The National | Kenneth Law confronted by victims' families

Sept. 23, 2026 | Families of some of Kenneth Law's victims share their pain on Day 1 of his sentencing hearing. A friend describes the shooting suspect's expressions of antisemitism before opening fire near a Belleville, Ont., synagogue. And a Winnipeg plasma clinic's license is pulled over safety issues after 2 donor deaths. Welcome to The National, the flagship nightly newscast of CBC News.

Synagogue shooting suspect's online username alluded to killing Jews weeks before attack, friend says

Sean Ward, the man who died after a shootout with police outside a synagogue in Belleville, Ont., was a former Armed Forces member who attempted to use an antisemitic handle to play an online video game, according to a childhood friend and a CBC News visual investigation.

Michigan student confronts El-Sayed over Iran stance in tense exchange: ‘Do you stand with us?’

A Michigan student confronted Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed about his position on Iran during a town hall Wednesday, invoking his family's stated persecution by the Iranian regime before repeatedly pressing the candidate on whether he stood with Iranians opposing the government.Iman Dashti, who identified himself as Persian, told El-Sayed during a town hall at the University of Michigan that members of his family had suffered under Iran's government."My cousin was hunted in the...

NYC kitten rescue defends ‘NO F---ING MAGA’ adoption policy as PETA calls for it to be abolished

After posting an explicit warning that MAGA supporters, conservatives and apolitical applicants need not apply, a New York City kitten rescue is defending its screening process against mounting criticism, including from PETA, which called on the group to scrap the ideological ban."Homeless animals don’t care which side of abortion you are on or whether you believe in global warming or support Palestine or Israel or if you don’t vote at all, ever. They care if you love them and will give them a g...

English soccer star Harry Kane wants to play in the MLS and kick in the NFL at the same time

We don't see enough two-sport athletes these days. It's such a cool phenomenon that we haven't really seen in a while.However, English soccer star Harry Kane wouldn't mind taking a crack at it.Because if he winds up in the MLS, he wouldn't mind spending his free time on an NFL roster.ENGLISH SOCCER STAR HARRY KANE CALLS ROUND OF GOLF WITH TRUMP A ‘SURREAL EXPERIENCE’According to The Athletic, Kane was recently quoted as saying that he was close to re-upping with the Bundesliga's Bayern Munich. T...

Artificial intelligence: Where should NZ stand on global AI risk? 3 principles to guide a stronger strategy

OPINION: New Zealand should push for global rules to manage AI's biggest risks.

Trump likely ‘smirked’ as 'crass' Iranian president lashed out at US in UN speech: expert

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s sharp rebuke of Washington at the United Nations would have drawn little more than a "smirk" from President Donald Trump, who knows he "holds the cards," a foreign policy expert told Fox News Digital Wednesday.The assessment came after Pezeshkian and Trump addressed the U.N. General Assembly in New York from the same podium within 24 hours of one another, trading sharp rhetoric as tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to mount."Trump understands he...

Tylenol murders mystery deepens after sheriff’s office solves decades-old ‘Unknown Wanderer’ cold case

A mysterious man who died of cyanide poisoning inside an Idaho church more than four decades ago has finally been identified, and investigators say his past raises questions about a possible connection to the still-unsolved 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders.The man known for decades as the "Unknown Wanderer" was Dr. Mathew Francis Betkouski, an organic chemist with a history of discussing cyanide and poison, the Ada County Sheriff's Office in Boise announced Wednesday.Investigators said they couldn't...

Everything announced at Meta Connect 2026

VR glasses, Aviator-style Ray-Ban Meta specs, Ace Attorney in virtual reality and much more.

Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. says his $500M contract was for past performance – not future results

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has four games left before he can put his 2026 Toronto Blue Jays season behind him.Guerrero, the six-time All-Star who signed the third highest-paid extension in MLB history in April 2025 at $500 million, has hit just nine home runs and slugged .359 to date for a career-low .695 OPS to date.The Blue Jays, winners of the American League pennant this past season, where Guerrero was a major factor in reaching the World Series, were mathematically eliminated from this year’s po...

Meta put Muse in a Tamagotchi like 'Charm' device

Meta Charm is a Tamagotchi-like device with Muse AI.

Meta will stop training its AI on 'visual data' from its smart glasses if you opt out

Somewhere, a contractor just breathed a sigh of relief.

Meta VR Glasses hands-on: Hand and eye tracking is so much better than a controller

Instead of a new Quest headset, the company showed off a more portable but less immersive device today.

Meta Pinky Promises Its Smart Glasses Will Be Private Soon

The company is bringing its Private Processing encryption service to its much-maligned smart glasses.

Just one small serving of ultra-processed food a day linked to higher disease risk, major study finds

Just an extra 3½ ounces of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) a day was linked to a higher risk of chronic disease, according to a new large-scale analysis.The study, published Sept. 22 in the journal Family Medicine and Community Health, looked at nearly 8.8 million adults who participated in studies across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania, with follow-up periods ranging from two to 32 years.For every additional 100 grams of UPFs consumed daily, researchers found an association with a 14% highe...

Meta's new holographic avatars are here and they're surprisingly real

They're a notable improvement over the company's earlier attempts at digital likeness.

'Home Improvement' star Jonathan Taylor Thomas arrested for alleged public intoxication, resisting deputy

"Home Improvement" star Jonathan Taylor Thomas was detained after reportedly resisting an officer in Westlake Village, California, Monday.According to court records obtained by Fox News Digital, Thomas was detained at the Malibu/Lost Hills sheriff's station. After being booked, Thomas was released.Law enforcement sources told TMZ the child actor was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by police. The outlet reported that deputies told Thomas to stay inside the vehicle, but he allegedly exit...

The liftoff scenario that terrifies AI doomsayers

NYT: 'Recursive self-improvement' is the idea that AT could build and train itself.

Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur backs Marvin Harrison Jr as viral videos fuel questions about receiver's effort

The Arizona Cardinals’ season-opening victory over the Los Angeles Chargers was quickly overshadowed in Week 2, when they fell 31-7 to the defending champion Seattle Seahawks in Week 2.Much of the postgame conversation centered on wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., who finished without a catch as Arizona’s offense struggled to find a rhythm. Last Sunday’s performance was the latest sign of a relatively quiet start to the 2026 season for the third-year receiver and No. 4 overall pick in the 2024 ...

Meta Ray-Ban Display getting feature updates including holographic avatar support

The smart glasses are also arriving in five new markets this fall.

Meta VR Glasses Hands-On: VR Ain’t Dead Yet

The Meta VR Glasses are an enticing preview of what's to come in VR.

Meta's $1,300 VR Glasses look like the Vision Pro sequel Apple should be making

Sorry Apple, it looks like Meta's VR Glasses are the real Vision Pro successor.

Meta VR Glasses, Ray-Ban Meta Audio, Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3: Specs, Features, Prices

At its Meta Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a handful of new smart glasses, including a slimmed-down VR headset and the company’s first camera-free glasses.

Meta’s New Quest Is Actually a Pair of VR Glasses

The aptly named VR Glasses show Meta isn't giving up on VR... yet.

Meta introduces camera-free AI glasses

Meta says the camera-free glasses will be lighter and have up to 12 hours battery life.

Meta's next smart glasses collab is with Blackpink's Lisa

Blackpink in your upper-facial area.

Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 hands-on: Better battery life and a price hike

The latest lineup comes in two new frame styles: Aviator and Zena.

Meta’s Next-Gen Smart Glasses Have a Longer Battery Life and a K-Pop Collab

A new generation of Ray-Ban Meta is here, as are new styles for Meta's first-party smart glasses.

Meta unveils the Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first pair of glasses without cameras, offering up to 12 hours of battery life, starting at $349 and shipping October 3

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Meta unveils the Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first pair of glasses without cameras, offering up to 12 hours of battery life, starting at $349 and shipping October 3 Meta Platfor

Meta announces Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first smart glasses without a camera

That's one way to avoid the whole surreptitious recording issues.

Meta Introduces Audio-Only Smart Glasses to Avoid the ‘Perv’ Problem

The Ray-Ban Audio come sans camera so you don't have to worry about anyone accusing you of being a glasshole.

‘This Situation Is Obviously Unacceptable’: Australian PM Displeased by OpenAI Agent Hacking His Country

OpenAI agents breached the Australian government's healthcare statistics portal back in June.

Meta brings FDA-cleared hearing enhancement to its smart glasses

After a free trial it'll cost $150 to add on, or require a Meta One subscription.

Meta's Muse AI agent is coming to its AI glasses

Have your virtual assistant book a flight while you're jogging.

Bessent reveals extension to Busan agreement with China until January

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that United States and Chinese officials agreed to extend their trade truce known as the "Busan agreement" Wednesday on Fox News."We have agreed today that we will extend what we call the Busan agreement, the economic détente between the two countries that was scheduled to end on Nov. 10 that is going to be extended until Jan. 10 to give us more time to see what we can do on the economic front," Bessent told "Special Report."As the United States’ war wi...

Containment is dead: Five takeaways from the AI ROI in Contact Center Summit

Every vendor event has a center of gravity, and at theCUBE Research’s AI ROI in Contact Center Summit, it wasn’t a product. It was a metric this industry is finally ready to abandon. I co-hosted the s

Local Virginia GOP chair says Arlington County officials prioritize illegal immigrants over public safety

A recently released House Judiciary Committee report on one Virginia county's effort to resist the Trump administration's immigration enforcement agenda clashes with the region's deep blue politics, according to local Republicans.The 23-page interim staff report from the committee's Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement heavily criticized Arlington County's sanctuary policies, accusing the county and local Democratic-run jurisdictions of ignoring public safety while ad...

Sharp weapon discovered by TSA tucked inside unusual item in passenger's carry-on bag

A routine carry-on screening at a Texas airport took an unusual turn after TSA officers made a suspicious discovery and later heard an unexpected explanation from the travelers.Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL) found a pocketknife concealed inside a tube of toothpaste, according to an employee story published on the agency's website.TSA Officer Jazmine Kramer was screening the carry-on bag with an X-ray machine when she noticed what appeared...

'Like a horror movie.' Man following UC Berkeley student scales apartment complex gate

A chilling surveillance camera recording captures a homeless man scaling the locked gate of an apartment complex and following a UC Berkeley student inside. The suspected trespasser has an extensive criminal record and was wanted on a felony arrest warrant.

The purpose of the triangle symbol on your Samsung Galaxy phone

Samsung phones have a few different triangle symbols that can display in the status bar in different scenarios. This is how to tell what they mean.

A live blog of Meta Connect 2026, where a new pair of Meta Glasses without cameras onboard and a new VR headset are expected (Engadget)

Engadget: A live blog of Meta Connect 2026, where a new pair of Meta Glasses without cameras onboard and a new VR headset are expected More smart glasses and possibly a VR headset are expected today

Introducing NV-Reason-CT Open 3D CT VLM for Radiologist Chain-of-Thought Reasoning

Radiology AI has made remarkable strides in detecting abnormalities across chest X-rays, pathology slides, and 2D scans. Yet one of the most clinically rich and...

Justin Verlander on the Kate Upton 'f—' tweet heard round the world after he lost close Cy Young race

We're coming up on the 10-year anniversary of Kate Upton's tweet heard round the world. The one she fired off at Major League Baseball after Justin Verlander lost a close race for the American League Cy Young Award in 2016.The model wife of the professional baseball player didn’t think twice about going after the league and calling for the writers who didn't vote for her husband to be exposed. She wanted answers and went to work.How much of Upton's social media attack did the future Hall of Fame...

Newsom denies pressuring California AG into Paramount settlement after liberal backlash

Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., denied Wednesday that he pressured California Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle his antitrust lawsuit with Paramount Skydance Corp. ahead of its proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.Bonta originally led a group of state attorneys general who filed a lawsuit challenging the massive $111 billion deal that was initially expected to close during the third quarter of this year. By Monday, however, Paramount announced that a settlement had been reached, pavin...

Source: a CoreWeave-tied data center raised $1.1B in junk bonds at 98.5 cents on the dollar to yield 9.25%, ~2.7 percentage points above similarly rated debt

Gowri Gurumurthy / Bloomberg: Source: a CoreWeave-tied data center raised $1.1B in junk bonds at 98.5 cents on the dollar to yield 9.25%, ~2.7 percentage points above similarly rated debt A data cen

Final Quebec leaders' debate underway with focus on health, trade war and cost of living

Quebec election 2026: party leaders face off in final debate

Mets look to play spoiler as Nolan McLean takes the mound against struggling Texas Rangers

Sometimes it is good to have a bit of luck on your side. I tend to think most things just kind of even out overall in sports betting. Yesterday was one of those days. I bet over 6.5 runs in the Yankees-Rays game with very good pitchers on the mound. It snuck over the total with seven runs scored. I also bet on the Angels, and they were dominating the game ... until the bullpen took over and they gave up the lead. Hopefully, I can dodge the bad luck and keep rolling with the good as we play the M...

Sonny Gray and the Boston Red Sox host Cleveland Guardians in a potential MLB playoffs preview

The end of the MLB Season is almost here, with roughly five games remaining, including today, for most teams. There are still some exciting matchups today and this weekend. We went just 1-1 yesterday, with a loss on the Angels and a win in the Rays-Yankees game. I suppose I should know better than to back a 100-loss team. Tonight, I'm going for a game that we could potentially see in the playoffs as the Guardians take on the Red Sox.The Guardians are currently the owners of the top spot in the A...

California college wrestling star Ryan George dies after 400-foot fall hiking in Yosemite

A 19-year-old California college wrestling star died Sunday after falling nearly 400 feet while hiking in Yosemite National Park, authorities and school officials confirmed.Ryan George, a sophomore at Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC), was hiking with friends near Illilouette Falls on Sept. 20 when he slipped off the trail.National Park Service law enforcement rangers located his remains in the canyon below Glacier Point Trail. Park officials maintain a standard policy of not commenting on active...

Data Center Is Fined $1.1 Million for Operating 62 Power Generators

New Jersey officials said that the natural gas-powered generators, each the size of a tractor-trailer, were operating without permits.

Darren Rovell remembers where he was during Knicks' Game 4 miracle against the Spurs -- at home

You may think you’re the biggest sports fan on the planet, but the odds say that Darren Rovell has got you beat.The sports business expert is the founder of Cllct and Kickstand Cocktails, is an investor in Athletic Brewing, Pop Up Bagels and a handful of other companies and has a sweet memorabilia collection.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!But if there was one reason to question his sports fandom bona fides, it would be because he adm...

Democrat Senators flee or no-show Judiciary Committee hearing on protecting women's sports

For most of Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on protecting women's sports, not a single Democratic senator was in attendance.The only two Democrats to show up at all were ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. Both of them left within the first hour of the hearing and Klobuchar never spoke. The Democrats also did not host a single witness for the hearing.Durbin's devoted much of his opening testimony to dismissing the issue of trans athletes in wom...

Microsoft plans to invest more than $10B through 2030 in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE, including a $7.9B UAE investment it announced last year

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: Microsoft plans to invest more than $10B through 2030 in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE, including a $7.9B UAE investment it announced last year Microsoft Corp. pl

Colorado voters to decide whether hunting and fishing deserve constitutional protection

Hunting and fishing are already legal in Colorado. So why are voters being asked to make them constitutional rights?Luke Hilgemann, CEO of the International Order of T. Roosevelt (IOTR) and chairman of the campaign supporting Colorado's Amendment 83, says it's about making sure future lawmakers can't easily take those rights away.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS"Well, it's legal, but that doesn't mean that it's forever protected, right?" Hilgemann told OutKick OutDoors in an ex...

The Transformation Edge: Why AI is forcing the CFO and CHRO to rewrite the enterprise together

There was a time when the org chart told you how the company worked. Finance managed capital. Human resources managed people. Information technology managed systems. Operations managed workflows. AI i

Anthropic says its biology lab has already found something big

But maybe the biggest reveal is that Anthropic has not let Claude run lose in its biology lab. Humans are still, so far, in the loop.

Dolly Parton’s legacy battle turns bitter as manager seeks restraining order against star's nephew

A bitter battle over Dolly Parton’s legacy took a dramatic turn Tuesday when her longtime manager sought a restraining order against the country icon’s nephew.Danny Nozell, who runs She's Alive, LLC, an entity Parton created to oversee her business interests, filed for a restraining order against Bryan Seaver in Nashville, according to The Associated Press. Parton chose Seaver to publicly announce her death. The singer-songwriter died Aug. 25.Less than a month later, a behind-the-scenes feud eru...

He changed the world of organ transplants. Would he die waiting for his own?

New York Times: How a failing heart drove a surgeon to trial pig-organ transplants.

California gunman repeatedly released before deadly rampage, fiery shootout with deputies

A California murder suspect was arrested three times in less than two weeks and walked out of jail after each bust before authorities said his crime spree ended with an innocent woman dead and a fiery shootout with deputies.Prosecutors said they tried to keep Derek Spencer, 44, behind bars after he allegedly assaulted a Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy. Instead, he posted bail, was arrested twice more and was released both times before allegedly killing 76-year-old Cheryl Macy, a beloved forme...

Colorado-based Enveda, which uses AI to discover new drugs in the natural world, raised a $311M Series E at a $2B valuation, double its valuation a year ago

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Colorado-based Enveda, which uses AI to discover new drugs in the natural world, raised a $311M Series E at a $2B valuation, double its valuation a year ago Enveda, a bio

New York Islanders set to unleash culinary 'disasterpiece' on unsuspecting fans this season

Most of us are taught at a pretty young age that just because you like two separate things doesn't mean combining them makes an awesome new entity.For example, you may love your wife while also being a big fan of grabbing some drinks with your college boys, but combining the two is probably not the best idea in the world.This applies to food too, as you wouldn't catch me combining pickles with a chocolate milkshake, despite my love for both.VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS BUST OUT THE CONCESSION STAND BIG ...

‘Absolute Martian Manhunter’ Is a Cosmic Mind F*ck in the Best Way Possible

'Absolute Batman' may be DC Comics' breakout reboot, but 'Absolute Martian Manhunter' takes its topsy-turvy universal reset to its most logical extreme.

Beijing Moves Down The AI Stack: After GPUs, China Is Coming For Broadcom's Switches

Beijing Moves Down The AI Stack: After GPUs, China Is Coming For Broadcom's Switches Xi Jinping lands in Washington for a state visit today, but as Bloomberg sums up the mood in one line: the two leaders "may find common ground on AI safety, but neither is willing to give ground in the technology race." And right on schedule, the FT reports that Beijing has started counting Broadcom switches. According to the FT, China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission ...

At Trump's midterm "Trumpapalooza," "any Republican" will do

Turns out Walter Masterson's question to voters at Trump's mid-term Republican convention was so difficult it was unfair: Who are you voting for? Perhaps they are ashamed. Maybe they really do not know. Certainly, MAGA does not care who it votes for or what their values are, so long as they are "Republican." Read the rest The post At Trump's midterm "Trumpapalooza," "any Republican" will do appeared first on Boing Boing.

Grief and pain flow at hearing for Canadian suicide poison vendor

Families of Kenneth Law's victims have described their pain in a Canadian court.

Kansas Democrat begs Kamala Harris not to campaign with him, ‘Please do not come to my state’

Kansas Democratic Senate nominee Rev. Adam Hamilton told MS NOW on Wednesday that former Vice President Kamala Harris should stay out of his campaign in Kansas after she traveled to Michigan to campaign for Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, as Hamilton works to win crossover support in the Republican-leaning state.When asked directly whether he would welcome Harris to campaign alongside him in Kansas, Hamilton rejected the prospect."No, I would not," he told MS NOW. "No offense intended ...

The Toyota Corolla Is Reportedly Going Electric

Toyota’s best-selling car of all time is expected to get a fully electric version for the first time.

Young boy killed after father backs Cybertruck into him, police say

A California man accidentally hit and killed his 6-year-old son while backing out of the family's driveway near Temecula in a Tesla Cybertruck, according to police reports.

RAF jet narrowly misses homes as it crashes and explodes

Two trainee pilots escaped with minor injuries after ejecting from the jet.

Ex-Auburn coach Bruce Pearl hails Robert Kraft as a hero for banning Macklemore over antisemitic rants

Former Auburn men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl joined "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich" to defend New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft after Kraft banned rapper Macklemore from Gillette Stadium.Pearl, a prominent Jewish voice in college sports, praised Kraft as a "hero and a patriot" for taking a firm stand against antisemitism.Speaking with Dakich, Pearl argued that Macklemore's messaging crosses from political commentary into overt hate speech.BRUCE PEARL EXPLAINS WHY HE REFUSES TO STAY SILENT...

New York Times faces shareholder lawsuit over alleged anti-Israel bias

New York Times shareholders filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the paper's parent company, demanding that its board hand over internal records concerning how it has handled topics including the Israel-Hamas war.The State Board of Administration of Florida (SBA) and conservative nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) filed the petition in New York County Supreme Court seeking to compel The New York Times Company to produce internal records showing how the board oversees ed...

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei tell the UN Security Council that governments and industry should coordinate on AI safety standards and critical decisions (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sam Altman and Dario Amodei tell the UN Security Council that governments and industry should coordinate on AI safety standards and critical decisions OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam A

Missouri Congressional Map Returns To Supreme Court For Third Time

Missouri Congressional Map Returns To Supreme Court For Third Time Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The dispute over Missouri's new congressional map returned to the Supreme Court for the third time, with justices considering whether the state can use the GOP-backed map in the midterm elections. The new map could help Republicans gain an additional U.S. House seat in the Nov. 3 elections. The Supreme Court has twice prevented the state from using the redrawn congr...

The Lotus card shuffler fills the gap between $20 junk and $5,000 casino machines

The Lotus is a card-shuffling robot. It bridges the gap between super-cheap card shufflers that don't really work and casino-grade ones that cost thousands of dollars. This one is under $100, and it looks great. From the company's Our Story page: "At the bottom, you have $20 plastic shufflers that jam, break, and sound terrible. Read the rest The post The Lotus card shuffler fills the gap between $20 junk and $5,000 casino machines appeared first on Boing Boing.

Former mayor dies during row at meeting of ‘Britain’s craziest council’

Former mayor Peter Neal died after collapsing at an Attleborough meeting.

NATO ally pushes ‘Fort Trump’ US military base as Russian helicopter penetrates airspace

Polish President Karol Nawrocki has revived a proposal to establish a permanent U.S. military base in Poland named "Fort Trump" as Warsaw pushes to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank amid continued Russian incursions into allied airspace.Nawrocki said that he was confident Warsaw and Washington would reach a deal on the base, which Poland has sought as part of its effort to secure a long-term American troop presence and boost defenses against Russia."I hope that when work on the base is completed, ...

Hawley zeroes in on Lia Thomas locker room controversy: 'Did they consent?'

Senate Judiciary Committee member Josh Hawley, R-Mo., asked a witness at the panel’s hearing on fairness in women’s sports whether swimmers at Yale consented to sharing a locker room with then-University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas.Thomas, a biological male who identifies as transgender, became a central figure in the debate over sex divisions in scholastic athletics after competing against and defeating then-University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines and others."Three years ago, Riley G...

Surveillance video shows ICE chase with lights and sirens before Austin migrant shooting

New surveillance footage reveals the chaotic moments federal law enforcement vehicles chased a Venezuelan migrant over the weekend in Austin, shortly before he was shot by an immigration officer.The video shows at least two vehicles with sirens blaring, pursuing a speeding car driven by 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed the authenticity of the footage to Fox News.Garces Perez, who was shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) off...

JUICE Mission to Swing by Earth on September 28

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will return to Earth on 28 September, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft close to our home planet to alter its speed and direction en route to Jupiter.

Senate Panel Rejects Immunity For Ex-Fauci Aide

Senate Panel Rejects Immunity For Ex-Fauci Aide The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs rejected on Sept. 23 a bid to seek immunity for a longtime special assistant to Dr. Anthony Fauci. The vote on a resolution authorizing an application for a court order compelling testimony under immunity from the assistant, who was not identified, fell short of the required two-thirds of members. All eight Republicans, but no Democrats, voted in favor. Two Democrats ...

Workforce economics emerges as AI reshapes the C-suite

The economics of enterprise transformation are pushing finance and human resources into much closer alignment as companies decide where artificial intelligence fits, where people create the most value

ShinyHunters hackers claim to have 2-3TB of sensitive information about FBI employees

Financial extortion doesn't seem to be the group's goal this time.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to a public-facing Medicare portal in June, accessing public and non-public files (The Age)

The Age: Australian PM Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to a public-facing Medicare portal in June, accessing public and non-public files Prime Minister Anthony Alban

Bernie Sanders Shows There’s a Big Problem With Trump Renaming AI to ‘Super Intelligence’

"AI is an existential threat to humanity. It must be treated as such."

AI agent hacks into Australian Government’s Medicare website

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said OpenAI took too long to tell the Government.

AI agent hacks into Australian government’s Medicare website

PM Albanese said OpenAI took too long to tell the government.

Jensen Huang Says if AI Companies Can’t Contain Their Models, ‘We Have to Shut the Labs Down’

Did you know you don't have to destroy humanity?

Mike Macdonald apologizes to Sean Payton for revealing Spygate-type accusations between Broncos and Seahawks

The rift between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos, personified by threats of NFL investigations and counter-threats of a lawsuit by coaches Sean Payton and Mike Macdonald, has been put to bed by an apology.Macdonald said Wednesday he has apologized to Payton.But the interesting thing about the whole deal is that the apology came for the fact the exchange between the teams and coaches went public. And it got out because the Seahawks' coach shared the saga on a podcast without expecting it ...

In blow to tribes, Newsom vetoes bill that would have remade little-known state forests

Gov. Gavin Newsom said AB 2494 could have hampered research in demonstration forests, dealing a setback to tribes and environmentalists pushing to curb commercial logging.

NBA player predicts American athletes' performances will dip in November while they play GTA

NBA player Steven Adams is warning sports fans to expect a dip across all major professional sports leagues this November as athletes focus on playing the Grand Theft Auto VI video game."Look at the NFL, look at all the leagues, and watch them plummet. Just for the month of November, performance is gonna go down," Adams, a center for the Houston Rockets, told reporters this week.Adams predicts the slump will last only a short time as athletes dedicate themselves to completing the game’s story mo...

Trump Meets Venezuela's Rodriguez In New York

Trump Meets Venezuela's Rodriguez In New York Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump and Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez met Tuesday night on the sidelines of a United Nations reception, their first face-to-face talks since American forces seized then-President Nicolas Maduro in January. Venezuela's Interim President Delcy Rodriguez and U.S. President Donald Trump (R) meet on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Se...

A US-China AI Hotline Won't Be Ready For a While

As the US and China race to become the dominant power in the AI industry, the countries also appear to be figuring out ways to communicate on national security issues.

Save on this resource: Microsoft Project is available for $55

TL;DR: A one-time $54.97 payment gets you Microsoft Project Professional 2024 for Windows, the scheduling and resource-planning tool that normally lists at $1,129.99. Project auto-populates start and end dates from task dependencies, so moving one milestone reshuffles everything downstream without you rebuilding the timeline by hand. Read the rest The post Save on this resource: Microsoft Project is available for $55 appeared first on Boing Boing.

A US-China AI Hotline Won't Be Ready For a While

As the US and China race to become the dominant power in the AI industry, the countries also appear to be figuring out ways to communicate on national security issues.

Blue Jays eliminated from playoff contention after another uninspiring offensive performance

Pete Alonso hit his 41st home run of the season, former Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt took a shutout into the sixth inning, and the hometown Baltimore Orioles beat Toronto 4-2 in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday, eliminating the defending American League champions from the post-season race.

Inside GOP Senate hopeful's financial ties to controversial data center boom

Michael Whatley, the former chair of the Republican National Committee and the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, and his family hold between $246,000 and $690,000 in energy investments with companies fueling data center growth in the Tar Heel State, according to his federal disclosure.Those holdings raise questions about whether Whatley or his family stands to benefit from his support of data center expansion, an issue that has drawn national attention over community zoning, ...

Florida plastic surgeon found guilty of murdering attorney who vanished from bloody office

A Florida judge has found a plastic surgeon guilty of killing an attorney he’d faced in a dispute over payments for medical procedures.The body of Steven Cozzi was never found. But prosecutors presented six days of testimony with dozens of witnesses that painted gruesome images of violent revenge.Dr. Tomasz Kosowski, 47, represented himself in the case. He waived his right to a jury trial and, instead, put his fate in the hands of Judge Joseph Bulone.FLORIDA PLASTIC SURGEON ACCUSED OF KILLING AT...

Astronomers Finally Pick Up Radio Signals From a Planet Beyond Our Solar System

Sorry, it's not aliens.

Obama on Trump's press ban: "You can't do that and say that you are still living in a democracy"

Former President Barack Obama made the remarks Monday at Salem State University, after Trump barred CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House grounds because of coverage he described as "fake news." Speaking with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin at Massachusetts' Salem State University, Obama called freedom from government retaliation against critical journalism a "foundational" issue. Read the rest The post Obama on Trump's press ban: "You can't do that and say that you are still living in a d...