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Union leader behind billionaire tax measure alleges 'smear' campaign against him
Dave Regan claims he is the victim of a "smear" campaign orchestrated in part by wealthy Californians who are opposed to the billionaire tax measure he championed.
Yankees, sports world remember 25th anniversary of 9/11 with 'God Bless America' and moments of silence
Major League Baseball and teams across the sports world, including the New York Mets and New York Yankees, paused Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with on-field tributes, special programming, community service projects and other observances.In New York, MLB and the Mets co-hosted a meal-packing event Friday at Citi Field with the nonprofit 9/11 Day as part of the UNITE for Good initiative. The event took place just miles from where the attacks unfolded 25 years ago.Lat...
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The Betr promo code FOXNEWS for September 2026 gives new users Two No Sweat Entries, up to $200. The offer is open to new customers who are 21 or older in Betr's 34 legal states, and it takes only a few minutes to claim.Last updated: Sept. 11, 2026.If you want to take advantage of the offer from Betr, it is very simple:Sports betting should stay fun. If gambling starts to affect your finances, relationships, or wellbeing, these free and confidential resources can help.There is no promo code need...
Perplexity trusts GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end systems
Perplexity uses Astra to write communications, change software, and monitor production systems, and checks in much less frequently than with earlier models.
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Venus Moon Would Have Been Doomed From The Start, Says New Paper
Venus likely never had a moon and even if it did, it would have soon been torn asunder by the planet’s own gravity, says prominent planetary astrophysicist.
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North Korea fires multiple missiles into Sea of Japan during ballistic test
The action came one day after a joint military exercise by South Korea, Japan and the US.
OpenAI Is Beefing With Mathematicians, Will No Longer Sponsor Caltech ‘Mathathon’
"We do not anticipate that this will affect the event in any substantial way," the Mathathon team told Gizmodo.
Some experts say Siri Recap and Live Rewind, always-listening AI features in new Apple Watches, could test eavesdropping laws despite privacy protections
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: Some experts say Siri Recap and Live Rewind, always-listening AI features in new Apple Watches, could test eavesdropping laws despite privacy protections Apple Inc.'s new a
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Prosecutors In Huawei Criminal Trial Allege Company 'Cultivated Culture Of Crime And Corruption'
Prosecutors In Huawei Criminal Trial Allege Company 'Cultivated Culture Of Crime And Corruption' Authored by Nicholas Zifcak via The Epoch Times, NEW YORK CITY - Prosecutors in the criminal trial against Chinese telecoms firm Huawei alleged that the company used lies, theft, cover-up, and a criminal conspiracy in its efforts to dominate the global telecommunications market. A worker stands in the window of a Huawei store in a commercial area in Beijing on Nov. 5, 2024. Photo by Kev...
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Cyclosporiasis outbreak that sickened tens of thousands officially over, CDC says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the cyclosporiasis outbreak officially over, saying the number of recent infections primarily in the Midwest and on the East Coast has significantly declined.
OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems back in May
OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems is a new bombshell report from Spencer Kitts, Thomas Larsen, and Sydney Von Arx - three of the four authors of the report on the agent attac
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ICE Hits Legal Wall On Two Fronts As Denver Targets Polling-Place Enforcement And Appeals Court Curbs Detention Power
ICE Hits Legal Wall On Two Fronts As Denver Targets Polling-Place Enforcement And Appeals Court Curbs Detention Power The Trump administration's immigration crackdown ran into two separate legal challenges Thursday, as Denver sued to keep armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents away from polling places while a federal appeals court rejected the government's attempt to subject millions of illegal immigrants already living inside the United States to mandatory detention witho...
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The Underdog promo code FOXNEWS for September 2026 gives new users a deposit match up to $1,000. The offer is open to new customers who are 21 or older in Underdog's 42 legal states, and it takes only a few minutes to claim.Last updated: Sept. 10, 2026Anyone looking to get involved with the Underdog Sports app should take advantage of this generous offer. Whether you sign up and deposit $10 or $500, you’ll still be entitled to a deposit match. That means you’re doubling your money right off the ...
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Federal jury in Los Angeles acquits Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk in murder-for-hire case
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has found Chicago rapper Lil Durk, whose legal name is Durk Banks, not guilty of all charges in a murder-for-hire trial.
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Los Angeles federal jury acquits Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk in murder-for-hire case
A Los Angeles federal grand jury found Chicago rapper Lil Durk, whose legal name is Durk Banks, not guilty in a murder-for-hire trial.
El-Sayed ignites firestorm after sharing 9/11 message on social media: 'Piece of s---'
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, sparked social media backlash after posting his 9/11 message on his X account."They didn’t just attack America that day they attacked the idea of America," El-Sayed said."The notion of a nation brought together by ideals a place where freedom and commitment to justice bind us, even if, at times, we struggle to fully realize it, the controversial far-left candidate continued. "Today on 9/11 we remember the lives that were taken...
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Lock And [Re-]Loaded: Third Circuit Greenlights Major Challenge To New Jersey Gun Liability Law
Lock And [Re-]Loaded: Third Circuit Greenlights Major Challenge To New Jersey Gun Liability Law Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, Some of us have been closely following challenges to A1765, New Jersey's gun industry liability law. In my view, the law is facially invalid and preempted under federal law, and we may now find out after the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit greenlit a challenge from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) yest...
Contractor Admits They, Not Imaginary Antifa Vandals, Wrecked the Reflecting Pool
Government documents show Atlantic Industrial Coatings admitted its mix of bonding materials did "blister and come loose."
Salesforce introduces new AI agents to automate sales, support tasks
Salesforce Inc. today introduced a series of artificial intelligence agents designed to make sales and technical support teams more productive. The agents are rolling out alongside a new version of Ag
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Trump: If I Had To Do Iran Again I Would Do Exactly As I Did
Trump: If I Had To Do Iran Again I Would Do Exactly As I Did An interesting moment from Thursday night's Lara Ingraham exclusive with President Trump... Q: Any regrets about Iran? Trump: I don't believe in the word "regret." Q: Any regrets about Iran? Trump: I don't believe in the word "regret."pic.twitter.com/cia03v2rvz — Clash Report (@clashreport) September 11, 2026 Trump even commented to Ingraham that he would make the same decisions all over again if he had a chance. Th...
Sources: Anthropic is in talks to bring on Nvidia as an anchor investor in its IPO, seeking up to $100B at a ~$2T valuation; Nvidia may invest up to $10B (Reuters)
Reuters: Sources: Anthropic is in talks to bring on Nvidia as an anchor investor in its IPO, seeking up to $100B at a ~$2T valuation; Nvidia may invest up to $10B Anthropic is in talks to bring Nvid
Fox News True Crime Newsletter: Lindsay Clancy jurors, Bryan Kohberger's legal move, Menendez brothers hearing
SOLO DISSENT: Lone holdout juror in Clancy trial was only Black person on the jury: reportFAMILY FRACTURE: Clancy's lawyer reveals how she feels about ex-Patrick as theories flyNO BUDGING: Clancy's attorney reveals his next move after the 11-1 mistrial splitLEGAL GAMBIT: Attorney Kevin Reddington lays out endgame after explosive mistrialSIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERMADNESS OR METHOD? Clancy fixation, alleged poison plot raise questions about mom’s mental state'PSYCHOTIC': Mom accused of k...
Firefighter caught on camera ripping pro-Palestinian agitator in Elmo costume near Ground Zero on 9/11
A firefighter in New York City called out a pro-Palestinian agitator wearing an Elmo costume with a Palestinian flag as "anti-American" Friday, not far from where the city’s 9/11 memorial ceremony was taking place at Ground Zero, according to video shot by Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and posted to X."F------ anti-American motherf-----. Go back to f------ Palestine. We don’t want you here," the man yelled to the protester. It was unclear if he was a current or retired firefighter.The man told the p...
'Canada is everyone, for everyone': Carney meets with Alberta remain campaigners
The head of the Forever Canadian group campaigning for Alberta to remain in the federation said Friday Prime Minister Mark Carney has been a "calm" and "reassuring" presence for Albertans.
EXCLUSIVE: Pence group knocks Vance plan to pay stay-at-home parents up to $9K per child
A proposal backed by Vice President JD Vance to subsidize stay-at-home parents with up to $9,000 per child annually would invite government intrusion and undermine the initiative's original purpose of encouraging work and independence, according to a group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence.In a one-page document, Advancing American Freedom (AAF) urged conservatives to oppose the plan, which it said would "expose the sanctity of the family to government intrusion, punish work, and creat...
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Navy Evaluating Future At Key Middle East Base Following Iran War Damage: Acting Secretary
Navy Evaluating Future At Key Middle East Base Following Iran War Damage: Acting Secretary Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Navy is evaluating what to do with its headquarters in the Middle East after the Bahrain-based installation sustained damage during recent months of fighting with Iran. Smoke rises after reported Iranian missile attacks, following strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran, in Manama, Bahrain, February 28, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer ...
30% of college students say violence acceptable way to stop speakers on campuses, survey finds
Thirty percent of college students nationwide believe using violence is an acceptable way to stop a controversial speaker at a campus event, according to a new survey from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).Specifically, 3% said it was always acceptable, 12% said it was sometimes acceptable and 16% said it was rarely acceptable to use violence as a means of prohibiting a speaker from appearing on a college campus, according to FIRE's survey.The data comes a year after Cha...
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California is changing its license plate sequence for the first time since the 1980s
California has officially run out of the 1980's-era license plate sequence. Here's what the new one will be.
Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data
The round for the two-year-old startup is coming together months after Mecka announced its Series A.
Sources: Jeff Dean is raising funds again for Discovery Loop, seeking a valuation of ~$50B; Discovery Loop was raising $1B at a ~$10B valuation a few weeks ago
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Dense Galaxies Are Carving Out A Bubble in the Early Universe
Light could only travel freely in the Universe after cosmic reionization. Before that, neutral hydrogen stopped photons from travelling. The JWST has found evidence of an overdensity of galaxies carving out a bubble of reionization. Is this how it all started?
Conservative MP holds independent hearings into COVID-19 vaccine injuries
Over four days in Ottawa this week, the independent inquiry held by Conservative MP Dean Allison heard from witnesses who shared their personal stories of vaccine-related injuries.
A Conservative riding association wants floor-crossers to pay back their campaign costs
A riding association in B.C. is calling on the federal Conservative Party to adopt a policy requiring MPs to agree to repay campaign expenses should they cross the floor or choose to sit as an Independent.
WWE's Rey Mysterio reflects on Triplemania involvement, says he's unfazed going into match with 7-foot-3 giant
Before the 619 became a widely known finishing move, before Rey Mysterio became a WWE champion and the superstar he is today, he was getting his first opportunities in the ring at AAA.Mysterio took part in the first-ever Triplemania event in 1993. At the time, he was known as Rey Misterio Jr. and he teamed up with Volador and Misterioso to take on Tony Arce, Vulcano and Rocco Valente – known as Los Destructores. More than three decades later, AAA is a part of WWE, Mysterio is the general manager...
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Trump Lays Out Republicans' Post-Midterms Agenda At Dallas Convention
Trump Lays Out Republicans' Post-Midterms Agenda At Dallas Convention Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Thursday evening addressed a crowd in Dallas, touting his administration's achievements on the closing night of the two-day midterm convention and asking voters to back Republican candidates in the upcoming elections. "I'm seeing spirit like we haven't seen in this country for a long time, long time," Trump said. "But it came back about a...
De Niro calls controversial Mamdani police comments 'ridiculous' as he defends mayor going to 9/11 service
Outspoken liberal actor Robert De Niro agreed with some of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s critics that his comments on law enforcement were "ridiculous" but still argued the mayor should attend Friday’s 9/11 memorial.Political rancor has threatened to cast a long shadow over this year's Sept. 11 remembrance events, marking 25 years since the tragedy that rocked the United States. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's past rhetoric and links to terror sympathizers are spurring intense backlash ahead of th...
Fox News Entertainment newsletter: King Charles shuts down Harry and Meghan; Prince George starts at Eton
NO SECOND ACT - King Charles III clarifies Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not resume royal duties after UK moveCROWN IN CLASS - Prince George follows Prince William's footsteps at Eton in a changing royal world: expertsPLOT TWIST - Prince Harry finds way to live ‘half-in, half-out’ life Queen Elizabeth refused to endorse: expertsPUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORECOLD SHOULDER - Prince William and Kate Middleton 'playing it cool' as Prince Harry and Meghan Mar...
Clinton, Bush received multiple warnings on bin Laden hijack plots before 9/11, declassified files show
Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were given multiple warnings that 9/11 organizer Usama bin Laden and his terror network were planning to hijack large commercial jets in an effort to attack the United States, according to a batch of files released by the Trump administration Friday.The reports, contained in previously classified documents from presidential daily briefs (PDBs) and high-level CIA intelligence memorandums, noted that operatives had already evaded security checks du...
Tua Tagovailoa ruled out of Falcons' opener with oblique injury, Cooper Rush steps in against Steelers
Less than a week after being named the Atlanta Falcons’ starting quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa will miss at least Week 1 because of an oblique injury. The Falcons will travel to Pittsburgh without Tagovailoa or Michael Penix Jr. in uniform.First-year head coach Kevin Stefanski told reporters that Tagovailoa has officially been ruled out and is now "week-to-week." Penix was already listed as out last week.Stefanski said Tagovailoa's injury is unrelated to the tight back he arrived at training camp ...
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NHS fuelling obesity by abandoning breastfeeding, says chairman
Only 26% of babies in England are exclusively breastfed at six months.
Justin Trudeau launches new film and TV production company
Former prime minister Justin Trudeau and his longtime chief of staff, Katie Telford, are swapping the political stage for the entertainment world with the launch of a new media and entertainment production company called Hope and Hard Work.
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Gary Oldman: I’ve no ‘inside’ info on 007 but my Slow Horses co-star is ideal
The actor is bigging up his Slow Horse co-star as rumours swirl of franchise's future.
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Fifth Circuit Questions Louisiana's Standing In Mifepristone Case
Fifth Circuit Questions Louisiana's Standing In Mifepristone Case Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, A federal appeals court on Sept. 9 questioned whether Louisiana, which has a near-total ban on abortion, has standing to force a nationwide return of in-person dispensing for abortion drug mifepristone, which patients can now obtain by telehealth and mail. Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic in Rockville, Md., on April 13, 2023. Anna Moneymaker...
Can LLMs Engineer Their Own Agent Harness? ByteDance Seed’s HarnessDev Says Only 34 of 64 Changes Generalize
ByteDance Seed, SUTD, Georgia Tech, M-A-P, and TokenWave.AI introduce HarnessDev, a benchmark that scores the runnable harness a model builds rather than the answer it returns. Starting from a seed th
Rutgers ‘Antifa’ professor who fled US over political atmosphere after Kirk murder pens book on ‘fascist’ US
Rutgers University professor and "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook" author Mark Bray is releasing a new book recounting his decision to flee the United States with his family in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, portraying modern America as consumed by a "fascist present."Bray’s forthcoming book, "Unpunctuated Death Threats: Notes from a Fascist Present," is scheduled for release Jan. 19 and chronicles the professor’s departure for Spain after he allegedly received death threats and had...
First use of Alien Terrorist Removal Court sends Afghan woman back after Election Day ISIS plot: DOJ
An Afghan woman accused of supporting an ISIS-inspired mass shooting on Election Day 2024 has been deported to her home country in the first successful use of a specialized federal court established by Congress the U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC) 30 years ago to determine whether a non-citizen is an "alien terrorist."Nazira Haji Zada, 47, was sent back to Afghanistan after recently admitting to the ATRC that she was an "alien terrorist" and waving an appeal, according to the Department...
PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima's 'Physint' on Budget Concerns, Missed Deadlines
Sony reportedly pulled PlayStation funding from Hideo Kojima's upcoming espionage game Physint over concerns about its ballooning budget, missed deadlines, profitability, and the fact that it would not remain permanently exclusive to PlayStation. Kojima Productions has since struck a deal with Xbox, which plans to publish the game on both Xbox and PC. It's also secured film and television rights. Bloomberg reports: The new game, Physint, hasn't yet been shown publicly but excited fans when it wa...
Moss developer Polyarc has closed
The studio produced some early hits for the PSVR and Oculus Quest.
WWE's Roxanne Perez unconcerned about being without Judgment Day stablemates for massive Triplemania 34 match
WWE star Roxanne Perez is the only woman in The Judgment Day faction who has yet to achieve championship gold, but that all could change by the end of the month.Perez’s pursuit of the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship begins on Friday night when she takes part in a fatal four-way match against La Hiedra, Faby Apache and Nattie in Night 1 of Triplemania 34 in Las Vegas with the winner getting a title shot at Worlds Collide.COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICKUsually, when it comes to "Monday...
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Weapons, spyware and scams: Anthropic report reveals worldwide AI misuse
It was used in Russia for drones, in France for fake news, and in China for dating apps.
LinkedIn Gets ‘Browsergate’ Proposed Class Actions Thrown Out
A federal judge found plaintiffs couldn't demonstrate LinkedIn harmed them by scanning browser extensions.
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New York Marks the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 at Ground Zero
At a ceremony in Lower Manhattan, elected officials and loved ones of those killed in the 2001 terror attacks gathered in solemn remembrance.
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For the 25th Time, New York Marks the Shattering Loss of 9/11
At a ceremony in Lower Manhattan, elected officials and loved ones of those killed in the 2001 terror attacks gathered in solemn remembrance.
‘Open sore’: Families face agonizing wait as 9/11 mastermind's trial pushed nearly 27 years after attacks
Twenty-five years after nearly 3,000 people were killed on Sept. 11, families waiting to see the accused plotters brought to justice are confronting another extraordinary possibility: They may still never see a verdict.A military judge has scheduled alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three co-defendants to go on trial June 5, 2028, nearly 27 years after the attacks. But the date remains tentative, and a recent ruling barring prosecutors from using statements Mohammed made to FBI ...
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UAE Moves To 'War-Proof' Data Centers After Iranian Retaliatory Strikes
UAE Moves To 'War-Proof' Data Centers After Iranian Retaliatory Strikes Via The Cradle The UAE is redrawing its plans for a five-gigawatt artificial intelligence (AI) data center project, one of the largest anywhere outside the US, after Iranian retaliatory strikes on infrastructure across the Gulf forced the Emirates to rethink how and where critical facilities are built, Reuters reported on Friday. Speaking in anonymity, six people familiar with the matter told Reuters that Emi...
Dynatrace and Arize AI push observability from detection toward action
Enterprise observability is entering a new phase as artificial intelligence changes both the applications companies need to monitor and the way operations teams respond when something goes wrong. Trad
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Leopold Is Back: Situational Awareness Rerunning Exact Same Trades Which Blew It Up A Month Ago
Leopold Is Back: Situational Awareness Rerunning Exact Same Trades Which Blew It Up A Month Ago A few days ago before it became public knowledge that the hilariously misnamed "hedge" fund Situational Awareness, run by a 24-year-old German ultra liberal who was fired by OpenAI, and then launched a new career investing like the most degenerate Korean momentum chaser blew up in explosive supernova fashion as a result of massive leverage in a handful of high beta momentum stocks like Sa...
Anthropic Adds Plugin Evals to Claude Code: 6 Grader Types, a No-Plugin Baseline, and a CI Gate for Skills
Anthropic has published a new plugin evals workflow for Claude Code. The claude plugin eval command runs a plugin against realistic prompts, grades what Claude produced, and compares the result with a
Taylor Townsend wins US Open doubles final, praises black 'representation'
I'll be honest. I'm fatigued. I'm sick and tired of athletes and media constantly making everything about race. It's incredibly tiresome, divisive, and a massive waste of everyone's time.It's 2026 and we have a Black tennis player, a darn good one, complete the career Grand Slam in women's doubles after a decisive victory, and what does she do at the podium immediately following? She makes it about race. Good grief.Taylor Townsend, who was sponsored by race-baiting civil rights attorney Ben Crum...
Taylor Townsend wins US Open doubles final, praises black "representation"
I'll be honest. I'm fatigued. I'm sick and tired of athletes and media constantly making everything about race. It's incredibly tiresome, divisive, and a massive waste of everyone's time.It's 2026 and we have a Black tennis player, a darn good one, complete the career Grand Slam in women's doubles after a decisive victory, and what does she do at the podium immediately following? She makes it about race. Good grief.Taylor Townsend, who was sponsored by race-baiting civil rights attorney Ben Crum...
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25 Years After 9/11, a Nation Gathers to Remember
Solemn ceremonies at ground zero in New York, and across the United States, mourned the thousands of lives lost. President Trump paid tribute to the victims in a speech at the Pentagon.
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Oprah Audience Calls For 'Same Passion' For Black Child-Killers As For Lindsay Clancy
Oprah Audience Calls For 'Same Passion' For Black Child-Killers As For Lindsay Clancy Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Oprah Winfrey flew into Massachusetts to host a "watershed" conversation about Lindsay Clancy. What the cameras captured was not a sombre conversation regarding her three dead children. It was a room brainwashed into treating a child-killer as a ideological cause - and then demand the same energy for black women who have murdered their kids. Yes rea...
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TL;DR: Turn complex processes, data, and workflows into professional diagrams with this lifetime license to Microsoft Visio Professional 2024 for Windows for just $48.97 (reg. $579.99). While well-made diagrams are an easy way to represent complex datasets, outline business processes, and visualize projects, crafting them can take time. Read the rest The post Simplify complex data into clear diagrams for $49 with Microsoft Visio 2024 for life appeared first on Boing Boing.
Y Combinator's Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to 'distill' frontier models, too
Tan wants smaller, American open-weight AI labs to use the same kind of training techniques on American frontier AI labs, giving the U.S. a more robust set of open-weight options that aren’t Chinese.
OpenAI's feud with mathematicians is only escalating
Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work.
OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating
Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work.
A Metal Detectorist Just Discovered Finland’s Largest Hoard of Viking Age Silver—But Was It Plunder?
Though not yet fully assessed, Finland’s new record-breaking discovery of Iron Age silver coins would be worth nearly $10,000 today by weight alone.
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'Racist' Transformers-inspired DHS campaign sparks outrage over AI imagery
The image, made to look like a movie poster for "Transformers," urged the man to self-deport. The agency later deleted it.
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'Racist': DHS posted an AI image of a Sikh man. Backlash ensued
The image, made to look like a movie poster for "Transformers," urged the man to self-deport. The agency later deleted it.
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Will Hayden Panettiere's death uncover a supplier like Matthew Perry's 'Ketamine Queen'?
Is Hayden Panettiere's death like Matthew Perry's fatal overdose, leading to drug suppliers facing charges?
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A Tale of Two U.S. Opens: $20,000 vs. $100 (Yacht Not Included)
If money is no object, the luxury options are plentiful. But if you take the subway and don’t mind watching the match on a screen, a budget day at the finals is possible.
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King Harald’s sister Princess Astrid dies two days after his funeral
She made her final public appearance at her brother's funeral.
Samsung Does Tim Cook Dirty on His Way Out the Door
A new Samsung ad features a ‘Tim Cook’ promoting the Galaxy Z Fold8.
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New Yorkers’ Favorite Chinese Dumplings
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Domestic disturbance triggers SWAT response at Irvine home. Suspect flushed out with tear gas
A family disturbance in Irvine triggered a SWAT response Friday morning as Irvine Police engaged in an hours-long standoff with a 32-year-old man who was eventually flushed out of a two-story home using tear gas.
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"Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda": Hillary Clinton Gives Flippant Answer When Pressed On Patriot Act Support
"Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda": Hillary Clinton Gives Flippant Answer When Pressed On Patriot Act Support Hillary Clinton attempted to wave off criticism of her post-9/11 votes this week, telling a Columbia University audience that Monday-morning quarterbacking carries its own bias and that relitigating the Patriot Act does little good. The former secretary of state, who teaches crisis decision-making at Columbia's Institute of Global Politics, was pressed by a moderator on whether Amer...
Drone-powered ad for PC Health chatbot slammed as 'dystopian' by some residents
On Thursday night, more than a thousand drones lit up the sky above Toronto's waterfront displaying a list of health-related questions in what turned out to be an ad campaign for a new President's Choice AI-powered chatbot.
Gayle King stunned after learning dissenting Clancy trial juror was a Black man
"CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King was stunned after learning Friday during an interview that the lone dissenting juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial was purportedly a Black man.Paula Devlin, one of the jurors who was part of the 11-person majority in favor of finding Clancy not criminally responsible for strangling her three young children, explained that the lone holdout was a Black man and the only person of color on the jury in an interview with King on the network morning show."Whoa. I have to...
Mark Wahlberg, Martha Stewart and others mark 25 years since 9/11 with emotional tributes
Hollywood is pausing to remember.As America marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the nation is coming together for ceremonies and moments of silence honoring the 2,977 people killed.Across Hollywood, celebrities are sharing personal reflections, tributes and messages of remembrance on the anniversary of the day that forever changed America.PETE DAVIDSON SAYS BECOMING A DAD CHANGED HOW HE VIEWS FATHER'S DEATH ON 9/11Mark Wahlberg shared a video on Instagram showing...
New York Times accused of framing Muslims as true victims of 9/11 in anniversary coverage
The New York Times on Friday was accused of treating Muslims as the true victims of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2021, but the paper insists any criticism is a "disingenuous" attempt to stoke outrage."The Times can't remember 9/11 without bemoaning a ‘wave of hate’ and ‘anti-Muslim prejudice," NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham told Fox News Digital.The Times’ published a story, "After 9/11, Islamophobia Shaped a Generation of Muslim New Yorkers," that said the "attacks unleashed a wave ...
Inside Trump’s intimate meeting with nation’s bravest soldiers during whirlwind Texas trip
ARLINGTON, Texas During his whirlwind trip to Texas to rally Republican voters ahead of November’s elections, President Donald Trump on Thursday made a pit stop to honor America’s bravest warriors the day before the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.The intimate gathering was held at the National Medal of Honor Museum, where Trump also met privately with the Medal of Honor recipients who were present.Trump also signed legislation clearing the way for a new monument honoring th...
LinkedIn profiles show Google appears to have completed its talent deal, reportedly for $1.5B+, with AI coding startup Mechanize (Business Insider)
Business Insider: LinkedIn profiles show Google appears to have completed its talent deal, reportedly for $1.5B+, with AI coding startup Mechanize Google has some fresh talent in the AI race. The
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Is An Elite 'Clash Of The Titans' Looming?
Is An Elite 'Clash Of The Titans' Looming? Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Clusterfuck Nation, Light and Dark "It's astonishing that anything exists." - Ludwig Wittgenstein Is this a week to drain our souls, or what? Yesterday, the memory of Charlie Kirk, a decent young man known for acting nobly in an ignoble era, cut down (it is alleged in court) by a pathetic product of Woke cultism - the trans avenging angel, avatar of our national mental illness. And today, the mem...
Gaza doc NAZA earns 24.5-minute standing ovation at Venice premiere
Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham’s NAZA, a documentary on Israel’s alleged use of AI-assisted military systems to target and kill Palestinian civilians in Gaza, received what's being called the longest standing ovation ever at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.
OutKick's Craig Carton rips Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers: 'He's a lousy person'
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is a rather divisive, polarizing figure in sports.Some people love his brash honesty and anti-establishment takes while others can't stand his hardened exterior and surly demeanor.You can file OutKick's Craig Carton under the latter category, as he took Mr. Rodgers (whom he calls "The LeBron James of the NFL") to task over his latest controversial comments he made on a podcast appearance with Steelers teammate Cam Heyward.AARON RODGERS ROASTS 'GUTLES...
Roundtables: Will AI really kill us all?
Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Join MIT Technology Rev
A group of 25 Fields Medal recipients says AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics
Terence Tao / What's new: A group of 25 Fields Medal recipients says AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics I am proud to be am
Lenovo's Googlebook 15 seems decidedly premium based on a new leak
The Lenovo Googlebook 15 will reportedly have a high-resolution, high-refresh rate display and an Intel Core Ultra 5 chip.
How Hoyeon Manifested Her Way Into ‘Hope’ as Its Badass Sci-Fi Heroine
The 'Squid Game' actor dishes on how her meeting with director Na Hong-jin resulted in a 'big yes' for her to play 'Hope' stand-out Sung-ae as her first-ever feature film role.
Asked Siri to call your bank? A scam could cost thousands
Asking Siri to call your credit card company sounds about as routine as asking for the weather. You say the company name, Siri finds a number and the call begins. For Virginia, an 82-year-old woman from Concord, Massachusetts, that simple request nearly turned into a financial nightmare.She says she asked Siri to call American Express. Instead, she reached a bogus number. From there, the conversation eventually moved to her Bank of America account and a supposed $1,000 credit that suddenly becam...
'Very hot' coffee and tea linked to higher cancer risk in nearly 1 million adults
Regularly drinking very hot tea or coffee may raise the risk of a type of esophageal cancer, according to a large study at the University of Oxford.People who reported drinking beverages "very hot" had about three times the risk of developing oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), a type of cancer that begins in the cells lining the esophagus, compared to those who drank warm beverages.Drinking six or more hot drinks per day was associated with a 71% higher risk of the disease. The same link...
Sony WH-1000XM4C Review: Still Kind of Goated
Sony's WH-1000XM4C might appear too similar to the original on paper, but with a new sound profile, great ANC, and a refreshed look, these are still solid wireless headphones.
US Legislators Complain About Secretive British Court and Apple Encryption
Bruce66423 shares a report from The Guardian: A bipartisan pair of American politicians is telling Britain's most secretive court to stop hiding its handling of Apple's legal fight against a government demand to break into its customers' encrypted data, warning that Whitehall's taste for secrecy is 'needlessly' straining relations between the two allies. The letter (PDF), shared with the Guardian ahead of being sent to the investigatory powers tribunal (IPT) on Friday, is signed by the Democrati...
WWE giant Omos talks AAA run, vows to hand out ‘a-- whooping’ to Rey Mysterio at Triplemania 34
Omos is one of the biggest men on the WWE roster, but he has not been seen in a WWE ring in two years as he’s taken on new projects and has used his stature to inflict pain at other promotions.He had a brief run at Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan before he made his debut at AAA’s Triplemania 33 last year, winning the Bardahl Cup and firmly cementing himself as a force to be reckoned with in Mexico.COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICKOmos told OutKick Dropkick in an interview before his match a...
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L.A. Times
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Order to build thousands of housing units on the VA's West LA campus stands on appeal
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a federal judge's order requiring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to build 2,550 units of housing on its West Los Angeles campus. A three-judge panel rejected the VA's request to have its appeal heard by the full 9th Circuit.
Is GTA VI Good or Bad for Miami Beach? The City Commission Is Tearing Itself Apart
Among the things we learned, Commissioner Monica Matteo-Salinas has "never waterboarded [anyone]."
USS Cole commander recalls chilling 9/11 warning at CIA just 20 minutes before first plane hit
Just 20 minutes before the first hijacked plane struck the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the USS Cole's former commander made a chilling prediction inside CIA headquarters.Speaking on the "Fox News Rundown" podcast commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, retired Navy Commander Kirk Lippold said the moment at Langley underscores a lesson he believes the nation cannot afford to forget.Lippold said he had just finished a briefing with a senior CIA official about intelligence related...
Fanatics Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20 get $350 FanCash
The Fanatics promo code FOXNEWS350 for September 2026 gives new users up to $350 in FanCash. The offer is open to new customers who are 21 or older in Fanatics’ 23 legal states and takes only a few minutes to claim.Last updated: Sept. 11, 2026As of our review from September 2026, Fanatics Sportsbook welcome offer is fair, offering you a generous boost in their rewards program so that you can get real-life sports merchandise. You can bet $20 and receive $350 back, and it's easy to claim.Bet $20 a...
Fanatics Promo Code: Bet $20 get $350 FanCash
The Fanatics promo code for September 2026 gives new users up to $350 in FanCash. The offer is open to new customers who are 21 or older in Fanatics's 23 legal states, and it takes only a few minutes to claim.Last updated: Sept. 11, 2026As of our review from September 2026, Fanatics Sportsbook welcome offer is fair, offering you a generous boost in their rewards program so that you can get real-life sports merchandise. You can bet $20 and receive $350 back, and it's easy to claim.Bet $20 and rec...
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New York Times
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Mamdani and Giuliani Shake Hands at Ground Zero on 9/11
The former mayor and the sitting mayor shared a few words at the anniversary ceremony on Friday.
