Millions of fish tested Canada's largest nuclear plant. The incident points to a growing climate risk
A freak fish event that 'challenged reactor safety' at Canada's largest nuclear plant shows why the nuclear energy governments are relying on to fight climate change must also become more resilient to it.
Frank Stronach faces sentencing hearing on indecent assault conviction
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'Blood is on our hands': Haitian honour student's death sparks outcry over ICE ankle monitors
Pierre Damas Bel fled Haiti and came to the U.S. with a dream of becoming a neurosurgeon. But after U.S. immigration authorities fitted the 20-year-old university student with an ankle monitor, he felt he was "treated like an animal" and died weeks later when he walked into highway traffic.
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OpenAI reveals six new cases of AI misbehavior, vows transparency
Company reveals six new incidents, including AI citing its own online source.
West Virginia woman charged in death of ill husband she left on toilet for 19 hours
A West Virginia woman is accused of leaving her frail and ailing husband on the toilet for 19 hours, an act investigators say contributed to his death.Margaret Rog, 75, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the death of her 76-year-old husband. She was charged with abuse or neglect of an incapacitated adult.Authorities allege Rog had left her husband, who suffers from dementia, Alzheimer’s and legal blindness, on the toilet overnight last month, leading to serious health conditions that con...
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PitchBook: companies developing brain-computer interfaces have already raised more than $1B in 2026, compared with $1.56B in the previous four years combined (Financial Times)
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Google Research Introduces Retrieve-for-Train (R4T): An RL-Compiled Diffusion Retriever for 12× to 20× Faster Query Fan-Out
Google Research has introduced Retrieve-for-Train (R4T), a framework for search that returns coherent, diverse result sets. It trains a fan-out language model with RL once, using groundedness, diversi
An iOS 27 bug can temporarily freeze your iPhone
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Huawei plans to launch the Ascend 960DT AI chip in Q1 2027 and the 960PR in Q3 2027, and says its UnifiedBus tech is key to its next-generation large AI systems (Reuters)
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20 states sue to block Trump admin rule that would make it harder for immigrants to obtain visas, green cards
More than 20 states are suing the Trump administration over a new Department of Homeland Security rule that would give immigration officials wider discretion in determining what constitutes a public charge, a statute that allows the government to deny visas or green cards to applicants it determines are likely to become dependent on government assistance.The rule, which is set to take effect on Friday, would expand the list of possible government aid that officials could point to when deciding t...
Google, Nvidia, and Emerald AI launch the AI Energy Management Alliance to advance data centers that dynamically adjust electricity use based on grid conditions
Amy Harder / Axios: Google, Nvidia, and Emerald AI launch the AI Energy Management Alliance to advance data centers that dynamically adjust electricity use based on grid conditions A new coalition l
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Iceland-based Treble raises $18 million for its voice simulation platform
Treble's voice simulation platform is used by voice AI model developers, AI wearable, and robotics companies
Sources: Emulate, a month-old UK AI startup founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, is in advanced talks to raise as much as $700M at a $3.7B valuation (Financial Times)
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Legal LLM Hallucination Should Be Evaluated as Failure of Legal Warrant
arXiv:2609.17546v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this position paper, we argue that legal LLMs' hallucinations should be evaluated as a failure of legal warrant rather than as factual inaccuracy or
Large Language Models Versus Physicians in Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Real-World Clinical Case Evaluation
arXiv:2609.17544v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being explored for clinical applications, yet their assessment for real-world traditional Chinese medicine
Register Bias in Complexity-Based Large Language Model Routing
arXiv:2609.17542v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language model services increasingly route each query to one of several models of differing capability, using a cheap estimate of query complexity
From Pixels to Pairs: A Comprehensive Benchmark of LLM-Based Key-Value Extraction in Noisy Document Settings
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Relation Before Entity: Deferred Commitment in Language Model Factual Recall
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DANTINOX: A Unified Framework for Multi-Paradigm Language Modeling
arXiv:2609.17535v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Language generation research increasingly spans three paradigms: autoregressive decoding, discrete masked diffusion, and continuous flow-matching. Compa
Faking Good and Faking Bad in LLMs: Response Distortion Across Dark Triad Personality Traits
arXiv:2609.17534v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Social desirability and impression management are pervasive sources of response distortion in human personality assessment, yet their effects on Large L
Enhancing Extubation Failure Prediction with LLM-Derived Features from Respiratory Therapy Clinical Notes
arXiv:2609.17532v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Invasive mechanical ventilation is a lifesaving therapy, but timely, safe discontinuation is essential to preventing extubation failure (EF) and related
Reflect, Revise, Reuse: Training-Free Skill Evolution for GUI Agents
arXiv:2609.17653v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: GUI agents execute long-horizon tasks on dynamic graphical user interfaces, where pop-ups, delayed loads, and relocated widgets routinely invalidate pla
When the Gradient Sees Rank: Provable Necessity, Causal Recruitment, and Composition in Trained Matrix Memories
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Disentangling Algorithmic Bias from Archival Artifacts: A Controlled Audit of Vision-Language Model Valuation in Metropolitan Museum Archives
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A Systematic Evaluation of the COTQ Provincial Land Cover Product: Structural Consistency, Spectral Separability, and Relative Positioning Against ESA, ESRI, and Google Products
arXiv:2609.17731v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: High-resolution land use and land cover (LULC) products derived from Sentinel-2 imagery are widely used for environmental monitoring and land management
GraphEcho: Structural Redundancy and Evidence Provenance in LLM Graph Agents
arXiv:2609.17695v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A large language model (LLM) agent can follow more graph paths without acquiring more independent evidence. GraphEcho tests whether agents mistake these
Physics-Constrained Digital Twins for Sensor Integrity in Urban Pedestrian Flow: Detecting Stealthy False Data Injection with Conformal Guarantees
arXiv:2609.17635v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: City pedestrian counting systems now feed economic indicators, planning decisions and safety operations, yet the twins built on top of them treat the in
EvolveTrade: Experience-Driven Policy Refinement for Self-Evolving LLM Trading Agents
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Making AI-Assisted Claims Independently Challengeable: Publication Authority and a Protocol for Falsifiable Publication Records
arXiv:2609.17631v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI-assisted claims can appear authoritative when evidence, analysis, human authorization, presentation, and correction history refer to different states
On Time! GNOME 51 Arrives With a Set of Improvements You Shouldn't Miss
GNOME is still the initial desktop environment for most people who step into the world of Linux, trying their first distribution. I say that because the mainstream picks like Ubuntu and Fedora Workstation both ship it by default, bringing new users directly into the GNOME ecosystem.While we are seeing a rise in adoption for dynamic tiling window managers like Hyprland, conventional desktop environments like this one are still a daily driver pick for many.Now, a fresh release, GNOME 51, has arriv...
Your startup’s next teammate might be an AI agent: Gusto, Insight Partners, and Leland explain what that changes at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
This session will explore how early-stage companies are building teams where humans and AI agents work alongside each other and how founders can do that without sacrificing speed, accountability, or
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US again denies Palestinian leader Abbas visa to attend UN assembly
Washington cited the PLO and PA's failure to reform and support peace.
WATCH: Handcuffed inmate breaks free, punches deputy in wild courthouse escape attempt
Wild courthouse video appears to show a newly sentenced Ohio man slipping out of his handcuffs, punching a bailiff and making a desperate run for the exit before deputies stopped his escape.Timothy J. Reaggle, 20, of Wellsville, allegedly attacked two Columbiana County Sheriff's Office deputies Monday shortly after learning he would spend a year in prison in a separate case, according to local reports.Columbiana County Sheriff Brian McLaughlin told WFMJ that both deputies suffered broken bones b...
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Harry set for UK public outings with security, royal status hazy
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Sam Leavitt injury bombshell sends LSU-Ole Miss showdown into chaotic mode, as Kiffin's return looms
Just when you thought the upcoming showdown between LSU and Ole Miss could not get any crazier, the initial SEC availability report was released on Wednesday night with Sam Leavitt on it.As the mood began to shift on Wednesday night around Oxford, with tension starting to increase around town ahead of Saturday's game, there was an audible gasp that could probably be felt from living rooms across the country.If you were looking for additional drama between the Rebels and Tigers, it was Lane Kiffi...
Do Snap’s Beefy AR Glasses Actually Bend Your Ears?
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Open-weight model developer Arcee AI reaches $1B-plus valuation with new funding
Open-weight artificial intelligence model developer Arcee AI Inc. said today it has raised an undisclosed amount of cash in a new funding round that lifts its valuation to more than $1 billion. The Se
Clock controversy: NCAA says officials botched replay protocol in Michigan's win over Western Michigan
Turns out, had the officials followed the correct protocol during the highly-controversial finish to the Western Michigan versus Michigan game earlier this month, the Wolverines would currently have a loss on their record.The ending of what was one of the wildest games of the season remains a major talking point nearly three weeks after Michigan won on a second Hail Mary attempt in the final seconds of its season opener.Should the Wolverines have been awarded an additional second on the clock? T...
Democrat candidate seen sobbing, praying in patrol car after DUI arrest: Video
Washington state Democrat Krista Perez, who is running for a state House seat, was seen on police video admitting to drinking wine, declining field sobriety tests and begging to go home before praying and crying in the back of a patrol car after her DUI arrest.Perez finished first in last month's primary in the 29th Legislative District, Position 1, and will face incumbent state Rep. Melanie Morgan, also a Democrat, in November, as the top two candidates advance to the general.Tacoma Police said...
Plane passengers scream in harrowing mid-flight video as violent shaking sends cabin ceiling panels flying
Video captured an Iranian flight descending into chaos Tuesday as sudden, violent shaking appeared to tear apart the plane's cabin, causing overhead compartments and ceiling panels to collapse onto passengers.The incident happened during a Sepehran Airlines Boeing 737 flight over Iran that departed from Mashhad for Kermanshah, according to Jam Press.According to the outlet, the aircraft may have suffered engine damage and a tire blowout during takeoff.During the chaos, the plane's cabin appeared...
Old friends reunite in seniors' home after 76 years | The Moment
Jennifer Baker and Juliette Dimascio tell The National about the moment their mother, Dot McIver, reunited with her school friend Olga Callbeck in the hallway of her seniors' home in Summerside, P.E.I., 76 years after they'd last seen each other.
AWS says it can't restore some data stored exclusively in data centers across Bahrain and one UAE availability zone after Iranian drone strikes in the spring
Omar Abdel-Baqui / Wall Street Journal: AWS says it can't restore some data stored exclusively in data centers across Bahrain and one UAE availability zone after Iranian drone strikes in the spring —
U.S. denies visas to Palestinian delegation for 2nd year in a row for UN assembly in New York
The Trump administration has denied visas for a high-level Palestinian delegation to attend an annual meeting of world leaders at the United Nations for the second year in a row.
Macklemore donates $1M to Palestinian aid organizations after Ed Sheeran tour fallout
Macklemore announced that he is donating the $1 million he earned opening for Ed Sheeran's U.S. tour to organizations providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians, prompting a public response from New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.On Monday, the 43-year-old rapper was dropped from Sheeran's "Loop Tour" after he repeatedly called for a "Free Palestine" and performed his anti-Israel song "Hind’s Hall" during his opening act at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Sept. 4 and 5.Mac...
Kevin Stefanski 'not ruling anybody out' as injuries to Cooper Rush, Tua Tagovailoa cloud Falcons' QB plans
Atlanta Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski offered little clarity this week on the team’s murky quarterback situation ahead of a Week 2 home game against NFC South rival Carolina Panthers.Stefanski told reporters Wednesday that he is "not ruling anybody out." His comments came as Cooper Rush, who replaced an injured Tua Tagovailoa in the Falcons’ season-opening loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, participated fully in practice after dealing with a back issue four days earlier.Rush finished the 20-13 los...
‘Be Transparent Only If Asked’: OpenAI Models Acted Out in Six Newly Disclosed Ways
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OpenAI unveils new framework for reporting 'AI misalignment' as it reveals six more worrying incidents
OpenAI Group PBC today disclosed six new “concerning” incidents involving artificial intelligence agents behaving badly again. The agents made up data, moved files onto the public internet without per
Maryland family speaks out after ‘4-foot-long’ rabid beaver attacks 13-year-old boy
The family of a 13-year-old boy who was viciously attacked by a rabid beaver in Maryland has spoken out about the incident, describing the animal as a massive, four-foot-long adult.The July 26 incident was the first of three rabid beaver attacks that prompted Cunningham Falls State Park in Frederick County to close, according to the family's GoFundMe. The teen was identified as Dominick Cebula by WUSA 9.Dominick was swimming and looking at fish underwater in a designated area when the beaver sud...
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The Sun May Have Swallowed a Planet
New research suggests that some unusual characteristics of the Sun may be explained if it swallowed a large planet sometime during the Solar System’s formation.
Ed Sheeran reportedly donating $2M to 'aid in the region' amid Macklemore fallout
The billionaire stadium owner who allegedly led efforts to remove Macklemore as Ed Sheeran’s opening act over his pro-Palestinian comments onstage is now donating $2 million US in aid to "the region."
Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski say separation is 'right move' for family after nearly 10 years of marriage
Amanda Seyfried and her husband of nine years have called it quits.Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski issued a joint statement to People, sharing that they have been separated "for a while" and filing for divorce is what's right for their family."We have been separated for a while, and it’s proven to be the right move for us and our family unit. We’ve got each other forever and it’s GOOD," Sadoski and Seyfried said.ACTRESS AMANDA SEYFRIED SAYS SHE'S ‘NOT F---ING APOLOGIZING’ FOR CHARLIE KIRK POST CALLI...
Snap tries to make the case again for its $2,200 smart glasses
Since Specs' debut earlier this year, Snap has clearly been looking for an opportunity to explain why the smart glasses deserve to exist.
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Why CPI Ignores Homes, Stocks, And The Cost Of Getting Ahead
Why CPI Ignores Homes, Stocks, And The Cost Of Getting Ahead Authored by Karl-Friedrich Israel via The Daily Economy, The median-priced home in America now costs $440,600, while the median household earns roughly $84,000 a year. That gap has left a growing share of Americans priced out of buying altogether, while those who already own homes and hold stocks have watched their wealth compound. The renter-owner wealth gap is now the widest on record. Meanwhile, equity markets keep set...
Nunchux AI Introduces VC-Attention: A Training-Free Low-Bit Attention Kernel That Speeds Up Video Diffusion Transformers
Nunchux AI has released VC-Attention, a training-free low-bit attention kernel built for video Diffusion Transformers (DiTs). It targets 2 problems at once: value quantization error and a slow softmax
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Woman Admits to Fraudulent $750,000 Claim From Epstein Victims Fund
Jennifer Percival pleaded guilty to wire fraud, acknowledging that she altered a letter that denied her compensation from a victims’ fund and submitted it to a second fund.
Travis Kelce among pro athletes defrauded by Ponzi scheme that funneled funds into one stock
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, 36, was officially identified as a victim in a $35 million Ponzi scheme run by a Texas fund manager.During a Tuesday sentencing hearing in a St. Louis federal courtroom, prosecutors named Kelce among those defrauded by 38-year-old Siddharth Jawahar.Jawahar operated Swiftarc Capital LLC, an investment firm that collapsed into a federal wire fraud investigation.HALL OF FAME RECEIVER TERRELL OWENS ACCUSES LONGTIME MANAGER OF 'STEALING' FROM HIM: 'LIAR AND ...
Dem insurgent turns on the charm with party establishment as Schumer leaves bitter feud hanging
Michigan’s insurgent progressive Senate nominee ran as far as he could from Washington, D.C., but, on Wednesday, he traveled to the nation’s Capitol for a closed-door meeting with top Democratic brass as the race for power intensifies.Abdul El-Sayed met with top Senate Democrats just hundreds of yards away from Congress, where lawmakers and the wunderkind candidate huddled to discuss his campaign and how to keep Michigan blue.Many left boasting that the Wolverine State would not turn a shade of ...
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Some California cars will get to skip smog checks. What to know about Jay Leno's Law
Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Jay Leno's Burbank garage to sign SB 1392, a new bill that expands smog check exemptions for certain collector cars.
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More cruising ahead for classic cars thanks to Jay Leno's new smog check law
Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Jay Leno's Burbank garage to sign SB 1392, a new bill that expands smog check exemptions for certain collector cars.
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Bill Gates Calls For Globalist Crackdown On AI
Bill Gates Calls For Globalist Crackdown On AI Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Bill Gates has a new emergency. With the climate apocalypse no longer selling, the Microsoft co-founder is touring the press circuit warning that artificial intelligence is an "alien intelligence," that no government on earth is ready for it, and that the only fix is an international organization to police the technology. President Trump has already rejected the pause. The left, the globa...
Canada is investing $150M to make AI safer. Will it work?
The federal government is investing $150 million in LawZero, a Montreal-based non-profit working to build a new kind of AI model. Germany is providing an additional 100 million euros. The funding comes amid new, high-profile warnings from AI leaders about existential risks from cutting-edge models.
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Federal judge limits immigration arrests without a warrant in Southern California
A Los Angeles federal judge has ordered immigration agents to stop making civil arrests without a warrant unless they first determine that a person is likely to escape before one can be obtained.
Anthropic brings Cowork directly inside Claude's chat interface
Anthropic PBC said today it’s trying to make life simpler for its customers by merging its regular chatbot Claude with its agentic artificial intelligence tool Claude Cowork. The merger, which went in
Al Gore says the real AI risk isn't data centers
In an interview with TechCrunch, Al Gore suggested he isn't losing sleep over AI data center emissions he's more worried about the AI industry's own warnings about where the technology is headed.
Al Gore says the real AI risk isn't data centers it's what industry leaders are warning about
In an interview with TechCrunch, Al Gore suggested he isn't losing sleep over AI data center emissions he's more worried about the AI industry's own warnings about where the technology is headed.
Al Gore says the real AI risk isn’t data centers it’s what industry leaders are warning about
In an interview with TechCrunch, Al Gore suggested he isn't losing sleep over AI data center emissions he's more worried about the AI industry's own warnings about where the technology is headed.
Meet Dyson's New Robot Vacuum Line: The Dyson Nurovi Line (2026)
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Snap’s AR Glasses Let You Take Snapchat Pics by Snapping Your Fingers
And a cellular charging case so you don't have to rely on Wi-Fi.
Snap Specs Hands-On: Dorky, Fun, and Potentially Too Ambitious
AR glasses are as exciting as ever, but even the best pair out there might have a few kinks to iron out.
Snap introduces a standalone AI assistant, Specs Intelligence
The new assistant works with the company's new AR glasses, but will also have its own mobile and desktop apps.
Snap Specs hands on: Standalone AR glasses are here
The glasses come with AR apps that actually feel useful, but is that enough to get people excited for the $2,195 device?
Here’s What Snap’s Expensive Specs Can Actually Do
Snap thinks its chunky, pricey smart glasses are the future of human computing, powered by a new AI app and features that do everything from translating languages to improving your golf swing.
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Vance Seeks To Assure Trump Base Iran War Entering "Much Different Phase"
Vance Seeks To Assure Trump Base Iran War Entering "Much Different Phase" Vice President JD Vance - who was said to have opposed launching Operation Epic Fury from the beginning - has issued some fresh statements on the future of the Iran conflict which sound a bit off-rampy. He could just be voicing his own wishful thinking, however, in proclaiming the conflict will soon enter "a much different phase" in the coming months. He still conceded that ultimately it's the Commander-in-Ch...
Ex-Infosys chief Vishal Sikka's Hang Ten raises $53M more for enterprise AI services
Enterprise artificial intelligence services startup Hang Ten Systems Inc. today announced it has raised $53 million in a second seed round, less than three months after announcing its first. Hang Ten
The US House advances the Ratepayer Protection Act, aimed at preventing data center-related utility costs from being passed on to consumers, by a vote of 417-3
Justin Papp / CNBC: The US House advances the Ratepayer Protection Act, aimed at preventing data center-related utility costs from being passed on to consumers, by a vote of 417-3 The House on Wedne
Christian Pulisic and Megan Moroney dating rumors heat up again after singer spends time in Italy
Earlier this summer (and yes, it is still summer for a few more days), USMNT star Christian Pulisic was spotted with Megan Moroney in Nashville while recovering from the ankle injury that ended his World Cup earlier than the rest of his team.Prior to being seen with the country music star at Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row on Broadway, he had taken his cousin to one of her shows. You add that they follow each other on social media, and you have enough for a solid rumor.At the time, I asked all the ...
How to Use AI Agents to Prepare 3D Scenes for Simulation
Agentic AI workflows can be used to prepare and validate digital twins for physical AI systems. Agents can inspect 3D scenes, author simulation-relevant data in...
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Mercury is Shrinking, But Faster Than Previously Thought
The rough, impact-debris-covered surface of Mercury has hidden the true rate at which Mercury has been shrinking, which scientists previously underestimated by 30%
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Charlie Kirk’s family alleges security failures contributed to his death
Kirk's family have taken initial steps to file a lawsuit against the state of Utah.
Young newlyweds killed after boat collides with water taxi and sinks in Venice lagoon
A pair of young newlyweds were killed in an accident involving a water taxi in Venice just three months after they were married. Gabriella Querino, 26, and Sean Michieli, 25, were killed Saturday morning in a collision involving a 5-ton water taxi, Jam Press reported.The couple was in a boat that had departed from Burano, an island in the Venetian Lagoon, about 6 miles northeast of central Venice.BELOVED CRUISE SPOT WILL BE OFF LIMITS THROUGH 2027 AS SAFETY CONCERNS LINGERThey had set out to col...
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TikTok Mob Now Stalks Clancy Holdout Juror's Family
TikTok Mob Now Stalks Clancy Holdout Juror's Family Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, The same online machine that turned a confessed child killer into a cause has a new target. After hanging Lindsay Clancy's murder trial, the lone holdout juror's family says TikTok extremists have them trapped indoors, leaving notes at his mother's house and refusing to let them live in peace. The juror's brother told the New York Post that the family's life has been flipped over sin...
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Buckingham Palace denies Earl Spencer’s claims about Charles after Diana’s death
Telegraph: Palace rarely responds to allegations but reacted quickly to Diana claim.
Gavin Newsom blames Trump for housing costs using chart showing massive increase under Biden
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom faced backlash Tuesday after taking a swipe at President Donald Trump for high housing costs, using a chart showing a massive cost spike during the Biden administration.On his X account, Newsom, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, shared a post reporting that U.S. homes are "now the most unaffordable in history," along with a graph showing the income needed to qualify for a median-priced home from 2005 to 2026."Great work, @realDonaldTrump!" Newsom wr...
Lawmakers say they are standing at the gates against 'Trojan horses' promoting malign foreign interests
WASHINGTON, D.C. In a series of exclusive interviews with Fox News Digital, lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee sounded the alarm on a sprawling network of "Trojan horse" activists, nonprofits and social media influencers allegedly amplifying the hostile messages of foreign adversaries straight through the open gates of American democracy.The warning came into sharp focus Tuesday when CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin and two fellow activists walked into House Rayburn 2172 for a he...
Skid Row forgeries, illegal votes and a mayoral candidate: Election fraud cases pile up nationwide
The Trump administration continues to crack down on voter fraud cases, including a noncitizen who allegedly voted in a mayoral race he was fraudulently registered for and a noncitizen arrested for lying about her citizenship to vote in federal elections.These allegations span a slate of federal election-related cases highlighted by the Justice Department in recent days, adding to a series of prosecutions targeting noncitizen voting, fraudulent voter registrations and other alleged election-relat...
Japanese company develops a humanoid robot 'ambulance' for on-the-spot repairs
It turns out that breaking down at work isn't a uniquely human experience.
Noetive launches with $41M to bring self-improving AI to factories and logistics
Industrial artificial intelligence startup Noetive formally launched today with $41 million in seed funding. Its software learns how a factory floor or a freight operation runs day to day, and the com
First data center bill clears House as both parties scramble for answers on affordability
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (RPA), a bill that looks to shield communities from higher energy electricity and grid infrastructure costs associated with data center development.The bill, which succeeded with broad bipartisan support in a 417-3 vote, is likely one of the last pieces of legislation lawmakers will consider until after the Nov. 3 midterm elections. It also puts a spotlight on the data center issue, which has garnered attention as...
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LAUSD faces tough choices: Which schools to close, update or rebuild as enrollment dives
As LAUSD enrollment drops, district officials face tough choices over school closures and how to prudently spend billions in voter-approved bond funds.
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DOJ Uses Never-Before-Used Terror Court to Deport Afghan Woman Over Election Day ISIS Plot
DOJ Uses Never-Before-Used Terror Court to Deport Afghan Woman Over Election Day ISIS Plot The Justice Department has used a national-security court that sat unused for three decades to deport an Afghan woman from the United States who supported an ISIS-inspired plot to carry out a mass shooting on Election Day in 2024. AG Todd Blanche On Friday, officials announced that Nazira Haji Zada, 47, a permanent resident from Fort Worth, Texas, was kicked out from the country after admitti...
CADDi raises $114M at $1.2B valuation to bring manufacturing AI to North America
Manufacturing artificial intelligence startup CADDi Co. Ltd. today announced it has raised $114 million in new funding at a valuation of $1.2 billion. The company plans to use part of the money to exp
OpenAI discloses six new misalignment incidents since October, including models concealing mistakes, and announces a framework for reporting model misalignment (Axios)
Axios: OpenAI discloses six new misalignment incidents since October, including models concealing mistakes, and announces a framework for reporting model misalignment OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed s
OpenAI discloses six new AI safety incidents since October, including models concealing mistakes, and announces a new framework for reporting model misalignment (Axios)
Axios: OpenAI discloses six new AI safety incidents since October, including models concealing mistakes, and announces a new framework for reporting model misalignment OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed
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Who Aligns The Aligners? Brief Legal Thoughts On The "AI Safety" Fights To Come
Who Aligns The Aligners? Brief Legal Thoughts On The "AI Safety" Fights To Come Authored by Preston Byrne via Preston Byrne, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, has published an essay - We Must Pace The Frontier - in which he writes: I have worked on AI for the last twelve years because I believe it could dramatically raise the quality of human life. I've written often about these incredible benefits: I believe that AI could cure most major diseases in the next 5-10 years, greatl...
