Google updates Gemini's mental health safeguards
Google is making some changes to how Gemini handles mental health crises. The chatbot now includes a redesigned crisis hotline module with a one-touch interface to connect to real-world help. The company is also changing how Gemini responds to signs that a user may be experiencing a mental health crisis.The redesigned module shows a one-touch interface to text, call or chat with a human crisis agent or visit the 988 website. "Once the interface is activated, the option to reach out for professio...
SpaceX Starship V3 Engine Goes Up in Flames at Texas Site
The rocket company is preparing to launch the latest version of Starship for the first time in May.
Massive six-alarm blaze engulfs California warehouse, employee detained
A massive six-alarm blaze tore through a California warehouse early Tuesday and authorities said an employee is in custody, FOX 11 reported.Video from the scene showed flames ripping through the roof of the Kimberly-Clark consumer goods facility in southern Ontario, Calif., as smoke billowed into the dark sky.Crews responded around 12:30 a.m. to the roughly 1.2 million-square-foot facility where flames were already tearing through the roof when first responders arrived, according to KTLA.NEW SUR...
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Iranians form human chains on bridges and around power plants as Trump vows ‘a whole civilisation will die tonight’
Iran is showing no signs of accepting Trump's ultimatums.
Rise and Shine and Grab the Breakfast Drugs: the ‘Rick and Morty’ Season 9 Trailer Is Here
The Adult Swim hit returns May 24 for its latest 10-episode season.
Chrome finally adds support for vertical tabs.
Google has started rolling out a small but significant update to Chrome on desktop. Starting today, users will begin seeing an option to organize their tabs vertically. To use the new feature, right click on any Chrome window and select "Show Tabs Vertically." Google is late to the game here. Before today, every other major browser but Chrome offered support for vertical tabs though the quality of implementation varies widely. Firefox, for instance, has supported vertical tabs since its 136 upda...
Retired Catholic priest in P.E.I. sentenced to 5 years in prison for 1980s child sexual abuse
A Catholic priest in Prince Edward Island who pleaded guilty last year to sexually abusing a child in the late 1980s has been sentenced to five years in a federal prison.
Cloudflare Fast-Tracks Post-Quantum Rollout To 2029
Cloudflare is accelerating its post-quantum security plans and now aims to make its entire platform fully post-quantum secure by 2029. "The updated timeline follows new developments in quantum computing research that suggest current cryptographic standards could be broken sooner than previously expected," reports SiliconANGLE. From the report: The decision by Cloudflare to move its post-quantum security roadmap forward comes after Google LLC and research from Oratomic demonstrated significant ad...
Delta Becomes Third Airline to Hike Bag Fees as the Iran War Makes Jet Fuel More Expensive
Amazon and USPS are adding fuel surcharges this month.
Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes' steakhouse blasted over $650 dinner: 'The worst'
Kansas City Chiefs stars Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes are drawing attention over their upscale steakhouse, 1587 Prime, following a viral TikTok review that criticized the restaurant.One woman described having a $650 dinner at the Kansas City-based venue which opened in September 2025 and has attracted high-profile guests, including Taylor Swift, who's engaged to Kelce. The woman called it, in her view, "the worst fine-dining experience I've ever had."POPULAR STEAKHOUSE'S DRESS CODE SPARKS BA...
'You can't': Dan Levy says there's no Schitt's Creek sequel without Catherine O'Hara
Dan Levy struggled to find the words as he set foot in the Ontario town where the smash hit Schitt's Creek was filmed for the first time since the show wrapped.
Uber is the latest to be won over by Amazon’s AI chips
Uber is expanding its AWS contract to run more of its ride-sharing features on Amazon's chips. This is a thumb-of-the nose at Oracle and Google.
Uber is the latest to be won over by Amazon's AI chips
Uber is expanding its AWS contract to run more of its ride-sharing features on Amazon's chips. This is a thumb-of-the nose at Oracle and Google.
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Ancient Peruvian textile features a feline spirit
This small textile fragment in the British Museum comes from Peru and dates to between 900 and 1430 CE. It's only about five inches across, but it has a special, timeless image of a cat on it. The base is made of cotton, and the design is woven in using soft wool from animals like alpacas or llamas. Read the rest The post Ancient Peruvian textile features a feline spirit appeared first on Boing Boing.
CUSMA talks may run past July 1 deadline, U.S. trade envoy says
Negotiations to rebalance the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement are likely to continue past the July 1 deadline, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Tuesday.
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Tom the Dancing Bug: Give Dementia Donnie his pudding, you crazy bastards!
Tom the Dancing Bug: Give Dementia Donnie his pudding, you crazy bastards! -Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this hostile Trumpverse! JOIN US IN THE INNER HIVE, and be the first kid on your block to get each week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic – before it's published anywhere. Read the rest The post Tom the Dancing Bug: Give Dementia Donnie his pudding, you crazy bastards! appeared first on Boing Boing.
High-risk effort to save 'Dude 44' crew is most incredible combat rescue in US history
You have just seen the most audacious air combat search-and-rescue mission in American history. No other mission compares to the operation to bring home the F-15E crew known as ‘Dude 44.’ U.S. military helicopters have been picking up downed pilots under fire since the Korean War. In Vietnam, pilots were plucked from the tall grass and karst ridges and jungles under enemy fire. U.S. Air Force rescuers saved 1,201 aircrew from the Air Force alone, and a total of 2,780 U.S. service members in comb...
Ex-Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene joins left-wing calls for the 25th amendment as Iran deadline nears
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office via the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution."25TH AMENDMENT!!! Not a single bomb has dropped on America. We cannot kill an entire civilization. This is evil and madness," Greene wrote on X.Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.Greene's post featured a screenshot of Trump's Tuesday Truth Social post in which he ominously warned that Iran's "civilization will die tonight."FORMER...
Department of Education investigates Massachusetts school district over transgender bathroom policy
FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Education has launched an investigation into a Massachusetts public school district for allegedly allowing students at K-12 schools to use bathrooms and locker rooms based on their self-defined gender identity, rather than biological sex, while forcing students to integrate and preventing parents from changing the policy.Westford County Public Schools’ (WPS) policy surrounding "Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students" allows students to use restrooms and loc...
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Man killed girlfriend's pet rabbit, Momo, tossing him from second-floor window, authorities say
A North Hollywood man has been charged with animal cruelty and domestic violence offenses for allegedly killing his girlfriend's two-month-old rabbit during a violent outburst in February.
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US Official Cites 'Glimmer Of Progress' On Ceasefire After Trump Warns 'A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight'
US Official Cites 'Glimmer Of Progress' On Ceasefire After Trump Warns 'A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight' Summary: Tehran Times: All communications with US side suspended - THEN ISSUES CORRECTION, REVERSES. This after Trump's Tues. morning threat: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again." Axios cites "glimmer" of progress on negotiations. In a call with FOX's Bret Baier, Trump says 8 PM deadline today "could change if negotiations move fo...
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About those Orders for Durable Goods that Factories in the US Received
The 12-month average, which irons out Boeing’s huge orders, shows the trend: +8.8% year-over-year.
Democratizing Marketing Mix Models (MMM) with Open Source and Gen AI
A practical system design combining open-source Bayesian MMM and GenAI for transparent, vendor independent marketing analytics insights. The post Democratizing Marketing Mix Models (MMM) with Open Sou
Group denied federal funding for search at former Ontario residential school
A group that’s been searching for missing children and unmarked graves at the former McIntosh Indian Residential School in northwestern Ontario says it’s been denied federal funding to continue its work. Here's what we know about the Wiikwogaming Tiinahtiisiiwin project and why its funding hasn't been renewed.
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This historic railway runs on human waste
This fantastic YouTube video shares the history of Fribourg's poo-powered funicular. Fribourg was built in a canyon, and there is a fairly steep incline between the working-class housing and the neighborhoods built far later. As the rich folk wanted the poor to be able to get to work, a funicular was built, but since there was no reliable water supply to enable the counter-weighted system to work, they used sewage. Read the rest The post This historic railway runs on human waste appeared first...
Lady Gaga cancels concert hours before showtime due to health issue
Lady Gaga has apologized to fans after canceling a show at the last minute.On Monday, the "Poker Face" singer took to social media to share that she would be canceling her performance at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, due to an ongoing respiratory infection."I’m so sorry to share that I’m unable to perform tonight and have to cancel the show," she wrote on her Instagram Stories. "I've been fighting a respiratory infection for the past few days and doing everything I can to rest and recover...
US embassies in Bahrain, Egypt issue warnings as Iran threatens universities across Middle East
The U.S. Embassy in Bahrain told American citizens in the country to shelter in place on Tuesday, as the embassy in Egypt issued its own caution to Americans amid threats that Iran and its terror proxies may try to target American universities across the Middle East.The embassy in Manama directed all U.S. government employees, along with all other Americans in the country, to shelter in a secure structure and stay away from windows until further notice."Iran and its aligned terrorist militias ma...
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Dark side of the moon, as seen from Artemis
The Artemis II mission is slingshotting around the moon today, and the images being returned from NASA's Orion ship are exquisite. Here's just a few of the latest, showing the moon eclipsing the sun. Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. Read the rest The post Dark side of the moon, as seen from Artemis appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Russia, China Veto UN Res Authorizing Military Force To Reopen Hormuz Strait
Russia, China Veto UN Res Authorizing Military Force To Reopen Hormuz Strait On Tuesday a UN Security Council resolution on opening the Strait of Hormuz failed due to Russia and China vetoing it. It was drafted by Bahrain and authorized countries to use military force if necessary to open the strait for the free flow of shipping and commerce. The resolution garnered 11 votes in favor, but permanent veto-wielding members China and Russia blocked it by registering no votes. This come...
Savannah Guthrie returns to business as usual on second day back at 'Today' after mother's disappearance
It was business as usual for NBC’s Savannah Guthrie on Tuesday. Guthrie returned to work on Monday after more than two months away following the disappearance of her mother, Nancy Guthrie. On her first day back, the "Today" anchor donned yellow in support of her mother while sitting next to Craig Melvin, who wore a yellow tie and ribbon pin to match. The studio was also decorated with yellow flowers. Savannah Guthrie acknowledged prayers and letters from fans and declared it was "good to be home...
Midterm alarm bells: Democrats face steep favorability deficit despite election gains
A new national poll is the latest to indicate that Democrats are facing major problems with their party's image as they try to win back congressional majorities from the Republicans in this year's midterm elections.Just 28% of Americans questioned in a CNN poll view the Democratic Party positively, with 56% seeing Democrats in an unfavorable light.The poll, the most recent over the past year to indicate the Democratic Party brand hitting historic lows, comes with just over six months to go until...
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Photos from the dark side of the moon by Artemis II
Artemis II marks NASA's first return to the moon with astronauts a critical step toward a lunar landing by another crew in two years.
Democrat whose parents fled Iran moves to oust Hegseth
A Democratic congresswoman whose parents fled the regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini decades ago announced Monday she would file articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for alleged war crimes amid the current conflict.Rep. Yassamin Ansari of Arizona previously told the New York Times she initially "felt a rush of hope, but also unease" when she learned Americans and Israelis had taken out Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February.But she has since been harshly critical of how t...
Polaroid’s New Hi-Print for Phone Photos Doubles as a Freestanding Frame
You can now display your vintage-looking Polaroid photos in the same place you print them.
Iran releases 2 French citizens after 'three and a half years of detention,' Macron says
French nationals Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris were released by Iran on Tuesday after "three and a half years of detention," President Emmanuel Macron announced. The pair, who were arrested in May 2022 while visiting Iran, were accused by Iranian state television of being spies who sought to stir up unrest, according to Reuters. France previously denounced their detention as unjustified and unfounded. "Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris are free and on their way to French territory, after three a...
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Sam Altman smiles through another "it's improving" while the model keeps making things up
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, once fired for being "not consistently candid in his communications," smiles, acknowledges the problem just enough to sound reasonable, and tries to write off a completely broken and lying LLM as another step on the ladder of progress. Read the rest The post Sam Altman smiles through another "it's improving" while the model keeps making things up appeared first on Boing Boing.
Reporter's Notebook: Why Trump may not be able to force Congress back over the DHS shutdown
So Congress is now deep into week two of a 16-17 day recess for Easter and Passover. The Department of Homeland Security shutdown is approaching two months. There’s no obvious path to end the impasse.This is why some GOP lawmakers and conservative activists demanded President Donald Trump summon Congress back into session and fund DHS.Let’s do a deep dive on that.The president has the authority to call Congress into session under "extraordinary" circumstances. But that hardly compels legislative...
Researchers Turned Acid From Car Batteries Into Something Surprisingly Useful
This won’t fix the ongoing plastics problem, but it’s a good side plan.
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NY Fed: Inflation Expectations Jump, Driven By Surging Gas
NY Fed: Inflation Expectations Jump, Driven By Surging Gas Ahead of Friday's CPI report, inflation fears are already rising, with the NY Fed's latest monthly survey of consumer expectations reporting that Inflation expectations at the one-year horizon were higher at 3.42% in March from the previous month’s 3.00%, matching the highest since April '25. Inflation expectations also increased by 0.1% to 3.1% at the three-year-ahead horizon, and were unchanged at 3.0% at the five-year-ahe...
Anthropic ups compute deal with Google and Broadcom amid skyrocketing demand
Anthropic bulked up its compute deal with Google and Broadcom as the company has seen its run-rate revenue surge to $30 billion.
Artemis II astronauts capture stunning Earthset photo
A day after the historic lunar flyaround, NASA on Tuesday released striking photos taken by the U.S.-Canadian crew.
Artemis II astronauts capture stunning 'Earthset' photo
A day after the historic lunar flyaround, NASA on Tuesday released striking photos taken by the U.S.-Canadian crew.
Rory McIlroy says he will 'acknowledge' Tiger Woods at Masters dinner following DUI arrest
Tiger Woods will be notably absent from Augusta National this week following his DUI arrest in Florida, but Rory McIlroy said he plans to "acknowledge" the five-time Masters champion when past winners gather for their annual dinner on Tuesday.Woods, along with three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson, will miss the annual dinner, which features a four-course menu inspired by the Northern Irishman’s favorites, including his mother’s bacon-wrapped dates and yellowfin tuna carpaccio modeled after...
Los Angeles-based Hermeus, which aims to build unmanned hypersonic fighter aircraft, raised $200M led by Khosla Ventures and $150M in debt at a $1B valuation
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‘Starfleet Academy’ Star Karim Diané Is Heading to IDW’s ‘Star Trek’ Pride Comic (Exclusive)
Diané, who plays queer Klingon cadet Jay-Den on 'Starfleet Academy,' will write one of the stories included in 'Star Trek Celebrations' this year.
Here’s how we built Gmail to keep your data secure and private in the Gemini era.
Google doesn’t train Gemini using personal emails. Here’s how Google keeps private data secure in Gmail amid new AI model upgrades.
New Revelations Reignite Crypto Scandal Involving Argentina's President Milei
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: President Javier Milei of Argentina promoted a cryptocurrency last year that quickly skyrocketed in value then cratered just as fast, costing investors millions of dollars and setting off a scandal and an investigation. Mr. Milei said he was simply highlighting a private venture and had no connection to the digital coin called $Libra. New evidence is now raising questions about his assertion. Phone logs from a federal investigation by ...
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Charcuterie: explore Unicode by character similarity
Charcuterie is a perfectly-named visual exploration tool for finding the exact Unicode character you want. Whichever one you click on, it'll fill the screen with similar sigils. You can also sketch one that came to you in a fever dream, and it will find it. Read the rest The post Charcuterie: explore Unicode by character similarity appeared first on Boing Boing.
A timeline of Trump’s escalating deadlines on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump issued a fresh ultimatum to Iran on Tuesday, demanding that all vessels be allowed to transit through the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on critical infrastructure. The warning comes after weeks of escalating threats and missed deadlines."A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. "We will find out tonight one of the most important moments in the long and c...
Xbox Game Pass additions for April include Hades 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
As ever, Xbox is bringing a bunch of high-profile titles to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass this month, while adding several to the lower tiers of the service. There aren't too many surprises among this first wave of April newcomers, though. Many of these additions were previously confirmed, while EA Sports NHL 26 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (the remake) were always going to join Game Pass at some point. Still, there's plenty to dive into on the service this month. April 14 is a particu...
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Iran teaches Grandpa Puddin' Brains diplomacy while he imagines Iranians begging for more bombs
Trump now claims that Iranians, currently being bombed, losing power, watching infrastructure collapse, are somehow slipping into his DMs to say: "Please, sir, keep bombing our homes." Not "stop." Not "ceasefire." Not "maybe don't hit the power grid or elementary schools." Read the rest The post Iran teaches Grandpa Puddin' Brains diplomacy while he imagines Iranians begging for more bombs appeared first on Boing Boing.
A Cure for Knee Arthritis? It May Be Closer Than You Think
Government-funded treatments that could tackle the root causes of knee osteoarthritis are now about to reach clinical trials.
Asus Zenbook A16 review: the $1,599 laptop uses the fast and power hungry Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme with 18 cores, but a plain design and includes bloatware
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Vance says Iran has '2 pathways' as 12-hour deadline looms, prays US on 'God's side' in nixing nuclear threat
Vice President JD Vance said that Iran has "two pathways" it can take regarding the conclusion of the war as President Donald Trump’s 12-hour deadline is looming Tuesday for the regime to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on its power plants and bridges. Vance, speaking in Hungary, also said he is praying that the United States is on "God’s side" in its pursuit to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. "There are two pathways that this thing is ultimately going to end. First of ...
Google Maps can now write captions for your photos using AI
Gemini can now create captions when users are looking to share a photo or video.
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IMF Panics, Warns Tokenization Could Bring Crypto Risks Into Global Financial Markets
IMF Panics, Warns Tokenization Could Bring Crypto Risks Into Global Financial Markets Authored by Francisco Rodrigues via CoinDesk.com, Tokenization could reshape finance by enabling instant settlement and cutting out intermediaries, and introduces new risks that regulators are not yet equipped to manage, the IMF said. Tokenization could amplify volatility through automated markets and smart contracts, the report said. The IMF called for clearer legal frameworks and str...
James Carville delivers blunt reality check about why Democratic Party remains unpopular
Democratic strategist James Carville got blunt about why the Democratic Party remains unpopular on Monday, telling MS NOW host Ari Melber it was because they haven't won elections.Melber noted polling published this month by CNN/SSRS that found just 28% of Americans have a favorable view of the Democratic Party, compared to 32% who have a favorable view of the Republican Party. Melber asked Carville whether this was troubling as the party looks to take back Congress in November."No," Carville re...
Meta Hopes a Hide-and-Seek App Will Convince You to Buy Its Smart Glasses
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New AI video tool removes objects without breaking the laws of physics
When movie and TV directors want to tinker with their footage in post-production, they have an array of tools at their disposal to perfect a scene if it wasn't shot exactly how they liked. That includ
True Footage, which uses AI trained on years of appraisal data to generate property valuations, raised a $40M Series C led by Cox Enterprises' Socium Ventures
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London music fest cancelled after U.K. bars headliner Ye following past antisemitic remarks
Organizers of the Wireless Festival confirmed that the rapper had been barred from entering the U.K. in their notice of the festival cancellation. The U.K. Home Office denied Ye's application to travel because his presence would not be conducive to the public good.
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Trump’s Congratulatory Call With the Artemis 2 Astronauts Was Painfully Awkward
Four astronauts flew around the Moon and all they got was this lousy phone call with the president.
Spotify expands Prompted Playlists, its AI feature for creating playlists, to include podcasts, for Premium users in the US, Canada, the UK, and other countries
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Spotify expands Prompted Playlists, its AI feature for creating playlists, to include podcasts, for Premium users in the US, Canada, the UK, and other countries Spotify said
Kardashian company co-founder advises women to become 'two-hour' mothers
Emma Grede, co-founder of Kim Kardashian’s Skims and CEO and co-founder of Khloé Kardashian’s Good American, is aiming to "dismantle the lies that women have been sold" on parenting as a businesswoman suggesting women spend no more than three hours a day with their children.In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, Grede previewed her upcoming book "Start With Yourself: A New Vision for Work and Life," which aims to push a more self-focused view of women in motherhood."Women are ...
DeSantis urges Florida lawmakers to ban cousin marriages, links practice to 'stealth jihad'
Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken pride in making Florida a leader among red states, but he acknowledged Monday that it was behind in banning cousin marriages, which he is hoping will be outlawed in the near future."Florida doesn’t ban cousin marriage: That’s a hanging curveball for us to do; we need to do that," DeSantis, famously a fan of baseball, said at a Tampa signing ceremony on another new law empowering state officials to designate groups as terrorist organizations and expel students who supp...
Sony is starting a weird service that scans people to put them in PlayStation games
Sony just announced a truly strange initiative called The Playerbase. This is a program to scan people's likenesses and pop them in PlayStation games. That's pretty wild, but potentially cool to those who have always wanted to become a weird humanoid version of Crash Bandicoot. The program is ramping up slowly. Sony has announced a contest of sorts to place one lucky fan inside of Gran Turismo 7, though in a reduced fashion. The chosen player will get an image of their face placed inside the gam...
Where the Hell Do You Even Put the Popcorn in Disney’s Sail Barge Bucket?
The Disney parks are once again going all out for 'Star Wars' Day, by which we mean committing to popcorn-based madness.
Stanford Daily Ponders Fate of Bill Gates Namesake Building On April Fools' Day
theodp writes: "Gates Computer Science Building renamed Peter Thiel Center for Panoptic Computing" reads the headline of an April Fools' Day story that ran in the Humor section of The Stanford Daily (with the further disclaimer that "This article is purely satirical and fictitious"). The story begins: "Following revelations that the billionaire founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, had a longstanding relationship with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, Stanford has announced it will str...
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Never struggle for storage again with this Internxt 10TB plan
TL;DR: Invest in a private cloud service that protects your right to safety and security with this 10TB Internxt Cloud Storage Lifetime Subscription for just $349.99 (reg. $2,900). Internxt provides you with 100% open-source, end-to-end encryption to help you securely store, share, and send files. Read the rest The post Never struggle for storage again with this Internxt 10TB plan appeared first on Boing Boing.
Trump warns 'whole civilization will die tonight,' as Iranian official urges human chains around power plants
President Donald Trump warned in a Tuesday Truth Social post that an entire "civilization will die tonight," issuing the ominous message as his threat of a devastating U.S. attack against Iranian bridges and power plants loomed."A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will," Trump declared in the post."However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail...
Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham's alleged attacker charged with assault, stalking and threats
Nearly one week after former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham was attacked with an unknown substance outside a California office building, the two-time Grammy Award-winning musician's alleged stalker has been hit with seven charges.According to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, Michelle Dick who was previously accused of stalking Buckingham and his family has been charged with two counts of stalking, two counts of threats to commit a crime with intent to terrorize, assault ...
Daughter of missing American woman in Bahamas says there were 'prior issues,' calls for full investigation
FIRST ON FOX: The daughter of a missing American in the Bahamas says she has learned of "prior issues" and called for a thorough investigation into the disappearance of her mother, who authorities say fell off the boat she was on.Bahamian officials said 55-year-old Lynette Hooker and her husband, Brian Hooker, 58, left the Abaco Inn from Hope Town at around 7:30 p.m. Saturday on a small boat and were headed to their yacht, adding the couple was planning to go to Elbow Cay.While the couple was on...
This Is Supposedly the Final, Final, FINAL Look of the Foldable iPhone
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77-year-old House Dem facing younger primary challengers seeks to impeach Donald Trump
Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., is mounting a long-shot bid to impeach President Donald Trump as he stares down a primary threat from younger challengers, who seek to thwart his bid for a 15th House term. Larson, 77, introduced 13 articles of impeachment against Trump on Monday, citing the president’s military intervention in Venezuela, the deployment of National Guard troops to cities across the country and his executive order to curtail birthright citizenship, among other charges.Larson also charge...
Scientists Watch Brain’s Self-Cleaning Process During Sleep in Real Time
It turns out your brain fluid swishes around with more “bidirectionality” to clean up while you sleep.
NASA shares incredible photos from the far side of the Moon
The Artemis II crew made history as they traveled further from our planet than any other living humans. The astronauts and NASA are making the most of the trip, including by capturing some utterly stunning photos. The space agency shared some that were taken from the far side of the Moon, including the "Earthset" shown above.This is a depiction of our planet setting behind the Moon, just as the sun sets over the horizon for us on terra firma every single night. "The image is reminiscent of the i...
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Trump Calls Artemis II Astronauts After Record-Breaking Flight Around The Moon
Trump Calls Artemis II Astronauts After Record-Breaking Flight Around The Moon Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, For the first time in more than 50 years, the president of the United States had a phone call with astronauts around the moon. President Donald Trump spoke with the crew of Artemis II on April 6, shortly after they completed their historic, record-breaking flight around the moon, saying he wanted to be the first to congratulate them on the occasion. “Today...
Indianapolis official's home attacked after vote in favor of controversial data center
An Indianapolis city councilor said someone fired multiple rounds into his home overnight Sunday while he and his son were inside after he backed a controversial data center project, according to reports.Ron Gibson, a Democrat representing District 8, said the shooting happened around 12:45 a.m. Monday and that roughly 13 rounds were fired into his home, FOX59 reported. A threatening note reading "no data centers" was also left under his doormat, according to the outlet.Images from the scene sho...
Supreme Court clears path for DOJ to erase Steve Bannon's Jan 6 conviction
The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Justice Department to dismiss the criminal conviction against President Donald Trump's former advisor, Steve Bannon a symbolic, but significant move in one of the highest-profile prosecutions tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot and resulting congressional probe. In a brief, unsigned order, justices tossed an appeals court ruling that upheld Bannon’s criminal contempt conviction, sending the case back down to a district court judge for d...
‘No Data Centers’ Sign Found After Shooting at Indianapolis Politician’s Home
The city councilor has been steadfast in his insistence on new data center construction in the area.
Intel says it will join Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip complex project along with SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla to help produce processors for robotics and data centers
Deborah Sophia / Reuters: Intel says it will join Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip complex project along with SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla to help produce processors for robotics and data centers Intel (INTC.O
Decorated Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith charged with killing 5 unarmed Afghans during war
Australia's most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, faces war crime charges on allegations he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 and 2012, police and media reported on Tuesday.
Major national security vulnerability exposed as DHS reveals how relatives of terror architect allowed into US
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it had discovered "significant national security and public safety risks" in U.S. vetting processes, calling the system "wholly inadequate," just days before two relatives of slain terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani were taken into custody in Los Angeles.The arrests of Soleimani’s niece, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, and grandniece, Sarinasadat Hosseiny, left many asking how close family associates of one of the most well-known terrorists in ...
Google adds Gemini crisis features amid lawsuit over user's suicide
Google on Tuesday announced updates to the mental health safeguards on its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot, as the company faces a wrongful death lawsuit alleging the chatbot aided a user in hi
'SNL' star Chloe Fineman faces backlash after revealing she pantsed a 6-year-old boy as a camp counselor
"Saturday Night Live" star Chloe Fineman is facing backlash after she revealed in a Vanity Fair video that she pantsed a 6-year-old boy while working as a camp counselor during her teenage years.The video, titled "‘SNL’ Cast Test How Well They Know Each Other," started off with Fineman asking her "SNL" co-stars to guess which job she was fired from and later rehired by. Mikey Day, Sarah Sherman, Ashley Padilla, Jane Wickline and James Austin Johnson were in the video, brainstorming what Fineman'...
Chicago's deadly sanctuary madness is costing innocent Americans their lives
"Law and order" is not an abstract political slogan. Without it, you do not have a civilized society. When law and order breaks down, it is the innocent who pay the price first, whether they live on the South Side, Rogers Park or anywhere in Chicago that we call home. Without it, we do not have community. We have fear and chaos. Without it, we do not have justice. We have death and, in some cases, retaliation.I’m continuing on my Walk Across America. I was not in Chicago when I heard the news th...
‘Dark Matter’ Season 2 Sees Joel Edgerton Forced Back Into the Multiverse
Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Dayo Okeniyi, Oakes Fegley, and Amanda Brugel also star in the Apple TV sci-fi series, which returns August 28.
Aria Networks, which builds what it calls the world's first AI-native network to work with any AI chip, raised a $125M Series A from Sutter Hill and others
Juby Babu / Reuters: Aria Networks, which builds what it calls the world's first AI-native network to work with any AI chip, raised a $125M Series A from Sutter Hill and others Aria Networks said on
Vanderbilt heiress Belle Burden warns of financial 'red flags' she missed during marriage to hedge fund exec
Belle Burden is issuing a warning based on the "red flags" she experienced in her marriage.Burden, a Vanderbilt heiress whose new book, "Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage," details her bitter divorce from hedge fund executive Henry Davis, ignored several issues in her marriage, and she's detailing some big ones in a new interview.During an appearance on the "Financial Tea with Mrs. Dow Jones" podcast, the author described the way Davis handled the couple's money. She explained that she gave up her...
ASUS ZenBook A16 review: A surprisingly light and powerful 16-inch ultraportable
I went into 2025 incredibly amped to review ASUS's 2.2-pound ZenBook A14, only to be disappointed by the lackluster performance of its Snapdragon X chip. I'm still a bit heartbroken, to be honest. But now ASUS is back with a revamped A14 and a larger 16-inch ZenBook A16, both of which sport new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chips. The A16 is slightly heavier at 2.6 pounds and 2.9 pounds, but it still competes with LG’s Gram Pro 16. And thanks to Qualcomm's new hardware, it's actually speedy enough...
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Foldable Apple iPhone Hits Engineering Snags, Raising Risk Of Delays; Odds Of 2027 Release 80% Apple is about 8 years late to the foldable smartphone space, with Samsung's Galaxy Fold released in October 2018. Now, Tim Cook's big launch of Apple's first foldable smartphone could face "delays in its mass production and product shipment schedule," according to new Nikkei Asia sources deep within the handset supply chain. Supply chain sources told the Japanese business outlet that the...
WrestleMania 42 card revealed as main events and major matches are set
The WrestleMania 42 card was announced on Tuesday with only a few days left before the two-night spectacle takes place in Las Vegas at Allegiant Stadium.Three major matches have already stood out to WWE fans as the buildup for them has taken weeks. Cody Rhodes will defend the Undisputed WWE Championship against Elimination Chamber winner Randy Orton, CM Punk will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Royal Rumble winner Roman Reigns and two behemoths – Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi – wil...
Astronomers Found the Closest Thing Yet to the Universe’s First Stars
The pristine star formed outside the Milky Way and later drifted into our galaxy.
GoDaddy integrates Cloudflare's AI Crawl Control into its hosting platform, enabling site owners to block, permit, or possibly monetize automated crawler access
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Huge paper warehouse burns in Ontario, collapsing roof, forcing firefighters to retreat
A warehouse filled with Kimberly Clark paper products grew into a huge fire Tuesday morning.
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Roof collapses, firefighters retreat as massive paper warehouse goes up in flames
A warehouse filled with Kimberly Clark paper products grew into a huge fire Tuesday morning.
Some cruise ports raising red flags for vacation travelers
→ Before booking that shore excursion, there's a growing list of cruise ports raising safety concerns.→ Americans face new warnings and steeper fees at a once-popular Red Sea escape.→ A new study finds older airline passengers may slow emergency evacuations due to mobility and reaction time limits.→ A cruise line is adding fuel surcharges to some sailings as rising oil prices raise concerns about broader industry fees.→ A familiar tipping move could create awkward moments abroad, according to se...
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Trump Warns "A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight"; State-Linked Media Says 'All Diplomatic Comms With US Suspended'
Trump Warns "A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight"; State-Linked Media Says 'All Diplomatic Comms With US Suspended' Summary: Kharg Island heavily bombed in preparation for potential US Marine/Special Forces ground siezure. Israel has begun attacking Iran's railway infrastructure, telling civilians to not take trains, cancelations across country. IRGC still defiant - announces new retaliatory attacks on petrochemical plants in eastern Saudi Arabia. Iran's ...
Natter, an AI platform for large-scale video conversation insights, raised a $23M Series A led by Renegade Partners and says it grew revenue 5x in 2025
Chris Metinko / Axios: Natter, an AI platform for large-scale video conversation insights, raised a $23M Series A led by Renegade Partners and says it grew revenue 5x in 2025 Natter, which uses AI t
