Colombian military cargo plane crashes near Peru-Ecuador border, unknown number of casualties
A military cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, causing an undetermined number of casualties, the country's defence minister said.
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Passengers Braced for a Rough Landing Before Crash at LaGuardia
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More Than 230 Rescued As Devastating Flooding Continues To Hammer Hawaiian Islands
More Than 230 Rescued As Devastating Flooding Continues To Hammer Hawaiian Islands Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, It has been the worst flooding Oahu has seen in more than 20 years, and as of the morning of March 21, the torrential rains and rushing waters continue to flow across the mountainous island and the rest of the Hawaiian archipelago. The devastating milestone was announced on March 20 by Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, who said that damages could exceed $1 billio...
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Supreme Court Seems Skeptical Of State Law Allowing Late-Arriving Ballots
Supreme Court Seems Skeptical Of State Law Allowing Late-Arriving Ballots The U.S. Supreme Court on March 23 seemed skeptical of a Mississippi law that allows the state to count mail-in ballots received after Election Day in federal elections. The Epoch Times' Matthew Vadum reported that during oral arguments on March 23, Justice Samuel Alito seemed concerned about the possibility of fraud when “a big stash of ballots” that arrived late “radically flipped” an election. 🚨 BREAKING...
Our Favorite Budget Earbuds Are Literally $19
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Attacker Exploits Crypto Stablecoin for a $25 Million Payday
Resolv Labs was allegedly compromised by someone who got their hands on private AWS keys.
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Nuclear Fuel Supply Chain Advancing Rapidly As Leading Reactor Developer X-energy Files For IPO
Nuclear Fuel Supply Chain Advancing Rapidly As Leading Reactor Developer X-energy Files For IPO X-energy submitted a draft registration statement to the SEC for an initial public offering of its Class A common stock. The company intends to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker “XE.” X-energy has submitted a draft registration statement on form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to the proposed initial public offering of X-energy’s Class A common stock. X-ener...
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New Top Prosecutor Named in Embattled U.S. Attorney’s Office
Federal judges appointed Robert Frazer to run New Jersey’s U.S. attorney’s office, which has been in disarray over the past year because of uncertainty about who was in charge.
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Middle East conflict live updates: Trump shelves attack on power plants in stunning about-turn after ‘very good’ talks, which Iran denies
Trump said his administration was discussing with an unidentified 'top person' in Iran.
Quebec's housing tribunal rules no-pet clause in rental lease violates Charter rights
A recent ruling by Quebec’s housing tribunal has found the “no-pet” clause of a rental lease to be in violation of the province's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.
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Video: 'Green' rattlesnake can be a poppy field surprise. What to know before you sit for a selfie
The Mojave rattlesnake, often called a 'Mojave green,' is known to inhabit areas of the Antelope Valley, which is part the Western Mojave Desert.
World Series champ recalls terrifying near-drowning incident in Minnesota
Houston Astros star Carlos Correa detailed a harrowing ordeal he and his son faced on a Minnesota lake last summer.Correa and his 3-year-old son were swimming in Lake Minnetonka when his legs began to cramp up. With his son clinging to him, Correa noticed a buoy a few feet away and swam to it in a last-ditch effort to stay alive.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHe said he turned to God to help him through the strenuous time."’Lord, save me,’" he told MLB.com. "'I promise you tha...
Apple's WWDC 2026 is set for June 8-12
Apple announced that this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place from June 8-12. The company tends to be consistent with event timing, so it's no surprise that CEO Tim Cook will take the stage for the keynote on June 8, most likely at 1PM ET. Much of WWDC will take place online and will be free to attend, though there will be an in-person component for select developers, students and media at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. You'll be able to take in WWDC via the Appl...
‘Starfleet Academy’ Will End After Season 2
The latest 'Star Trek' show, which was renewed for its second season back in 2024, will now come to an end once it's released.
'Call a Boomer' payphones help cure loneliness, spark friendships across generations
Along a bustling sidewalk in Boston, a bright yellow payphone invites folks to "call a Boomer."Almost 3,000 miles away in Reno, Nevada, a nearly identical phone prompts residents of Sierra Manor – an apartment complex for seniors – to "Call a Zoomer." The goal is simple: to get strangers to talk to each other.The project, often referred to as simply "Call a Boomer," is the latest initiative from Matter Neuroscience, a New York-based company dedicated to mapping the "biomarkers of happiness."NEAR...
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Dramatic Footage Shows Air Canada Jet Colliding With Fire Truck At LaGuardia
Dramatic Footage Shows Air Canada Jet Colliding With Fire Truck At LaGuardia Summary: Air Canada Express Flight AC8646 collided with a fire truck late Sunday night at LaGuardia Airport The pilot and co-pilot were killed, while dozens of passengers were injured LaGuardia has remained closed since the crash, with flights not expected to resume until 1400 ET ATC audio suggests the controller may have been distracted by an earlier incident * * * Update on Air Can...
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Petrol prices have jumped more than 30% in some US states in two weeks
New York Times: Some drivers are filling up as a hedge against future higher prices.
Kendra Duggar, wife of 19 Kids and Counting's Joseph Duggar, arrested
Two days after the arrest of former 19 Kids and Counting star Joseph Duggar, an arrest warrant for his wife Kendra Duggar was also issued and served.
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Palantir Seen On "Golden Path" As Pentagon Moves To Make Maven Battlefield System A Program Of Record
Palantir Seen On "Golden Path" As Pentagon Moves To Make Maven Battlefield System A Program Of Record Palantir shares gained 4% by early afternoon trading after Reuters reported over the weekend that the Department of War plans to designate its Maven artificial intelligence system as an official program of record. Wall Street views this report as a bullish catalyst and a meaningful validation of Palantir's long-term role in military command-and-control AI software. Reuters cited a...
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Trump calls off Iran strikes and announces ‘very good’ talks
Trump says he ordered a five-day pause on strikes while secret talks continue.
Police investigating Alabama student Jimmy Gracey’s death pursue no charges as they await toxicology, autopsy
Spanish authorities investigating the death of a 20-year-old University of Alabama student who vanished after a night out with friends while on spring break in Barcelona are not currently pursuing criminal charges as officials await final toxicology results following a preliminary autopsy. James "Jimmy" Gracey disappeared after partying in the city’s popular Shoko nightclub early Tuesday morning. On Thursday, authorities pulled his body from the water in a nearby marina located just 500 feet awa...
Air Canada passenger says pilot 'did the best thing he could,' describes deadly impact
A passenger aboard the Air Canada jet that collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport Sunday night described the instant of the deadly runway impact, saying the pilot "did the best thing he could" in the moment.Jack Cabot, one of 72 people aboard the Air Canada Express flight, recalled "chaos" unfolding as the plane landed."As we were arriving, we came down really hard," he said. "We stopped really quickly and about two seconds later we had an absolute slam. Everybody was flying everywhere,...
Arborist rescues cat from 8-storey-tall tree in east Ottawa
Arborist Tyler Sirrs saw social media posts about a cat stuck for days in a tall tree in Orléans and decided to help. He described the rescue to CBC Ottawa Morning host Rebecca Zandbergen.
ICE Invades Airports Across the US
Agents from ICE are being deployed to over a dozen airports around the country, including New York, Atlanta, and Chicago.
Polymarket’s Coming-Out Party in Washington Was a Disaster
At the Polymarket pop-up in DC, attendees were supposed to be able to bet on geopolitical crises in real time with their friends. That didn’t happen.
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Top devs share their placeholder art to prove you don't need AI
Crimson Desert, a new action-adventure role-playing game developed by Pearl Abyss, won praise for its vast and beautiful scenery but some criticism for its indistinct worldbuilding and bland storytelling. That there'd be various examples of AI-generated artwork in it (I like one exquisitely nasty example of early-version Midjourney slop) is no surprise. Read the rest The post Top devs share their placeholder art to prove you don't need AI appeared first on Boing Boing.
LibreOffice is Adding a Donation Banner That Might Annoy Some Users
LibreOffice is the go-to for people who want a capable, no-nonsense office suite that does not phone home or push subscriptions in their face. It handles everything from text documents and spreadsheets to presentations and databases, and it does so without asking for money or peddling AI.Needless to say, keeping an open source project of this scale running is not free, even if the software itself is. The developers have now decided to make that point a little more obvious.What is it?The Document...
Norwegian startup Lace, which is building a form of lithography that uses a helium atom beam instead of light to create chip designs, raised a $40M Series A (Reuters)
Reuters: Norwegian startup Lace, which is building a form of lithography that uses a helium atom beam instead of light to create chip designs, raised a $40M Series A Lace, a Norway-headquartered chi
Polymarket is cracking down on insider trading with updated rules
Polymarket announced that it's taking insider trading more seriously. Seen in its latest press release, the prediction market updated its market integrity rules, specifically those concerning insider trading and market manipulation. While Polymarket is taking the initiative to update its rules, it's likely a response to the rise in suspicious bets, whether it's about the US capture of Nicolás Maduro or the release of a new product from OpenAI. As first reported on by Bloomberg, Polymarket is tar...
Maine Senate candidate cites combat trauma when confronted on 'terrible' posts about sexual assault
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner cited his combat deployments and struggling in the aftermath when confronted during an interview that aired Sunday about his past social media posts about sexual assault."I wonder, though, if you think how damaging this thing might be politically, because, I read those posts and, you know, they’re bad. Those posts are terrible," CNN's Manu Raju said.Gov. Janet Mills, who is running against Platner in the Democratic Senate primary, launched an ad campaig...
Former Biden spox complains easy Trump press access influences 'giddy' reporters
Former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki claimed easy press access to President Donald Trump could influence how "giddy" reporters cover him.On the "Pod Save America" Sunday, Psaki and host Dan Pfeiffer, a former Obama aide, discussed how easy it has been for reporters to speak with Trump on his personal phone. While Psaki said Trump interacting with the press was not bad "on its face," she took issue with how it could potentially "shade" interviews."I think the thing that is challenging or concer...
Illegal immigrant charged in college student’s murder hauled into court in latest arrest
The illegal immigrant accused of murdering a college student in Chicago has a criminal record and entered the U.S. under the Biden administration, according to officials.Twenty-five-year-old Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national, was arrested on Friday after he allegedly killed Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student in a shooting. A police source earlier told Fox News that the Thursday shooting was an apparent ambush, adding that the suspect was reportedly wearing some ki...
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I said I'd skip Marathon. I was wrong.
Yes, I know I boldly declared I was going to pass on Marathon the new extraction shooter from Halo and Destiny developer Bungie but I ask you to consider the power of peer pressure. All my friends were getting into it! Read the rest The post I said I'd skip Marathon. I was wrong. appeared first on Boing Boing.
Meta boss Zuckerberg reportedly builds personal AI agent and plans flatter hierarchies
Mark Zuckerberg is building a personal AI agent to help him run Meta. The company is reportedly planning massive job cuts. The article Meta boss Zuckerberg reportedly builds personal AI agent and plan
Trump delays Xi meeting as Iran conflict lets US strong-arm China’s oil supply
President Donald Trump’s decision to delay a planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping as the U.S.' conflict with Iran unfolds is raising a new question in Washington: whether pressure on global oil flows is factoring into U.S. leverage with Beijing. The summit originally had been planned for March 31 to April 2, but Trump said on March 16 that he had asked China to delay it by "a month or so," explaining, "We got a war going on. I think it’s important that I be here." The following day,...
Overcoming LLM hallucinations in regulated industries: Artificial Genius’s deterministic models on Amazon Nova
In this post, we’re excited to showcase how AWS ISV Partner Artificial Genius is using Amazon SageMaker AI and Amazon Nova to deliver a solution that is probabilistic on input but deterministic on out
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Live Updates: Audio Suggests Confusion Before Deadly LaGuardia Crash
A collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck killed the plane’s two pilots and injured dozens of people. Audio from the tower indicated that an air traffic controller appeared to be distracted by an earlier incident.
The New Live-Action ‘Moana’ Trailer Welcomes You to the Rock
Disney's latest 'reimagining' of one of its animated hits stars Catherine Lagaʻaia as Moana and Dwayne Johnson as Maui; it hits theaters July 10.
WNBA players vote to ratify 7-year collective bargaining agreement through 2032
WNBA players unanimously approved the new collective bargaining agreement on Monday with more than 90 per cent participating in voting over the weekend.
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Tit-for-tat strikes on Middle East’s oil factories and water plants would worsen the energy crisis
US has warned it could target Iranian power plants and Iran has vowed it would respond.
Judge blocks Trump from deporting Abrego Garcia to Liberia, extending legal standoff
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plans to deport Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the U.S. to a third country stopping, for now, the government's stated plans to swiftly remove him to the West African nation of Liberia.The temporary order from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis keeps in place two previous orders she issued blocking the Trump administration's efforts to deport Abrego Garcia from the U.S. for a second time to a third country. It com...
Megan Rapinoe praises Iranian women's soccer team's 'bravery' after facing criticism
Former U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe spoke out in support of the Iranian women’s soccer team amid the players’ trials and tribulations over the last few weeks while competing in Australia.The Iranian women’s soccer team was in Australia earlier this month to compete in the Women’s Asian Cup. Players were seen refusing to sing their country’s national anthem as the U.S. and Israel launched a joint military campaign on the Iranian regime. The players were dubbed "wartime traitors" by an Iranian b...
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Scambaiter hires two fake lawyers to fight each other in court
In the scambaiting game deliberately cooperating with scammers to waste as much of their time as possible money talks. Even fake money. All you have to do is mention offhand that you have a wealthy uncle or a thriving business and scammers will eat out of your hands for as long as you care to let them. Read the rest The post Scambaiter hires two fake lawyers to fight each other in court appeared first on Boing Boing.
Palantir executive says AI enabling rapid battlefield planning and high-speed US strike operations
AI-powered battlefield technology is enabling the U.S. and its allies to carry out military operations faster and more efficiently than ever before, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said Monday, pointing to the Iran conflict as evidence of a seismic shift in modern warfare."The planning that happened was done in a fraction of the time it would have taken in prior conflicts of this scale, and we accomplished more than twice as much per day of strikes," Sankar told "America's Newsroom.""How do you do 2,0...
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Trump Says No DHS Funding Without SAVE Act; Deploys ICE To Snarled Airports
Trump Says No DHS Funding Without SAVE Act; Deploys ICE To Snarled Airports Federal immigration agents on Monday showed up to several major airports to help TSA agents manage long lines amid a showdown over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Transportation Security Administration. The move comes after President Trump floated the idea over the weekend, which was echoed by border czar Tom Homan in a Sunday CNN interview. "President Trump is using...
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Trump sending ICE to airports to "help" TSA
Trump announced on Truth Social that ICE agents will be deployed to airports to "help" TSA screen passengers. The pretext: Democrats refused to fund DHS, leaving TSA short-staffed. Never mind that Customs and Border Protection agents already work at every international airport in the country and could have filled the gap without anyone noticing. Read the rest The post Trump sending ICE to airports to "help" TSA appeared first on Boing Boing.
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N.Y.U. Professors Go on Strike, Seeking Better Pay and Job Protections
About 950 full-time faculty members who are not on the tenure track walked out. The university told students that classes would continue.
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Major League Baseball can now call balls and strikes with 100% accuracy… but will only use the system in the most annoying way possible
The 2026 Major League Baseball season will be the first in which a computer will be used to determine balls and strikes. The strike zone has been redefined for this Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) system, to eliminate subjectivity. However, instead of simply using this technology, which allows MLB to set the strike zone with millimeter-level precision and enforce it with absolute consistency, to call all balls and strikes, it has decided to use it only sparingly, and in the most annoying way possib...
OpenSeeker's open-source approach aims to break up the data monopoly for AI search agents
With just 11,700 training data points and a single training run, the AI search agent OpenSeeker achieves results that rival solutions from Alibaba and others. Data, code, and model are all openly acce
Mask-free ICE agents begin patrolling US airports; Trump floats National Guard
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deployed to U.S. airports to help with TSA security lines beginning Monday.President Donald Trump advised Monday that the agents should not wear masks while on that assignment, adding he could bring in the National Guard to assist with airport chaos if needed."ICE was my idea," Trump told reporters on the tarmac before boarding Air Force One from West Palm Beach on Monday morning. "First person I called, Tom Homan, I said, what do you think? He said, I ...
'Neuron-freezing' technique can stop LLMs from giving users unsafe responses
Researchers have identified key components in large language models (LLMs) that play a critical role in ensuring these AI systems provide safe responses to user queries. The researchers used these ins
Shanann Watts' father says family faced years of 'evil' online hate after Chris Watts murders
Chris Watts’ 2018 guilty plea may have closed the legal case, but for Shanann’s family, the tragedy morphed into years of relentless online vitriol and defamation.Nearly eight years later, her relatives say they endured a persistent wave of online harassment they describe as cruel and unrelenting and fueled by true crime conspiracy theories."I never saw so much evil in this world. Towards us, towards other victims," Frank Rzucek, Shanann’s father, said in a new Fox Nation special. The new specia...
Robot plays tennis with humans in real time
A humanoid robot is now rallying tennis shots with a human in real time. It runs without a script or remote control, so it can react instantly on a tennis court.The robot stands about 4 feet tall, giving it a compact, human-like frame. Galbot Robotics released a video showing its robot going shot-for-shot with a human player. The system behind it is called LATENT and runs on the Unitree G1.And it is not just returning the ball. It is moving, adjusting and competing during live play.Sign up for ...
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Air Traffic Audio Appears to Show Tower Was Dealing With Incident Before Crash
Several minutes after the collision, a controller told the pilot of a Frontier jet that “we were dealing with an emergency earlier,” according to audio reviewed by The New York Times.
Newsom’s wife says evangelicals are ‘pulling us back as a country’ in resurfaced clip
A resurfaced interview with Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, is drawing attention online after she said that evangelicals are "pulling us back as a country."In a 2022 interview with journalist Elex Michaelson when he was working at a local Los Angeles station, Siebel Newsom discussed her documentary, "Fair Play." It was inspired by Eve Rodsky's book of the same name, which examines gender roles in the home.Siebel Newsom also discussed "redefining what pro-life is rea...
Interviews with Sundar Pichai and other Google executives on being blindsided by ChatGPT's launch, Gemini, Pichai's vision of useful AI everywhere, and more
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8 Horror Movies to Welcome Spring’s Arrival
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10 Best X (Twitter) Accounts to Follow for LLM Updates
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LG Sound Suite review: Dolby Atmos FlexConnect in a powerful package
The premise seems simple enough. LG promises that you can set its Sound Suite speakers anywhere and Dolby’s home theater tech will make them perform well. The soundbar, subwoofer and speakers don’t have to go in prescribed locations for the best results, which means you can place them where you need to and move them as you see fit. Of course, this all hinges on the reliability of the underlying tech and LG’s ability to make individual speakers that actually sound good. Like most premium soundba...
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Epstein Cover-Up Deepens; FBI Officers Raise Alarm
Epstein Cover-Up Deepens; FBI Officers Raise Alarm Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Fresh Justice Department files reveal a frantic document destruction operation at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan just days after Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death, adding fresh fuel to suspicions of elite protection and deep state obstruction. This latest bombshell, drawn from a Miami Herald analysis of thousands of pages in the Epstein files, fits the pattern of irregul...
Littlebird raises $11M for its AI-assisted ‘recall’ tool that reads your computer screen
Littlebird is building an AI that reads your screen in real time to capture context, answer questions, and automate tasks, without relying on screenshots.
Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way
Gimlet Labs just raised an $80 million Series A for tech that lets AI run across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, ARM, Cerebras and d-Matrix chips, simultaneously.
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The strait’s closure has revealed Hormuz for what it is - one of the world’s great bottlenecks
New York Times: World economy dependent on small number of regions at risk for shutdowns.
King Harold’s Legendary 200-Mile March ‘Never Happened,’ Study Suggests
“Only a mad general would force his army to go through that before a battle.”
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Amid Shortage Fears, ASP Isotopes Completes Drilling For Helium Project Ahead Of Schedule
Amid Shortage Fears, ASP Isotopes Completes Drilling For Helium Project Ahead Of Schedule Shortly after we posted a breakdown on the incoming helium supply disruption from Qatar for our premium subscribers, ASP Isotopes announced that they had completed the well drilling required for Phase 1 of the Renergen Helium Project approximately four months ahead of schedule. The achievement marks a key operational milestone at the Virginia Gas Project in South Africa, substantially reducing ...
AI can flag high-risk motorists before getting on the road, scientists say
Scientists at the University of Sharjah have developed a new machine learning model capable of predicting whether a driver is likely to be involved in an accident before getting behind the wheel. Road
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A mini arcade cabinet for Lenovo's gaming tablet
"Mini arcade"-type products tend to be rinky and "tablet dock" products tend to be dinky, but I think I like Lenovo's new mini arcade dock for its Legion Y700 Android tablet. It has an 8-direction joystick, 8 control buttons and five at the back of the panel, and a power switch. Read the rest The post A mini arcade cabinet for Lenovo's gaming tablet appeared first on Boing Boing.
Source: OpenAI is in talks to buy 5 GW of electricity by 2030 from Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion; Altman has stepped down as Helion's board chair
Ina Fried / Axios: Source: OpenAI is in talks to buy 5 GW of electricity by 2030 from Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion; Altman has stepped down as Helion's board chair OpenAI is in advanced t
Russian Spacecraft Glitches Out on Its Way to ISS
ISS astronaut may have to manually dock the cargo spacecraft if Roscosmos fails to troubleshoot the issue.
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OpenAI Lures Private-Equity Firms With 17.5% Guaranteed Returns As AI Rivals Race For Enterprise Deals
OpenAI Lures Private-Equity Firms With 17.5% Guaranteed Returns As AI Rivals Race For Enterprise Deals OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is offering private-equity firms a more generous financial package than rival Anthropic as the two artificial-intelligence companies court buyout shops to create joint ventures aimed at raising fresh capital and accelerating the rollout of enterprise AI products. To lure PE firms, OpenAI is promising investors a guaranteed minimum return of 17.5%, a...
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Key Events This Week: PMIs, Productivity And Consumer Sentiment
Key Events This Week: PMIs, Productivity And Consumer Sentiment As has become customary for Monday, we have seen a dramatic surge in risk assets (3rd Monday in a row) on what at least superficially appears to be de-escalation after Trump announced strikes against Iran's power plant would be delayed by 5 days as a result of talks with Iran, talks which at least Iran's domestic news sources have so far denied. And the market lurches from headline to headline, it feels somewhat trivia...
RCMP has failed to recruit enough police officers to meet operational needs: auditor general
The RCMP has not recruited enough new officers or effectively assigned its members to meet its operational needs raising concerns about public safety across the country, according to a new report from Canada's auditor general.
RCMP has failed to recruit enough police officers to meet operational needs: AG
The RCMP has not recruited enough new officers or effectively assigned its members to meet its operational needs raising concerns about public safety across the country, according to a new report from Canada's auditor general.
RCMP has failed to recruit enough police officers to meet operational needs: Auditor General
The RCMP has not recruited enough new officers or effectively assigned its members to meet its operational needs raising concerns about public safety across the country, according to a new report from Canada's auditor general.
LG Claims Its Latest Laptop Displays Save Nearly 50% Battery Life
A bigger battery isn't the only way to squeeze more hours out of laptops.
Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support
systemd is the init system and service manager that most major Linux distributions ship with by default. It boots the system, manages services, and has taken on more responsibilities over the years than a lot of people think it should. For some, running a distro that avoids it entirely is a feature.The project's latest move has not helped its reputation among the skeptics. Last week, developers merged a pull request adding a birthDate field to its user records, tied to age verification laws in C...
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seahawks agree to historic contract extension: reports
Jaxon Smith-Njigba played a pivotal role in the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl-winning run during the 2025 season, and on Monday, he got paid for his efforts.Smith-Njigba and the Seahawks agreed to a four-year, $168.6 million contract extension with $120 million guaranteed, according to multiple reports. He will now become the highest-paid receiver in NFL history with a $42.15 million annual average value of the contract.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe Seahawks selected Smith...
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Ikea's wall-mountable donut lamp would have 8,000 calories if it were real
Is the Varmblixt new? I think I saw it in the 1973 catalog. Maybe it was called the Svärjarehålorna then. Here it is again, then, or for the first time, Ikea is making a lamp in the shape of an enormous donut. Read the rest The post Ikea's wall-mountable donut lamp would have 8,000 calories if it were real appeared first on Boing Boing.
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"The Numbers Are Shocking": California Faces Scrutiny Over Hospice Fraud
"The Numbers Are Shocking": California Faces Scrutiny Over Hospice Fraud Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times, Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, posted an Instagram video this week detailing ongoing fraud among hospice and health care facilities in Los Angeles County. Investigations have focused on Los Angeles County, where officials said state regulators did little to stop fraud. Investigators believe that the start of the ...
Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion in talks with OpenAI
Helion is reportedly negotiating a deal that would see it sell 12.5% of its power output to OpenAI.
Ontario will make Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport 'special economic zone' as premier eyes expansion to allow jets downtown
Ford told reporters Monday that the province is taking over from the city because councillors aren't interested in modernizing the downtown airport. He said Ontario plans to use special legislation that would allow it to bypass laws while expanding the airport's runway to allow jets downtown.
Gaze Into the Haunting, Tiny Eyes of Lego Yoda
Seen some things, this Lego Yoda bust has.
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Are Strings Still Our Best Hope for a Theory of Everything?
Fifty-eight years after it first appeared, string theory remains the most popular candidate for the “theory of everything,” the unified mathematical framework for all matter and forces in the universe. This is much to the chagrin of its rather vocal critics. “String theory is not dead; it’s undead and now walks around like a zombie eating people’s brains,” the former physicist Sabine Hossenfelder… Source
How Autonomous AI Agents Become Secure by Design With NVIDIA OpenShell
Autonomous agents mark a new inflection point in AI. Systems are no longer limited to generating responses or reasoning through tasks. They can take action: Agents can read files, use tools, write and
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This Microsoft Surface SE is now 45% off
TL;DR: For just $179.99 (reg. $329) you can get your school-aged children this budget-friendly, education-optimized Microsoft Surface SE (2022) laptop. If you're looking for a laptop that doesn't require your entire paycheck to cover the costs, the Microsoft Surface SE (2022) might be perfect for you. Read the rest The post This Microsoft Surface SE is now 45% off appeared first on Boing Boing.
Causal Inference Is Eating Machine Learning
Your ML model predicts perfectly but recommends wrong actions. Learn the 5-question diagnostic, method comparison matrix, and Python workflow to fix it with causal inference. The post Causal Inference
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Live Updates: 2 Pilots Are Dead After Jet and Fire Truck Collide at LaGuardia Airport
The pilots of an Air Canada Express plane were killed and dozens of passengers and crew members were hospitalized, officials said. The airport was closed until at least 2 p.m., and hundreds of flights were canceled.
Your Home Could Soon Be Uninsurable If You’re in One of These States
Home insurance is buckling under climate risk and construction trends. Find out how your state fares.
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Black Hole Mergers Test the Limits of General Relativity
We can now use the gravitational waves of black holes to test general relativity and look for evidence of alternative theories of gravity.
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"Far-Right" AfD Party Makes Historic Gains In German State Elections
"Far-Right" AfD Party Makes Historic Gains In German State Elections Only a year ago, the AfD was the target of an orchestrated media smear campaign, not to mention leftist government attempts to ban the party from elections. The same tactics have been used to stifle conservative and nationalist movements across Europe, but these movements are proving to be resilient. The latest Le Pen success story in France's small town areas runs in tandem with the latest news from Germany. I...
Reddit Is Weighing Identity Verification Methods To Combat Its Bot Problem
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to verify a user is human and not a bot. When asked by the TBPN podcast how to confirm that it's a human using Reddit, Huffman responded with several verification methods with varying degrees of heavy-handedness. "The most lightweight way is with so...
Wheely, an on-demand chauffeur app, makes its US debut in NYC
When the Uber Black isn't premium enough, New Yorkers now have the option to call for a Wheely instead. Whimsical name aside, the London-based company is breaking into the US market by offering its chauffeur-hailing services to residents of New York City first, as first reported by Bloomberg. Think of it like Uber, but for business executives and VIPs who prefer better service and riding in Cadillacs and Mercedes. "New York has long been requested by our customers, whether that be New Yorkers wh...
OnlyFans Owner Dies of Cancer at 43
The billionaire entrepreneur Leonid Radvinsky led the company through its meteoric rise in the porn industry.
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Supreme Court To Decide If Federal Ballots Received After Election Day Are Counted
Supreme Court To Decide If Federal Ballots Received After Election Day Are Counted Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Supreme Court on March 23 will hear Mississippi’s appeal against a lower court ruling striking down its law counting ballots received after Election Day. The counting of ballots received after Election Day has become an increasingly contentious political issue in recent years. Those who support the practice say it is necessary to maximize pa...
ATM jackpotting attacks surge across the US
You swipe your card and enter your PIN. You grab your cash and head out the door. It feels routine and secure. Most of us never give it a second thought. However, some ATMs are quietly being turned into cash machines for criminals.The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently issued a cybersecurity alert about a rise in malware attacks targeting ATMs. These incidents are known as jackpotting attacks. In simple terms, hackers force machines to spit out money on command.The numbers are growing. Sin...
Supreme Court reverses lower court on qualified immunity for Vermont police sergeant who arrested protester
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Vermont state police sergeant is entitled to qualified immunity in a lawsuit brought by a protester who said she was injured when an officer used a wristlock to remove her from a sit-in at the state capitol.In an unsigned per curiam opinion, the court reversed the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Zorn v. Linton, holding that existing precedent did not clearly establish that Sgt. Jacob Zorn’s specific conduct violated the Constitution. "The Second Circ...
US soccer legend Landon Donovan opens up on mental health struggles, redefining success
Landon Donovan may be one of the most recognizable American men’s soccer players of all time.Donovan was a part of the 2002 World Cup that made it to the quarterfinals and helped them get out of the group stage in 2010 following a disappointing outing in 2006. He scored one of the most memorable goals in 2010 in extra time to put the U.S. over Algeria and advance to the knockout stage.With the highs that carried Donovan to newfound fame, there were also tremendous lows.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS...
Xbox lines up a Partner Preview showcase for March 26
Microsoft has locked in its second games showcase of the year. A Xbox Partner Preview stream will take place on March 26 at 1PM ET. It'll be available on the Xbox YouTube and Twitch channels. There'll be dedicated Twitch and YouTube streams with ASL interpretation, another featuring British Sign Language and one with audio descriptions in English on the main Xbox YouTube channel. The YouTube stream will be in 4K at 60fps (other channels are limited to 1080p) and have subtitle support for nearly ...
John Boyega Has Had Talks About a Potential ‘Star Wars’ Return
Plus, Drew Goddard won't say whether or not Keanu Reeves will return for 'Matrix 5'.
LaGuardia Airport Closed Following Fatal Crash Between a Jet and Fire Truck
The pilot and copilot of an Air Canada flight have died after colliding with a fire truck during landing.
