Jemele Hill says we can't blame A'ja Wilson for charging at fans because of what 'men' have done

Jemele Hill says we cannot blame WNBA star A'ja Wilson for charging at a fan Tuesday night because of what other "men" have done at league games.For background, Wilson received a technical foul during Game 2 of the Aces' first-round playoff series against the Indiana Fever after confronting a courtside fan. According to reports, the male fan pointed at Wilson and told her she had committed a foul on Sophie Cunningham.Teammates restrained Wilson as arena security intervened. After reviewing the i...

Massive Gas Pipeline Blast Rocks Damascus Suburbs - 2nd Suspected Sabotage This Week

Massive Gas Pipeline Blast Rocks Damascus Suburbs - 2nd Suspected Sabotage This Week A huge explosion has rocked a Damascus suburb area on Wednesday evening (local), in what could be the second act of suspected sabotage against natural gas infrastructure in just a few days. "A gas pipeline exploded Wednesday near the Tishreen power station in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta area in the Damascus countryside," Alikhbariah TV reported. According to more per regional sources, "It said the loud...

Country hitmaker reveals how faith carried him through son's murder and toward compassion for his killer

Legendary country music songwriter and former college football player Casey Beathard opened up about the tragic stabbing death of his son, Clay, revealing how his faith helped guide him through the unimaginable event.In the new Fox Nation special, "Chords of Faith," narrated by "Fox and Friends" co-host Ainsley Earhardt, Beathard explained how his trust in God allowed him to forgive the convicted killer Michael Mosley for his actions on that fateful December night in Nashville."It was just going...

Falcons rookie Zachariah Branch says Christian faith, daily devotionals fuel his NFL journey

In sports today, players have not been afraid to showcase their stances and opinions, no matter the topic.Faith has long been a talking point among athletes across professional sports, but Christian faith has been particularly prominent among NFL players and coaches.For Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Zachariah Branch, leaning on his Christian beliefs has been a significant part of his life and football journey for as long as he can remember.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGENow in the pr...

Human rights panel condemns Canada's inaction regarding Indigenous people

Canada is failing to meet international legal obligations by refusing to hold thorough investigations into the crimes committed in its residential school system, says a global human rights organization.

Pentagon confirms U.S. military will cut 20% of generals and admirals

U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Wednesday that the U.S. military will cut 20 per cent of its generals and admirals as he made a series of announcements in what he called his "state of the force" address.

Watchdog group warns Pittsburgh high school course recruits students into political activism

As the school year kicks off, education is under the microscope, with parents and organizations scrutinizing curricula. Now, the North American Values Institute (NAVI), a nonpartisan education watchdog, is sounding the alarm over Pittsburgh Public Schools' (PPS) new ethnic studies course for high school seniors. The organization claims that rather than focusing on teaching students history, the course appears to be a how-to guide for political activism."I have a simple philosophy: Teach kids abo...

Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20, Get $350 on Red Sox vs Yankees Game 2

In Game 1, the Red Sox couldn’t do much of anything against the Yankees. Will they get a needed win tonight? If you feel confident in your answer to that question, wager $20 on it at Fanatics Sportsbook using promo code FOXNEWS350 to earn yourself an extra $350 in FanCash.Boston comes into this game with their backs against the wall. In Game 1, the team looked completely overmatched by Yankees’ starter Cam Schlittler. The game was a bit closer than the final score looked. Even with the Red Sox b...

Hackers Stole Millions of US Military Personnel Records During Months-Long Data Breach

A months-long breach of the Defense Manpower Data Center exposed personal information belonging to roughly 2.8 million living current and former U.S. military personnel and staff, plus records for nearly 300,000 deceased people. Attackers reportedly exploited a file-sharing vulnerability between October 2025 and July 2026, accessing unencrypted records that included Social Security numbers, dates of birth, demographic information, and military service details. TechCrunch reports: The DMDC may no...

Newsom Signs Laws Banning Shock Gloves And Taxing Immigration Detention Centers

Newsom Signs Laws Banning Shock Gloves And Taxing Immigration Detention Centers Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 21 bills on Sept. 29 aimed at limiting federal immigration enforcement in the state, including a ban on officers using shock gloves and a new 25 percent tax on private detention centers. California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in Los Angeles on Sep. 25, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times"California is taking action to streng...

The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms

President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced.

Elon Musk lands new Trump administration role shaping future of American warfare

Elon Musk is taking on a new role in the Trump administration, this time helping the Pentagon determine which weapons and technology American troops will need to fight the wars of the future.War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that Musk will co-lead Project Meridian, a new Pentagon initiative tasked with looking years and even decades ahead to identify emerging domains of warfare and the capabilities the U.S. military will need to dominate them.Musk, the former leader of the Trump adm...

Anne Hathaway takes charge at the 'Verity' red carpet in viral moment

Anne Hathaway took control of the red carpet while at the premiere of her latest film.While posing with the cast of her new film, "Verity," the 43-year-old actress calmly instructed photographers on how she planned on posing for their photos, in order to get the best shot possible.In videos from the red carpet, Hathaway is heard telling the photographers where she will be looking and when, and tells the whole cast to follow suit.The video from the premiere went viral on social media, with many f...

Hegseth Orders Cyber Command, Intel Agencies To Counter Foreign Threats To Midterms

Hegseth Orders Cyber Command, Intel Agencies To Counter Foreign Threats To Midterms Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has directed U.S. Cyber Command and the Pentagon's combat support agencies to focus intelligence and cyber tools on foreign efforts to interfere in the 2026 midterm elections. The Department of War (DoW) memo circulated Monday and dated Sept. 22 was addressed to the Cyber Command chief and the directors of the National Security Agency (NSA), the Defense Intelligence A...

DOD taps Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for Project Meridian, a 120-day study of capabilities the US may need in future wars

Luke Fountain / CNBC: DOD taps Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for Project Meridian, a 120-day study of capabilities the US may need in future wars The Pentagon is t

Prominent tech CEOs sign voluntary White House AI safety accord

The chief executives of five tech giants have signed a voluntary artificial intelligence safety accord backed by the White House. U.S. President Donald Trump posted the document on Truth Social late T

Trump’s AI Safety ‘Accord’ Is a Fancy Pinky-Swear

Six major AI companies signed a voluntary agreement with the White House this week vowing to implement safeguards. It’s unclear how much that matters.

Howard Stern warns ABC will have 'hell to pay' if something 'goes wrong' with Jimmy Kimmel's show

Radio host Howard Stern told the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" audience Tuesday that ABC would have "hell to pay" if something went wrong with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel's show."I want to say something to ABC if they're watching right now," Stern said, noting he had previously heard rumors about the show and did not know what was true. "There is no man more loyal to this company than this guy."And what I mean by that, this is the truth. For years, I've said to him, you know, he goes to these things. AB...

Micron Flat After Strong Revenue Guidance Offsets Slight Margin Miss

Micron Flat After Strong Revenue Guidance Offsets Slight Margin Miss The highly anticipated Micron earnings (since memory is the one place in the sector in the market where all those massive new bond sales are funding) are finally out and they painted a solid, if slightly mixed, picture compared to buyside bogeys. As we said in our preview, what would matter today is not what the company did in Q4, but how it guided to Fiscal Q1 (ending next calendar quarter), and sure enough Q3 wa...

South Carolina mom accused of knife attack on young children; 6-year-old may lose arm: sheriff's office

A South Carolina boy’s call to his grandmother saying he was hungry led authorities to a home where investigators say his mother had stabbed him and his younger sibling dozens of times, leaving both children with severe injuries.Taylor Gosnell, 35, was charged with two counts of attempted murder after allegedly attacking her children, ages 6 and 3, inside their Spartanburg County home during the overnight hours before they were discovered Saturday, according to authorities.The 6-year-old called ...

Sources: some Google employees say Gemini 4 performs well on benchmarks but struggles with some real-world coding tasks; Google disputes that characterization (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: some Google employees say Gemini 4 performs well on benchmarks but struggles with some real-world coding tasks; Google disputes that characterization As Alphabet Inc.'s Google pr

'The Five' leads cable news for 20th straight quarter as Fox News outdraws CNN and MS NOW combined

Fox News Channel continued to dominate ahead of its 30th anniversary, finishing the third quarter of 2026 ahead of CBS among weekday primetime viewers while crushing all of cable.Fox News averaged 2.4 million weekday primetime viewers to beat CBS for the quarter while continuing to lead the broadcast network year-to-date among weekday primetime viewers.When it comes to cable, Fox News averaged 1.3 million total-day viewers to finish as the only network to crack the one-million viewer benchmark. ...

'A trip down memory lane': N.S. man reunited with wallet lost 51 years ago

Carpenter Matty Goldsmith discovered a wallet last week in Dartmouth N.S., returning a time capsule of 1970 memories to its long-lost owner.

A camper is responsible for deadly Yosemite National Park blaze, officials say

An abandoned campfire sparked the Dome fire, which ignited two weeks ago in Yosemite National Park and killed two pilots who were battling the blaze, officials announced Tuesday.

Who Keeps The Money When AI Rewrites Bank Code?

Who Keeps The Money When AI Rewrites Bank Code? Authored by Patrick Feeley via Substack, The code most American banks run on was designed in 1959, the year Alaska and Hawaii became states. A committee of government and industry people wrote COBOL so that business programs could be read by people who were not mathematicians, and a good part of it was modeled on FLOW-MATIC, an earlier language from Grace Hopper, a Navy officer. I doubt anyone on that committee thought it would still ...

Love Inspires New Inventions in the Uneven but Fun ‘Sparks of Tomorrow’

Despite its remarkable animation straining under the weight of too many narrative threads, Kyoto Animation’s steampunk‑adjacent Netflix anime still lets its humor, heart, and drama shine through.

Street photography with Dyson's CameraJet toothbrush

The $500 Dyson CameraJet toothbrush (previously at Boing Boing) takes 28 images of your mouth per second to better direct its flossing jet at your dirty choppers. The tiny, low-resolution sensor is fit for that purpose, but All The Gear, No Skill on Instagram decided to put it to use on the street: "I never would have thought a vacuum cleaner would create the most fun camera of 2026." Read the rest The post Street photography with Dyson's CameraJet toothbrush appeared first on Boing Boing.

Stewart expects Schumer, Jeffries to disappoint if the Dems win back the House and Senate

Talk show host Jon Stewart suggested that even if Democrats win a massive victory in the midterms, a future Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and a future Speaker of the House Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., will turn out to be massive disappointments.Democrats were initially in disarray after President Donald Trump’s victory against Kamala Harris in November. However, as Trump’s base fractured amid the Iran war and the affordability crisis that followed, Democrats are expected to win a his...

USPS Is Putting Dashcams in Mail Trucks to Keep an Eye on ‘Community Safety’

The number of roving surveillance machines is growing by the day.

Inside Diddy's prison life with massages, booze and nude photos: report

Sean "Diddy" Combs may be behind bars, but he has reportedly found a way to bring the perks of his former luxury lifestyle with him.Combs, who is serving out his 50-month sentence at Fort Dix in New Jersey, has essentially hired a full staff within the prison walls, NBC News reported. Four men living in the same unit as the disgraced music mogul spoke to the outlet about the unusual comforts Combs has secured behind bars."He’s a billionaire. People are in awe of him," one of the anonymous source...

Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon to a small group of cybersecurity partners and says it outperforms GPT-6 Astra on certain coding and knowledge work benchmarks

Madison Mills / Axios: Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon to a small group of cybersecurity partners and says it outperforms GPT-6 Astra on certain coding and knowledge work benchmarks Google is unveil

Enes Kanter Freedom speaks out on A'ja Wilson playoff incident with Fever fan, after Natasha Cloud encounter

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom called on the WNBA to suspend Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson after she confronted an Indiana Fever fan during Tuesday’s playoff game.Wilson received a technical foul after leaving the court and approaching the spectator during the fourth quarter of Indiana’s 99-89 victory at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The fan had stood, pointed toward Wilson and appeared to blame her for a foul called on Fever guard Sophie Cunningham."I think A’ja Wilson should be suspended," F...

Trump Pentagon launches competition for America's next great military base

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced plans to build a modern, self-sustaining military fortress, saying the site will be selected through a merit-based competition among governors pitching their states as potential locations.The megaproject, dubbed the "Next Great American Base," was unveiled during an address at Marine Corps Base Quantico as part of Hegseth’s six strategies to modernize the military.The initiative rejects what Hegseth described as the legacy approach to spend he...

Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence

The Best Gadgets of September 2026

'Techtember' has come and gone, and it's left us with literal mountains of tech.

Google Reportedly Tests Paying Publishers For AI Search Results

Google is reportedly testing a program that pays around 100 publishers based on how much their content contributes to its AI-powered search features. According to The Information, one publisher earned more than $1 million over a year, while another has received roughly $50,000 to $60,000." Digiday reports: Once a publisher joins the "AI contribution pilot," they receive an extra AI earnings widget via their Search Console dashboard. This displays a monthly earnings number (with some history), th...

Trump Responds To Watchdog Report: Force Powell Off The Fed Board - Or Sue Him

Trump Responds To Watchdog Report: Force Powell Off The Fed Board - Or Sue Him Update (1554ET): So much for "finality." Minutes after the Fed's own inspector general cleared the Eccles renovation of criminality - and of administrative misconduct - President Trump made clear he is not treating the Horowitz report as the last word. Powell, Trump said on Truth Social, should be "forced to resign" from the Board of Governors. If he doesn't, "he should be sued by the US." As for the ...

Chat Pile's songs are bleak, but their live show is a blast

Chat Pile definitely isn't easy listening. The Oklahoma City sludge and noise rock band tackles lyrical topics as heavy as they get: families falling apart, homelessness, and, on their latest album, the climate crisis. This year Chat Pile released their third full-length album, Who Loves the Sun, to wide acclaim from fans (myself included) and critics like Anthony Fantano, who gave it a rare 9/10. Read the rest The post Chat Pile's songs are bleak, but their live show is a blast appeared first ...

Caitlin Clark puking her brains out at halftime appears to be key to Indiana Fever victories

All of the focus after Game 2 between the Indiana Fever and the Las Vegas Aces was on A'ja Wilson getting into it with a fan. That's a shame because it overshadowed a gutsy in every sense postseason performance from Caitlin Clark.The Fever kept the best-of-three series alive with a 99-88 win, and in it Clark posted 27 points, 15 assists and seven rebounds.And she did it all despite going all Old Faithful in the team's locker room at halftime.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON T...

The best hiking and outdoor spots near Folsom Field for Texas Tech at Colorado game weekend

Week 5 | Texas Tech at Colorado | Saturday, Oct. 3 | Folsom Field, Boulder, CO | 7:30 PM ET | FOXOK, let's not pretend this is a marquee matchup on paper.Colorado stumbled out of its Big 12 opener with a 23-13 loss to Baylor, dropping Coach Prime's Buffaloes to 2-2 and looking like (potentially) the worst team in the conference. That's on the heels of a 41-7 blowout at Northwestern that was ugly enough for Deion Sanders to dismiss a handful of players for conduct detrimental to the team days lat...

Police "Islamophobia" Training Equates Farage's Words With Hate Crime

Police "Islamophobia" Training Equates Farage's Words With Hate Crime Authored by Steve Watson via MODERNITY, North Yorkshire officers sat through a publicly funded "Islamophobia" talk that treated Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's remarks on British values as if they belonged in the same conversation as a racially aggravated attack. The trainer then asked the room which man had done "the most harm" - the politician on national television, or a man filmed abusing a Muslim bus driv...

Cheapest Costco prepared meal costs shockingly little per serving: 'Can't beat the price'

Costco shoppers aiming to stretch their dollars may want to take a closer look at the club's prepared meals.A new report from the food site Tasting Table estimated which Kirkland Signature deli favorites cost the most and least per serving. The outlet estimated the cost per serving using Denver-area prices, estimated package weights and the serving sizes listed on nutrition labels.Based on those estimates, Costco's Kirkland Signature Mac and Cheese offered the lowest estimated cost per serving, ...

Unearthed clip exposes the Talarico comment that triggered backlash from parents

James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, once dismissed public outcry around explicit material in Texas public schools as a kind of "conspiracy theory" at a July 2022 hearing on education."We’re going to spend hours hearing bills that are just kind of conspiracy theory-driven and kind of kooky stuff. And we’re going to hear some of that today, I think, in the public testimony not the invited testimony, but the public testimony," Talarico said as a then-member of the Tex...

Reddit says it is ending support for RSS feeds on November 13 because the feeds are a target for abuse by AI bots and is ending its public API access in March

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Reddit says it is ending support for RSS feeds on November 13 because the feeds are a target for abuse by AI bots and is ending its public API access in March Amid a number

Stabbed Indian Pilot Foils Crash Plot By Crazed Omani Co-Pilot As Jet Plunged 18,000 Feet

Stabbed Indian Pilot Foils Crash Plot By Crazed Omani Co-Pilot As Jet Plunged 18,000 Feet Summary:  Heroic Captain Fights Off Omani Co-Pilot In Suspected Hijacking Of Israel-Bound Jet CNN Sources Say Co-Pilot Tried To Hijack Plane  Omani Co-Pilot Stabbed Pilot  Midair Horror: FlyDubai Pilot Reportedly Stabbed, Israeli News Says Incident Treated As "Full-Fledged Terror Attack" New Details  New details have emerged about what happened on the Israel-bound Flydubai flight earlier t...

GOP challenger tears into Dem's 'moderate' image: 'Votes with the squad 90% of the time'

Republican congressional candidate Scott Singer is making the case that party, not just policy, will be decisive in his closely watched South Florida showdown with Democrat Rep. Jared Moskowitz, arguing that the incumbent’s moderate, pro-Israel image is at odds with his voting record and the direction of the Democrat Party.Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, told Fox News Digital that he believes his record of cutting taxes and reducing crime at the local level, combined with unwavering supp...

Sophie Cunningham sends message after pathetic finger-pointing tantrum and Sox-Yanks announcers won't shut up!

'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com.I don't know what's worse ...My Red Sox getting absolutely embarrassed in Game 1 against the Yankees, or the fact that we still have WNBA drama to parse through on the final day of September.Thank goodness for Sophie Cunningham. At least we can work her into today's class after last night's debacle in ...

The Battle to Be Your Personal AI Agent Is Here

OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse are vying to be your AI agent of choice. I've tried both—and I suspect you will too.

The Battle to Be Your Personal AI Agent Is Here

OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse are vying to be your AI agent of choice. I've tried both—and I suspect you will too.

At Packed Hearing, N.Y.C. Lawmakers Debate How to Slow Down E-Bikes

Lawmakers on Wednesday reviewed a record number of proposals to regulate the use of electric bikes and scooters, after a series of fatal crashes.

Yankees bullpen catcher head butts Ben Rice's grand slam on the fly in hilarious moment against Red Sox

New York Yankees designated hitter Ben Rice sent Yankee Stadium into an absolute frenzy on Tuesday night when he hit a grand slam over the wall to give his club a 9-0 lead in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card series against the Boston Red Sox. Lost in the moment was where the actual baseball landed inside the stadium, or, in this case, what it hit before falling to the ground.It just so happened that Rice's grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning was headed straight for New York's bullpen in righ...

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle blast 'extraordinarily reckless' paparazzi invasion at kids' UK school

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are firing back after two photographers were spotted walking around the perimeter of the U.K. school attended by their children, with the couple accusing the photographers of an "extraordinarily reckless" intrusion.Two young men carrying backpacks were spotted by private security and school staff, stopping at various points and looking into the grounds, Fox News Digital has learned.The men were initially seen separately before later being spotted together. They the...

OpenAI says individuals associated with Moonshot AI played a significant role in a coordinated model-distillation campaign that began in early July

Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: OpenAI says individuals associated with Moonshot AI played a significant role in a coordinated model-distillation campaign that began in early July OpenAI accused its Ch

Top Shia Cleric Says US Should Compensate Iraqis As Last American Forces Leave

Top Shia Cleric Says US Should Compensate Iraqis As Last American Forces Leave Via Middle East Eye Influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has said the US should compensate Iraqis for the damage inflicted on the country, as the last American troops pull out of Iraq. In a statement on Wednesday, which is the deadline for American forces to end their 12-year presence (since the start of 'Inherent Resolve' against ISIS) in the country, Sadr hailed the "independence of Iraq" and prais...

Expanding AI Storage Access with NVIDIA cuObject and the NVIDIA SCADA Server SDK

AI infrastructure engineers, storage developers, and cloud service providers need fast and secure access to high-capacity file and object storage to support AI...

OpenAI and Synopsys team up to build an AI model that designs chips like a seasoned engineer

OpenAI and Synopsys are building GPT-Synopsys, a specialized AI model for chip design. It's meant to operate Synopsys' EDA tools like a seasoned engineer and optimize designs on its own. Early tests w

Is Trump’s Push to Rename AI to ‘Super Intelligence’ Part of Some Bigger Conspiracy?

Whatever it is, it's probably good for people who've been buying Slovenian domain names.

Furry Airline Pilots Are Just Minding Their Own Business

“We’re furries at home, and we’re airline pilots at work, and these are two separate things,” says one member of the community in response to senator Tommy Tuberville's recent rant.

Rapid weight loss on popular drugs could ‘starve’ the brain, expert warns

As GLP-1 weight-loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy continue to surge in popularity, experts warn that rapid weight loss and severe caloric restriction could deprive the brain of vital energy and nutrients.Dr. Tommy Wood, a professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at the University of Washington, said the drugs' effects on the brain may depend on whether the body is getting enough energy and nutrients during weight loss."The best way to think about this is the spectrum of what we call energ...

US Department of Education data reveals 1,100 sexual assault allegations against public school staff

The U.S. Department of Education released new data showing that approximately 1,100 allegations of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault were made against public school employees during the 2023-24 school year. The revelations come amid the department's ongoing efforts to protect women and children, with a focus on enforcing Title IX across the country.The figures were included in the department’s latest Civil Rights Data Collection, a mandatory survey covering more than 17,000 public school di...

Former Israeli PM hails ‘heroism’ after passengers help thwart alleged cockpit attack

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett credited the quick-thinking actions of passengers and crew for thwarting what officials are investigating as a possible terrorist attack Wednesday after an alleged cockpit stabbing sent an Israel-bound passenger plane into a nosedive."This wasn't a miracle. It was an act of heroism by the passengers and of the Emirati crew," Bennett told "The Faulkner Focus.""It's people who saved the day, people who showed courage, who didn't stand passively but too...

DAVID MARCUS: Peggy Flanagan's DEI record and fraud scandal put Minnesota Senate race in the spotlight

"The lieutenant governor [Peggy Flanagan], even as we sit here today, continues to take absolutely no accountability for any of the fraud issues, and she continues to blame the governor. And I'm going to be honest: It's p---ing me off."The above quote is not from a Republican, but from Democratic Rep. Angie Craig in July when she was running in the Minnesota Senate primary against Peggy Flanagan. While harsh words are often lightly thrown in primary battles, in this case, one must ask: Where is ...

Aaron Sorkin reveals why Trump is unmentioned in 'Social Reckoning' movie

Writer-director Aaron Sorkin explained why President Donald Trump’s name is omitted from his upcoming film examining Facebook’s influence on political discourse, including in the lead-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.When asked by Politico why Trump is not mentioned, Sorkin said he believed the president’s inclusion would become an unwelcome "distraction," adding that it was his decision to keep his name out of the film and that he wanted "clean hands.""I felt like as soon as we got to that ...

Sorry, ‘Orville’ Faithful, Seth MacFarlane Has a New Sci-Fi Show in the Works

Reality star-turned-actor Ariana Madix will star in the in-development drama 'Future Housewives,' set on the posh asteroid colony of New Beverly Hills.

FBI hack claim raises fears over sensitive personal data

If you have ever filled out a job application, handed over your Social Security number for a background check or trusted an organization with information about your family, pay attention to what happened at the FBI.The cybercriminal group ShinyHunters claims it compromised FBIJobs.gov and stole highly sensitive information connected to current and former FBI personnel and people who applied for jobs at the bureau. The group says its haul reaches far beyond basic contact information.On Sept. 23, ...

Reddit Is Killing RSS Feeds, Ending Public API Access

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Amid a number of updates for moderators and developers announced Wednesday comes bad news for supporters of a more open web: Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds. Reddit says RSS has now become a "common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse," which is why it's made the decision to wind down RSS feeds on its platform. "We know RSS has been a beloved part of the open web for a long time, and we're grateful to everyone who used ...

Mother Arrested After Toddler Pulls Loaded Gun From Backpack At Michigan Daycare

Mother Arrested After Toddler Pulls Loaded Gun From Backpack At Michigan Daycare A toddler pulled a loaded handgun from a backpack inside a Michigan daycare Monday, leaving a teacher to step in before anyone was hurt. The child's mother has been arrested, while the father, reportedly a Detroit police officer, is the subject of a separate departmental review. Local reporting describes an incident captured on surveillance video and a criminal investigation into the circumstances. T...

There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI

In her new book on biological warfare, Annie Jacobsen didn’t even discuss AI because scientists can already warp Mother Nature to create extinction-level events.

There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI

In her new book on biological warfare, Annie Jacobsen didn’t even discuss AI because scientists can already warp Mother Nature to create extinction-level events.

Woman who allegedly shot at Rihanna's L.A. home indicted on attempted murder charge

Ivanna Ortiz, 36, was indicted on attempted murder and assault charges for allegedly opening fire on Rihanna's home in March, according to court records made public Wednesday.

The bloody brawl for control on board ‘hijacked’ flight to Israel

Passengers overpower hijacker after Flydubai jet plunges 15,000ft.

Like a ‘rollercoaster’: Passengers describe harrowing flydubai flight

Passengers said they received a warm welcome after landing in Saudi Arabia.

Newsom signs landmark bill aimed at giving lifeline to struggling California newsrooms

Assembly Bill 2222 will create refundable tax credits for California local news organizations based on the number of journalists they employ.

Every British TV show

Michael Spicer mocks a distinctive formula of television out of the United Kingdom, one fans of The Great British Bake Off will immediately recognize. "For as long as I can remember," he says, kicking off Most TV is Just This Now, "I've loved nature." Read the rest The post Every British TV show appeared first on Boing Boing.

Leafs fans torch Sergei Bobrovsky online after the veteran ruins rookie lap for top pick

One of the matchups on the opening night of the NHL season was between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens.That's always one people want to check out, but even more so this year because of the debut of the Leafs' first-overall pick, Gavin McKenna.It was also the Toronto debut of Stanley Cup and Vezina Trophy winner Sergei Bobrovsky, and the veteran netminder is getting a lot of flak for not letting the rookie get his moment in the sun.It has become a tradition for players making t...

Navy Awards Boeing $20 Billion Contract For Next-Generation Fighter

Navy Awards Boeing $20 Billion Contract For Next-Generation Fighter Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times, Boeing has secured a contract worth more than $20 billion to develop the U.S. Navy's next-generation carrier-based fighter. The Boeing Co. logo is displayed outside of company offices near Los Angeles International Airport in El Segundo, Calif., on Jan. 18, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Navy contract covers full-scale development of the sixth-generatio...

Breville's new $600 coffee machine makes pour-overs from scratch

You do still have to buy the beans though.

Arizona university hockey coach put on paid leave after report on Canadian NHL prospect's collapse

Arizona State University hockey coach Greg Powers has been placed on paid administrative leave after an anonymous letter from teammates of NHL prospect Matthew Mayich disputed aspects of the school's review into the Hamilton-born player's collapse during an outdoor workout last month.

EXCLUSIVE: State Department revokes over 250,000 visas in broad immigration vetting crackdown

EXCLUSIVE: The State Department has revoked more than 250,000 visas since President Donald Trump took office, as the administration continues to crack down on unlawful immigration and increase vetting of who is allowed to visit the United States.The revocations were for a variety of violations, including visa holders who violated the terms of their visas, committed crimes, called for violence against the U.S. or Americans, defrauded Americans, abused the immigration system, and endangered nation...

2 dead, 2 injured after driver hits pedestrians outside Tsawwassen Mills mall: police

AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B

The $300 million employee tender was co-led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price.

MIKE DAVIS: The American gun-free zone you didn't know about

In October 2024, the High Court of American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States, issued a staggering ruling that received little media attention. The justices ruled that, since American Samoa is unincorporated, the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms does not apply there. The ruling allowed a near-total gun ban to take effect. President Donald Trump and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum can and must reverse this immediately.The issue of territories is obscure, so...

"Seek Higher Ground Now": A Near Dam Failure In New Mexico Was Just The Warm-Up For A Record El Niño

"Seek Higher Ground Now": A Near Dam Failure In New Mexico Was Just The Warm-Up For A Record El Niño A flood-control dam in southern New Mexico came close enough to failing Tuesday that the National Weather Service ordered people downstream to get out of the way. Forecasters issued a flash flood emergency for McLeod Dam near Garfield in Doña Ana County, after dam operators and county officials reported that failure was imminent: "This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK...

'Drug-dealing' network shielded by blue states targeted in SCOTUS challenge

Louisiana Republican Attorney General Liz Murrill is escalating her fight against abortion pills entering states that ban abortions through two lawsuits one targeting the providers accused of distributing the drugs and another challenging the blue-state laws shielding them from prosecution.Murrill, along with Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, sued New York, California and Massachusetts at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, alleging their shield laws ...

Trump admin’s proposed ‘English-only’ Head Start rule draws fire from Los Angeles mayoral candidate

Los Angeles City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman criticized the Trump administration Tuesday over a proposed federal rule that would require Head Start programs nationwide to conduct all education in English, taking aim at the policy as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) considers a sweeping overhaul of the federal preschool program.Raman said in an X thread that the proposed change would move Head Start away from multilingual instruction and disproportionately af...

GoPro Mission 1 Pro ILS Review: A Bad GoPro and a Worse Camera

You'd be better served with a Mission 1 Pro or a used micro four-thirds camera.

GoPro Mission 1 ILS Review: A Bad GoPro and a Worse Camera

You'd be better served with a Mission 1 Pro or a used micro four-thirds camera.

DoorDash Debuts Text-to-Order AI Agent for People Who Find It a Little Too Hard to Order DoorDash

At what point does convenience go too far?

Document: SpaceXAI plans a unified subscription for Grok and X with four tiers, including a $100/month Ultra plan, an $8/month Lite plan, and a free offering

Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: Document: SpaceXAI plans a unified subscription for Grok and X with four tiers, including a $100/month Ultra plan, an $8/month Lite plan, and a free offering SpaceXAI, the

Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20, Get $350 on Astros vs White Sox

Wednesday brings us Game 2 for all the MLB Playoff series, and it also means elimination games, including the White Sox and Astros. In honor of these games, Fanatics Sportsbook is offering promo code FOXNEWS350 for new users to bet $20 and earn $350 in FanCash. The Chicago White Sox lost over 300 games in the past three seasons, but they are just one game away from winning a postseason series this year. The team has found a way to rebound this year, and what once felt like a hot start lasted all...

Blanche announces charges against 10 permanent residents accused of Minnesota voter fraud

Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Wednesday that a federal grand jury had indicted ten lawful permanent residents accused of voting illegally or attempting to do so in multiple Minnesota elections, including the state’s August 2026 primary.The ten defendants who are originally from Liberia, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, Bosnia, Germany, Ghana, and Lithuania allegedly lied to election officials and told them they were U.S. citizens so they could register to vote.They were accused of voting ...

Macron says ‘welcome back’ as UK PM opens door to EU return

Andy Burnham will set out options before a planned summit with the EU's 27 members.

AI animation slider enables fine control of nuances in character motion

In the production of video games and animated movies, directors and animators are constantly fine-tuning how a character's movements should appear. In many cases, directors require subtle changes, suc

In Case You Forgot, ‘Wednesday’ Season 3 Is Indeed on the Way

It feels like a long time since we've seen Jenna Ortega getting spooky and ooky in Tim Burton's Netflix series.

Singapore Pilots a Government-Built Dating Service

Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Mashable: Singapore's government is trying its hand at matchmaking again. The country's Government Technology Agency (GovTech) has launched FirstDate, a pilot dating service for singles aged 21 to 35. For now, it's open only to public officers, according to the service's website. Applications close Oct. 5. FirstDate is designed as an alternative to endless swiping. Instead of browsing a stream of profiles, users fill out a questionnaire abo...

Trump's $200BN Korean "Investment" Is A Gas Plant With No Customers, Eight Reactors With No Sites, And A Pipeline Seoul Calls A "Future Discussion"

Trump's $200BN Korean "Investment" Is A Gas Plant With No Customers, Eight Reactors With No Sites, And A Pipeline Seoul Calls A "Future Discussion" A week ago, we wrote that South Korea had finally found a home for the first slice of the $350 billion it promised Trump: a $22.3 billion, 6.3GW gas plant in Encinal, Texas, with no customers, no PPA, and turbines that may not show up this decade. That left, as we put it then, "$328 billion to go." That number is about to get a lot smal...

Andrew Cuomo Buys $10 Million Hamptons Home After Mayoral Loss

The former New York governor bought a compound on the South Shore of Long Island in June that includes a nine-bedroom main house, a guesthouse and a tennis court.

This Satellite Could Be the First Step Toward a Power Grid in Space

Star Catcher's network of spacecraft is designed to harvest energy from the Sun and beam it to satellites.

Taxpayers Have Been Subsidizing Meta’s AI Data Centers: Report

Meta has been controversially taking advantage of a tax credit to build its AI data centers, the New York Times finds.

Reddit imposes new restrictions on Old Reddit

The Old Reddit is dying; the new Reddit struggles to avoid scraping.