China Is Strapping ‘Digital Bombs’ to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US Ready?
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” Andy Greenberg discusses sitting in on a war game simulating a cyberattack from the Chinese hacking group Volt Typhoon
‘Wonder Man’ Cancelation ‘Deserves Some Study,’ Says Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
In a new interview, 'Wonder Man' star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II talks about the optics of canceling the show after season two had already been greenlit.
Former Spirit Employees Aren’t Happy About Its AI Deal With Google
You probably wouldn’t be either, if your ex-employer was about to hand over 100 million company emails to one of the world’s most powerful tech companies.
Senators press TikTok on 'sinister' experiment that held back an algorithm safety feature
A teen who died by suicide was reportedly part of the test.
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Strong magnitude 6.7 quake rocks central Peru
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Neural network approach makes AI uncertainty checks far more efficient
McGill University researchers have developed a more energy-efficient method of building AI systems that are better at measuring—and indicating—their own uncertainty. This will help users determine whe
Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses
Google is giving publishers a new button that lets readers make them a preferred source across Search, Discover, and Google News, potentially boosting their traffic as AI search sends fewer clicks to
The Best Tech and Gear for Back to School 2026
Whether your budget is $10 or $1,300, we've got tech and gear recommendations that will make the new semester more productive and entertaining.
Fuhgeddaboudit: San Francisco Loses Tech Talent Crown to Communist Hell Hole
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‘Naruto’ Live-Action Movie Casts Charles Melton as Kakashi
The Emmy-nominated actor best known for 'Beef' and 'Riverdale' will play the popular mentor figure.
Meta's app for creating generative AI minigames is now available in the US
It's called Pocket and is described as a "platform for making and sharing gizmos."
Moskowitz rejects Rick Scott claims he's 'scared to death' of socialists, beholden to Hasan Piker
Rep. Jared Moskowitz hit back Thursday after Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., claimed the Florida Democrat is "scared to death" of his party's socialist wing and would take marching orders from far-left streamer Hasan Piker if re-elected."Rick doesn't know what he's talking about there," Moskowitz said Thursday on "Fox and Friends.""Nobody in my district believes that I'm a Hasan Piker guy. Hasan would want nothing to do with me. I want nothing to do with Hasan, so, at the end of the day, Rick just does...
Liquid AI Releases LFM2.5-DSpark Draft Models That Deliver Up to 3.18x Faster Decoding Without Changing Model Outputs
Three ~300M drafters bring speculative decoding to LFM2.5, delivering up to 3.18x faster decoding with identical greedy output. The post Liquid AI Releases LFM2.5-DSpark Draft Models That Deliver Up t
Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI
Technology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.
Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI
Technology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.
How to watch Gamescom's Opening Night Live showcase
The two-hour stream will feature Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Gears of War: E-Day and The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past.
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In a wide-ranging interview, Gov. Kathy Hochul stressed the values she shares with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and talked about President Trump, taxes and ICE.
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Supercars torched in wedding ‘firebomb attack’
Two supercars were set alight in a suspected attack at a Birmingham wedding.
Is a mystery man who collapsed in Amsterdam a Canadian who's been missing for 33 years?
Police are investigating if a mystery man who collapsed on the street in Amsterdam three years ago is actually a Canadian who went missing from Vancouver more than three decades ago.
Chinese video platform Bilibili is going global
The platform is expanding with a new international app and an English version of its website.
Dem mayor torches DNC in scathing letter for 'abandoning' Black voters after convention snub
Atlanta's Democratic Mayor Andre Dickens launched a scathing attack on the Democratic National Committee's leadership Thursday, accusing party leaders of turning their backs on Black voters and the South after the DNC excluded the city from its shortlist to host the 2028 presidential convention. "The DNC continues to make the wrong choices," Dickens wrote in a scathing letter obtained by Fox News Digital, singling out DNC Chairman Ken Martin after party officials narrowed their convention search...
Sources: Anthropic expects to match or beat the size of SpaceX's record-setting IPO, as it prepares to file publicly for its IPO as soon as the end of August (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: Anthropic expects to match or beat the size of SpaceX's record-setting IPO, as it prepares to file publicly for its IPO as soon as the end of August Anthropic PBC expects to matc
Fox News ‘Antisemitism Exposed’ Newsletter: Hometown Judge backs Harvard, tosses antisemitism suit
Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world.IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:- Harvard gets DOJ's antisemitism lawsuit tossed by hometown judge- Anti-Israel nonprofit under federal investigation over financial dealings- Man charged with assault, hate crimes after allegedly disrupting Shabbat services at NYC synagogueTOP STORY: A federal judge threw out the Trump administration’s high-profile antisemitism lawsuit against Ha...
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University suspends academic behind Jason Arday plagiarism charges
Belgium's Ghent University has suspended researcher Nathan Cofnas.
Man plunges 120 feet into creek while taking photo at famous national park
A man survived a fall into McDonald Creek at Glacier National Park with the help of a good Samaritan bystander's intervention. The man who fell was identified as Ken Nurse, who was visiting the Montana park with his wife, family and friends, according to NonStop Local Montana.He tumbled from an overlook and reportedly went over a set of waterfalls Aug. 13, according to Two Bear Air Rescue, a Montana-based helicopter search-and-rescue organization that responded.NURSE IMPALED BY POLE DURING HIKE ...
Source: Anthropic plans a safety system this year still requiring enterprises to retain data for 30 days, with an option to do so on their own cloud system
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Source: Anthropic plans a safety system this year still requiring enterprises to retain data for 30 days, with an option to do so on their own cloud system Anthropic PBC pla
Rubio designates US citizen held in China as wrongfully detained as Trump prepares to host Xi at White House
The Trump administration has designated an American scholar detained in China as wrongfully held after he traveled there at Beijing’s invitation, escalating his case just weeks before President Donald Trump is set to host Chinese President Xi Jinping.Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that U.S. citizen Min Zin is "wrongfully detained" after the State Department reviewed the circumstances of his June 3 detention in Yunnan, the State Department said Thursday.Zin had traveled to China for an...
Irish authorities seek extradition warrant for suspect in murder of American mom Jamey Carney: report
Irish authorities are reportedly seeking a warrant to extradite the primary suspect in the brutal murder of Jamey Carney, a 43-year-old New York mother found beaten and suffocated in her Killarney home last month.Carney, who documented her life abroad as a "New Yorker in Ireland," was discovered by her teenage daughter on July 7.Investigators believe her partner, a Jordanian national seeking asylum in Ireland, beat her to death before fleeing the country on a last-minute flight to Istanbul and e...
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Mr. T's extraordinary life gets the Netflix Untold treatment
Mr. T's The Man with the Gold is one of my treasured books, so Netflix finally spending some Untold money on Laurence Tureaud feels like someone finally got something right over there. In a time when Netflix is pissing money away on Melania and rehabilitating the DOA Raygun, it is a pleasant surprise to see Mr. Read the rest The post Mr. T's extraordinary life gets the Netflix Untold treatment appeared first on Boing Boing.
Why Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings will shock Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever tonight
If you like the WNBA, and judging by the page views, the Fox News audience LOVES women’s basketball, then I’m sure you’re pumped about the red-hot Indiana Fever (24-12) facing the slumping Dallas Wings (20-16) Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.Indiana is 7-2 straight up (SU) and 5-4 against the spread (ATS) post-All-Star break with a five-game winning streak. Dallas, on the other hand, is 2-7 SU and ATS since the WNBA All-Star Game with losses in five of its past six games and six straight non-covers.The Fe...
Supermicro alliance tackles the storage bottlenecks holding back enterprise AI
The conversation around storage modernization used to revolve around capacity. Today, the dialogue centers on the role of storage as a strategic requirement for AI readiness. This doesn’t mean that st
How to Effectively Align Your Intent with Claude Code
Improve your proficiency with Claude Code. The post How to Effectively Align Your Intent with Claude Code appeared first on Towards Data Science .
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Has Iranian Crude Become Irrelevant To Global Oil Supply?
Has Iranian Crude Become Irrelevant To Global Oil Supply? Submitted by Tsvetana Paraskova Of OilPrice.com The reinstated U.S. blockade on Iranian oil exports is effectively preventing Tehran from exporting oil, making Iran’s oil volumes irrelevant for global oil market balances, Bob McNally, president of Rapidan Energy Group, told CNBC on Thursday. The U.S. brought back the blockade in the Gulf of Oman aimed at preventing Iran from exporting its oil after the ‘deal to make a dea...
FBI arrests woman who allegedly plotted ISIS-linked attack on New York state Capitol building
A New York woman plotted to bomb the New York State Capitol and kill state senators inside, repeatedly surveilling the building and buying materials for an explosive device before the FBI arrested her, according to a criminal complaint reviewed by Fox News Digital Thursday.Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, is charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS. The FBI says she pledged allegiance to the terror group, discussed disguising a bomb in a DoorDash delivery bag and wanted to carry ...
WWE star Ilja Dragunov departs company after being out of action for 4 months
Ilja Dragunov, a one-time WWE United States champion, NXT champion and NXT UK champion, has departed the company.WWE moved Dragunov’s profile to the alumni section on Thursday.COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICKDragunov’s deal with WWE expired, PW Insider reported.The 32-year-old, who is arguably one of the best pro wrestlers in the industry right now, signed with WWE in February 2019 after years with Progress Wrestling and other European promotions. He immediately became one of the tough...
Hayden Panettiere fans renew call for Neutrogena boycott after actor's death
This past May, Hayden Panettiere alleged Neutrogena tried to fire her in 2015 for speaking about her struggle with postpartum depression. Following the actor's death, fans are renewing their calls to boycott the skincare company.
Darline Graham’s ‘embarrassing and inexcusable’ national security stumble spotlights break from late brother
Darline Graham’s admission that she was not well-versed on Taiwan is drawing scrutiny days before South Carolina’s GOP Senate runoff, putting the Trump-backed candidate’s national security credentials at the center of her closing fight against Rep. Ralph Norman. President Donald Trump has endorsed Graham and is scheduled to rally for her in Myrtle Beach on Friday, days before the GOP runoff against Norman on Tuesday. But Graham’s debate stumble on Taiwan draws a sharp contrast with her late brot...
Bryson DeChambeau reportedly calls media members 'the mafia' before having reporter booted from driving range
Bryson DeChambeau seems to be on edge ahead of this week's LIV Golf season finale in Indianapolis.LIV Golf's future beyond 2026 is a complete unknown at this point after the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) officially announced in April that it would stop funding the breakaway circuit at the conclusion of the season. LIV Indianapolis has also seen its individual purse decrease from the typical $20 million to $10.1 million.Given those realities and the uncertainties ahead, it's understandable t...
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WestJet ordered to scrap weight cap on power wheelchairs
The Calgary-based airline is imposing an "undue barrier" on travellers living with a disability by effectively barring some power wheelchairs from its planes, says Canada's transport regulator.
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An edible mushroom causes visions of tiny people. Nobody knows why
Remember that Chinese mushroom that can cause you to hallucinate tiny people? The best guess for this bizarre effect is that the mushrooms contain some kind of psychoactive substance unknown to science, rather than cultural conditioning, because the effect is limited to a single species of mushroom. Read the rest The post An edible mushroom causes visions of tiny people. Nobody knows why appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Someone ranked every Ikea product by assembly complexity
The IKEA Complexity Index ranks IKEA's product line by the number of steps required to assemble them. At the top of the list is the PAX Corner wardrobe ($1,755), which requires 236 steps to build, contains 743 parts, and comes with a 248-page user manual spread across 16 PDFs. Read the rest The post Someone ranked every Ikea product by assembly complexity appeared first on Boing Boing.
Former bitter enemies Trump and Michael Cohen reunite for radio interview
President Donald Trump reunited with his former personal lawyer-turned-bitter enemy, Michael Cohen, for a Thursday radio interview in an unexpected twist to their years-long saga that now includes a "forgiveness" chapter. Cohen told Fox News Digital that the conversation lasted 40 minutes and will be aired in two parts. The man who was a key witness in two New York cases against Trump also penned a Substack detailing the stunning reunion that will be their first public conversation in nearly a d...
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"Significant" Tornado Threat Incoming For DC To Baltimore To Philadelphia
"Significant" Tornado Threat Incoming For DC To Baltimore To Philadelphia Senior meteorologist Matthew Cappucci of private weather forecaster MyRadarWX is monitoring the potential for isolated tornadoes along the Interstate 95 corridor, from areas north of Washington, D.C., through Baltimore and Wilmington, Delaware, and into the Philadelphia metro area. Tornadoes are not unheard of in the Mid-Atlantic, but a potential setup later this afternoon capable of producing multiple tornad...
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Eric Swalwell briefly detained as feds seize his phone at S.F. airport, source says
The latest developments in the federal investigation come four months after Swalwell dropped his gubernatorial bid denying allegations of sexual assault and misconduct.
Driver accused of killing 2 college cyclists in Tennessee crash allegedly failed to brake: court docs
A Tennessee driver accused of striking a group of college cyclists, killing two and seriously injuring five others, allegedly failed to brake or take evasive action before the crash, according to a newly filed affidavit.John Alexander Benfield faces two counts of reckless vehicular homicide and five counts of reckless aggravated assault in Wednesday’s crash involving members of the Milligan University cycling team in Carter County.The collision happened around 9 a.m. on Highway 19E near Simerly ...
LLMs could write like humans but post-training guardrails make their text detectable
LLMs don't write in a recognizable style because they can't do better. Post-training and safety guardrails sharply narrow their expressive range, argues Pangram CTO Bradley Emi. Base models without th
A recent Windows 11 update is causing game crashes and all kinds of other problems
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An Illinois man built all six Magic Kingdom lands out of Lego in his basement
There's a replica of Disney World's Magic Kingdom in a basement in O'Fallon, Illinois. But unless you are a Minifig, you can only view it from above. Doug Schieppe started building it from Lego bricks six years ago during COVID, after his family trip to the full-size park had to be postponed. Read the rest The post An Illinois man built all six Magic Kingdom lands out of Lego in his basement appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Water main break floods Westlake streets and homeless encampment
A water main break Thursday morning near a homeless encampment flooded streets around 3rd Street and North Occidental Boulevard.
Sources: Nvidia plans to begin small-batch shipments of an LPU tailored for Chinese customers by the end of 2026; the chip complies with US export control rules
Qianer Liu / The Information: Sources: Nvidia plans to begin small-batch shipments of an LPU tailored for Chinese customers by the end of 2026; the chip complies with US export control rules Nvidia
A third of web pages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds
ChatGPT and other AI models are now authoring and editing much of the new web.
A third of web pages published since ChatGPT's launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds
ChatGPT and other AI models are now authoring and editing much of the new web.
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Museum heist bags four Renaissance paintings, with two more dumped in the street
Four Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina, including three of five surviving panels of his San Gregorio Polyptych, were heisted from the Regional Interdisciplinary Museum of Messina in Sicily. The thieves came and went without triggering alarms, police say, and they don't know who is responsible. Read the rest The post Museum heist bags four Renaissance paintings, with two more dumped in the street appeared first on Boing Boing.
NASA will no longer attempt to save its aging Swift space telescope
NASA has spent $30 million US in an attempt to raise the sinking Swift Observatory, which has been operating for 20 years, but on Wednesday called off the rescue mission.
Astromech, which uses genomic data to build predictive AI models of biological change, raised $20M at a $3.8B valuation, bringing its total funding to $60M
Dean Takahashi / GamesBeat: Astromech, which uses genomic data to build predictive AI models of biological change, raised $20M at a $3.8B valuation, bringing its total funding to $60M Become a membe
Israeli defense minister puts NATO power on notice as Middle East tensions surge: ‘Dangerous adventures’
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a stark warning to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan early Thursday, accusing him of dragging Turkey into "dangerous adventures in Syria" and warning the Turkish leader not to test Israel’s resolve."Israel will not allow any actor to threaten its security," Katz wrote on X "It would be better for Erdoğan to continue his detached-from-reality, fanciful rhetoric against Israel in the Turkish Grand National Assembly than to attempt to test Israel's d...
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Man on dirt bike leads police on chase through downtown L.A., makes phone call, stops for gas
The young man rode on surface streets while talking on the phone and, at one point, stopped to fill up with gas to continue to evade arrest.
‘The Emperor Is a Fan of Flock’: Darth Vader Speaks at City Council Meeting
"This council was elected to serve the police, not the public," said Vader.
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Woman Arrested in Plot to Detonate Bomb in New York State Capitol
The woman had ties or pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. It was unclear how far along she was in planning an attack.
Ramp launches Router, an AI model routing service it has been using internally over the past three years, in the US; Router is free to use for the rest of 2026
Ram Iyer / TechCrunch: Ramp launches Router, an AI model routing service it has been using internally over the past three years, in the US; Router is free to use for the rest of 2026 Corporate expen
Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People's Faces
Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler found that people-search service ClarityCheck left more than 9 million image files accessible in an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket, despite advertising its reverse-image search as "private and secure." A separate misconfiguration also exposed email addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information. Wired reports: Overall, according to findings from independent security researcher Jeremiah Fowler, the exposed ClarityCheck database contained roughly 450 GB of...
Sherrill escalates Trump fight over voter fiasco day after Mullin praises NJ cooperation
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill criticized the Trump administration Wednesday while releasing findings from her investigation into thousands of ineligible voters improperly registered in the state.Sherrill’s critique came one day after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin issued a statement thanking her for agreeing to cooperate with his agency on the matter an assertion a Democratic source disputed.Sherrill has faced criticism since mid-July, when she revealed that thousands of noncitizens were found ...
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Jimmy Bond: In the first filmed version of James Bond, he was American
In a post earlier this week, I wrote about a 1958 James Bond comic strip in which the cartoonist drew the character like he was drawing Sean Connery. But Connery wouldn't be cast as Bond for the first movie until four years later. Read the rest The post Jimmy Bond: In the first filmed version of James Bond, he was American appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Kindle update disables favorite slow reader trick
Kindle users have long turned off wifi to extend their ebook library loans. A new update is closing the loophole. For slow readers and folks who borrow way too many books at a time, the 14- or 21-day loan periods for library books are problematic. Read the rest The post Kindle update disables favorite slow reader trick appeared first on Boing Boing.
The Creepy ‘Never After Dark’ Trailer Might Keep You Up at Night
Moeka Hoshi ('Shogun') stars in Dave Boyle's Japanese-language haunted house chiller.
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Board Won't Add Trump's Name To Kennedy Center Before Sept. 8, Filing Says
Board Won't Add Trump's Name To Kennedy Center Before Sept. 8, Filing Says Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The Kennedy Center’s board told federal court that it will not try to put President Donald Trump’s name back on the building’s facade before at least Sept. 8, giving both sides time to discuss a new resolution opponents say flouts a prior court order. In a joint status report filed late on Aug. 18, attorneys for the center and the U.S. Department of Justice s...
An open marriage somehow leads to regret, woman hooks best friend up with sister's ex and dumb divorce excuses
I am coming to you this week from vacation with a heavy heart. It's not how I wanted to start this week's True Romance, but I don't have much of a choice.I go where the romance leads me. This week, on a Wednesday of all days, it was announced that Dakota Johnson and Role Model are no longer together.TMZ confirmed the stomach-churning, tear-jerking news. Not only have the couple broken up, they haven’t been together for some time. Again, this isn't how I wanted to kick this week off.ZERO BS. JUST...
Gavin Newsom avoids question on bringing back SAT scores after UC open letter, asks 'show me the data'
Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., avoided directly answering Wednesday whether he would support reinstating SAT/ACT requirements after open letters from more than 3,000 University of California (UC) faculty members.During a press event to kick off the new school year, Newsom was asked about the open letter, released in May, which cited concerns about incoming students' math preparedness. A UC San Diego report found roughly one in eight incoming students fell below high school math standards, while on...
Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon defends drag shows as 'wholesome' for children, brought her kids to one
Democratic socialist Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, who recently won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, blasted the idea of restricting children’s access to drag shows, and called such entertainment "wholesome" during an interview in August.During a sit-down with Nixon on the "Legal AF" podcast, Melba Pearson, a criminal law expert and civil rights advocate, appeared to conflate Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, which concerns children’s education, with the Protection of Children...
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How Gas Filaments and Interfilaments Feed Star Formation in Monoceros R2
Researchers studied gas flows in the Monoceros R2 star forming region to understand how gas is channeled into star forming hubs. By tracing the flow of carbon monoxide, they found that a system of hub-filaments and interfilaments are responsible for feeding gas into star-forming locations. The filaments move most of the gas, but the interfilaments play a role too, especially by feeding more gas into the main filaments.
ActBlue co-founder pleads Fifth Amendment in closed-door House GOP grilling
FIRST ON FOX: ActBlue co-founder Matt DeBergalis pleaded the Fifth Amendment during his closed-door deposition before three key House committees, sources familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital.The Committee on House Administration, House Oversight Committee, and House Judiciary Committee are conducting a joint investigation into ActBlue, a massive fundraising platform for Democrats, over allegations that lax fraud prevention standards may have allowed foreign donations to seep into U.S. ...
Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router
Ramp has launched its own AI model routing service, dubbed Router, that lets users and companies use and switch between various large language models via an API.
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The Great Reversal: Decades-Long Bond Bull Lacy Hunt On His Bearish Pivot, Tonight
The Great Reversal: Decades-Long Bond Bull Lacy Hunt On His Bearish Pivot, Tonight For nearly four decades, Dr. Lacy Hunt has been one of Wall Street's most steadfast bond bulls. As chief economist of Hoisington Investment Management, Hunt built his reputation around a simple but powerful thesis: globalization, excessive debt and slowing growth would keep inflation and interest rates suppressed. He maintained that view through the aftermath of the financial crisis, a decade of ultr...
El-Sayed makes Jesus comparison when pressed on socialist views: 'Radical in his time, too'
Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee compared his "radical" policy positions to Jesus Christ’s teachings during a podcast appearance earlier this year.During an episode of the Progressive Christians Podcast that aired in May, Abdul El-Sayed was asked how his faith as a Muslim spurs his policies and positions in his campaign for the Senate.Rev. Blair Stowe, one of the podcast’s hosts, noted that through many progressive races during the midterm election cycle where policies like Medicare for all,...
Michigan Dem invokes comparison to Jesus when pressed on socialist views: 'Radical in his time, too'
Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee compared his "radical" policy positions to Jesus Christ’s teachings during a podcast appearance earlier this year.During an episode of the Progressive Christians Podcast that aired in May, Abdul El-Sayed was asked how his faith as a Muslim spurs his policies and positions in his campaign for the Senate.Rev. Blair Stowe, one of the podcast’s hosts, noted that through many progressive races during the midterm election cycle where policies like Medicare for all,...
'The Terminal List' Season 2 first preview drops with Chris Pratt returning as Navy SEAL James Reece
The first preview for season two of "The Terminal List" has arrived.NEW LIONESS SEASON 3 TRAILER SIGNALS TAYLOR SHERIDAN IS TAKING THE PARAMOUNT+ SERIES TO NEW HEIGHTSSeason one of "The Terminal List" was a monster hit when it premiered in July 2022. Fans watched Chris Pratt play Navy SEAL James Reece – a battle hardened SEAL on the hunt for revenge.TAYLOR SHERIDAN'S 'LIONESS' SEASON 3 IS AN ACTION-PACKED SAGA LOADED WITH VIOLENCE AND CARNAGEIt was an epic season of TV. Instead of woke nonsense ...
A trailer for the Golden Axe animated series is full of self-referencing jokes
The adaptation of Sega's classic games hits Paramount+ on September 16.
Gaming Consoles Are Getting Wrecked by High Prices
Sales of consoles, peripherals, and the games themselves are suffering, and it may only get worse.
The LLM Judge That Kept Agreeing With Itself
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Racer Sting Ray Robb gears up for Freedom 250 Grand Prix: 'This is more than just an IndyCar event'
Sting Ray Robb will be one of about two dozen IndyCar drivers set to take the track at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix on Sunday, racing around the streets of Washington, D.C.The 1.7-mile track will have drivers zooming near the U.S. Capitol and around the National Mall for 147 laps in what is expected to be one of the best spectacles in racing.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!Robb appeared on Fox News Channel’s "The Ingraham Angle" and said he was thrilled ...
Three teams ranked outside the 2026 preseason AP Poll who will crash the party by season's end
Much was made about the preseason AP Poll when it dropped earlier this week, but most of that had to do with teams that actually made it onto the poll in the first place.For those of you that don't know it, there is a small section below the actual top-25 that says "received votes," followed by a list of teams that just missed out on having that glorious number next to their name to start the season.Fans of teams in this region of the poll shouldn't worry, though, because for every top-ten team ...
Scaling agentic AI: Enterprise patterns without vendor lock-in
Scaling agentic AI across an enterprise requires patterns that preserve flexibility while avoiding vendor lock-in. In this second post of our multi-agent series, we examine how ML teams operate many a
The Origin of the Silos on ‘Silo’ Is Revealed [Exclusive]
We've got a clip from this week's episode teasing just how deep things are about to get.
Moderna and Merck’s mRNA Melanoma Vaccine Looks Like a Game Changer
People given the experimental vaccine with standard treatment lived longer without their cancer returning, the companies reported this week.
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Riverside man fostered dozens of children over decades. Now he's accused of child sex abuse
A Riverside man has been arrested after he was accused of sexually abusing children over two decades ago.
Scaling cloud migrations with agentic AI on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
Learn how AWS Professional Services uses a multi-agent framework built on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to automate enterprise cloud migrations end to end. Purpose-built AI agents handle discovery, infrast
Tulsi Gabbard gives promising, emotional update on husband's successful bone cancer surgery
Tulsi Gabbard delivered a hopeful and emotional message in a video posted to X on Thursday morning, updating the success of her husband Abraham Williams' bone cancer surgery for sacral chordoma, an extremely rare cancer, and giving an update on the challenges of his recovery."A few weeks after the surgery was done, the pathologist and the doctors said that they are confident that they were able to cut out all of the cancerous bone and tissue," Gabbard said in a 3-minute video. "So here we are no...
AWS vector solutions: Build agentic AI where your data lives
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Marc Jacobs says he'd dress Luigi Mangione at trial in podcast interview with fashion designer
Fashion designer Marc Jacobs said in a new interview that he'd be open to styling the confessed assassin Luigi Mangione at trial and that the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is doing a fine job as a "trendsetter" while dressing himself already.In a sitdown with Vanity Fair's Lie Detector Test podcast, the host noted that celebrities including Winona Rider, Courtney Love and Lil' Kim had all worn Jacobs' designs in court in the early 2000s. Then she slid him a photo of Mangione and ...
Alex Murdaugh defense team lied about polygraph results, prosecutors allege in new filing
A new court filing reveals the defense team for Alex Murdaugh, who was previously convicted of murdering his wife and son, may have lied about his polygraph test results.The Wednesday filing in Colleton County, South Carolina, details state prosecutors' allegations against Murdaugh's attorney, Dick Harpootlian.Murdaugh was convicted of the murders and sentenced to two consecutive life terms in 2023; those convictions were overturned in May of this year after a court clerk named Becky Hill was fo...
DOJ Throws Support Behind xAI’s Fight Against Minnesota AI Nudification Ban
The DOJ argues that Minnesota’s law goes further than federal rules and could slow down AI development.
FCC Abolishes Gigabit Speed Goal, Suggesting It Is Unfair To Slower Technologies
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission last week eliminated the gigabit speed goal established during the Biden administration and declared that current levels of broadband deployment in the US are acceptable. Though fiber networks have routinely offered such speeds for years, the FCC said the gigabit speed goal is not "technologically neutral," suggesting that it isn't fair to other, slower technologies. In 2024, the FCC raised its broadba...
Google now allows you to add your favorite new sources to Search
Google is adding more options to customize your search and Discover experiences.
Tesla's Robotaxi fleet might finally be driving around Austin unsupervised
It's been slow going, but it looks like Tesla's Robotaxi fleet in Austin is operating fully autonomously.
Adobe expands generative AI audio with Firefly music, speech and sound effects
Adobe Inc. today announced the general availability of audio capabilities in Firefly, the company’s all-in-one creative AI tool suite, allowing users to produce music, speech, and sound effects for th
Amazon just dropped this $190 Keurig coffee maker to $89 its lowest price this year
Keurig coffee makers are popular, but they can be a bit pricey. Now is a good time to score one at its lowest price of the year. Originally $190, the bestselling Keurig K-Supreme Single Serve Coffee Maker is down to $89 that's 53% off.Original price: $190Price tracking data shows the Keurig K-Supreme reached its lowest price of the year in late-July and has sustained that year-long low until now. Based on its volatile price history, we anticipate this changing soon. With more than 10,000 sold in...
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3 Teen Girls Knifed by Woman in Attack at Dollar Tree, Police Say
The woman, who is 44, stabbed two of the girls and slashed the third during a dispute in Brooklyn on Wednesday, the authorities said.
Harnessing AI for Day-One Model Enablement
TL;DR The AI model landscape never stops moving, and the software stack that runs those models is always a step behind: even on a mature compilation stack, a new model...
Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
“Runaway” AI, “rogue” agents, and “autonomous” actors—the current rhetoric would have you believe that AI agents are not only awake and aware, but angry at their creators. Prominent tech leaders such
