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Interstellar Travel V: Warp Drives, Wormholes, and Halo Drives
In our fifth installment, we explore the most exotic proposals for interstellar travel, including the Alcubierre Warp Metric, wormhole travel, the Halo Drive, and other truly advanced concepts.
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50 Survival Lessons From The Great Depression: The Horrifying Things Americans Did When Money, Jobs, and Hope Disappeared
50 Survival Lessons From The Great Depression: The Horrifying Things Americans Did When Money, Jobs, and Hope Disappeared Authored by John Walter via John Walter, We publish this piece in the August of 2026, as the machinery of global commerce groans and sputters, as hollow men in expensive suits speak of "corrections" and "adjustments" while families count pennies in dimly lit kitchens. The photograph you see above - those gaunt men hunched over bowls of thin soup, their eyes fixe...
AI training method reports stronger factuality scores in tests
An arXiv preprint reports that FARCA posted the highest listed scores across hallucination and mathematics benchmarks for Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct and Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct. The evidence is limited to thos
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LAPD releases video of officers beating handcuffed jail inmate who later died
The Los Angeles Police Department released a video that shows officers at Van Nuys Regional Jail manhandling an uncooperative inmate who died after he was left handcuffed with a hood over his head while lying prone on the bunk in his cell.
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US Looks To Revive 'Prize Courts' For Iranian Oil Seizures
US Looks To Revive 'Prize Courts' For Iranian Oil Seizures The US government is exploring an unusual legal route for dealing with Iranian oil and ships captured as part of its blockade: bringing back a wartime maritime system that has barely been used for generations, according to Bloomberg. The Justice Department, working with the Pentagon, is preparing to use prize law, which historically allowed courts to decide whether vessels and cargo captured during armed conflict could lega...
Study maps how people make sense of artificial intelligence
An exploratory study maps the language and ideas people use to make sense of AI, finding broad debates over development methods, the nature of AI systems and the pace of progress.
Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever go into FIBA World Cup break with big win over Connecticut
The WNBA is gearing up to press the pause button for a couple of weeks so players can compete in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, and before they could head to the tournament or on vacation, the Indiana Fever had a date with the Connecticut Sun.Caitlin Clark and company came into the game looking to continue their momentum after a 113-90 win over the Chicago Sky on Sunday, while the Sun were hoping to take what would be just their 11th win of the season.However, despite the rough season, C...
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China Ousts 4 Senior Military Commanders In Widening Purges
China Ousts 4 Senior Military Commanders In Widening Purges Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times, China has removed two top generals from its highest military command body and expelled two other senior commanders from a Communist Party-controlled legislature, as turbulence continues within the upper echelon of the country's armed forces. Gen. Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks at the opening of the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Qingdao...
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Spaceflight Leaves Heart Muscle Cell Strength Intact
Since the dawn of human space exploration, astronauts, scientists, and engineers have examined the short- and long-term effects of microgravity (often mistakenly called zero-gravity) on the human body. This includes the distribution of fluids to the upper body (called “puffy face”), an increase in height from the spine slightly extending, how solar and cosmic radiation impacts humans at the genetic level, and skeletal and muscle loss. However, arguably all these aspects pale in comparison to how...
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Brazil's Socialist President Sees Lead Disappear As Bolsonaro Heir Turns Presidential Election Into Coin Toss
Brazil's Socialist President Sees Lead Disappear As Bolsonaro Heir Turns Presidential Election Into Coin Toss Brazilian socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro are virtually tied as August comes to a close, according to UBS analysts citing new polling data, turning October's presidential election into a potential coin toss. A Bolsonaro victory would accelerate the eradication of left-wing rule across South America as the continent under...
Falcons QB Tua Tagovailoa booed by Dolphins fans as Miami pays price for failed relationship
As reunions go, Tua Tagovailoa’s return to South Florida as an Atlanta Falcon against his former Miami Dolphins teammates was not exactly a happy one.Dysfunctional is a better word for it.For six seasons, Tagovailoa and the Dolphins tried to make it work. They failed.DOLPHINS NOT GOING TO 'THROW IN THE TOWEL AND JUST REBUILD' BUT THAT COMES WITH HIGHER EXPECTATIONSTagovailoa was set back by some coaches who didn’t like him and injuries that too often overshadowed him, so he never reached his goa...
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The War Hawks' Predictions Have Aged Like Milk
The War Hawks' Predictions Have Aged Like Milk Authored by Nolan Denaro via Antiwar.com, When Donald Trump launched the Iran War on February 28, the usual suspects were in full support. From the moment the conflict ignited, many couldn't help but immediately express admiration for the president, saying that only a brave, noble, and strong leader would've had the courage to do what Trump did here. For weeks, we heard that this war was essential, that we would be better off as a resu...
Chris Sale turns back clock, hits triple digits and completes gem on emotional night in Braves sweep
Chris Sale, the 2024 National League Cy Young Award winner, had thrown 97 pitches through eight innings Thursday when he walked the length of the Atlanta Braves’ dugout, found manager Walt Weiss and made his intentions clear."This is mine," Sale declared.The left-hander needed just 12 more pitches to record the final three outs and complete a 1-0 shutout of the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in Atlanta. The victory capped a three-game sweep for the NL East-leading Braves, who be...
AI system checks optimization reformulations with proof certificates
A new computational study reports perfect benchmark accuracy for FLARE, a pipeline that turns mixed-integer optimization reformulations into Lean proof checks, while its faster natural-language proxy
WATCH: Wanted man escapes cops twice by running onto freeway, then walks into their Panda Express lunch
A wanted California man who twice escaped officers by running onto a freeway apparently ran out of luck when he unexpectedly walked into a Panda Express where the same officers were eating lunch, police said.Two attempts. Two escapes onto the freeway. Then came an unexpected third encounter.Officers with the Monrovia Police Department recognized the man when he entered the restaurant and quickly arrested him, ending a month-long effort to take him into custody on a no-bail felony probation warra...
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Missing man found dead just steps from Santa Barbara jail where he was held
A missing man who had been arrested for a DUI and released was quickly reported missing, only to be found dead a week later on a hillside near the Santa Barbara County Jail.
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Study Finds Gender Ideology Fuels Support For Left-Wing Political Violence
Study Finds Gender Ideology Fuels Support For Left-Wing Political Violence The Department of Health and Human Services commissioned a study that found a measurable link between accepting transgender ideology and supporting left-wing political violence. Surveillance footage provided in court filings shows Nicholas Roske at a gun shop on May 23, 2022 before attempted murder of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. (Photo: Justice Department) Researchers at Rutgers University, the Ma...
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Former acting U.S. attorney died by suicide inside San Diego federal building, coroner says
Assistant U.S. Atty. Andrew Haden died by hanging himself inside the Edward J. Schwartz federal building in San Diego last week, the San Diego County medical examiner's office said in a statement.
Enes Kanter Freedom's legal representatives file FOIA request related to Chicago Sky ejection incident
The America First Policy Institute has launched an investigation into Enes Kanter Freedom’s removal from a Chicago Sky game and his subsequent ban from Wintrust Arena.AFPI filed a six-page public-records request Friday with the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, the government entity that owns the arena. The request was submitted on Freedom’s behalf under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act."Enes Freedom exercised his constitutional right as an American when he attended the WNBA gam...
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A Trillion Dollar Budget But Military Can't 'Afford' To Attack Mold On Bases?
A Trillion Dollar Budget But Military Can't 'Afford' To Attack Mold On Bases? Authored by Stavroula Pabst via Responsible Statecraft, A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds that the maintenance backlog for military installations has ballooned to more than $285 billion - leaving many facilities in disrepair, while risking readiness and service members' quality of life. This figure is a jump up from 2022, when the maintenance backlog was about $137 billion. But ...
AI layer posts higher offline scores for user-requested recommendations
The approach adds request-driven binary masks to frozen Transformer-based recommenders and was reported to outperform a strong baseline in most corrected comparisons. The evidence is limited to offlin
Royce White shows up to Indiana Fever game in blonde wig amid WNBA Draft pursuit
Former NBA player Royce White brought his WNBA Draft campaign directly to an arena Friday night, just days after Enes Kanter Freedom was thrown out of a game. Both White and Freedom have declared for the next WNBA Draft as males.White attended the Indiana Fever’s game against the Connecticut Sun at Gainbridge Fieldhouse wearing a long blonde wig, as seen in photos and video obtained by OutKick.The former first-round NBA pick could be seen inside the arena wearing the wig as the Fever prepared to...
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‘Lake America’? These Upstate New Yorkers Aren’t Letting Go of ‘Ontario.’
President Trump on Thursday signed an order rechristening Lake Ontario as Lake America, but businesses around Niagara Falls say they won’t be changing their tune.
Metriport, whose tools help doctors retrieve patient data, raised $26M in Series A and seed funding led by Matrix GP TJ Parker, taking its total raise to $28.4M
Ngai Yeung / Endpoints News: Metriport, whose tools help doctors retrieve patient data, raised $26M in Series A and seed funding led by Matrix GP TJ Parker, taking its total raise to $28.4M Matrix l
Woman allegedly ejected from roller coaster, suffers serious injuries after dragged along track: reports
A 60-year-old woman suffered a broken rib, collapsed lung, a traumatic brain injury and a dislocated shoulder that required surgery after she was allegedly ejected from her seat on a Colorado roller coaster and dragged, according to reports and a law firm representing her.Nicki Parker of Texas was thrown from her seat and dragged for 20 to 30 seconds after she remained strapped into her seat belt as the Rocky Mountain Coaster at Copper Mountain Resort kept going, FOX 31 Denver reported, citing h...
One-shot AI guidance outperforms static help in program searches
A program-synthesis method called Narcissus uses one set of language-model proposals to guide grammar search, reporting more solved benchmark tasks without further model queries.
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First Secondary Sanctions Applied: US Blocks Egyptian Bank From Accessing Dollars Over 'Iran Ties'
First Secondary Sanctions Applied: US Blocks Egyptian Bank From Accessing Dollars Over 'Iran Ties' The US Treasury Department on Friday unveiled its first 'secondary' Iran sanctions related to Trump's 'Economic D-Day' against Iran, on Friday naming an Egyptian bank in the UAE. Ironically both of these latter countries are close American allies, and this comes at a moment the White House has failed to confirm whether the US will actually go after China for the same trade violations...
Tarik Skubal gets emotional during highly anticipated return to Detroit after blockbuster trade
Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Detroit Tigers that brought aboard two-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal.Now, just weeks later, the Dodgers rolled into Motor City, and guess who got the start?… Yes, Tarik Skubal.TARIK SKUBAL SAYS HE WAS EMOTIONAL LEAVING DETROIT TIGERS FOR LA DODGERS, WOULD LOVE TO RETURN: 'I'M CRYING'Outfielder Zyhir Hope and right-handed pitchers Brady Smith and River Ryan went the other way in the deal.Skubal's return to Det...
A simple AI model segmented stroke lesions on MRI in seconds
A new preprint reports that a base nnU-Net using DWI alone produced strong stroke-lesion segmentation scores in retrospective MRI data, with faster inference than the alternatives tested.
AI training system reports faster updates on agent workloads
A preprint describes psRL, a system for distributed agentic-RL training that reuses repeated input prefixes. It reports higher throughput, lower memory use and stronger scaling than veRL-based compari
Study finds most AI creativity metrics diverge from human ratings
A preprint study found that most automated creativity metrics tracked human ratings only weakly. Human evaluators largely saw human-generated and AI-generated stories as similar, while an LLM judge sc
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Republicans Pitch Plan To Protect Investments From 'Inflation Tax': What To Know
Republicans Pitch Plan To Protect Investments From 'Inflation Tax': What To Know Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times, As inflation ticks upward, Republican lawmakers are pushing for capital gains taxes to be indexed to inflation, which could translate into a significant tax cut for American investors, homeowners, and savers. However, critics say it could put the government further in the red. A stack of individual income tax forms at the Des Plaines Public Library in De...
B.C. NDP MLA Joan Phillip dead at 74
Joan Phillip, the NDP MLA for Vancouver-Strathcona and wife of Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, has died.
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Fire at abandoned Studio City property creates another Raman-Bass clash
A fire on an abandoned Los Angeles property has led to another clash between Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman, with the mayoral rivals blaming each other for not tackling a problem lot that neighbors say has languished for years.
CBC releases policy change after controversy about refusing to refer to 9/11 as ‘terrorist attacks’
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced an internal policy change on Friday, explaining why it had previously told reporters and editors to refrain from describing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as "terrorist attacks."The memo was authored by Basem Boshra, CBC News' senior director of journalistic standards and public trust, and surfaced ahead of the attacks' 25th anniversary. The directive was first reported by Toronto Sun columnist Warren Kinsella, who said it was addressed to CBC News st...
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Critics Blast Metropolitan Museum’s Plan to Honor John Galliano
Galliano, a fashion industry giant championed by Anna Wintour, was found guilty of a hate crime for his antisemitic outbursts in 2011.
Colorado Avalanche sign defenseman Cale Makar to record-setting eight-year contract extension
Hockey players are getting absolutely paid this summer, and for the third time in just a few months, there’s a new highest-paid NHLer: Cale Makar.The Colorado Avalanche announced that they have come to terms on a contract extension with the two-time Norris Trophy-winning defenseman, and it's big.How does eight years, $163.2 million sound?ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!That works out to an AAV of $20.4 million per year, an NHL record by a significant m...
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Geothermal Power Is Emerging As An AI Energy Source For The Trump Administration
Geothermal Power Is Emerging As An AI Energy Source For The Trump Administration A little-used corner of the clean-energy market is getting a potentially decisive trial in Utah. At a government-backed research site, engineers are testing whether equipment and expertise developed during America’s shale boom can turn deeply buried heat into a dependable source of electricity, according to Bloomberg. Conventional geothermal power works only where heat, permeable rock and underground w...
Trump says U.S. makes deal to control 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country's oil reserves.
Hochul boasts 'I just banned it' as New York outlaws local police partnerships with ICE
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday on "Morning Joe" that New York banned formal civil immigration enforcement agreements between local law enforcement and ICE because she wants officers focused on local crime. A DHS spokesperson said in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital that the restriction will force more federal agents into communities as 15 county sheriffs challenge the law in federal court."When politicians bar local law enforcement from working with DHS, our law enforcement off...
Measles deaths may have been 'fabricated,' RFK Jr claims after coroner raises questions
Days after Pennsylvania health officials reported two measles deaths, a public dispute has emerged about whether other factors played a role in the fatalities.The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the two "measles-associated" deaths on Tuesday, noting that both individuals were unvaccinated.These were the state’s first measles-related deaths in 35 years, according to the release.FORMER CDC ADVISOR SAYS DECLINE IN KINDERGARTEN VACCINATIONS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT: 'KEEP CALM AND CA...
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US judge throws out confessions of alleged 9/11 mastermind
The ruling says prosecutors failed to prove that the confessions were voluntarily given.
Z.ai releases GLM-5.3's weights under a new license requiring companies with $10B+ in revenue over 12 months to pass Z.ai's security review to host the model
Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack: Z.ai releases GLM-5.3's weights under a new license requiring companies with $10B+ in revenue over 12 months to pass Z.ai's security review to host the model Z.ai
North Carolina vs TCU Horned Frogs best bet: Why Bill Belichick's Tar Heels are live underdogs in Week 0
With all due respect to the FCS schools that played earlier this week, the real college football season kicks off when the North Carolina Tar Heels meet the TCU Horned Frogs at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, in Week 0 Saturday, Aug. 29, at noon ET. UNC head coach Bill Belichick’s first season in Chapel Hill was an absolute disaster. It started with an embarrassing 48-14 loss to TCU in their season openers last year. The Tar Heels finished 4-8 last season, while the Horned Frogs went 9-4 and u...
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The Iran War Has Turned VLCCs Into $650,000-A-Day Assets
The Iran War Has Turned VLCCs Into $650,000-A-Day Assets Authored by Julianne Geiger via OilPrice.com, More Gulf oil is moving again. Getting it out now costs a fortune. Earnings on the benchmark Saudi Arabia-to-China supertanker route surged to a record $647,000 per day on Thursday, according to Baltic Exchange data cited by Bloomberg. That is more than ten times the rate a year ago-and nearly 27% above the $510,000 reached just ten days earlier. The spike comes as Persian Gul...
Warnings over squishy toy hazards expand globally
Squishy toys have triggered recalls, seizures and burn warnings abroad. Health Canada has received 36 reports involving squishy dumpling toys, including injuries, but says it has not confirmed a specific health or safety risk.
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Long Beach aquarium takes in at least 500 animals rescued from wildlife traffickers
The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, home to about 12,000 sea creatures, is caring this summer for an additional 500 animals seized from wildlife traffickers.
Michelle Obama shrugs off missing active motherhood after daughters leave, says, 'I'm good'
Former first lady Michelle Obama faced criticism Friday after telling Jon Stewart on Wednesday's "IMO" podcast that she did not miss having her adult daughters at home.California Republican Party Delegate and mother Elizabeth Barcohana told Fox News Digital the remarks conveyed resentment amid a national debate over motherhood.Obama offered a terse response after Stewart explained that the daily job of parenting had given meaning and structure to his life and asked whether she missed it."I’m goo...
Bryan Kohberger seeks judge’s removal in escalating bid to undo guilty plea
Bryan Kohberger, the man convicted of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students, is asking a court to disqualify the judge in his case and has asked for a change of venue as he attempts to take back his guilty plea. Motions for both requests were filed Thursday by Kohberger's new court-appointed attorney, Gregory Rauch. The move came after Kohberger was convicted of first-degree murder. He has since claimed that he is innocent and has blamed his defense team for leading him to make a fa...
New York City 911 System Missed 1,700 Calls Due To Software Update
Longtime Slashdot reader belmolis writes: Part of New York City's 911 emergency system was offline from about 3:13 a.m. to 10 a.m. on August 18th due to a software update, according to Medical Daily. Of 5,659 calls to the Bronx call center during that period, about 1,700 calls connected but could not be heard by emergency operators. Some were rerouted to other call centers, but an estimated 400 human callers never got through. The potentially serious consequences of delayed response to emergenci...
How to use your old Android phone as a Wi-Fi extender
If your Wi-Fi signal is patchy at the far reaches of your house, this simple solution might be worth a try. Even better? It's completely free.
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Far-right pro-Trump ex-gay still-British commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE
"Zero immigration for the next 20 years. No ifs, no buts," wrote political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos on social media last year. Today the Briton was taken into custody by ICE, having allegedly overstayed in the U.S. He last legally entered the county in 2019, officials say, and failed to show up for an immigration hearing in July. Read the rest The post Far-right pro-Trump ex-gay still-British commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE appeared first on Boing Boing.
Tennessee moves to rename Nashville airport for Dolly Parton days after beloved icon's death
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Nashville International Airport announced Friday that they intend to name the airport in honor of Dolly Parton, moving toward a major tribute to the icon after an outpouring of public support for the beloved late country music legend's legacy.Lee said he spoke with Parton's team about the proposal this week. Her team expressed appreciation for the support and is open to continuing the conversation, according to a joint announcement from the governor and the Metropolit...
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Bessent's War On Left-Wing NGOs May Strip Soros Network, SPLC, And CAIR Of Tax-Exempt Status: Report
Bessent's War On Left-Wing NGOs May Strip Soros Network, SPLC, And CAIR Of Tax-Exempt Status: Report A new report from the New York Post maps out a multi-agency Treasury task force that could soon pursue a broad review that could strip tax-exempt status from George Soros' far-left Open Society Foundations, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Treasury officials are drafting a framework to audit NGOs suspected of exploiting their 501(c)(...
A deep dive into Grok Bot, including its architecture, use cases, and alternatives, as xAI adds shareable bot templates and online purchases through Stripe Link (Flavio Copes)
Flavio Copes: A deep dive into Grok Bot, including its architecture, use cases, and alternatives, as xAI adds shareable bot templates and online purchases through Stripe Link A detailed Grok Bot gui
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FBI drops ban on hiring people who have had sexual encounters with prostitutes
Applicants who have had used the services of sex workers are not eligible to join the FBI, a prohibition the bureau now plans to drop. It will consider "in a more holistic manner" those candidates who have "engaged in the practice," reports the Associated Press. Read the rest The post FBI drops ban on hiring people who have had sexual encounters with prostitutes appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Unstable Manhattan Building Had More Damaged Columns Than Previously Known
Drawings obtained by The New York Times and reviewed by engineers show insufficient reinforcements on eight more steel columns than previously known at a Manhattan building.
Sleeper teams from each Power 4 conference: Who will exceed expectations this college football season?
With college football beginning in earnest this Saturday, many fans are anxiously awaiting to see how the chips will fall in a wide open season in 2026.Sure, on paper, there is a clear delineation between the teams who have everything to win a national championship and the rest of the field, but as they always say, "paper never played a football game."With that in mind, I wanted to take a look at some of my favorite sleeper teams from each Power 4 conference.PREDICTING EACH POWER 4 CONFERENCE CH...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Took a Call From Donald Trump in the Middle of an All-Hands
The unexpected interruption came hours before the president wrote a congratulatory post on Truth Social about the company’s most recent earnings report.
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China's Solar Boom Hits A Wall As Industry Losses Mount
China's Solar Boom Hits A Wall As Industry Losses Mount Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Three of China's top solar market players reported deepening losses over the first half of the year, reflecting weakening demand for solar in the world's top manufacturer and generator. Jinko Solar, JA Solar Technology, and Tongwei all reported six-month losses as overcapacity in the sector meets weakening demand, not only at home but also abroad, Bloomberg reported, citing statement...
'Veronica Mars' star Jason Dohring traded Hollywood for farming
"Veronica Mars" star Jason Dohring has stepped away from acting to focus on a new passion.During a recent appearance on the "Don't Do Nothing" podcast, the 44-year-old actor shared that he developed an interest in gardening around four years ago and told his agents, "I'm just going to go farm for a minute.""I just got an interest in it and I've kind of the last three years I built like, I'm on my third farm now and we're just making great food for people cause I really realized that people are g...
LGBTQ group reveals which Dem nominee is sponsoring Halloween event featuring drag shows
As the Trump administration’s efforts have choked off federal funding for LGBTQ groups, Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta and Georgia's Democratic gubernatorial nominee, is sponsoring an upcoming Halloween event open to children that will include drag shows."From 5-8, the little monsters roam free trick-or-treating through spooky trails and glowing Halloween worlds, and when night falls, the hallo queen show explodes with music, costumes and pure Halloween spectacle," ColGay Pride, a...
Ottawa couple's 'Lake Ontario' hats selling like hotcakes after Trump's executive order
Before the ink had even dried on U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to rename Lake Ontario, a Canadian company was already selling hats with the Great Lake's true name emblazoned on it.
20+ things you may have missed in the GTA 6 extended look
The GTA VI extended-look trailer is full of clues, if you know where to look.
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‘Lake America’? These Upstate New Yorkers Aren’t Letting Go of ‘Ontario’
President Trump on Thursday signed an order rechristening Lake Ontario as Lake America, but businesses around Niagara Falls say they won’t be changing their tune.
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Trump eyes deal to give away part of Yosemite national park to developer
It's the latest move by the Trump administration to roll back US conservation protections.
Postpartum psychosis is terrifying but treatable, this survivor says. The challenge is finding support
A decade ago, Meghan Cliffel believed she was being watched by members of a cult who were out to kill her and her young daughters. In fact, she was experiencing postpartum psychosis, the condition at the heart of the Lindsay Clancy trial. But Cliffel got treatment and went on to have a third baby because she advocated for support.
Jewish educators face rampant antisemitism in teachers unions, new report finds
Jewish educators are experiencing rampant antisemitism from teachers unions, according to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The organization surveyed 307 Jewish members of teachers unions, many of whom admitted to censoring themselves and being disappointed with how unions handled concerns about antisemitism."What we found is not the work of a few bad actors. It is a structural and cultural failure," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement. "Jewish educators deserve to fe...
The Star and Director of ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Celebrate Its Unlikely Opening
Dave Green and Will Forte took to social media to mark the opening of the once-canceled comedy.
States Can Regulate Prediction Markets As Gambling, Federal Appeals Court Rules
A federal appeals court has ruled that states can regulate prediction markets like Kalshi as gambling, handing state regulators their biggest legal victory yet against the booming industry. "There are still related lawsuits pending across the country, and legal experts believe the matter will ultimately be settled by the Supreme Court," reports CNN. "But Friday's ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is the largest courtroom victory to date for the states as they seek to regulate predic...
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Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE After Overstaying Visa, Faces Deportation
Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE After Overstaying Visa, Faces Deportation The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested conservative political pundit Milo Yiannopoulos for overstaying his visa and that the British commentator will soon be deported from the United States back to Britain. Federal agents took Yiannopoulos, a former Breitbart News editor, into custody Thursday at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Internation...
What you need to build your own retro arcade cabinet
There are few things cooler to add to a gaming space than a retro arcade cabinet. But should you buy one or build one?
Transgender Canadian golfer sends a blunt message to critics as victories over women pile up
Biological female golfers in Alberta, Canada, are suddenly being pushed off the top of the leaderboards, but why?It appears a 2025 ruling opened the floodgates for transgender golfers to dominate women's golf in the province and that's exactly what's happened.Trans golfers Veronica Ivy and Rachel Elser have now won five individual women's golf championships this summer, while Ivy, who used to dominate women's cycling in Great Britain, was also a member of the winning team in the 2026 Canadian Wo...
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FDA Approves 3 New COVID-19 Vaccines
FDA Approves 3 New COVID-19 Vaccines Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27 approved COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Sanofi. A nurse prepares to give a COVID-19 vaccine to a child in Denver, Colo., on Nov. 3, 2021. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images) The new shots from Pfizer and Moderna use the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) platform and target the XFG strain, a subvariant of the JN.1 variant. Regulators also cleared...
New York's Erie County axes DHS job fair over ICE's role, drawing backlash: 'Totally inappropriate'
A Buffalo-area Republican accused Democratic Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz of overstepping his authority after the Buffalo Convention Center canceled a two-day Department of Homeland Security career expo set to begin Tuesday because officials objected to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's participation and warned of possible protests."The county executive has completely surpassed his power and authority. This was totally inappropriate for him to call on the management of the conve...
vLLM Sessions at PyTorch Conference North America 2026
TL;DR PyTorch Conference North America 2026 features vLLM across sessions on KV cache management and disaggregated serving, hardware portability, kernel optimization, PyTorch integration, Mixture-of-E
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Trump administration considering trading Yosemite land to private developer
The Trump administration is considering trading a parcel of Yosemite National Park to a private commercial developer to connect a proposed development on adjacent land to an interior park road, according to administration officials, members of Congress and documents reviewed by The Times.
X-ray study finds opposite strain in a switching GaN transistor
A preprint reports time-resolved X-ray measurements of opposite-sign strain in one industrial GaN transistor, with modeling matching the broad timing but not every spatial detail.
Rory McIlroy makes embarrassing mistake in $10 million tournament, announcer rips him for being too 'cute'
Doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result is what some people call insanity. It’s also what Rory McIlroy did Friday.McIlroy was 2-under entering the third hole of the second round of the Tour Championship at East Lake when disaster struck. The two-time Masters champion was chipping uphill to the green, about 15 yards from the hole, and he didn’t give his chip enough power.He hit the uphill slope, and the ball bounced once before rolling straight back to his feet. McIlroy t...
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 Other Companies Call For Action To Defend Against Rogue AI
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Over a hundred tech companies -- including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft -- have signed an open letter urging both the private and public sectors to work together to defend themselves from AI-related cyber threats. The letter -- which was also signed by prominent cyber firms like CrowdStrike, Okta, and Fortinet, as well as prominent financial institutions and internet infrastructure firms -- calls for the adoption of new forms of cy...
AI method reports benchmark gains over GRPO with far less compute
A preprint reports that SRPO, a reflection-based training method, posted results across mathematics and agent benchmarks while using less reported training compute than GRPO and scaled SFT.
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Steve Jobs told his stepbrother to keep his old stuff. Good call!
Steve Jobs couldn't be bothered to retrieve his old eighth-grade science project from the family home. He told his stepbrother to keep it instead. That decision just turned into $34,375. Jobs made "What is the SCR?" while attending Cupertino Jr. High in 1968. Read the rest The post Steve Jobs told his stepbrother to keep his old stuff. Good call! appeared first on Boing Boing.
Media obsession with Natalie Harp continues as CNN reporter treats her presence at work as news
The media’s obsession with Natalie Harp, one of President Donald Trump's most trusted aides, continued this week when her presence at work was treated as a newsworthy event. Harp was dragged into a political firestorm after being name-dropped in a viral stump speech by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., earlier this month. CNN and MS NOW fixated on Harp in the days following Ossoff’s remark, giving much attention to reports of the letters she had written to Trump expressing staunch loyalty and how she join...
Watch ‘Marvel’s Wolverine’ Tear Bubs Into Bloody Smithereens
In a new featurette, actor Liam McIntyre teases the sheer carnage and suite of comic-book-accurate costumes awaiting players when the game arrives on PlayStation 5 this September.
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Pay $79.99 Once and Put ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini Under One Roof
TL;DR: Get lifetime access to 1min.AI, a multi-model AI workspace built for writing, images, documents, PDFs, audio, and more for just $79.99—for just 2 more days. Using one AI tool for writing, another for images, and a third for PDFs is how a perfectly normal browser window becomes a cry for help. Read the rest The post Pay $79.99 Once and Put ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini Under One Roof appeared first on Boing Boing.
Meta intensifies its pressure campaign on TikTok and YouTube, running full-page ads in US newspapers demanding they adopt comparable teen safety protections
Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg: Meta intensifies its pressure campaign on TikTok and YouTube, running full-page ads in US newspapers demanding they adopt comparable teen safety protections Meta Pla
Court rules Pentagon can’t ban Anthropic’s AI models
A federal court has overturned the U.S. Defense Department’s ban on Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence models. Judge Rita Lin wrote in a late Thursday ruling that the Pentagon’s move was “illegal
BlueBird 6 Satellite Fainter Than Earlier Spacecraft
A preprint comparing optical observations of BlueBird 6 with five earlier satellites found the newer spacecraft was fainter than Block 1 craft and fell well below expectations based on its larger size
Grok Not Only Generates Child Porn but Was Also Trained On It, New Lawsuit Claims
A plaintiff is claiming that CSAM was used to train Grok.
AI agents report five math results judged novel in test
A new arXiv preprint reports results from an open-world group of AI agents tested on 14 mathematical problems. Five of 12 AlphaEvolve tasks produced results judged novel against prior literature, whil
How and why CBC News will adjust its 9/11 language guidance
CBC’s reporting on terrorism, wherever it occurs, has always been guided by the principle of attribution, and like other major news organizations, it has been our practice for decades.
Woman accused of defacing WWII Memorial with spray paint indicted by federal grand jury
The woman accused of vandalizing the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., was formally indicted Friday, Fox News Digital has learned.Melissa Farris was charged on two counts, including destruction of a veterans’ memorial and destruction of government property.The Kentucky woman allegedly spray-painted the words "Clean hands, dirty money" in bright pink paint and dumped bubble soap into the fountain at the center of the memorial, according to authorities.WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL ON NATIONAL MA...
Few-shot AI method reports strong scores on industrial defect tests
DriftAD reported average image-level AUROC of up to 96.0% and pixel-level AUROC of up to 97.6% with four-shot support on MVTec-AD and VisA.
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Topless Sydney Sweeney Bakes A Cake In New 'Birday Boobs' Lingerie Ad
Topless Sydney Sweeney Bakes A Cake In New 'Birday Boobs' Lingerie Ad With western birthrates circling the drain, Sydney Sweeney and her 'perfect titties' are once again fighting the good fight for humanity - this time appearing in a new ad for her new lingerie brand, Syrn, entitled "Birthday Boobs." The 28-year-old posted the racy new ad to her Instagram page, in which she can be seen in the kitchen baking a cake - which ends up being the only thing covering her up top at one po...
Andreescu, fellow Canadian Draxl lose in final round of U.S. Open qualifying
No Canadians will enter the singles draws at the U.S. Open through the qualifying tournament after Bianca Andreescu and Liam Draxl lost in final round action Friday in New York.
Police operation takes unexpected turn when officers stumble upon ancient burial cave
Israeli police recently stumbled on an ancient burial cave in an unlikely place while carrying out an operation in Jerusalem.The discovery was announced by the Israel Police, Israel's civilian law enforcement agency, on Aug. 24.While carrying out an operation related to what police described as a "violent family conflict" in Silwan, a village in East Jerusalem, officers came upon the cave.ARCHAEOLOGISTS MAKE UNUSUAL FIND NEAR SITE WHERE ARK OF THE COVENANT WAS ONCE KEPTThe operation followed a d...
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Forget Florida. L.A. humidity is off the charts this summer. What's going on?
Southern California's swampy summer continues to set records, with humidity levels creating conditions that feel more like Florida than the West Coast.
Internet goes wild for Little League World Series player's extremely relatable dream job
It has been around for as long as I can remember, but I think the Little League World Series player questionnaire really hit its stride when Big Al filled us all in on his habit of hitting dingers.Well, it looks like we may have found a new LLWS player questionnaire all-star, and his name is Daniel Huang.The center fielder for Canada's Little Mountain Little League out of Vancouver asked what his dream job is, and his answer was used during a recent game against South Korea. Man, oh man, did the...
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Welcome To FAFOland
Welcome To FAFOland Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Clusterfuck Nation, ". . . the worse they become, the more they blame you for it." - El Gato Malo on the Lefty-left As the Democratic Party pulls out all the stops to make itself ridiculous, their proxy warriors in the federal judiciary play chicken with the executive branch on sane, uniform standards for mail-in ballots. The Democrats don't want sane, uniform standards for mail-in ballots because they are insane. They ...
AI screening settings linked to different test items for review
A computational preprint found that screening choices were linked to different evidence for identical items and different wording in otherwise complete candidate forms.
