Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting before midterms

Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting before midterms

Police arrest 15-year-old after Seattle festival shooting that killed 3

A 15-year-old suspect was arrested after a shooting that killed three people and left at least four others injured at a food festival near Seattle's Space Needle over the weekend, the city's mayor said Monday.

The Forum Shops adding Hello Kitty Cafe alongside new designer boutiques and retailers

The Forum Shops adding Hello Kitty Cafe alongside new designer boutiques and retailers

The AI Slop Will Continue Until Republicans’ Poll Numbers Improve

65% of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling the economy. In the land of slop, he's always winning.

Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey helped inspire the film. She just panned it in a new review

In early publicity for his recently released The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan cited Emily Wilson's opening line in her translation of The Odyssey as a reference point for main character Odysseus. But Wilson's feelings about Nolan's take appear more mixed.

Samsung’s Galaxy Ring Gets FDA-Cleared Sleep Apnea Detection This Fall

For now, software updates are taking the place of a proper Galaxy Ring sequel.

The 8 Winners and 4 Losers of San Diego Comic-Con 2026

io9 picks the best and worst from this year’s massive pop culture gathering.

China Begins Mass Production of Homegrown DUV Chip Tools

According to The Information (paywalled), a state-backed Shanghai company has begun mass-producing China's first homegrown immersion DUV lithography machines, with about five units expected this year for SMIC, Hua Hong, and CXMT. Roughly 20 more units are expected in 2027. Tom's Hardware reports: The Information didn't name the manufacturer, but its sources described the operation as having pulled DUV development teams from several Chinese companies, one of them the state-backed startup Shanghai...

Lionel Richie's residency returns to Las Vegas, and more events announced

Lionel Richie's residency returns to Las Vegas, and more events announced

Trump says there’s a ‘good chance’ of progress in Iran peace talks

Fighting between the US and Iran has been put on pause since the weekend.

Michigan dad shot wife, six kids then set family home ablaze in murder-suicide, sheriff says

Michigan officials have identified the parents found dead with their six children inside their burning home, a case being investigated as a murder-suicide.Six children and two adults were found dead inside a Grand Haven Township home Friday after officials responded to a house fire, the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office said. All eight had gunshot wounds, prompting a suspicious death investigation.Officials on Monday identified the adults as Kristopher Karolkiewicz, 47, and Amanda Karolkiewicz, 39....

Germany could change terror laws over failings with Pride parade attacker

Abdul Ballout received a suspended 22-month sentence in May.

Senators reject Trump’s call to make Canada pay for wildfire smoke: ‘Ridiculous’

Republican and Democratic senators are rejecting President Donald Trump’s call for Canada to pay damages to the U.S. over smoke from ongoing wildfires that he said have "poisoned" the air in many American cities."I think the president’s being ridiculous," Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., told Fox News Digital."Nobody can control the direction of the wind," Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said. "Even President Trump can’t do that."TRUMP BLAMES CANADA FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE, SAYS POLLUTION COSTS SHOULD BE ADDED...

Lucas Glover shares hilarious explanation for taking off his shoes during middle of PGA Tour event

Former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover bizarrely took off his shoes after making a putt during the final round of the 3M Open on Sunday afternoon, and his lengthy explanation as to why he did so did not disappoint.Glover, who went on to finish T-57 in the PGA Tour event in Minnesota, sank a 10-foot birdie putt on the 10th hole during the final round. Instead of simply walking to the cup to retrieve his golf ball, he first walked over to the fringe around the green, slid off his shoes, and then a...

DSA co-chair mocked for proudly confirming socialists want to abolish the Senate, national borders, prisons

The national co-chair for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) was mocked by conservatives on Sunday after she proudly confirmed many of the DSA's policy ideas, including abolishing the Senate, eliminating prisons and getting rid of national borders, among others.Speaking to Fox News' Shannon Bream, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) national co-chair Megan Romer fired off a series of "yes" and "true" responses when asked whether the organization's platform calls for dismantling major ...

Why Trump is suddenly threatening Iran's last untouched nuclear site

President Donald Trump is threatening to strike Iran’s deeply buried Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility a site the United States previously left untouched while bombing the country’s other major nuclear sites, raising new questions about what may have changed.Estimated to lie beneath at least 100 meters of rock near Iran's damaged Natanz nuclear enrichment complex, Pickaxe was designed to replace an above-ground plant capable of assembling roughly 6,000 advanced centrifuges each year before it wa...

'Shame on you': Sherrill knew voter-roll bombshell was coming when she called Trump a liar, DOJ official says

The Justice Department's top Civil Rights official accused New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill of criticizing President Donald Trump's election integrity claims even though she already knew her administration was about to disclose a major voter registration problem.In his July 16 address, Trump accused China of acquiring sensitive voter data and said U.S. intelligence agencies hid that revelation from the public while also alleging several Democrat-run states, including New Jersey, have large numbers...

When You Share Claude Chats, You Might Be Sharing Them With Everyone

Not the open source anyone was asking for.

Inspired by how children learn, new AI framework learns to theorize the world from observations

A KAIST research team has developed a next-generation world model, an internal model an AI builds to understand and predict the world, that learns executable theories from observation alone.

Star of The Goodies and renowned naturalist Bill Oddie dies at 85

No cause of death was given in the announcement, which Oddie's agent made on Monday.

France and Spain have 24 hours to contain wildfires before fresh heatwave strikes

Temperatures are forecast to hit 42C in northeast Spain.

Shark Week dangers hit home as man is badly bitten while saving pregnant fiancée from harm

A Georgia man in his early 20s is recovering after experiencing a shark bite while protecting his pregnant fiancée at a Florida beach.The man was wading in waist-deep water near the Dunlawton Beach Approach in Daytona Beach Shores shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Saturday just hours before this year's Shark Week kicked off when a shark estimated to be about 4 feet long bit his left foot and ankle, Volusia County Beach Safety officials told Fox News Digital in a statement."He was treated on scene by B...

16 arrested in Nevada during US sweep of known sex offenders

16 arrested in Nevada during US sweep of known sex offenders

If you want to own a College Basketball team, UNLV is up for sale in wild, but smart, $10 million proposition

Forget about owning an NBA team in Las Vegas, just buy the UNLV basketball team.No, you aren’t reading that wrong. A college hoops team has decided to lean into this era of NIL and revenue-sharing by putting its squad up for sale, at least according to UNLV head coach Josh Pastner and the athletic department.In a world that is already filled with college boosters helping pay the steep salaries that come with transfer portal players or high school athletes, UNLV is just saying the quiet part out ...

Global partners are joining the Trump administration and this FBI to take down scam empires for good

The FBI has launched a historic effort to eliminate global scam center fraud that steal Americans’ life savings and fuel some of the world’s most vicious criminal networks. These scam centers are industrial-scale compounds located in cross-border regions on the other side of the world that are run by transnational criminal syndicates that torture workers, steal and launder billions and target Americans and our allies alike. It is a massive, highly sophisticated web of criminality.Thanks to Presi...

ChatGPT Starts Blocking Direct Requests To Copy an Author's Style

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: OpenAI's ChatGPT is now refusing requests to generate text that directly mimics the style of famous authors. When asked to do so, the popular LLM instead offers a response that draws on the "broad qualities" of those authors "while remaining distinct in its own voice," for example. This morning, Ars received the following response to a test prompt asking for a story introduction in the style of Stephen King: "I can definitely write with the ...

Slain teen threatened to destroy singer D4vd's career before she was killed, messages show

Text messages shown in court on Monday showed some of the final conversations between the singer D4vd and 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who the singer is accused of murdering after she threatened to go public about their sexual relationship.

Savannah Guthrie delivers 'very specific' message to mom's kidnapper 25 weeks after her abduction

Savannah Guthrie delivered a "very specific" message to her mother's kidnapper on Monday, more than 25 weeks after the 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Arizona home.In an emotional plea posted to her Instagram account, Savannah Guthrie appealed directly to whoever is responsible for the kidnapping, saying that her family is "in agony" and "will never stop looking for her.""Do the right thing now," Guthrie urged her mother's unidentified kidnappers. "Make the right choice. Help us find...

German officials want to know why Berlin attack suspect was free despite alleged ISIS support

In the wake of the recent violent attack in Berlin near a pride festival, German officials are left to contend with the questions surrounding why suspect Abdul Ballout was free to perpetrate the assault despite his recent conviction related to supporting ISIS.German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday wished to know how the violent assault could have been prevented."We must do everything to protect people in Germany as best possible from such criminals, from dangerous people who for whatever rea...

Financial hardship may age the brain faster, researchers say in new study

Adults who faced persistent financial hardship showed poorer cognitive performance and signs of accelerated brain aging later in life, according to a new study.Researchers at University College London looked at 2,759 U.K. participants from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development born in 1946, as stated in a press release.Adults who reported experiencing persistent financial hardship or low income performed worse on cognitive tests that assessed verbal memory and processing speed.LONGER...

Delhi High Court hands OpenAI a win by rejecting major Indian news agency's copyright injunction

The Delhi High Court has handed OpenAI a major win in its copyright fight with news agency ANI. For the first time, a court has classified AI training as private use. ANI undermined its own case by ci

Cracker Barrel CEO out on heels of failed rebrand that removed Uncle Herschel logo, infuriated customers

Cracker Barrel announced on Monday that CEO Julie Masino will step down roughly one year after a disastrous attempt to modernize the company infuriated customers and forced a stunning about-face. Last summer, the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain famously changed its logo and store interiors while removing the "Old Timer" dubbed "Uncle Herschel" from its branding. The rebrand was part of a $700 million overhaul across the company's 660-plus restaurants, which also included a revamped menu. Uncle H...

Tate brothers will remain in jail at least 2 more weeks as they fight extradition to the UK

Tate brothers will remain in jail at least 2 more weeks as they fight extradition to the UK

L.A.'s muggy misery: Intense humidity makes summer heat even more unbearable

Exacerbating the conditions, the ocean water just off the coast has been unusually warm, weather experts say.

Wildfire near Clinton, B.C., expected to grow as dry conditions, stronger winds approach

A fire burning near Clinton, B.C., is forcing more evacuations Monday, with the wildfire service saying "extreme fire behaviour" is expected on it this week.

Kelly Ripa's painful surgery leaves her unable to speak

Kelly Ripa's painful dental surgery sidelined the daytime TV staple, forcing the famously chatty host into an unusual recovery that left husband Mark Consuelos revealing she couldn't even speak.During Monday's show, Consuelos revealed Ripa had undergone gum graft surgery."Kelly sends her love," the "Live with Kelly and Mark" co-host told guest Nick Jonas. "Kelly had a little bit – well, it’s not a little – she had a gum graft surgery."Gum graft surgery typically helps correct thinning or recedin...

OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach has reignited the debate over alignment and control

OpenAI's Hugging Face breach has reignited debate over AI alignment and control, exposing competing views on whether increasingly capable AI should be better aligned, better contained, or both.

Olympic champion Ethan Katzberg delivers Commonwealth Games record throw on 1st attempt

Olympic champion Ethan Katzberg looks to continue Canada's Day 4 gold rush at Commonwealth Games

Actual neo-Nazis demonstrate Elon Musk's heartfelt salute

For anyone still insisting Elon Musk was merely "sending his heart to the audience", the neo-Nazis on the left of the clip have prepared a demonstration. The Neo- Nazi footage comes from the September 2023 "Red Shirts March" in Orlando, billed as a show of unity for neo-Nazis. Read the rest The post Actual neo-Nazis demonstrate Elon Musk's heartfelt salute appeared first on Boing Boing.

Katy Perry slams White House for using her music in violent TikTok video

The 41-year-old pop star criticized the Trump administration on social media over the weekend for using one of her songs in a TikTok video.

Former college soccer player found dead off San Diego beach in one of nation's wealthiest beach communities

A former college soccer player has been identified as the 26-year-old woman found dead in the waters off San Diego's La Jolla Shores Beach as investigators work to determine what happened.Emergency personnel responded around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday after reports of an unresponsive person floating in shallow water, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office said. Bryn Waite was pronounced dead at the scene.The body was found near the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier, FOX 5 San Diego reported....

Bryan Kohberger waived his appeal rights but plans on pursuing post-conviction relief: sources

The admitted murderer Bryan Kohberger plans to file for post-conviction relief after pleading guilty to killing four University of Idaho students in a 4 a.m. home invasion attack, according to two sources familiar with the matter.Kohberger plans to argue that he had bad counsel. Court records show he filed a petition for post-conviction relief Monday, but the filing itself was not immediately available.The New York Times was first to report this story after Kohberger called a reporter directly a...

How to design paper money that represents Europe

The euro gets a makeover

The New ‘Onslaught’ Trailer Introduces Its Psychotic Supersoldiers

Adam Wingard directs Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Alex Pereira, and more in the sci-fi action thriller coming September 4.

Morgan Wallen says more music is on the way as he winds down the 'I'm the Problem' era of his career

Morgan Wallen is continuing to pump out new music, and some more sounds like it's on the horizon.Wallen is the undisputed top star in the country music world at the moment. While Ella Langley and Riley Green are also booming, the "Last Night" singer remains on the country music throne.He just performed in Ann Arbor for 80,000 fans this past Friday night and did another show Saturday, which is further proof of Wallen's insane power to draw a crowd.MORGAN WALLEN PULLS OFF INCREDIBLE CAREER ACCOMPL...

How Massive AI Data Center Investment Pushes the Economy and Prices: See Durable Goods Orders

Orders for computer and electronic products; electrical equipment and components; machinery incl. power generation equipment; fabricated metals products; and core capital goods – all surged.

Amazon wants to deploy 5,105 satellites for its direct-to-mobile service

Amazon's Leo subsidiary has launched more than 390 satellites so far and plans to launch thousands more.

Two men rode the elevator to the top of the Space Needle and jumped off

Two men rode to the Space Needle's observation deck, changed into BASE-jumping gear in the restroom, climbed over the glass barrier, and backflipped from the 520-foot platform. Their parachutes opened; Seattle police are still looking for them. Yet another great PNW parachute getaway. Read the rest The post Two men rode the elevator to the top of the Space Needle and jumped off appeared first on Boing Boing.

Big waves from Hurricane Genevieve to bring hazardous beach conditions to Southern California

Hurricane Genevieve is generating huge waves that will create hazardous beach conditions in Southern California.

YouTube Premium will soon include Peacock at no extra cost

Ad-supported Peacock will be available for free to YouTube Premium subscribers early next year.

Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When AI Bubble Bursts

MacRumors interviewed AI critic Ed Zitron, author of the Where's Your Ed At newsletter and host of the Better Offline podcast, about what could happen to Apple if the costly AI infrastructure boom collapses. Zitron argued that Apple is relatively well insulated because it has spent far less on data centers than rivals such as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. He said the company could use the downturn to make selective acquisitions, though it might simply continue operating largely as before. "I th...

Trump demands Thune keep Senate in session until SAVE America Act passes

President Donald Trump doesn’t want the Senate to leave town with his flagship election security measure still on the line.It’s less than two weeks until the upper chamber makes a jailbreak from Washington, D.C., and the schedule is already jam-packed with key items, from blockbuster confirmations to a long-awaited sanctions package targeting Russia.But only one legislative priority matters to Trump: the SAVE America Act. And despite the political reality in the Senate, the president wants the b...

FIFA president's leaked letter to Argentina following World Cup Final brawl comes across as tone deaf

The 2026 World Cup was a smashing success, but that doesn't mean certain aspects of the event should be off limits to criticism, and that's especially true when it comes to a recently leaked letter from FIFA president Gianni Infantino.Following Spain's extra-time win over Argentina in the World Cup Final, several different on-field brawls broke out between players and team staff members. Argentina's Leandro Paredes caught the most attention after appearing to grab Spain's Eric Garcia by the thro...

Sources: Nvidia has committed to invest $5B in Ilya Sutskever's SSI; the startup has previously raised about $3B in funding and was valued at $32B last year

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: Sources: Nvidia has committed to invest $5B in Ilya Sutskever's SSI; the startup has previously raised about $3B in funding and was valued at $32B last year Nvidia Corp.

GIANNO CALDWELL: We marched for every family blue city politicians left behind

This weekend I marched through the streets of Chicago, a few blocks from where my innocent teenage brother Christian was murdered four years ago.That loss is what led me to found the Caldwell Foundation for Public Safety, driven by one belief: that no family should ever have to go through what mine did. Community members lined the sidewalks and cheered as we passed. That moment told me everything I needed to know about who is truly fighting for these communities and who isn't.I invited Illinois ...

States may defy DNC primary calendar as 'nobody is scared' of Ken Martin, CNN reporter says

CNN's Edward Isaac-Dovere suggested Sunday that states could buck the DNC's primary schedule and hold its elections whenever they want to, pointing to New Hampshire specifically, and said that "nobody" is scared of DNC Chair Ken Martin."There is the possibility that a state could choose to not follow the DNC here and hold its primary when they want to," Dovere said as CNN host Manu Raju added that New Hampshire wanted to do this."And people saying, 'Hey, the DNC is broke. They can't do anything ...

Threads users can now chat with Meta AI in their DMs

Meta on Monday said it is rolling out its Meta AI chatbot within Threads' DMs, giving users a way to chat with the AI assistant.

Tennessee woman accused of turning traffic stop into a show for passing drivers by allegedly exposing herself

What should have been a routine traffic stop in Lebanon, Tennessee last week turned into something of a spectacle, according to the Lebanon Police Department. A spectacle with a dog, alleged drugs and paraphernalia, and a woman accused of exposing herself.Last Tuesday night, officers stopped a vehicle with a couple of senior citizens occupying it after they said they saw the passenger not wearing her seatbelt, reports WSMV. A K9 reportedly alerted officers to the possibility of drugs being in th...

Biden's Hur interview tapes could now go public after his attorneys wave white flag

The months-long legal battle over the release of former President Joe Biden's recordings from interviews with his memoir ghostwriter obtained during special counsel Robert Hur's classified documents investigation came to an end on Monday.Biden’s attorneys filed a motion last week to drop their case blocking the release of the audio recordings and transcripts after fighting to keep the material under wraps, noting that Biden is now a private citizen and is not seeking public office.Obama-appointe...

Debt-ridden Democrats tap a surprising asset as collateral for $15M loan

As the Democratic National Committee (DNC) shouldered significant debt and fell behind its GOP equivalent, Democratic leadership decided to use its headquarters as collateral for a $15 million loan, according to public records.The loan, first reported by NOTUS news outlet, was taken out in 2025 as the DNC struggled to keep pace with the Republican National Committee’s fundraising efforts ahead of the midterm elections.While taking out loans ahead of high-stakes races is common, and using propert...

AI Found a New Way to Ruin Memes: Selling Them to Advertisers

The creator of the 'Running Away Balloon' meme is suing a company for offering the copyrighted comic as a template for advertisements.

Woman charged with smothering her twins claims the vaccines did it

The autopsies were still pending when anti-vax front "Children's Health Defense" filed a lawsuit declaring that vaccines killed Andrea Shaw's twins and that the homicide investigation was itself evidence of medical corruption. Five months later, Shaw was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder. Read the rest The post Woman charged with smothering her twins claims the vaccines did it appeared first on Boing Boing.

Yes, That Was Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool on the Floor at Comic-Con

The A-list actor dressed as his infamous superhero and walked around before his big Hall H reveal.

Best wireless headphones for 2026

Here's a list of the best wireless headphones you can buy right now, as reviewed by Engadget editors.

Is your iPhone stuck in SOS mode? Here's how to fix it

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Samsung’s TriFold Phone Might Not Be Dead After All

After a limited run, the $3,000 Galaxy Z TriFold could return in 2027.

Deep State In "Fight To The Death" To Defend Voter Fraud

Deep State In "Fight To The Death" To Defend Voter Fraud Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Journalist Alex Newman is an expert on the so-called Deep State.  He is the author of the longtime popular book “Deep State” and, most recently, “Deep State 2.0.”  The Deep State is not a conspiracy theory.  It is a conspiracy fact.  This year, the Deep State will be going to war with the Trump Administration to hold onto the voter fraud that has won them elections for many years.  Witho...

You're So Vain singer Carly Simon reveals Parkinson's disease and skin cancer diagnoses

Carly Simon says she’s finally ready to speak out about why she’s gone quiet in recent years. The singer who shot to fame in the 1970s with a string of hits that included You're So Vain has revealed she’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, while quietly battling basal cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer.

How NASA Plans to Build the Habitable Worlds Observatory

We’ve been covering the journey of the Habitable Worlds Observatory for some time now. Over the past few years, it's gone from a proposal to a relatively fleshed-out plan for how and what the next Great Observatory should do—in this case, look at and characterize potentially habitable exoplanets. Back in August 2024, NASA set up the HWO Technology Maturation Project Office (TMPO) to coordinate the technological and scientific development needed to make the mission a success. They recently releas...

Struggling Blue Jays send returning Max Scherzer to the mound against the surging Washington Nationals

We are just days away from the Major League Baseball trade deadline, so I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that it is a good time to reduce the bet size for a few days. This is the time of mid-game handshakes and hugs when players are traded away. That means your handicap can be thrown off significantly because guys are unavailable. Two teams who may be getting rid of guys face off today as the Blue Jays take on the Nationals.The Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games under .500 fo...

Genesis chip may help AI with its memory problem

One of artificial intelligence's most stubborn problems is enabling AI systems to accumulate new knowledge without losing what they previously learned. A team of researchers at the MATRIX AI Consortiu

Feds drop case against California labor leader arrested at immigration protest

The government on Monday filed a motion to dismiss the case against David Huerta, president of Service Employees International Union California. Huerta hailed the move as a victory.

A year after California labor leader arrested at immigration protest, feds move to drop case

The government on Monday filed a motion to dismiss the case against David Huerta, president of Service Employees International Union California. Huerta hailed the move as a victory.

ICE made its costume easy to counterfeit

Three people allegedly used a rifle, fake badges, tactical vests, and roof-mounted police lights to pull over a driver, force them into an SUV, and assault them. While the victim was at the hospital, a "law firm" began texting about representation for the detention. Read the rest The post ICE made its costume easy to counterfeit appeared first on Boing Boing.

Beyond RAG: Task-aware knowledge compression for enterprise AI on AWS

Traditional RAG hits a ceiling on analytical tasks that span hundreds of documents. This post shows how to use task-aware knowledge compression (TAKC) on AWS to pre-compress entire knowledge bases int

'Allah commanded me': Three women stabbed in Paris, crowd subdues suspect

The suspect subdued after allegedly stabbing three women in Paris on Monday uttered, "it is Allah who commanded me" to a crowd that appeared to be holding him down after the apparent terror attack.The incident comes just days after another stabbing attack in England and a vehicular attack on a Pride parade in Berlin, Germany.A 31-year-old man, whose name was not immediately released, was seen on the ground after allegedly stabbing three women, one of whom was reportedly pregnant.WITNESSES RECOUN...

Deepgram enhances Amazon SageMaker AI support with AWS IAM Temporary Delegation

In this post, we cover why Deepgram built on IAM temporary delegation, how the integration works end-to-end, and what it unlocks for customers running Deepgram speech models on SageMaker AI. With this

Toronto police abandon high-speed downtown chase after 'brazen' shots fired at U.S. Consulate

U.S. Consulate in Toronto fired upon for 2nd time this year; police seeking suspect vehicle

McConnell out of hospital, still not 'medically cleared' to return to Senate

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is out of the hospital and on the mend after suffering a fall last month, but he still isn’t "medically cleared" to return to the Senate.His office on Monday released the latest update on the longtime Senate Republican, who has been absent from the upper chamber and the public eye for over a month. The Office of the Attending Physician said in a statement that McConnell "continues his recovery from a fall at home in June.""OAP physicians visit with the senator every ...

Widow of soldier dad killed in Iraq delivers heartbreaking tribute after fatal drone mission

Army Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton's widow knew her life had changed forever the moment she saw two uniformed service members standing outside her front door."My stomach dropped," Mia Gonzalez-Swinton recalled Monday on "Fox and Friends First.""I remember feeling sick almost... I felt like I was watching myself."US SERVICE MEMBER KILLED IN IRAQ AS TROOPS RECOVER UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS IN JORDAN: CENTCOMSwinton, 30, was killed while conducting a controlled demolition of a downed Iranian drone in Ir...

Antares, which is developing reactors with 1 MW of capacity for US military bases, raised $370M in equity and $100M in debt co-led by Paradigm and Caffeinated

Will Wade / Bloomberg: Antares, which is developing reactors with 1 MW of capacity for US military bases, raised $370M in equity and $100M in debt co-led by Paradigm and Caffeinated California start

‘Purple Rain,’ Packed With Prince Songs, Plans Broadway Opening

The musical, set to begin previews next March, is an adaptation of the 1984 film about a musician whose talent is threatened by tumult at home and at the club.

Your home is empty. Do burglars already know?

In Argentina, authorities recently arrested three Chilean men wanted in the U.S. in connection with a South American theft group accused of burglarizing the homes of professional athletes.Federal prosecutors linked the group to break-ins involving Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, Milwaukee Bucks player Bobby Portis and other athletes. Two of the suspects were also arrested in connection with a burglary at the home of tennis legend Juan Martín del Potro in Argentina.Acco...

Big Tech Accused of Stonewalling European Social Media Researchers

European misinformation researchers say TikTok, X, and Meta are obstructing access to platform data required under the EU's Digital Services Act through rejections, restrictive quotas, costly APIs, and burdensome security demands. Although regulators have fined X and pushed platforms to improve access, researchers remain skeptical that the changes will provide reliable, reproducible data at scale. Ars Technica reports: In recent years, social media companies shut down public access tools like Me...

The legend of India's "breast tax" and the woman who defied it

In the 19th-century Kingdom of Travancore, in what is now Kerala, India, every lower-caste person owed a poll tax starting around age 14. The tax on men was called talakkaram, "head tax," or meeshakkaram, "moustache tax." The tax on women was mulakkaram "breast tax." Read the rest The post The legend of India's "breast tax" and the woman who defied it appeared first on Boing Boing.

All Threads users can now DM Meta AI

Meta AI is coming to Threads DMs, following availability inside Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp DMs.

Google's AI search is rapidly becoming the default, new data shows

Google’s AI Overviews now appear in 43% of searches, underscoring how quickly AI-generated answers are becoming the default way people discover information online.

Google’s AI search is rapidly becoming the default, new data shows

Google’s AI Overviews now appear in 43% of searches, underscoring how quickly AI-generated answers are becoming the default way people discover information online.

ICE arrested a green-card holder while she was gardening and kept her for a year

Beata Siemionkowicz had lived legally in the United States for decades when ICE agents grabbed her from a backyard garden and shoved her into a car. She has now spent 51 weeks in detention over misdemeanor cases her family says were cleared up years ago. Read the rest The post ICE arrested a green-card holder while she was gardening and kept her for a year appeared first on Boing Boing.

ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and MS NOW ignore Fauci diary entries that reveal fixation on fame during COVID

Eye-popping diary entries written by Dr. Anthony Fauci reveal the former White House COVID advisor was fixated on his newfound celebrity at the height of the global pandemic, but anyone who relies on legacy media outlets for news and information may not be aware. ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, CNN and MS NOW's on-air broadcasts ignored Fauci’s diary entries from the time they were released on Saturday afternoon through Monday at 9 a.m. ET when flagship morning shows had concluded, according to a ...

Rampant Northwestern Wildfires Will Blanket the US With More Smoke Today

Smoke from than 1.5 million acres burning in Oregon and Washington will reach as far Florida.

Source: Sam Altman will meet with senior US officials, lawmakers, and economists in Washington, DC, this week to preview OpenAI's upcoming family of AI models (CNBC)

CNBC: Source: Sam Altman will meet with senior US officials, lawmakers, and economists in Washington, DC, this week to preview OpenAI's upcoming family of AI models OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will meet w

BlackRock Says Crypto Can Outrun The Quantum Threat... If It Moves Fast Enough

BlackRock Says Crypto Can Outrun The Quantum Threat... If It Moves Fast Enough Authored by Mathew Di Salvo via BitcoinMagazine.com, BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, has chimed in on the crypto-quantum debate - and is surprisingly optimistic. The firm, which manages over $15 trillion in assets, said in its new report, Quantum Computing and Blockchains, that upgrading existing cryptography to quantum-resistant standards is a far easier task than actually building a fu...

Oregon ballot measure that would have criminalized hunting and fishing fails to qualify for vote

Oregon hunters, anglers and farmers can breathe a sigh of relief.Initiative Petition 28 the deceptively branded animal-rights proposal that would have effectively criminalized hunting, fishing, ranching and a long list of other normal activities will not appear on Oregon’s November ballot after all.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICKAnd this one came down to the wire.Supporters of IP28 submitted more than 142,000 signatures, comfortably exceeding the 117,173 required to qualify for the bal...

Trump critic Massie joins Democrats in unprecedented bid to sue White House over Iran war

A lone House Republican is joining Democrats in an effort to get President Donald Trump sued over the Iran war.Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., is one of the co-sponsors of a new resolution aimed at compelling House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to sue the Trump administration over allegations the president is violating federal law with the U.S. conflict in the Middle East.The bill is also being led by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as Reps....

Trump Ready For 'Strong Military Action' If Talks Fail, With Saudi Aramco Under Houthi Fire

Trump Ready For 'Strong Military Action' If Talks Fail, With Saudi Aramco Under Houthi Fire Summary Trump pauses strikes: Trump said the US paused attacks to give diplomacy a chance but warned military action will resume if talks fail. Iran denies that it pushed for talks: Tehran denied any direct negotiations with Washington, while saying its response remains "attack for attack." Saudi Aramco targeted: Houthis claimed fresh strikes on Saudi Aramco facilities, with reports of fir...

Xbox is down, and users are even having trouble playing disc-based games

Xbox is down, and users are even having trouble playing disc-based games.

Slain TikTok influencer's ex begged for years to leave husband she outed as accused pedophile

TikTok influencer Sara Gilson's boyfriend had pleaded with her to cut ties with her estranged husband before authorities say he killed her.Gilson, also known as Sara Duffey, made a post several weeks ago alleging her husband was a pedophile. Police in Owasso, Oklahoma, responded to a report of a domestic violence incident and found both Sara Duffey and Jeremiah Shawn Duffey dead, according to KTUL. The incident is being investigated as a murder-suicide.A child inside the house called 911 and tol...