of celebrities fleeing the States may be for a number of reasons escape from paparazzi, privacy, the culture.Cultural commentator Jonathan Alpert says that stars are fleeing since Hollywood has started to feel like a "pre...

What Do You Mean Glen Powell Is Fox McCloud in the ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Movie

Which means you have to watch Glen Powell do 'Star Fox' cosplay, naturally.

QatarEnergy Declares ForceMajeure For LNG Shipments Through May, Representing As Many As 90 Cargoes

QatarEnergy Declares ForceMajeure For LNG Shipments Through May, Representing As Many As 90 Cargoes The already dismal LNG supply situation just got worse. With up to 20% of global LNG flows shuttered due to the ongoing blockade of the Hormuz Strait and the extensive damage of Qatar LNG infrastructure, QatarEnergy has declared force majeure on some of ⁠its long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contracts, including ‌for customers ⁠in Italy, Belgium, South Korea ⁠and China, ef...

Indicted Democrat Rep Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick one step closer to expulsion

A bipartisan panel of House lawmakers voted to kickstart a process that could lead to the expulsion of a congressional Democrat accused of laundering millions of disaster relief funds into her campaign account.A House Ethics investigative subcommittee approved a motion for summary judgment, effectively finding Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., guilty of nearly all alleged violations outlined by the committee earlier this year. The verdict came after a rare public ethics hearing on Thursda...

Meta's own supervisory body warns that Community Notes are no match for AI disinformation

Meta's Oversight Board has examined the planned global expansion of Community Notes. Its conclusion: the system is too slow, too thinly staffed, and vulnerable to manipulation, especially given the gr

Reporter's Notebook: The hitchhiker's guide to what's next to end the DHS shutdown

When will the House vote on the Senate deal? Frankly, we do not know. Last night’s Senate measure was not pre-baked with the House. And we talked to dozens of House Republicans yesterday who did not want to just fund parts of DHS. They wanted to fund everything. We also don’t know the disposition of the president on this. When asked about a GOP proposal earlier this week to just fund parts of DHS and leave out ICE, President Donald Trump replied, "I'm pretty much not happy with it."DHS SHUTDOWN ...

Hera Aces A Massive Engine Burn On Its Way To Didymos

In September 2022, humanity crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid - on purpose. The objective of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was to see if we could intentionally modify the orbit of Dimorphos, the small moonlet orbiting the larger asteroid Didymos. According to all accounts, the mission worked spectacularly, but it was a one-way trip, so our ability to see what happened to the binary asteroid system has so far been limited to ground-based telescopes. That wasn’t good enough fo...

"There's A Lot Of Concern": GOP Lawmakers Predict Midterm Disaster If Troops Deployed To Iran

"There's A Lot Of Concern": GOP Lawmakers Predict Midterm Disaster If Troops Deployed To Iran While most Republicans are still with Trump on Iran, beneath the outward show of unity, something more politically dangerous is beginning to emerge: a growing fear that a war sold as limited could turn into the kind of Middle East quagmire MAGA voters thought they had already rejected. And it isn't just the usual anti-interventionist voices. It is now being voiced by Trump allies, rank-a...

This Winter Fly Is Doing Something Scientists Didn’t Think Was Possible

Unlike most bugs, snow flies thrive in the cold—thanks to a baffling mix of genetic kinks that scientists never expected to find.

OpenAI launches Codex plugins to standardize repeatable AI workflows, with 20+ initial integrations such as Figma, Notion, Gmail, and Slack

David Gewirtz / ZDNET: OpenAI launches Codex plugins to standardize repeatable AI workflows, with 20+ initial integrations such as Figma, Notion, Gmail, and Slack ZDNET's key takeaways Codex plugi

Sony Is Hiking PS5 Prices for the Second Time in Less Than a Year

The era of game consoles getting cheaper over time is over.

Skip the TSA Line: Where to Find Travel by Bus, Train, and Boat

These apps and websites find bus, train, and ferry tickets when you want more options than flying to your destination.

Peak Lobotomized American Consumer

Peak Lobotomized American Consumer Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance There’s a very specific kind of financial confession I’ve had to make to myself recently. I see charges pop up on my phone’s home screen on various credit cards all the time. A lot of times they just say “Apple” or “Amazon.” No details. No explanation. Just a clean, confident withdrawal from my account like I’m renting air to breathe from both of these companies. And like a good American lobotomized consumer, I d...

Medieval tragic lesbian combat adventure is a bit of a slog

Dia Lacina reviews 1348 Ex Voto, a spectacular but brief historical adventure with lots of combat and even more walking. Though it features two women in homoerotic opposition and is set during the Black Death and the Hundred Years War, it somehow whiffs both the history and the sexual tension: "What first piqued my interest in Ex Voto was its promise of an interest in medieval romances, the calamitous and complex history of 14th-century Italy, and tragic lesbians. Read the rest The post Medieva...

Trey Kaufman-Renn's controversial tip-in gives Boilermakers spot in Elite Eight, ends Texas' Cinderella story

The No. 11 Texas Longhorns’ Cinderella story in the NCAA Tournament came to a heartbreaking end on Thursday night, as Trey Kaufman-Renn’s tip with 0.7 seconds left on the clock gave No. 2 Purdue a 79-77 lead to advance to the Elite Eight. It was a thriller to the end in this Sweet 16 matchup between a team that needed to play in the First Four to kick off the tournament, and one of the higher seeds in March Madness. The Longhorns’ Dailyn Swain made a clutch and-one layup with 11 seconds left tha...

DOJ probes California, Maine over transgender inmate housing policies

The Department of Justice on Thursday launched civil rights investigations into prison systems in California and Maine over policies allowing transgender inmates to be housed in women's facilities, citing concerns about female inmates' safety.The probes will examine whether the states are engaged in a "pattern or practice" of violating inmates’ rights, part of a broader federal push targeting what officials call a growing national issue.Attorney General Pamela Bondi said keeping "men out of wome...

AI Disruption Returns: Cybersecurity Stocks Tumble On Report Of New Anthropic "Step Change" AI Model

AI Disruption Returns: Cybersecurity Stocks Tumble On Report Of New Anthropic "Step Change" AI Model Cybersecurity stocks are slumping in premarket trading on Friday as the AI disruption trade returns after a Fortune report said Anthropic is testing a new AI model that “poses significant cybersecurity risks.” According to the report, Anthropic is "developing and has begun testing with early access customers a new AI model more capable than any it has released previously," the compa...

Scorsese reframes Jesus’ story through the Virgin Mary in ‘The Saints’ special

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese is turning his lens to the Virgin Mary in a new special episode of "The Saints," exploring themes of faith, love and sacrifice at the heart of the Easter story."The story of Jesus – his life, his teachings, his example, his resurrection – is intertwined with the life of his mother," Scorsese told viewers in the special."She was chosen by God. She was a vessel, and she was a mother who loved her son."Premiering Friday on Fox Nation, the episode offe...

Airport lines are out-of-control. Trump can save us from TSA insanity forever

On Sunday, March 22, passengers at Atlanta’s airport waited in line for five hours or more to get through security.But in Orlando, Florida just a few hours south the security lines averaged about 30 minutes or less.How could passengers at two major airports have such dramatically different experiences? Simple: The Orlando airport has effectively privatized security screenings, while Atlanta uses government employees who work for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). As airports natio...

Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ Reboot Has Found Its Other Big Star

Plus, Amazon's 'God of War' show has found its Freya.

Can AI understand literature? Researchers put it to the test

Even with all the recent advances in the ability of large language models (like ChatGPT) to help us think, research, summarize, and learn complex and technical texts, how do they fare in understanding

Porsche Cayenne Electric Review: A Phenomenally Capable SUV

Porsche’s latest electric SUV is its most capable yet, and its most powerful street car ever. But should you wait for the hybrid instead?

Sony says it plans to raise the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles globally beginning on April 2; the PS5 will cost $650, PS5 Digital $600, and PS5 Pro $900

Emma Roth / The Verge: Sony says it plans to raise the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles globally beginning on April 2; the PS5 will cost $650, PS5 Digital $600, and PS5 Pro $900 The PS5 Pro will

Paul Klee’s “Angelus Novus” New York Debut On Hold Due to Mideast War

The rarely seen “Angelus Novus” by Paul Klee was supposed to arrive at New York’s Jewish Museum, but remains in Israel instead.

'This is not murder': Defence wraps arguments at trial for Ontario couple accused in case involving 2 brothers

Closing arguments in Ontario murder trial for prospective parents of 2 brothers enter 2nd day

Former Dolton, Illinois 'super mayor' pushes for federal troops in Chicago after father shot in neck

Former Dolton Mayor and Thornton Township supervisor Tiffany Henyard urged Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to accept federal assistance to help clean up crime, noting in a statement that her father had become a gun violence victim.Henyard opened her statement by calling herself "SuperMayor Tiffany A. Henyard.""Yes, it is true, my family has been directly affected by the senseless gun violence that continues to plague Illinois. Yesterday, my father, my hero was an inno...

Engadget Podcast: Can Microsoft fix Windows 11 by dumping AI?

It turns out people don't actually love having Copilot shoved into their faces. This week, Devindra and PCWorld Senior Editor Mark Hachman discuss Microsoft's surprising plan to "fix" Windows 11 by refocusing on customization and core features, instead of bringing Copilot AI into tons of apps. Is there any enthusiasm left for Windows? Or will most people be better off considering macOS or Linux?Subscribe!iTunesSpotifyPocket CastsStitcherGoogle PodcastsTopicMicrosoft hits the reset button on Wind...

Couple ditches corporate grind as cost-of-living crisis leads to decade-long van travel

A couple swapped corporate careers and rent payments for a life of traveling the world and say the move has hugely slashed their living costs. They're as surprised as anybody. Karen Davies, 58, and Myles Davies, 59, spend about $2,000 to $2,700 a month traveling across Europe in a motor home, they say. Their rent alone had been about $1,800, news agency SWNS reported. Now they're traveling constantly with almost no added expense.MAN PULLS OFF EXTREME 8-HOUR TRIP TO ANOTHER COUNTRY, FLIES HOME SA...

First Qatar Supply Shock, Now Cyclone Chaos Slams Major Australian LNG Plants

First Qatar Supply Shock, Now Cyclone Chaos Slams Major Australian LNG Plants In a troubling overnight development that could further deepen the Gulf energy shock, especially in global LNG markets, a tropical cyclone has disrupted operations at three major Australian LNG facilities, which together account for roughly 8.4% of global supply. The timing is alarming: Iranian strikes have already knocked out about 17% of Qatar's LNG export capacity, with repairs potentially taking years....

The Morning After: Sony and Honda’s debut EV is dead before it even arrived

Honda and Sony announced that they are discontinuing both the Afeela 1 and 2, their electric cars. The company is reviewing its “business direction,” but it's hard to expect much from a car company that’s cancelled all of its cars. The Afeela 1, casually called the PlayStation Car, was meant to be a fusion of a modern EV and your own digital media bubble. (You could have a God of War-themed dash if you wanted that.) Engadget There’s a wider pressure on Honda, beyond this risky collaboration with...

13 Best MagSafe Wallets (2026), Tested IRL

These convenient and slim magnetic wallets are the ones you’ll want to stick to the back of your smartphone.

5 simple tech tips to take back control of your social media

Social media platforms collect more data than most people realize. They track what you click, who you interact with and even where you go. Over time, that information builds a detailed profile of your habits and behavior.The good news is you can take back control. A few simple setting changes can limit tracking, reduce data sharing and improve your privacy across your favorite apps.Many of these privacy controls also exist inside each app, so it's important to check both your device settings and...

Wikipedia bans AI-generated content

Wikipedia has prohibited the use of large language models to produce content for the online encyclopedia, restricting users to using AI only for copy editing and technical tasks such as formatting. The only substantive exception is for full-article translation. Text generated by large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek etc. Read the rest The post Wikipedia bans AI-generated content appeared first on Boing Boing.

Texas fast-food chain delivers best burger value among top rivals

→ A Texas-based fast-food chain beat McDonald's and Burger King in a value study that ranked its classic burger the highest by price per ounce of meat.→ One steakhouse's dress code drew backlash after diners without proper attire were told to remove hats or eat in the bar.→ Restaurant owners warn that eliminating tips could lower service quality as more establishments test gratuity-free dining models.→ Bars could serve alcohol until near dawn in one city under a new $500 permit tied to the World...

Battleground Dem candidate linked public displays of faith to political violence in 2023 speech

A Democratic House candidate running in a battleground seat in southwestern Iowa linked faith to political violence while warning against religion in public life, according to unearthed audio reviewed by Fox News Digital."We have seen religion and political violence showing up more and more in our public spaces," Democratic candidate Sarah Trone Garriott said in a 2023 speech at a Methodist church. "It's something that is just very in our faces and something that we're very concerned about, and ...

Restaurants may be quietly inflating your tip and diners are starting to notice

Restaurants have long relied on social etiquette to guide the way people tip. But as digital payment systems increasingly suggest gratuities automatically, a new debate is emerging: Should those tips be calculated before or after tax?The question has drawn attention following controversy at a Dave and Buster's location, where suggested tips were reportedly applied to the post-tax total. Fox News Digital reached out to the Texas-based company for comment.While the incident sparked online backlash...

Now the Oscars Aren’t Just Moving to YouTube, They’re Moving Out of Hollywood

In 2029, the prestigious awards are moving from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood to downtown Los Angeles.

Cheryl Hines fires back at Chelsea Handler in 'toxic' mansion dispute, says she's trying to stay relevant

Cheryl Hines is firing back after Chelsea Handler accused the actress and her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., of selling her a "toxic" $6 million home that she was unable to move into for years.During the March 5 episode of her podcast "Dear Chelsea," the 51-year-old comedian railed against the 60-year-old actress and the 72-year-old Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS), alleging that the house she bought from the couple in 2021 was a "disaster" and did not have a "proper foundation."While ...

Fender Mix review: Well-designed headphones that just fall short of greatness

I know what you’re thinking: “Isn’t Fender a guitar company?” It sure is, and has been one of the most iconic names in guitars and amplifiers since 1946. So what is the company doing making headphones and speakers? Well, it isn’t, exactly. Like Zound Industries used to do with Marshall (before buying the amp business), another company is licensing the Fender name for its consumer audio products. Fender Audio, the brand that’s on the headphones I’m reviewing, is owned by the Fender Corporation, b...

MLB The Show 26 is turning me into more of a baseball fan

There were two questions I was looking to answer as I fired up MLB The Show 26. First, how much does the game cater to a baseball newbie like me? Second, will it keep me hooked enough to keep playing after my first few games?I think it's important to share some personal context. I have very limited experience with baseball. I have been to one MLB game, which was on my first visit to Canada as a teen. The lead-off Toronto Blue Jays hitter scored a home run on his first at-bat. Fireworks went off ...

China's American Mao: Inside Singham’s blueprint to ‘wage war' for a 'new world order'

Part 5 of a Fox News Digital series investigating the House of Singham investigates how an American tycoon built an "International Revolutionary Front," in the words of Mao Zedong, a global system in which ideology, funding, activism and propaganda converge. This reporting includes analysis using large-language modeling.Last November in Shanghai, as American tech tycoon Neville Roy SIngham took the stage at the Golden Tulip hotel for a conference endorsed by the Chinese Communist Party, he offer...

Why Ubuntu 26.10 Might Drop ZFS, RAID and Encryption Support

Canonical engineer Julian Andres Klode, who works on Ubuntu's secure boot signing, has put forward a proposal on Ubuntu's community forums to significantly cut down the GRUB bootloader for the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10.The proposal takes aim at GRUB's parsers, which Julian describes as a "constant source of security issues," and proposes cutting a number of features from signed builds to reduce the attack surface in the pre-boot environment.What is meant to get the axe? On the filesystem side, Btrfs...

Before the LaGuardia Crash, Why Didn’t Truck 1 Stop?

After a fatal collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck on a runway, attention has focused on why the truck didn’t heed frantic calls to stop.

Fox News Poll: Fans say paywalled sports are out of bounds

As subscription streaming services grab more and more games from free TV and basic cable, many fans are crying foul.A new Fox News national survey of registered voters finds that majorities of both sports fans (72%) and non-fans (60%) think major sporting events should be required to stay on free broadcast television, not behind streaming paywalls. Only 27% of fans and 38% of non-fans say leagues should be allowed to shift games to paid streaming services.FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS OPPOSE ACTION IN I...

Savannah Guthrie opens up about return to TV, NBC announces comeback date

Savannah Guthrie will return to "Today" on Monday, April 6, NBC News announced on Friday. Guthrie, who has been away from NBC’s flagship morning show since her mother, Nancy, went missing on Feb. 1, opened up about the decision during a multipart interview that has aired throughout the week. "It’s hard to imagine doing it because it's such a place of joy and lightness, I can’t come back and try to be something that I’m not. But I can’t not come back, because it’s my family. I think it’s part of ...

Mac Pro line ends, with no plans for future models

Apple's giant cheesegrater tower PCs are no more: it has discontinued the Mac Pro after two decades and three designs. The Mac Pro has lived many lives over the years. Apple released the current Mac Pro industrial design in 2019 alongside the Pro Display XDR (which was also discontinued earlier this month). Read the rest The post Mac Pro line ends, with no plans for future models appeared first on Boing Boing.

RGG's Stranger Than Heaven game will span five time periods

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has revealed more details about its upcoming title, Stranger Than Heaven, at the Xbox Partner Preview stream. While previous teasers showed that it was going to be set in the 1910s and 1940s, it turns out its gameplay will span five different time periods: 1915, 1929, 1943, 1951 and 1965. The game’s events will also take place in five different cities. Ryu Ga Gotoku has yet to reveal what the locations will be based on, but the setting for 1965 seems to be Kamurocho. That’s ...

Did Melania Trump's White House Walk With Humanoid Robot Signal Admin's Push Into Physical AI

Did Melania Trump's White House Walk With Humanoid Robot Signal Admin's Push Into Physical AI The White House on Wednesday hosted an education summit featuring first lady Melania Trump walking side by side with an American-made humanoid robot.  "Figure 03" AI-powered robot accompanies first lady Melania Trump to a White House summit on empowering children with educational technology. pic.twitter.com/RShdfvEG38 — CSPAN (@cspan) March 25, 2026 The robot's placement at a White House ...

Hollywood union praises Trump's AI policy as 'protections for human creativity'

The Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) released a statement in support of the Trump administration's AI policy framework on Thursday."SAG-AFTRA welcomes the administration’s National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence and its recognition that America’s leadership in AI must go hand in hand with strong protections for human creativity," the union said in a statement to TheWrap. "Our members’ performances, voices and likenesses are not raw...

Best External Hard Drive (2026): SSD to Store Data, Video, and More

Need an ultrafast drive for video editing or a rugged option to back up your photos in the field? We’ve got a solution for every situation.

Senate passes overnight bill to fund most of Homeland Security as fight nears end and more top headlines

1. Senate passes overnight bill to fund most of Homeland Security2. Trump sets a new deadline for Iranian energy strikes amid new negotiations3. Pentagon weighs 10,000 more ground troops in the Middle East: reportHOMELAND PERIL Iran general threatens Americans in parks and tourist spots ‘will no longer be safe.’ Continue reading …‘OUT OF CONTROL’ Hundreds of teenagers jump on cars and fight cops in wild riot. Continue reading …SECURITY BREACH Savannah Guthrie reveals new details in mom’s case th...

Phillies player Alec Bohm sues parents for allegedly 'siphoning' his money

Philadelphia Phillies player Alec Bohm is suing his own parents, alleging they siphoned his money into financial accounts they supposedly managed for him, then used it to pay their own expenses.Bohm’s lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a Philadelphia court, comes after he began to review his personal and financial affairs in recent months. The parents allegedly tried to "freeze" Bohm out of four accounts. Per his lawsuit, Bohm believes the parents "converted a sizable amount" of his money from those ac...

Senate Passes DHS Funding Bill To End 40-Day Shutdown, Airport Chaos

Senate Passes DHS Funding Bill To End 40-Day Shutdown, Airport Chaos At 2:22 a.m. EST, the Senate unanimously passed a spending bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security after a 40-day shutdown that disrupted airport security and sparked travel chaos for millions of Americans. The bill, which excludes funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, still needs House approval and President Trump's signature. The overnight breakthrough came ...

Department of Education employees are working every day to put themselves 'out of a job,' but why?

A Department of Education (ED) official told Fox News Digital that staff are working to put themselves out of a job under President Donald Trump's orders because the agency is not needed."We are going to continue to take steps every single day to wind down the agency to return education to the state to put more power back in the hands of governors and state legislatures and state superintendents and local school board members," Nicholas Kent, Undersecretary of Education, told Fox News Digital on...

LlamaAgents Builder: From Prompt to Deployed AI Agent in Minutes

Creating an AI agent for tasks like analyzing and processing documents autonomously used to require hours of near-endless configuration, code orchestration, and deployment battles.

C-3PO’s Head From ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Sold for a Cool Million

The rare 'Star Wars' relic was the top-grossing item on the first day of Propstore's current auction.

Cam Newton views adding 18th regular-season game as 'good business,' questions how preseason games will work

As the NFL continues to expand its reach and capitalizes on the ever-growing popularity of the sport both domestically and globally, talk of adding an 18th regular-season game has become more apparent. The NFL Players’ Association has said players "have no appetite for a regular-season 18th game," while owners like New England Patriots’ Robert Kraft believes "every team will go 18" at some point sooner than later. For former MVP quarterback Cam Newton, he’s taking a step back and viewing an 18th...

Newsom still backing $114M 'bridge to nowhere' for mountain lions and butterflies

In 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom broke ground on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing (WAWC), a project featuring an overpass for animals atop ten lanes of the 101 Freeway in Southern California. At the ceremony, Newsom boasted that the state had committed $54 million. He promised to "complete the job within another $10 million," before seeming to hedge on whether that final sum would do the trick. Officials projected a 2025 completion date for the overpass, and estimated that the ent...

Fetterman tells far-left prosecutor to 'lighten up' after threatening to arrest ICE agents over raids

In the wake of a deadly shooting in Chicago, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., criticized his own party’s reluctance to talk about violent acts carried out by illegal aliens with criminal histories and condemned calls from Pennsylvania figures to instead target Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.Authorities are charging Jose Medina-Medina, a 25-year-old Venezuelan national, with the killing of a Loyola University student last week. Medina-Medina had already been arrested on unrelated cha...

Popular diet tied to lower dementia risk for some groups, study reveals

Eating more meat may help your memory, a new study suggests.While some experts suggest adopting plant-focused diets for better health, recent research indicates that a higher intake of unprocessed meat may protect against dementia in older people who have a variant of the APOE gene, which is linked to increasing Alzheimer's risk.Researchers tracked over 2,100 older participants – all of whom were dementia-free at the start of the study – for up to 15 years as part of the Swedish National Study o...

One Way or Another, Most of Our Electricity Comes From Solar Power

That’s good news, since the forecast is sunshine for the next 5 billion years.

A New AI Documentary Puts CEOs in the Hot Seat—but Goes Too Easy on Them

The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist seeks the middle ground on a polarizing technology—and ends up letting tech execs like Sam Altman off the hook.

OpenAI Abandons ChatGPT's Erotic Mode

OpenAI has indefinitely paused plans for an erotic mode in ChatGPT as part of a broader strategy shift away from side projects and toward business and coding tools. TechCrunch reports: The proposed "adult mode," which CEO Sam Altman first floated in October, had inspired considerable controversy from tech watchdog groups as well as from OpenAI's own staff. In January, a meeting between company executives and its council of advisers got heated, with one of the advisers cautioning that OpenAI coul...

A New AI Documentary Puts CEOs in the Hot Seat—but Goes Too Easy on Them

The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist seeks the middle ground on a polarizing technology—and ends up letting tech execs like Sam Altman off the hook.

T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Delivers Fast Speeds, Low Monthly Prices and Cash Back

Lower monthly prices and money-back offers are available for new subscribers to T-Mobile's three great 5G plans.

K-Shaped Economy Bites Back: Retail CRE Transactions For Shops, Malls Plunge

K-Shaped Economy Bites Back: Retail CRE Transactions For Shops, Malls Plunge February U.S. commercial real estate transaction activity appeared soft on the surface, but Goldman analysts believe the weak initial print will likely be revised meaningfully higher. The most notable area of weakness in last month’s transaction data was across the retail space, which is not especially surprising as the K-shaped economy continues to pressure lower-income consumers. Goldman real estate anal...

OpenAI's Codex gets a plugin marketplace for Slack, Notion, Figma, and more

OpenAI is adding plugins to Codex that integrate with popular work tools like Slack, Figma, Notion, Gmail, and Google Drive. The article OpenAI's Codex gets a plugin marketplace for Slack, Notion, Fig

SoftBank says it has secured a $40B bridge loan maturing in 2027 from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and other banks, to fund further investment in OpenAI

Akash Sriram / Reuters: SoftBank says it has secured a $40B bridge loan maturing in 2027 from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and other banks, to fund further investment in OpenAI SoftBank Group (998

How ElevenLabs Voice AI Is Replacing Screens in Warehouse and Manufacturing Operations

A warehouse picking operation is the process of collecting items from storage locations to fulfil customer orders. It is one of the most labour-intensive activities in logistics, accounting for up to

Kingsbury's 'last dance': Canadian freestyle legend confirms he'll end his career with last race in Quebec

In an exclusive interview with CBC Sports, the five-time Olympic medallist confirmed he’s retiring at the end of competition this weekend at the Canadian freestyle ski championships at his home course in Quebec.

I Asked ChatGPT 500 Questions. Here Are the Ads I Saw Most Often

Ads are rolling out across the US on ChatGPT’s free tier. I asked OpenAI's bot 500 questions to see what these ads were like and how they related to my prompts.

Samsung Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S26+ Review: Lacking Ambition

Lack of fresh features and price increases make these two Samsung flagships feel rather bland.

How to Back Up Your iPhone to iCloud, MacOS, or Windows (2026)

Save your memories now, because if your iPhone gets stolen or lost, your photos and other precious files could be gone forever.

I Asked ChatGPT 500 Questions. Here Are the Ads I Saw Most Often

Ads are rolling out across the US on ChatGPT’s free tier. I asked OpenAI's bot 500 questions to see what these ads were like and how they related to my prompts.

UK Pushes Ahead With Temporary Ban On Political Crypto Donations

UK Pushes Ahead With Temporary Ban On Political Crypto Donations Authored by Stephen Katte via CoinTelegraph.com, The UK government is advancing plans for a moratorium on political donations made through cryptocurrencies, following an independent review and pressure from multiple high-ranking politicians. Cointelegraph reported on Wednesday that the Rycroft Review, an independent inquiry into foreign financial interference in the UK’s political and electoral systems, recommended...

Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump, GOP ‘governed America LAST,’ predicts midterm losses

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene predicted that the Republicans will lose control of the House of Representatives – and possibly the Senate – in the 2026 midterm elections, asserting that President Donald Trump and the GOP promised "America First" but delivered the opposite.Greene, once a staunch Trump ally who has since become a vocal critic, declared in a Thursday post on X that "Americans are suffering," "Both parties are absolute failures," and that "the system needs to burn down.""America...

Knives out for Fetterman as Democrats turn on one-time progressive star

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is facing escalating backlash from within his own party, with one House Democrat saying this week she has more success working with a Republican senator and another calling for him to step down.The criticism reflects growing friction between Fetterman and his progressive political base as he breaks with Democrats on key issues, including his support for Israel, backing of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and openness to voter ID. Once a darling of th...