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Armed man arrested at Trump’s golf course scoping security ahead of visit
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Netanyahu says Israel did not approve Trump-backed Gaza peace plan
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Senate confirms new CDC director as diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak sweeps US
The Senate confirmed the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as viral outbreaks wreak havoc across the country, and as lawmakers worry whether they’ve found someone to stand up to President Donald Trump’s top health official.The upper chamber confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz to be the next CDC director on Wednesday along party lines. Her confirmation comes as a Cyclospora outbreak, commonly known as the diarrhea parasite, carves its way across the U.S. from contamin...
Commanders filling wide receiver need with Stefon Diggs, leaving Brandon Aiyuk to stew in his odd behavior
The Washington Commanders, desperately wanting to add wide receiver help for their offense, had basically two obvious and productive veteran options from which to pick – Stefon Diggs or Brandon Aiyuk.So, the guy who has played for three different teams the past three seasons and somehow wore out his welcome despite producing two 1,000-yard seasons in that time – Diggs?Or the guy who signed a big contract with the San Francisco 49ers in 2024, got injured, didn't play in 2025, and has become a can...
FAA investigating possible violation of safety protocol involving Trump, Marine One
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it is reviewing a potential violation of a new safety protocol after a Tuesday incident involving a commercial plane and the Marine One helicopter with President Donald Trump on board, Fox News Digital confirmed.The incident occurred Tuesday when a commercial plane took off from Reagan International Airport at the same time that Trump was departing the White House on Marine One, according to The Wall Street Journal.The White House said Trump was nev...
5 Mexican cartel bosses charged in weapons, drug trafficking, timeshare fraud schemes, DOJ says
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), along with the heads of numerous other federal agencies, announced Wednesday indictments of members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) for drug trafficking, weapons charges and for targeting elderly Americans in sprawling timeshare fraud schemes.The revelation was part of a wider inter-agency news conference Wednesday announcing a sweeping set of enforcement actions targeting the CJNG in Mexico."These sophisticated organizations use violence and fea...
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Free Day Care Spots Lift a $26,000 Burden for These N.Y.C. Families
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to expand free child care to 2-year-olds began in four communities. The first 2,000 families to get a seat were thrilled.
Clay Travis sets sights on French trans phenom Julie Tetart for proposed 'inclusive' WNBA expansion team
French trans basketball player Julie Tetart's childhood dream to play in the WNBA is one more step to becoming a reality.On Wednesday, during an appearance on "Don't @ Me" with Dan Dakich, OutKick founder Clay Travis announced that he will target Tetart, who was the scoring and rebounding leader in France's Ligue 2 during the 2025-26 season, as the face of his potential WNBA franchise that he'd call the Nashville Balls."If the WNBA is inclusive, then this French all-star, a WNBA team has to sign...
Houston Texans star practices in pads for first time in nearly two years after 2024 career-threatening injury
The snapshot of Tank Dell crumpled in that end zone and desperately pointing at his dislocated knee in December of 2024 is something to recall but not relive because it was horrible to witness.Dell, 26, hasn't played football since that moment, raising concerns he'd never play again and amid the echoes of naysayers predicting he'd never be the same.But Tank Dell's comeback is on. And on Wednesday that long journey took a significant step when he stepped on an NFL practice field with his teammate...
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AI Worms and Viruses Are Coming
Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses.
Debris plume suggests SpaceX rocket did slam into the moon as predicted
A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday, scientists reported, after drifting off course for the past year.
Source: Yunfeng Capital, a PE firm co-founded by Jack Ma, invested ~$30M in AI insurance tech startup Corgi, leading a round that reportedly valued Corgi at $4B (Business Insider)
Business Insider: Source: Yunfeng Capital, a PE firm co-founded by Jack Ma, invested ~$30M in AI insurance tech startup Corgi, leading a round that reportedly valued Corgi at $4B Jack is back. Chi
Dem drops US Senate bid, leaving independent candidate as lone challenger to incumbent GOP Sen Mike Rounds
Julian Beaudion, the Democratic candidate who was challenging Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, announced he is dropping his election bid, a move that leaves independent candidate Brian Bengs going head-to-head against the incumbent lawmaker."As many of you know, we experienced a devastating house fire while continuing to navigate significant personal financial hardship," Beaudion explained in part of a lengthy statement issued Tuesday. "Through it all, my wife, Inkka, and our daughte...
UFC lost $30M on White House Freedom 250 event held on Trump's birthday, despite calling it 'roaring success'
The UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House grounds in June has been described by TKO officials as a “roaring success." But the financial numbers tell a different story.
‘The Apothecary Diaries’ Stars Break Down the Mystery, Romance, and Frog Between Jinshi and Maomao
The smash-hit period piece drama anime's Japanese voice actors also wondered how far they should take the internet-breaking "frog scene."
AI-Powered ‘Vishing’ Attacks Reportedly Targeted Top Hedge Funds
Turns out rogue AI isn’t the only cybersecurity threat to be worried about.
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SpaceX unintentionally slams four-ton rocket stage onto moon surface
The Falcon 9 craft was supposed to return to Earth but got pulled into a lunar orbit.
A Mystery Object in the Milky Way Is Blasting Out Particles 100 Times More Powerful Than the LHC
The cosmic accelerator can push protons beyond one quadrillion electric volts.
El-Sayed campaign backed by over $100,000 from dozens of members of group with alleged terror ties
FIRST ON FOX: GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's campaign has collected more than $115,000 from individuals who work for or have held leadership roles with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which has been designated a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates and formally designated or labeled as such in Florida and Texas.A Fox News Digital review found that El-Sayed, who has made getting "money out of politics" a central campaign rall...
Schumer claims victory as Senate moves to avert shutdown; GOP says he got played
The Senate quietly moved its solution to halt a government shutdown through another key step as the tenuous truce between Republicans and Democrats continues to hold.In the midst of a hectic, albeit open-ended and uncertainty-laden schedule, the upper chamber advanced its continuing resolution (CR) unanimously on Wednesday. While not the final vote, it’s a strong sign that neither side wants to thrust the federal government into uncertainty as the midterms near.It marks a sharp departure from th...
Hasan Piker unloads on 'Islamophobic pieces of s---' Democrats as El-Sayed faces party unity test
Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker rejected calls for Abdul El-Sayed to repair relationships with skeptical Democrats during the candidate’s Tuesday night election event at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit, even as El-Sayed promised reconciliation ahead of the general election against Republican Mike Rogers."Like everyone being like, Abdul has a f--- ton of work to do mending bridges. Here's the f---ing take nuke for you, OK? You are all unbelievably Islamophobic pieces of s---, OK?" Piker sai...
How we built an MCP bridge to give our AgentCore-hosted AI agent access to local MCP tools
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Run production AI agents in n8n with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore harness
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Bigfoot hunter suggests there's a conspiracy after Cornell University denies conducting DNA tests on remains
I hope you're sitting down for this one. The claims that a DNA test was conducted on the supposed remains of a Bigfoot by Cornell's Veterinary DNA Lab have been called into question.This has taken a turn from finally having the answers we've all been looking for, that the cryptid was a Neanderthal-human hybrid, as claimed by Charles Stuart, aka Snake the Bigfoot Hunter to being back at the starting block.That's because Cornell University denies conducting any such test for Snake. A spokesperson ...
Google will shut down Google Assistant starting September 2026 as Gemini takes over on Android and Wear OS
Google is killing Google Assistant on Android and Wear OS starting September 4, 2026. Gemini takes over as the AI-powered successor on smartphones, tablets, watches, and in cars with Android Auto. Whe
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The 1885 book that graphed the human face into 81 expressions
The Delsarte System of Dramatic Expression is an acting manual, first published in 1885, that set out to chart every movement a human body can make. Genevieve Stebbins, an American actress, wrote it after training under Steele MacKaye, who had studied in Paris with François Delsarte, a French singer and orator who died in 1871 without publishing his method. Read the rest The post The 1885 book that graphed the human face into 81 expressions appeared first on Boing Boing.
Bernie Sanders tells James Carville to start his own party as moderate Dems warn against 'embracing extremism'
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stood by far-left streamer Hasan Piker on Tuesday when pressed about a Democratic Party that included both someone like Piker and Democratic strategist James Carville, as moderate Democrats told Fox News Digital the party must abandon extremism. "So when someone like James Carville says he doesn't want to be in the same political party as Hasan Piker, which one are you going to take?" CNN's Abby Phillip asked Sanders Tuesday night."Well, that's not much of a choice," ...
Tlaib moves to block ICE airport arrests, says TSA helping target immigrants
Progressive Democrats are taking their war against President Donald Trump's handling of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the skies with a new effort led by far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.Tlaib introduced a bill on Tuesday aimed at blocking ICE and Border Patrol agents from accessing air travelers' data called the No TSA Data for ICE Act, which would curb federal immigration officials' ability to arrest noncitizens at U.S. airports.The legislation would stop ICE and Customs and B...
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Police charged the trans couple who said a mob beat them outside a park bathroom
Aurora Rush and Shae Sanders say a crowd surrounded them outside a Louisiana park restroom, shouted threats and slurs, and beat Sanders unconscious. Police charged Rush and Sanders, and asked the town council to pass a law banning their bathroom use. Read the rest The post Police charged the trans couple who said a mob beat them outside a park bathroom appeared first on Boing Boing.
Exclusive: Grieving mom reveals deadly cost of illegal immigration as daughter's killer seeks parole
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNINGFIRST ON FOX: After her 18-year-old daughter, Hailey King, was run over by an illegal immigrant driving a truck 36 mph above the speed limit, Angel Mom Kathy Hall promised her dying daughter she was "never going to stop fighting for justice for her."In an interview obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital from advocacy group The American Border Story, Hall recounted her daughter’s grisly killing, which, she said, launched her crusade to make sure that no other parents and ...
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Ethereum Researchers Want To Rein In Staking; Critics Warn It Could Backfire
Ethereum Researchers Want To Rein In Staking; Critics Warn It Could Backfire Authored by Felix Ng via CoinTelegraph.com, A group of six Ethereum researchers and developers, including Ethereum Foundation’s Justin Drake, has proposed changing the network’s issuance policy to cut validator rewards more sharply as the proportion of staked ETH rises. The draft, called the Tapered Issuance Burn and currently being assigned the provisional number EIP-8363, would burn an increasing fra...
Multiple people dead in North Carolina shooting, official says
Multiple people were killed and at least one person was hospitalized in what's being described as a "mass shooting" in Prospect Hill, North Carolina.The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation said the Caswell County Sheriff's Office requested assistance "regarding an early morning mass shooting on Brooks Road in Prospect Hills, North Carolina."A Caswell County official later told WGHP that multiple people were killed in what's believed to be an isolated incident. At least one person was ho...
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Primaries on the West Coast are complete. Here are November races to watch
The Western states hold four of the nation's 18 toss-up races as rated by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
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Susan Collins would like Maine to notice this principled vote
Facing a difficult reelection campaign, Susan Collins has located a line she says she will not cross: confirming Donald Trump's former personal lawyer as attorney general. She has made abrupt about-faces over controversial votes in the past, saddling us with a terrible Supreme Court, among other things. Read the rest The post Susan Collins would like Maine to notice this principled vote appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Woman arrested after four men stabbed in central London’s Covent Garden
The 47-year-old homeless woman was subdued and disarmed by police.
Disney Says ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ and ‘Moana’ Were Hits, Actually
Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro thinks box office numbers are not the ultimate measure of Disney's films.
Heated Rivalry cast and crew need space while shooting Season 2, director says
Director Jacob Tierney has taken to social media to post a gentle request for space for the cast and crew of Heated Rivalry while they film Season 2.
Barry Manilow cancels concert 45 minutes before start amid ongoing lung cancer recovery
Barry Manilow canceled his Kentucky show on Tuesday just 45 minutes before it was scheduled to start."Due to unforeseen circumstances tonight’s show in Lexington has been rescheduled," Manilow, who was diagnosed with lung cancer last year, wrote on X ahead of the concert. No other explanation was given.While some slammed Manilow as "disrespectful" for the late cancellation, others were quick to offer him words of encouragement.BARRY MANILOW, 82, GIVES UPDATE ON HIS CANCER BATTLE AS HE CANCELS MO...
Corsair just introduced new gaming keyboards with a control dial and a mouse with great battery life
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Despite Critic’s Warnings, Kids Online Safety Act Advances to Senate for Full Vote
Marsha Blackburn said Wednesday, "The era of Big Tech profiting off of our children is over."
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Copper Tops $14,000 As US Stockpiling Drains Global Supply Ahead Of Trump's Tariff Call
Copper Tops $14,000 As US Stockpiling Drains Global Supply Ahead Of Trump's Tariff Call Copper strength has returned to the London Metal Exchange this week as futures top $14,000 a ton. Another leg higher could be imminent, pushing prices into blue-sky territory as traders weigh tightening global supplies against robust metal inflows into the US ahead of President Trump's expected tariff decision. The Commerce Department was expected to deliver its tariff recommendation by June 30,...
DAVID MARCUS: Experts crowned El-Sayed then Michigan voters turned his win into a near-disaster
Over the past week, prior to far-left candidate Abdul El-Sayed squeaking to a possible victory over Rep. Haley Stevens in Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary, the contest was treated by almost everyone in the news media as over, with El-Sayed a shoo-in.I had been in Michigan reporting on the race, and what I wrote was the exact opposite: It was clear to me the race was tightening, especially after the endorsement of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. So when I saw every subsequent poll giving El-Sayed doubl...
DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.
Reddit expands its test of Rules Hub, a suite of tools that rely on LLMs to help moderators manage their communities, and plans a full launch later this year
Jay Peters / The Verge: Reddit expands its test of Rules Hub, a suite of tools that rely on LLMs to help moderators manage their communities, and plans a full launch later this year It's also planni
Why AI wants you to buy more, and mindfulness could help you buy less
You search online for a pair of sneakers. Minutes later, similar shoes appear on social media feeds. A shopping site offers a limited-time discount and suggests a matching jacket. This is no longer ju
Cleveland's new WNBA team rejects 'Lady Cavaliers' identity in unveiling of name, color scheme
Sirens: mythical creatures who perched along rocky shores, using their beautiful, hypnotic songs to lure unsuspecting sailors to their deaths.Also, Cleveland’s new WNBA team.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEThe expansion franchise unveiled its name, logo and colors Tuesday, officially introducing the Cleveland Sirens ahead of the team’s inaugural season in 2028.The nautical branding is a nod to Lake Erie, but the organization had another objective in mind: making sure the new team did ...
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Another Hit to Demand in the Housing Market: Purchases by Foreign Buyers Have Plunged by 76% from Peak
Purchases by Chinese, Canadian, and British buyers have collapsed. Foreign buyers matter in some key submarkets.
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Iran-Oman Hormuz Route 'Agreed To' As Iran Warns Against US 'Interference'
Iran-Oman Hormuz Route 'Agreed To' As Iran Warns Against US 'Interference' Summary Iran says Hormuz route is agreed: Tehran says it has finalized a shipping route with Oman, blaming U.S. actions for delaying a final agreement. Tehran claims victory: Iranian officials say the deal would lock in Iran's wartime gains and strategic leverage over Hormuz. Mixed messages: Trump says a deal could come within days, while Iran insists the talks are only with Oman. Draft outline emerges: R...
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Citadel Soars 6% In July Thanks To Situational Awareness Firesale Liquidation
Citadel Soars 6% In July Thanks To Situational Awareness Firesale Liquidation Some have speculated that one of the most proximal catalysts behind the collapse of Leopold Aschenbrenner's $45 billion and epically misnamed Situational Awareness hedge fund, besides his use of batshit insane Total Return Swap leverage that would make an average Korean momentum-chasing degen blush with envy, was Citadel's vocal warning early last week that the Fed would/should hike rates, a contrarian app...
Controversial socialist chef flip-flops on abolish the police, says she’s ‘serious about public safety’
Controversial chef and democratic socialist candidate Francesca Hong has reversed her position on defunding and abolishing the police, saying in a recent podcast interview that she has become "serious about public safety."Hong is a Wisconsin Democratic lawmaker perhaps best known for her 2020 call to "cancel Thanksgiving" because of its colonial history. She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and a leading Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor.In an episode of "Pod S...
Cloudflare Announces Open-Source Cloudflare OS As AI 'Operating System'
Cloudflare has open-sourced Cloudflare OS, an Apache 2.0-licensed platform that lets organizations build AI agents, apps, and workflows using curated company data and tools within isolated, governed environments. Despite the name, it is not a traditional operating system but a framework for securely managing organizational AI workloads. Phoronix reports: Cloudflare OS is already used internally at Cloudflare and is described in today's announcement as: "Cloudflare OS starts with a conversation i...
While AI Keeps Going Rogue, Trump’s Safety Theater Makes No Sense
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Puka Nacua, due for new contract, hires Zay Flowers' agency after Ravens star's massive $140 million deal
Puka Nacua is taking notes.The Los Angeles Rams wide receiver is beginning his fourth NFL season next month, making him due for quite a payday.Nacua's 95.3 receiving yards per game are the most all-time, and since joining the league in 2023, no one else within six yards of him.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMOnce an afterthought as a fifth-round selection, Nacua is now in the conversation as the best wide receiver in the league, and he wants to be paid like it.Well, after Zay F...
This kitten was too tiny for a wheelchair. So his foster mom made one with Hot Wheels and duct tape
When Gelato the kitten arrived at a Cincinnati animal shelter last month, injured and unable to use his back legs, he was too tiny for an animal wheelchair. So the shelter worker who is fostering him decided to get creative.
White House pushes 'watershed' fraud-fighting reform in Congress as Vance convenes task force
Vice President JD Vance, who chairs President Donald Trump's Task Force To Eliminate Fraud, said during remarks on Wednesday that the effort has identified $230 billion of suspected fraud so far."We've been able to stop $56 billion in fraudulent payments that would've otherwise gone to fraudsters, rather than to the people who need them," he said at a task-force roundtable event with lawmakers.Vance called for reforms to help tackle the fraud.VANCE TO HOST CONGRESS AT WHITE HOUSE TO DISCUSS LEGI...
Hark, founded by Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock, previews Handoff, a computer use agent it says outperforms GPT-5.4 and Opus 4.8, and plans for a summer release
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Hark, founded by Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock, previews Handoff, a computer use agent it says outperforms GPT-5.4 and Opus 4.8, and plans for a summer release Hark, a startup
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"Exact punishment" in April, "not my business" in August: MAGA Mike Johnson's ethics policy
In April, Mike Johnson promised "exact punishment" for congressional predators. With Ohio's Max Miller facing domestic-abuse allegations, Johnson has settled on "let the process play out." The comparison is not exact. Johnson's April remarks came after Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales resigned, and Gonzales had admitted an affair with a staffer. Read the rest The post "Exact punishment" in April, "not my business" in August: MAGA Mike Johnson's ethics policy appeared first on Boing Boing.
‘Pluribus’ Star Rhea Seehorn Has No Idea What Carol Is Going to Do With That Bomb
The Emmy nominee knows as much about season two as fans do at this point, and she's speculating like a fan, too.
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Google's Chief AI Scientist Jeff Dean Exits After 27 Years, Alphabet Shares Slide
Google's Chief AI Scientist Jeff Dean Exits After 27 Years, Alphabet Shares Slide Alphabet shares slid after The Wall Street Journal reported that Jeff Dean, one of Google's earliest employees and a key figure in its AI strategy (co-founder of Google Brain), is departing after nearly three decades to launch his own AI company. The exit raises fresh concerns about Google's ability to retain top researchers as competition for AI experts intensifies. Dean was Google's 30th employee i...
LIV Golf CEO quiets speculation with announcement of new investor to keep circuit afloat into 2027
Long live LIV?The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced in April that it would stop funding LIV Golf following the 2026 season. With the sole funder of the breakaway circuit cutting off the money spigot, it was speculated that LIV, or at least the current version of it, would cease to exist beyond this year.On Wednesday, LIV CEO Scott O'Neil halted that speculation.Speaking ahead of this week's LIV New York tournament at Trump National Bedminster, O'Neil announced that an investor has bee...
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Trump says coal is "a great business." One in three veteran Appalachian miners has black lung
Black lung among veteran Appalachian miners is back to 1978 levels, at the same time the Trump administration has put stronger silica-dust protections on hold. After a century of mining, accessing Appalachia's remaining thin coal seams requires cutting through far more quartz-rich rock. Read the rest The post Trump says coal is "a great business." One in three veteran Appalachian miners has black lung appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Second Foreign Vessel Attacked Off Yemen Within Hours, Amid Houthi 'Siege For Siege' Blockade
Second Foreign Vessel Attacked Off Yemen Within Hours, Amid Houthi 'Siege For Siege' Blockade Update(1235ET): The Houthis have apparently attacked two vessels off Yemen's coast within a mere few hours on Tuesday, as clearly the assault on international shipping by the Iran-aligned group has grown. The below alert from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre is the second one today. Just hours before, an initial vessel had been reported sunk, the crew rescued... ...
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Music legends Bryan Adams and the Eagles schedule new performances in Las Vegas
Music legends Bryan Adams and the Eagles schedule new performances in Las Vegas
The world's smallest USB drive has more storage than an iPhone 17
At a time when storage space commands a premium price, SanDisk's Extreme Fit drive is worth a look.
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.
Google says Chief AI Architect and Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will lead Google DeepMind as SVP, reporting to Sundar Pichai (Bloomberg)
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Google says Chief AI Architect and Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will take over many of Demis Hassabis' responsibilities as SVP; GOOG falls 3%+ (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Google says Chief AI Architect and Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will take over many of Demis Hassabis' responsibilities as SVP; GOOG falls 3%+ Alphabet Inc.'s Google is losing so
Government-run grocery stores face renewed scrutiny after Chicago's experiment fizzles
The idea of government-run grocery stores is facing renewed scrutiny as Chicago abandons plans for a municipal supermarket, raising questions about whether taxpayer-funded markets can survive."Chicago's city-run grocery stores are on the brink of collapse after a Save A Lot terminated its licensing agreement with stores operated by Yellow Banana," Bryce Hill, director of fiscal and economic analysis at Illinois Policy, told Fox News Digital on Tuesday."So the city spent $13.5 million on these st...
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California makes AI companies leave fingerprints on their slop
A new law in California requires AI generators to sign their work. The first phase of its transparency law requires difficult-to-remove provenance data to be embedded in the slop. California has begun requiring generative AI services with more than 1 million monthly users to embed machine-readable provenance data in images, audio, and video they create. Read the rest The post California makes AI companies leave fingerprints on their slop appeared first on Boing Boing.
Anthony Fauci’s lawyer says Aaron Rodgers 'should stick to football’ after scorching him on Pat McAfee's show
Anthony Fauci may have taken the Fifth in the nation's capital, but his legal team isn't afraid to keep swinging.Days after Fauci pleaded the Fifth 111 times during a Senate hearing on the advice of his attorneys, Aaron Rodgers could not help but rip the "absolute coward.""Are you kidding me? You get a pardon, and you’re and you pleaded over 100 times at the White House? What are you scared of, Tony? I thought you were the science. ‘I am science,’ and you get up there and can’t answer a question...
The Weirdest Theory Yet for Why Life on Earth Suddenly Exploded
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Xbox's devastating July was inevitable
"It is neither possible nor desirable to own every great independent studio."
Two brothers deliver storybook moment by homering in respective debuts on same day in incredible fashion
Aug. 4, 2026 is a day the Lombard family will remember for a long time.Not one, but two brothers made their pro baseball debuts. George Lombard Jr. made his major league debut with the New York Yankees, while his younger brother, Jacob, made his professional debut in Low-A with the Miami Marlins organization.Both brothers made debuts to remember, as they each blasted a home run with their new clubs.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMGeorge Lombard Sr. and his wife, Judy, had fligh...
Jeff Dean and three other Google execs are leaving to launch Discovery Loop, which will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in drug discovery, chip design, and more
Steven Levy / Wired: Jeff Dean and three other Google execs are leaving to launch Discovery Loop, which will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in drug discovery, chip design, and more Jeff Dean and othe
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Trump cites a Supreme Court dissent that lost 6–3 to gut endangered-species protections
The Orange Menace claims his administration restored the Endangered Species Act to the meaning Antonin Scalia "explained." Scalia explained it in a dissent. The Supreme Court's 6–3 majority upheld the definition Trump's administration just erased. For 50 years, the definition of "harm" included any significant habitat modification that killed or injured wildlife by disrupting their breeding, feeding, or sheltering grounds. Read the rest The post Trump cites a Supreme Court dissent that lost 6–...
Demis Hassabis is stepping down as CEO of Google DeepMind to be the unit's chairman and will add the title of Alphabet chief scientist; GOOG drops 3%+ (Axios)
Axios: Demis Hassabis is stepping down as CEO of Google DeepMind to be the unit's chairman and will add the title of Alphabet chief scientist; GOOG drops 3%+ Demis Hassabis is leaving his role as CE
Sunbird's iMessage app for Android is back after a major privacy snafu
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The RAM Crisis Is Forcing PC Makers to Team Up With a Company the U.S. Hates
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Israeli President Herzog calls antisemitism a 'contamination of societies' as hate crimes surge
Israeli President Isaac Herzog issued a stern warning about the global spread of antisemitism in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital at his Jerusalem residence."Antisemitism is an age-old plague which should be dealt with by everybody, by all societies. It's not an Israeli issue or only a Jewish issue," he said."It's a contamination of societies that starts with the Jew never ends with them. It's the most dangerous phenomena that has to be dealt with aggressively, with no mercy, with fu...
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The oldest known two-part music was written around the year 900
Polyphonic music has two or more melodic lines running at the same time, and the earliest known written example is a short piece in praise of Saint Boniface, composed around the year 900. Giovanni Varelli found it in 2014, when he was a PhD student at St John's College, Cambridge. Read the rest The post The oldest known two-part music was written around the year 900 appeared first on Boing Boing.
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A dietitian's verdict: multivitamins are useless
Dietitian Josie Porter, author of How Not to Take Supplements, sized up ten popular supplements for the Guardian. One of the largest multivitamin trials found a memory improvement in older adults, but it came to "roughly a quarter of a word in a 20-word recall test." Read the rest The post A dietitian's verdict: multivitamins are useless appeared first on Boing Boing.
Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.
The Days of Walking Into a T-Mobile Store May Be Numbered
A leaked roadmap suggests T-Mobile plans to make its T-Life app the primary way customers manage their accounts by the end of 2026, "gradually moving one feature at a time into the app" and away from physical stores, reports Android Authority. That includes upgrades, new-line activations, and eventually new-account sign-ups. From the report: According to an image shared by a Reddit user, the carrier has mapped out the next phase of its app-first strategy. This clearly shows that the T-Life app i...
Old Reddit could be the next casualty of Reddit's war on AI scraping
The company is also planning to retire its public API.
Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.
Perez Hilton hospitalized following concerning livestream
Blogger Perez Hilton is in hospital following reports that he had appeared to self-harm during a TikTok livestream.
Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google
Shopify says AI isn’t cannibalizing search traffic the way it has for publishers. Instead, AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2.
SpaceX Is Betting on Cybertrucks to Save NASA Astronauts in an Emergency
Tesla's controversial vehicle is replacing a tactical military transport designed to deflect landmine blasts.
It’s So Hot That Japan’s Human Refrigerators Are Actually Racking Up Sales
In the future, you will get in the human refrigerator and you'll like it.
Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin opens up about his depression
George R.R. Martin took to his blog to update his fans about what has been a "stressful" and "overwhelming" time full of ups and downs and celebrate the nine Emmy nominations for HBO series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
UK's job market is splitting in two as AI demand surges while knowledge work postings crater
AI now appears in 9.4 percent of British job postings, up from about 2 percent in 2023, according to Indeed. Overall hiring is falling in knowledge work fields such as marketing and management, but AI
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Corals Spin Tiny Vortices to Get Oxygen, but Not if It’s Too Hot
At first glance, corals present as little more than colorful rocks piles of lobes, stalagmites, and branches poking out from the seafloor. They are anything but. Corals are complex creatures that form enduring colonies, and just like other animals they need oxygen to live. Across the living surface of coral, a frantic dance of survival takes place, invisible to our eyes and unknown to science… Source
Anthropic AI used fake identities to target real people in UK test
An Anthropic AI model created fake online identities to send emails to real people in an attempt to get malicious code approved during tests by a UK government research group.
Hawaii Democratic House candidate faces felony threat charges after beach fight caught on video
A Hawaii Democratic congressional candidate was knocked unconscious during a profanity-laced beach confrontation captured on video days before he appeared in court on two felony terroristic threatening charges.The video opens with Hawaii Democratic congressional candidate and U.S. House candidate Kirill Basin approaching a group of beachgoers and telling one man, "Put your bag away, bro. Put your bag away."A woman then approached Basin as music by the Pixies played from a nearby speaker. Basin t...
DARLINE GRAHAM: I'm South Carolina's newest senator. This is who I am and what I believe
To everyone who has reached out over the past few weeks with condolences, stories about my brother Lindsey, and prayers thank you. You have helped me and my family get through some of the hardest weeks of our lives.I never expected to be running for office. I have never had any desire to be a politician. I am doing this because I am answering President Donald Trump's call to serve and want to stand up for South Carolina and fight for his agenda.Like Lindsey, I am a hard worker with a servant's h...
MAGA Is In Turmoil Over Tucker Carlson’s Possible 2028 Presidential Bid
Joe Kent says that he and other anti–Donald Trump MAGA figures have formed a new movement. They want Tucker Carlson to run for the presidency in 2028.
How to use Android Auto without turning off your VPN
A VPN might compromise your Android Auto experience at first, but there are some easy workarounds.
