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Waste Of The Day: IRS Enforcement Delayed
Waste Of The Day: IRS Enforcement Delayed Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Americans underpaid their taxes by an estimated $696 billion in 2022, according to new data released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Most of the money came from people and businesses that understated their income. But 9% came from people who didn't file a tax return at all, and efforts to track them down have been slow-moving as the Internal Revenue Service...
U.K. counter-terror police arrest British-Iranian suspect over Fairford air base investigation
British counter-terrorism police investigating a suspected plot involving an air base used by the U.S. to target Iran said on Thursday they had arrested a dual UK-Iranian national on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
Rapper Rick Ross arrested, charged with battery and accused of domestic violence
Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach on Thursday and charged with domestic violence following an alleged incident, local authorities confirmed to The Associated Press. Ross says he is innocent and the accusations are 'fabricated allegations.'
Judge denies defence request to declare Lindsay Clancy not guilty
The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case on Thursday refused to declare her not guilty, turning down a defence motion that had argued there wasn't enough evidence to prove she was responsible for killing her three children.
Ryan Roslansky Is Leaving After Nearly 18 Years At LinkedIn and Microsoft
Ryan Roslansky is leaving Microsoft and LinkedIn after nearly 18 years, triggering another leadership shuffle across Office and Teams. "Roslansky, who until recently was the CEO of LinkedIn, was promoted to the head of Office last year and then took control of Microsoft Teams earlier this year," notes The Verge. From the report: "Ryan leaves the organization in a strong position," says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in an internal memo. "Over the past year, Ryan's team has done critical work bringi...
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Cotton Calls For Military Supply Chain Security Review After F-35 Parts Diverted To Hong Kong
Cotton Calls For Military Supply Chain Security Review After F-35 Parts Diverted To Hong Kong Authored by Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked the Department of War on Sept. 29 to review security controls for U.S. military equipment and supplies transported through commercial and contractor-managed supply chains, citing reports that F-35 components bound for the United States from Australia were diverted to Hong Kong. A U.S. Air Force F-35 takes flight ...
Samsung launches its first clip-on earbuds in South Korea
A global rollout will follow, although we don't yet know the details.
Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light remasters are getting free next-gen updates this month
Take a trip down memory lane with the first two games in the series.
OpenAI Ousts Three Safety Researchers for Allegedly Mishandling ‘Sensitive Information’
They're accused of “breaking the trust essential to our work,” according to a company spokesperson.
Driver in crash that killed 2 Tsawwassen First Nation elders released from hospital: police
Police said Wednesday that the male driver of the vehicle may have suffered a medical emergency in the moments leading up to the crash on Wednesday. They did not elaborate on what that medical emergency was.
Why Pickles Light Up When You Electrocute Them
This common science demonstration has been an enduring mystery. Now, this electrical engineer has started to figure it out.
Police may have new ways to access data on locked iPhones
A training video reportedly demonstrates how police can evade an Apple security feature.
No, No, No—Don’t Peel the Nano-Texture Layer off the iPhone Duo’s Inner Screen
Don't be the idiot who breaks their $2,000 foldable iPhone because they listened to some 'experts' on social media.
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Tennessee Man Who Recorded Police Sues After Eight Armed Officers Raided His Home
Tennessee Man Who Recorded Police Sues After Eight Armed Officers Raided His Home A Tennessee man has taken legal action against the Kingsport Police Department after a yearslong criminal case that began with him recording an officer on the road and ended with an appellate court throwing out his conviction, according to Fox News. Joshua Gibbons says police targeted him because he publicly called attention to an officer’s behavior. His lawsuit, brought with the Foundation for Indivi...
OpenAI launches two ChatGPT shopping features: a virtual try-on tool for clothing and accessories, and a Favorites feature to save products to a user's Library
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: OpenAI launches two ChatGPT shopping features: a virtual try-on tool for clothing and accessories, and a Favorites feature to save products to a user's Library OpenAI is ag
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Speed demons beware: 125 speed cameras are coming to Los Angeles by Halloween
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NASA's Hubble Marks its 200,000th Orbit by Watching Lensed Supernova
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope completed its 200,000th orbit around Earth on Sept. 19th and marked this milestone with observations that could help refine astronomers' measurements of cosmic expansion (aka. the Hubble Constant).
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Grandpa Pudding Brains demonstrates the little "steering-wheels" airplanes "used to have"
In yet another moment of "this guy is not competent to be President of the United States" moment, Donald Trump demonstrated how pilots used to use "little steering-wheels" to control airplanes. The plane he was discussing, the Boeing 737 MAX, certainly still has yokes. Read the rest The post Grandpa Pudding Brains demonstrates the little "steering-wheels" airplanes "used to have" appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Moth swarms sweep across Australia. That’s good news
New York Times: 'My cheeks hurt because I've been smiling so much,' one biologist said.
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Remembering The False Gloom And Doom Of The 1992 Elections... And The Upcoming Midterms
Remembering The False Gloom And Doom Of The 1992 Elections... And The Upcoming Midterms Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Republicans risk repeating 1992 by failing to counter economic pessimism with the facts about strong growth, falling inflation, rising incomes, and a recovering economy. In 1992, Bill Clinton won the presidential election partly on the basis of his campaign's false accusation that George H. W. Bush had overseen "the worst economic performa...
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These skydivers parachuted 3000 feet to help people in a plane crash
Three skydivers parachuted into a nearby field to help crash survivors.
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Vigil planned for Franklin High student who fell to death from campus balcony
Community members are expected to gather Thursday evening to mourn a Benjamin Franklin High School student who fell to his death Wednesday at the campus. Police are investigating the fatal fall.
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Fox cuts away while JD Vance argues with hecklers and the positions he assigned them
America's most boring sycophant, JD Vance, was mercilessly heckled at a rally for Byron Donalds and Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL), and he created some interesting backstories for them. While good ol' Just Dance, Vance didn't know the protesters' names, where they were from, or what brought them to a place where heckling a credibilityless, self-professed liar seemed like a good use of time—he was willing to imagine political positions and opinions for them. Read the rest The post Fox cuts away while ...
Lindsay Clancy's motion for a finding of not guilty denied weeks after mistrial
Massachusetts Judge William Sullivan has denied Lindsay Clancy's motion for a required finding of not guilty.Sullivan had denied a similar motion when her mistrial was declared on Sept. 4, and denied a renewed attempt Thursday after defense attorney Kevin Reddington argued earlier this week that Plymouth County prosecutors had failed to introduce enough evidence at trial to prove his client guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."There was evidence introduced, both physical and circumstantial, that wo...
Wynonna Judd says she and sister Ashley aren't speaking as family pain resurfaces
Wynonna Judd is finally telling her story – even the parts that may be painful for her family to hear.The country star revealed she and sister Ashley Judd aren’t speaking right now, explaining that the two are not "connected" at the moment and focusing on their separate lives."We’re taking a break, which all families can relate to," she told People. "She’s doing her thing, and I’m doing mine."KELLY OSBOURNE DRAWS A LINE WITH ESTRANGED SISTER AIMEE: 'I DON'T WANT YOU IN MY LIFE'The revelation com...
Edmonton man charged for alleged death threat against Mark Carney: RCMP
Police arrested a 44-year-old Edmonton man accused of threatening to kill Prime Minister Mark Carney, RCMP say.
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Cornell Documents Raise Questions About Handling of Rape Allegations
More than 1,000 pages of documents obtained by The New York Times show how a woman identified as Jane Doe gradually concluded that what had happened to her at a fraternity party was a crime.
Chase Infiniti Will Star in the Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele-Produced ‘Portrait of God’
The 'Testaments' and 'One Battle After Another' breakout is adding horror to her resume.
Micron Projects Tightening RAM Shortages Through 2028 As It Generates Record Profit
Micron says the global RAM and storage shortage will tighten further through 2027 and 2028, with CEO Sanjay Mehrotra saying the company has already sold most of next year's capacity. "In calendar 2027 as well as 2028, we see demand exceeding supply. In fact, we see greater tightness in the industry in 2027 and in 2028 versus 2026. Overall, supply-demand environment is only getting tighter," Mehrotra said. "We do not have line of sight to when supply and demand will return to balance." As a resul...
Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ AI ‘Accord,’ the Rise of AI Agents, and Extremists on the Ballot
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Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ AI ‘Accord,’ the Rise of AI Agents, and Extremists on the Ballot
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the voluntary AI safety agreement tech executives signed, AI agents for normies, and extremist candidates running for office in the US midterms.
Trump Asked Grok About Potential Blowback Before Kidnapping Venezuela’s President: Report
It's horrifying to imagine Trump asking AI for advice.
Serve live, governed data in AI-built apps with Amazon Quick
With Live Data in Apps in Amazon Quick, AI-built apps query your governed Quick Sight datasets in real time instead of static, build-time snapshots. Each query runs as the person viewing the app, so r
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Spy magazine turns 40 with daily posts about a certain short-fingered vulgarian
Kurt Andersen, co-founder of the late great Spy magazine, announced that the 40th anniversary of the magazine will be celebrated on Substack, where "we'll start publishing starting next Monday the 5th, a limited series of daily excerpts and links from the magazine's archive, with bits of new commentary and context. Read the rest The post Spy magazine turns 40 with daily posts about a certain short-fingered vulgarian appeared first on Boing Boing.
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"Showings Have Stopped": Housing Market Freezes As Mortgage Rates Soar To 7.28%, Highest In 3 Years
"Showings Have Stopped": Housing Market Freezes As Mortgage Rates Soar To 7.28%, Highest In 3 Years The American dream has never been more out of reach. Mortgage rates posted their largest increase in four years this week, one of the clearest signs of how the recent bond-market selloff is spilling into the broader economy - if not memory and chip stocks which continue to trade entirely on the highly efficient circular financing and junk bond markets. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages r...
South Korean Troops Thought They Found a Landmine. It Was a 600-Year-Old Gun
The exact date of the firearm is up for debate, but the discovery sets back the history of guns in Korea by 100 years.
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What is a botched execution, and what happened in previous cases?
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Chi Phi Members Accused in Cornell Sex Assault Lawsuit Give Varying Accounts of Night
Their accounts, detailed in hundreds of pages of investigative files obtained by The New York Times, were disjointed and sometimes contradictory. All the men denied any wrongdoing.
NetApp's 'sleeping giant' moment as AI brings new data buyers
Artificial intelligence has pulled data infrastructure out of the back office and into conversations with buyers who never had to think about storage before. For longtime storage providers, that shift
A timeline of developments in AI safety since the attack on Hugging Face
In one alarming announcement after another, artificial intelligence companies in recent months have shared examples of their technology acting in ways that appeared to evade instructions from humans.
Christa Pike's attorneys say she's in critical condition after botched lethal injections
Convicted Tennessee killer Christa Pike is hospitalized in critical condition a day after two botched lethal injection attempts in the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, Pike's attorneys said Thursday."Christa is alive right now," Randy Spivey, one of her lawyers, told reporters in a news briefing delivered over Zoom Thursday afternoon. "We don't have a sense of her prognosis or much update on her health at the moment."Due to limited information and health privacy rules, he said he coul...
NASCAR driver's alleged affair with a spotter cost her a king's ransom and is college football in trouble?
'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.First day of October ...We have made it! Best month of the year. Soak it all, boys and girls. Don't waste a single second.We've got postseason baseball all month, even though my Red Sox got thoroughly embarrassed in the Bronx this week. What a bunch of losers. Ain't the team I grew up watching. What a ...
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Supertanker Ablaze After Iran Attack In Hormuz As US Deploys 10K More Troops and Third Carrier To Mideast
Supertanker Ablaze After Iran Attack In Hormuz As US Deploys 10K More Troops and Third Carrier To Mideast Update(1530ET): Iranians are apparently going back on the offensive, after it's been widely reported that US-protected oil transit through the Strait of Hormuz has been fast gaining steam. Iran state media says a supertanker is burning off the coast of Oman after coming under Iranian attack: Local sources reported that a 2.5 million barrel capacity supertanker that was traveli...
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Captain America No. 1 kept in a cardboard box for 80 years sells for $716,750
The Merrimack Valley Collection is a legendary comic book collection in which someone bought comics off the rack and stored them in a cardboard box for almost 80 years. Heritage Auctions sold many of these comics in a couple of auctions in Dallas last week. Read the rest The post Captain America No. 1 kept in a cardboard box for 80 years sells for $716,750 appeared first on Boing Boing.
ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you
OpenAI is rolling out new shopping features for ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos and save products they like to a Favorites library.
OpenAI President Reportedly Pulls Support From Controversial AI Super PAC
After intense backlash, the New York Times reports that Greg Brockman won't fulfill his donation promises to Leading The Future.
Judge dismisses lawsuits claiming Google's AI Overviews siphon web traffic
Google may have a monopoly in search, but neither lawsuit made a compelling case the company was leveraging it.
Fruit giant Driscoll's faces class-action lawsuit in Quebec
Lawyers are asking a Quebec Superior Court judge to authorize a class-action lawsuit against American fruit giant Driscoll’s. It comes after allegations that the company had sent millions of pounds of berries to Canada with non-compliant levels of chemical residues between 2022 and 2024.
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'Covered Their Tracks'? New Details Emerge In OpenAI's 'Rogue-AI' Breach
'Covered Their Tracks'? New Details Emerge In OpenAI's 'Rogue-AI' Breach OpenAI's AI agents "obscured hacking activity" during breaches of government websites, citing digital forensics firm Asymmetric Security. According to the FT, the agents pulled data from 55 websites, including the CDC, the SEC, the International Energy Agency and the Mayo Clinic, using tactics that included "erasing records or making them inaccessible." Asymmetric co-founder Pippa Thompson told the paper it ...
World Cup darling Freddy is back stateside, almost makes fatal mistake touring notorious southern city
Everyone remembers Freddy, right?The World Cup guest from Germany stole the hearts of soccer fans all across America for his love of the host country, documenting his trip through the United States on social media and giving glowing reviews along the way.Well, Freddy is back in the Lower 48, this time spending his days in the American South and enjoying the actual greatest sport on earth: college football.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST N...
Bradley Cooper Will Lead Danny McBride’s ‘G.I. Joe’ Movie
He'll play Duke in the upcoming film, which will act to reboot the Hasbro franchise.
Archaeologists Found 4 Nazca Mummies in the Wrong Place. It Could Turn the Story of an Ancient Empire ‘Upside Down’
Northern Arizona University, working with Peru’s Ministry of Culture, has uncovered four pristine mummies that could upend the conventional wisdom around the Wari Empire’s ancient conquests.
'Yellowstone' star Neal McDonough refuses to watch hit series for ‘painful’ reason
Neal McDonough may be known as one of the most ruthless villains in the "Yellowstone" universe, but there's one thing the actor himself has never done: watched the show.McDonough, 60, portrayed ruthless businessman Malcolm Beck on the hit Taylor Sheridan series, appearing in six episodes during Season 2.But reliving the performance is something McDonough admitted he avoids.JEFF BRIDGES NEARLY PLAYED JOHN DUTTON BEFORE KEVIN COSTNER LANDED 'YELLOWSTONE' ROLE"I've never seen it. You know, I don't ...
Marine turned homeschool mom sues Oregon district over denied reimbursement for Christian curriculum
A Marine veteran and mother of five is suing an Oregon school district, alleging officials denied reimbursement for academic curriculum solely because the books reflected a Christian worldview.Tessa Bulzan, who left a six-figure job after an incident at her children’s school conflicted with her moral and biblical beliefs, joined Hillsboro School District’s homeschool partnership program in July 2025. She says the district initially approved her Christian curriculum as academically valid before d...
Always-on AI agents turn infrastructure into a continuous learning loop
AI agent infrastructure is evolving to support systems that move continuously among inference, feedback and training. Cognition AI Inc.’s Devin now assists throughout the software development lifecycl
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Man Is Fatally Stabbed on the Subway in a Random Attack, Police Say
An internal police report referred to the man charged in the killing, which happened in Queens during the evening rush hour, as emotionally disturbed.
Cops Can Bypass iPhone's Automatic Reboot To Get Into Locked Phones
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: A company that makes phone hacking devices claims to have developed a solution that freezes iPhones in a state that lets cops more easily access sensitive data inside them, according to a video obtained by 404 Media. [...] The new technology to get around inactivity reboot was developed by Magnet Forensics, the company behind GrayKey, a popular tool sold to law enforcement agencies that allows them to unlock and access data stored in iPhones an...
SoftBank made the final $10B investment in its $30B pledge to OpenAI's last funding round; source: Nvidia also made its final $10B investment in the round (The Information)
The Information: SoftBank made the final $10B investment in its $30B pledge to OpenAI's last funding round; source: Nvidia also made its final $10B investment in the round Nvidia and SoftBank have e
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As Cornell Reckons with Sexual Assault Case, Will Applicants Think Twice?
Many alumni and some prospective parents are rethinking their relationships with Cornell. But as one admissions consultant said, “Prestige is a powerful draw.”
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France Erupts Into Chaos As "Rioting Migrant" Kids Torch Schools And Busses
France Erupts Into Chaos As "Rioting Migrant" Kids Torch Schools And Busses Social unrest erupted across hundreds of French high schools and dozens of universities Thursday, forcing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to convene an emergency meeting to address the "urban violence." Corporate media describes the rioters as "French students" or "high school students," while alternative media outlets such as Remix News and Visegrád24 claim the rioters are migrant kids. 🇫🇷 French polic...
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Japan raises residency fees for migrants by 3000%
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A US judge dismisses Chegg and Penske lawsuits alleging Google violated antitrust law by forcing them to allow content in AI Overviews, reducing web traffic
Mike Scarcella / Reuters: A US judge dismisses Chegg and Penske lawsuits alleging Google violated antitrust law by forcing them to allow content in AI Overviews, reducing web traffic Alphabet's Goog
NetApp and Nvidia rethink storage for AI factories
Storage architecture is being rewritten for artificial intelligence factories. Traditional enterprise storage was designed around workloads that scaled in relatively predictable ways. AI changes that
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Cantor: Almonty "Moving Seamlessly" Into Production As Korean Tungsten Mine Becomes Western Lifeline
Cantor: Almonty "Moving Seamlessly" Into Production As Korean Tungsten Mine Becomes Western Lifeline Cantor Fitzgerald metals and mining analyst Matthew O'Keefe provided clients on Tuesday with an update on Almonty Industries, citing a corporate update from CEO Lewis Black. The miner's crown jewel tungsten mine in South Korea has begun shipping concentrate as the West's answer to conflict-free tungsten supply comes online, playing into a bigger theme we've outlined called "owning th...
Reporter's Notebook: Congress dodged a fall shutdown, but the real fight looms
"And all at once, summer collapsed into fall…" – Oscar WildeCongress certainly collapsed into fall this year. It lacked the usual mayhem of an imminent government shutdown for the first time in years. The government is usually only funded through September 30, the end of the federal fiscal year. Lawmakers solved that fiscal riddle early.So the beginning of fall in Congress is usually anything but enjoyable. Others are devouring cobbler, enjoying spiced pumpkin lattes and viewing leaves of amber....
Sony’s Bringing Its Best PS5 Pro Tech to the Regular PlayStation 5… Kind Of
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Make unknown callers explain why they're calling
You know the feeling. Your phone rings, you look down and see a number you do not recognize. Now you have to decide whether to answer or let it go to voicemail. That choice gets harder when you are expecting a call from a doctor, repair person or someone else who may not be in your contacts.Fortunately, your phone can now help figure out who is on the other end before you get involved. With iOS 27, your iPhone can ask an unknown caller for their name and why they are calling. Google Pixel phones...
Joe Burrow's girlfriend shares cheating hot take, woman's sister hooked up with her date and regaining the spark
Welcome to the latest edition of True Romance. For whatever reason, this week we're being hit from all sorts of angles with tales of cheating.I don't know if that's the type of mood fall sets or what, but it's everywhere. I try my best to steer us back towards hope. I don't know that I'm successful.I take a deep dive into why it's time for a woman to forgive her sister for hooking up with a guy she went on a date with, and we bring the spark back before all is said and done this week.MAN IN TROU...
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Trump "super intelligence" rebrand leads to land rush for .si domains
Following his meeting with top AI executives yesterday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring that artificial intelligence will henceforth be known as "super intelligence." The order, which applies to federal government, call he made last week during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Read the rest The post Trump "super intelligence" rebrand leads to land rush for .si domains appeared first on Boing Boing.
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What Zohran Mamdani Could Learn From His Father
What Zohran Mamdani Could Learn From His Father Authored by Peter Jacobsen via The Daily Economy, Before Zohran Mamdani burst onto the scene of NYC politics with promises of cheap groceries, rent control, and calls to seize the means of production, his father, Mahmood Mamdani, was making important political contributions himself. The elder Mamdani's work is more academic in nature and generally more interesting than the "free stuff" brand of left-wing politics. A family welcomes a...
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RAF Fairford suspected terror plot: Second man questioned as Iran link probed
A 26-year-old British national has also been questioned under caution.
Cops May Have Found a Way Around One of Apple’s Toughest iPhone Security Features
Time to find a new way to protect your device.
OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers, WSJ reports
OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, report says.
Jayden Daniels does not dismiss playing Sunday against the Colts in London after ugly elbow dislocation injury
Jayden Daniels' journey through his elbow dislocation 11 days ago has been a rollercoaster ride, especially if you saw how the injury happened, and the concern that it ended his season prematurely. But we've reached the point where the Washington Commanders quarterback is talking to the media again and even suggesting he might play on Sunday.Daniels, in London with his teammates for the game against the Indianapolis Colts, faced reporters for the first time since his injury on Sept. 20 and was a...
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Oil Soars As US Sending 10K More Troops, 3rd Carrier, To Mideast After Trump Threatens Post-Midterm Bombing
Oil Soars As US Sending 10K More Troops, 3rd Carrier, To Mideast After Trump Threatens Post-Midterm Bombing Signs of potential major escalation, or the next round at least (which Trump has hinted will come after the midterm elections), just hit The Wall Street Journal, and sent oil prices soaring. A quick summary: The Pentagon is sending a third aircraft-carrier strike group and additional Marine Corps ships to the Middle East, adding 9,000 to 10,000 more troops to the region. The...
Belleville, Ont., police investigating antisemitic flyers less than 2 weeks after synagogue attack
Police in Belleville, Ont., say they're investigating antisemitic flyers being distributed in the city less than two weeks after a gunman was killed attempting to attack a local synagogue on Yom Kippur.
Trump Admits He’s a NIMBY on Data Centers
The president's new interview with Time magazine is just the latest evidence his brain is completely broken.
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Watch Live: SpaceX To Launch Google AI Chips Into Orbit In Push For Space-Based Data Centers
Watch Live: SpaceX To Launch Google AI Chips Into Orbit In Push For Space-Based Data Centers Specialized chips Google designed to run artificial intelligence workloads will be catapulted into low Earth orbit on Thursday afternoon atop a Falcon 9 rocket from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base, with hopes of making data centers in space a reality amid growing backlash on the ground that has sent many terrestrial projects into a tailspin. Up next, Falcon 9 will launch 130 paylo...
FanDuel Sportsbook Promo Code: $250 in Bonus Bets Available for Steelers vs Browns
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Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS: Play $5, Get $100 for Steelers-Browns on Thursday Night Football
With Week 4’s arrival, we will start seeing some separation between teams that have no shot and teams that are playoff hopefuls. Tonight, we have the Steelers vs. Browns and a great offer from Underdog: Play $5, Get $100 when you use promo code FOXNEWS.Both the Steelers and Browns are 2-1 coming into tonight’s game. One of these teams will walk away with a 3-1 record, and the other will end up being .500. Neither is a death sentence for playoff hopes, but with everyone in the division entering t...
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Dabble Promo Code FOXNEWS: Play $5, Get $50 When Signing Up Ahead of Steelers vs Browns
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Netflix Grits Its Teeth, Says ‘KPop Demon Hunters 2’ Will Get Theatrical Release
The streamer released the Oscar-winning first film in theaters only after intense fan demand.
Earth Tipped on Its Side During the Age of Dinosaurs—and Not Just Once
When Earth tips over to restore its rotational balance, sea levels shift around the globe—episodes scientists have now traced to the age of dinosaurs.
Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20, Get $350 in Bonus Bets Ahead of Steelers vs Browns
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Father hoped NYT executive son would visit home weeks before prosecutors allege deadly in-law ambush
A Facebook message from a father urging his son to come home surfaced days after a New York Times executive was allegedly gunned down by his 77-year-old in-laws in a California park.The executive, Jonathan McKinsey, shared a smiling photo of himself on Facebook Sept. 7. His father, William Finney II, commented beneath the post with a message expressing hope the family could reunite."Jon, hope everything is going well," Finney wrote. "Hope you can visit us when you have some free time. Mom and Da...
Bet365 Bonus Code: Get $200 Win or Lose When Betting on Thursday Night Football, Steelers vs Browns
Football is back for Thursday Night Football, and we have a great matchup between the Steelers and the Browns. Bet365 is also back with an offer for new users to earn $200 in bonus bets, whether you win or lose on the game. The Steelers come into the game with a 2-1 record and are looking to run it to 3-1 with a win this week. Their two wins have come against the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals. The lone loss came on the road against the Patriots, and they dropped that game 20-3. It w...
Pentagon Creates 'Autowarcom' to Expand AI and Drone Capabilities
Longtime Slashdot reader ThurstonMoore shares a report from Reuters: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced the creation of a new military command that would be dedicated to building and providing autonomous and robotic capabilities across the U.S. military. The command, which Hegseth said would be called "Autonomous Warfare Command," highlights the rapidly changing nature of warfare and the need to make progress on systems like drones and the use of artificial intelligence. ...
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In Pittsburgh, people compete to see who can parallel park fastest and closest to the curb
In the latest issue of Why Is This Interesting, Mark Slavonia writes about the annual parallel parking championship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where people compete to see who can parallel park. The rules are that the clock starts ticking when the referee sees your reverse lights go on. Read the rest The post In Pittsburgh, people compete to see who can parallel park fastest and closest to the curb appeared first on Boing Boing.
John Calipari shares boneheaded message about players earning more money than coaches while calling for reform
It is undeniable that the current landscape in college athletics is completely broken. There are seemingly no rules, there are no leaders, and the exorbitant amount of money being distributed is entirely unsustainable.The Protect College Sports Act, recently passed in the Senate, could emphasis on the word could establish some form of ground rules when it comes to name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals, athlete compensation, eligibility, and the transfer portal, which has turned into the Wild Wil...
Cornel West and Sean Hannity find unlikely common ground despite deep political divide
Cornel West says he doesn't live to meet others' expectations, a philosophy he displayed by sitting down with Fox News host Sean Hannity despite their deep political differences."People say, ‘How could you even sit with Brother Sean? Why could you call Sean a brother?’" West said during Thursday's episode of "Hang Out with Sean Hannity.""I don't live my life in order to satisfy other people's expectations."The progressive scholar sparred with Hannity over socialism, Iran, immigration and Preside...
Opus 5.5 loves to tell you ‘this matters’ (and other AI writing tells)
Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.
Opus 5.5 loves to tell you 'this matters' (and other AI writing tells)
Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.
WNBA reveals why A'ja Wilson was not ejected for approaching Fever fan during playoff game
Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson wasn’t ejected for confronting an Indiana Fever fan during Game 2 of their WNBA first-round playoff series because officials determined she remained in an area beside the basket that they considered part of the court area, OutKick has learned.Following an in-game review during Tuesday’s Aces-Fever playoff game, officials concluded that Wilson was in a player escape lane adjacent to the basket stanchion. That determination was the basis for allowing the Las Vegas s...
What to know about pentobarbital after death row inmate survives 2 lethal injection doses
A high-profile execution attempt in Nashville ended in chaos and raised urgent medical questions after Tennessee death row inmate Christa Gail Pike survived two separate doses of lethal pentobarbital, the Associated Press reported.Pentobarbital is a short-acting barbiturate, according to medical authorities at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).Historically prescribed as a sedative, anti-seizure medication or sleep aid, pentobarbital enhances the activity of GABA, the brain's primary inhibi...
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Debt Crisis Back? European Bond Markets Crash, CDS Explode Amid France Budget Panic Contagion
Debt Crisis Back? European Bond Markets Crash, CDS Explode Amid France Budget Panic Contagion It's starting to smell awful sovereigny crisisy in Europe all over again. In a vivid deja vu to the peak European debt crisis days of 2010 (and 2011... and 2012... and 2015), credit spreads, credit default swaps and the risk premium in euro-area government bonds exploded on Thursday to levels not seen in over a decade, following a rout sparked by concerns around France’s fiscal and politic...
