OpenAI slows down Astra development due to cybersecurity concerns

Meta slowed down development of its Astra model as it couldn't 'rule out critical cyber capabilities.'

Worried About the Lettuce in Your Salad? Some New Yorkers Opt to Buy Local.

With an intestinal illness called cyclosporiasis causing concern about the produce supply, some consumers have turned to smaller, regional growers.

Reuters: U.S. ‘Bipartisan Majority’ Wants Regulatory Crackdown on Social Media. We Also Think Social Media Is Fun

Democrat? Republican? Independent? You probably want to see social media regulated.

America Is Atomizing

A nation of us versus them and them and them.

Enhanced safety measures in place across Las Vegas Valley for first day of school

Enhanced safety measures in place across Las Vegas Valley for first day of school

Se han implementado medidas de seguridad reforzadas en todo el Valle de Las Vegas para el primer día de clases

Se han implementado medidas de seguridad reforzadas en todo el Valle de Las Vegas para el primer día de clases

Watchdog for $46 billion tribal gambling industry can't enforce the law without a chairperson

Watchdog for $46 billion tribal gambling industry can't enforce the law without a chairperson

Shanghai cancels at least 1,300 flights as Typhoon Dolphin hits China's eastern coast

Typhoon Dolphin hit China's eastern coast Sunday evening after forcing over 300,000 people to preemptively relocate and Shanghai's two airports to cancel more than 1,300 flights. The storm brought heavy rains to northern Taiwan the day before.

Canada's Leylah Fernandez eliminated in 4th round at National Bank Open

Canadian hopes were dashed Sunday at the National Bank Open. The weeklong buzz from Eala-Mania has been hushed, too.

Former Thai MP Chalong Riewrang arrested after alleged shooting

The arrest came days after a school shooting in the same region.

Sensitive Information Keeps Going To 'No Reply' Emails, And One Man Gets It All

Sensitive Information Keeps Going To 'No Reply' Emails, And One Man Gets It All A couple of security researchers have discovered that one of the internet’s most boring conventions, the fake “no reply” email address, can accidentally become a massive pipeline for private information, according to Wired. Wired writes that security researcher Cory Solovewicz owns the domains noreply.net and noreply.us. Instead of being digital dead ends, the domains have been flooded with emails that ...

Revelio Labs: short-term AI training programs made up ~33% of the professional certificate market in 2026, up from just 2% in 2022 before ChatGPT launched

Liam Knox / Bloomberg: Revelio Labs: short-term AI training programs made up ~33% of the professional certificate market in 2026, up from just 2% in 2022 before ChatGPT launched People are anxious t

How the future of air traffic controlling could see planes directed from other cities

Prison watchdog role left vacant for months, even after outgoing investigator warned of 'serious legal void'

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government left the position of Canada's prison watchdog vacant for several months, despite written warnings from the outgoing correctional investigator that leaving the position vacant would seriously compromise the office's powers to do its job protecting inmates.

93-year-old's 'lifetime of memories' piled on a curb in St. Catharines, Ont., after flooding

Generations' worth of memories were laid out on Mary Winning's curb in St. Catharines, Ont., on Sunday in a jumbled mess of sewage-soiled mementoes, furniture, boxes and bags. The 93-year-old's home was flooded twice in five days during back-to-back storms.

Ancient Maltese Seafarers Likely Navigated By The Stars

Ancient Maltese seafarers had both a complex cosmology and likely at least rudimentary skills in celestial navigation. It's thought that they used stars in the southern constellation of Crux to make their way around the south-central Mediterranean.

The FCC wants to ban drones with LiDAR that it previously approved

If you're thinking of buying a LiDAR-equipped DJI drone, the FCC is proposing to ban them.

How Accurate Are Flock's AI-Powered License-Reading Cameras?

Futurism reports: 404 Media revealed that a July 10 audit by the Los Angeles Police Department Office of the Inspector General caught the department's ALPR cameras generating 161 false stolen-vehicle alerts in just two months each one ending with officers pulling over an innocent driver. Factoring in 337 alerts which "resulted in the recovery of stolen vehicles," the LAPD's cameras carry an error rate of 32.3 percent, effectively giving officers a one-in-three chance at pulling an innocent per...

An Expert in Traffic Jams Has a Scary Idea: What if the Cars Turn on Us?

Sam Schwartz, a former New York City traffic commissioner, thinks autonomous vehicles are the future. But his book, “Autokill,” imagines a world where they go very wrong.

A Fight Brews Between Mamdani and Amazon Over Delivery Workers

New York’s mayor wants major companies to hire employees directly rather than relying on contractors. The firms say that will raise prices and slow service.

Man arrested at Kim Kardashian's Hidden Hills compound after stealing her car, source says

A man, who was seen loading numerous items into a vehicle, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of burglary at one of Kim Kardashian's Calabasas-area properties.

UK Intelligence Suddenly Warns Of 'Civil War' Plot Against Migrants... Convenient Demonization?

UK Intelligence Suddenly Warns Of 'Civil War' Plot Against Migrants... Convenient Demonization? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Intelligence officials are warning that a group of Republican extremists in Ireland, known as the New IRA, is preparing a campaign of violence to drive migrants out of the country, complete with talk of civil war and 24-hour ultimatums. The claims, amplified across major outlets this weekend, arrive at a moment when frustration with mass mi...

Space Agencies Are Trying to Keep Astronauts From Losing Their Sight

A device currently being used to help octogenarians do self-administered eye exams could be part of future space missions to monitor astronauts’ ocular health.

ByteDance Seed Introduces SeedRealtime: a Native Audio-Visual Full-Duplex LLM That Watches, Listens and Speaks in One Model

ByteDance’s Seed team has introduced SeedRealtime, a native audio-visual full-duplex LLM. The model fuses audio, video and text in a single unified architecture. It interacts in real time over continu

A look at London's King's Cross, which transformed from a seedy area into an AI hub after DeepMind arrived in 2016, and now hosts OpenAI, Meta, Wayve, and more

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: A look at London's King's Cross, which transformed from a seedy area into an AI hub after DeepMind arrived in 2016, and now hosts OpenAI, Meta, Wayve, and more Wha

A look at London's King's Cross, which transformed from a seedy area into an AI hub after DeepMind moved in in 2016, now home to OpenAI, Meta, Wayve, and others

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: A look at London's King's Cross, which transformed from a seedy area into an AI hub after DeepMind moved in in 2016, now home to OpenAI, Meta, Wayve, and others Wh

Sex doll mistaken for decomposing body found in suitcase in NSW, sparking investigation

NSW's top cop defended police over the inquiry, saying correct processes were followed.

Microsoft Responds to Outcry After Quietly Installing Beta 'Photos' App on Enterprise Machines

Microsoft's cloud storage app OneDrive got a new Photos app in the worst possible way, reports the blog Neowin . "The app is reportedly showing up even on Windows 11 Enterprise machines, despite apparently being a beta application aimed at consumer functionality." One admin questioned why a beta app was appearing on an Enterprise SKU in the first place, while another described the situation as yet another consumer-oriented feature being forced onto corporate PCs. Things get even more frustr...

Chinese AI labs account for nine of Artificial Analysis' top 10 text-to-video models, gaining global adoption and potentially an edge in building world models

Catherine Thorbecke / Bloomberg: Chinese AI labs account for nine of Artificial Analysis' top 10 text-to-video models, gaining global adoption and potentially an edge in building world models New la

Globalism Must Be Vanquished

Globalism Must Be Vanquished  Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, Today’s internationalists were yesterday’s imperialists... Some politically charged words become part of our common vocabulary almost overnight.  “Globalism” is a timely example.  Ten or fifteen years ago, calling someone a “globalist” didn’t have much effect.  Today, it is well understood as a pejorative that highlights someone’s allegiance to international institutions over those created within a nation s...

How Japan minimised deaths from a major quake

New York Times: Deadly tremors a decade ago have taught Japan lessons for today.

Sources: as Spotify tests a skip ahead button that lets some Premium users skip publisher-sold podcast ads and filler content, audio networks raise concerns

Max Tani / Semafor: Sources: as Spotify tests a skip ahead button that lets some Premium users skip publisher-sold podcast ads and filler content, audio networks raise concerns Spotify is terrifying

Brooks Koepka calls first year back on PGA Tour 'pretty pathetic' after missing FedExCup Playoffs

Brooks Koepka was quite hard on himself after his first year back on the PGA Tour finished on Sunday after finishing his Wyndham Championship final round.After shooting 70, Koepka was 3-under for the tournament, which gave him a T67 finish and put him 19 strokes behind the winner, Michael Brennan.As a result, Koepka, who left LIV Golf to rejoin the PGA Tour this year, finished 94th on the FedExCup Playoffs standings list. The top 70 in the FedEx Cup Standings move on to the St. Jude Championship...

This hamster tracks his runs on Strava | The Moment

Thijs de Buck tells The National about the moment he set up a Strava sports app account for his pet hamster, Mollie, to log his nightly rodent runs in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Moore Threads reports H1 revenue up 147% YoY to ~$258M, a net loss of $1.72M, and plans a Hong Kong listing, after its stock rose 420%+ since its Shanghai IPO (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Moore Threads reports H1 revenue up 147% YoY to ~$258M, a net loss of $1.72M, and plans a Hong Kong listing, after its stock rose 420%+ since its Shanghai IPO Artificial intelligence chip

Moore Threads reports H1 revenue up 147% YoY to ~$258M, a net loss of $1.72M, says it plans a Hong Kong listing, after its stock surged 420%+ since Shanghai IPO (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Moore Threads reports H1 revenue up 147% YoY to ~$258M, a net loss of $1.72M, says it plans a Hong Kong listing, after its stock surged 420%+ since Shanghai IPO Artificial intelligence ch

Netanyahu Rejects Gaza Plan: Israel Won't Withdraw Until Hamas Is 'Genuinely Disarmed'

Netanyahu Rejects Gaza Plan: Israel Won't Withdraw Until Hamas Is 'Genuinely Disarmed' Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu restated on Aug. 9 that Israel has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace's plan for Gaza and will not withdraw until Hamas is fully disarmed. Palestinians walk past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the war, at Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Aug. 5, 2026. Mahmoud I...

Privacy Backlash Explodes Against Meta's Smart Glasses

With nearly 70% of the market, "Meta wants its smart glasses to be a big hit," writes the Los Angeles Times. But after some users found ways to disable the light that warns people they're being filmed, "the high-tech specs have also turned into a liability, as some are calling the gadget 'pervert glasses...'" Some people are using the glasses which look like a pair of regular spectacles to record people without their knowledge and publish the videos on social media. The users secretly videota...

Kentucky middle school teacher accused of crossing the line with student, arrested under new anti-grooming law

A Kentucky middle school teacher is facing serious criminal charges after allegations involving a student exposed conduct that crossed the line from inappropriate to criminal, according to authorities.Sadie M. Flores, 25, of Mayfield, was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with grooming a minor, a Class D felony under a Kentucky law that took effect just weeks ago on July 15.According to the Graves County Sheriff's Office, Flores, an employee at Graves County Middle School, is accused of havi...

North Dakota mom stabs her 2 children to death in 'horrific' killing that left cops traumatized: officials

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).A North Dakota mother is accused of stabbing two of her children to death in what police described as a "horrific" attack that left even officers traumatized by the sight of the bloody scene.Kailey Erhart, 22, stabbed her 5-month-old and 3-year-old children to death on Thursday after waving a gun at her estranged husband a...

Taylor Farms pulls salsa and guacamole over salmonella concerns

Taylor Farms pulls salsa and guacamole over salmonella concerns

"Narco-Socialist Rats Better Start Running": Colombia's Trump-Backed "El Tigre" Launches Major Offensive Against FARC

"Narco-Socialist Rats Better Start Running": Colombia's Trump-Backed "El Tigre" Launches Major Offensive Against FARC Trump-backed Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella wasted no time putting his law-and-order agenda into high gear, launching a major military offensive against Marxist FARC dissidents days after taking office on Friday.  "The new government's kinetic approach is already underway in southwestern Colombia," local outlet Colombia One wrote on Sunday.  The repor...

Tel Aviv-based QuantHealth, a provider of AI clinical trial simulation software, raised a $45M Series B led by Qumra Capital, taking its total funding to ~$70M

Cailey Gleeson / Fierce Healthcare: Tel Aviv-based QuantHealth, a provider of AI clinical trial simulation software, raised a $45M Series B led by Qumra Capital, taking its total funding to ~$70M se

Arizona, California Score Separate Court Wins Over Election Rules

Arizona, California Score Separate Court Wins Over Election Rules Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, Election officials in Arizona and California won separate court victories Friday in disputes over voting rules, with a federal appeals court upholding key provisions of an Arizona voter-registration law and a California judge temporarily blocking a local election overhaul. Arizona Voter Registration Law In Arizona, an 11-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals fo...

AI Reviews Bring 'New Normal' to Linux Release Candidates: Lots of Bug Fixes

Linux Torvalds expects Linux 7.2 should be released next weekend "unless something really bad pops up," Torvalds said while announcing today's release candidate. But there's something interesting about Linux 7.2-rc7, writes Phoronix. "By the time the Linux kernel typically hits a -rc7 release things have usually settled quite well. But in today's world of AI/LLM coding/review agents, the kernel activity continues at an all-time high." Tons of bug fixes continued to trickle in across the ker...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shrugs off past 'defund the police' comments, joking 'Woke 1 was crazy'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., dismissed her and other socialist politicians' past extreme controversial comments on ABC's "This Week" Sunday, joking that the "Woke 1" era was "crazy."Host Jon Karl asked Ocasio-Cortez to comment on Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong and her controversial comments, such as calling for Thanksgiving to be canceled or for prisons to be abolished. Hong has sought to backtrack on some of her past views as she seeks the Democratic nomination in he...

Joan Jett cancels remaining 2026 concerts after undergoing surgery for 'fractured vertebrae'

Joan Jett is stepping away from the stage after suffering a serious injury that required surgery.In a since-expired post shared to Jett's Instagram Story on Tuesday, the 67-year-old rock icon's team announced that her band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts had canceled their two remaining scheduled 2026 concerts in September."Following a recent injury, Joan Jett has undergone orthopedic surgery on a fractured vertebrae and will begin the necessary healing process," the statement read, via Rolling St...

Wildfires burn across western US and Canada as residents are evacuated

Wildfires burn across western US and Canada as residents are evacuated

Aces coach Becky Hammon benches 3 starters in what looks like WNBA scheduling protest in national TV game

It was a nationally televised WNBA matchup between the Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty on Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn, a battle of two championship hopefuls.But Aces head coach Becky Hammon had a starting five nobody expected, and it could be viewed as a protest for having to play back-to-back games on the road this weekend.Hammon didn’t play four-time MVP A’ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray or Jackie Young – three usual Aces starters – with Jewell Loyd, Dana Evans and Brianna Turner taking their spo...

How to spot the Perseid meteor shower, a summer light show that promises to dazzle

How to spot the Perseid meteor shower, a summer light show that promises to dazzle

3-year-old girl hospitalized after Maple Ridge, B.C., bear attack

A bear attack in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Sunday has left a three-year-old girl in hospital.

Aces rest A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young after brutal back-to-back travel

Aces rest A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young after brutal back-to-back travel

Your Tax Dollars At Work: 20 Port Authority Workers, 17 Cops, Make Over $400,000

Your Tax Dollars At Work: 20 Port Authority Workers, 17 Cops, Make Over $400,000 Apparently, one of the best ways to make $400,000 a year in the New York area is to work for the Port Authority, according to the NY Post. Twenty Port Authority employees, including 17 cops, cleared $400,000 in total compensation last year as the agency's payroll sailed past $1.2 billion. And much of the magic came from everyone's favorite government money fountain: overtime. According to payroll data...

An Australian user's OpenClaw agent running Claude exploited a gym API flaw and kicked another member off, after the user asked it to move him up the waitlist (ABC)

ABC: An Australian user's OpenClaw agent running Claude exploited a gym API flaw and kicked another member off, after the user asked it to move him up the waitlist By national AI reporter Cam Wilson

An Australian user's Claude-run OpenClaw agent exploited a gym API flaw and kicked another member off after the user asked if it could move him up the waitlist (ABC)

ABC: An Australian user's Claude-run OpenClaw agent exploited a gym API flaw and kicked another member off after the user asked if it could move him up the waitlist By national AI reporter Cam Wilso

Bernie Sanders demands Democrats ban super PACs from primaries, blasts AIPAC, ‘corrupt system’

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is urging Democratic leaders to restrict super PAC involvement in party primaries, arguing that wealthy outside groups have too much influence over Democratic nominations.In a post on X on Sunday, Sanders singled out the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, while criticizing outside spending in Democratic primaries."It is insane that the Democrats allow super PACs like AIPAC to spend millions in their primaries only for those same special interests to h...

Flock Safety cameras need constitutional guardrails before further deployment, Tennessee mayor argues

Knox County, Tennessee, Mayor Glenn Jacobs called for a "nationwide pause" in the deployment of Flock surveillance cameras on "The Sunday Briefing," arguing the technology raises constitutional, privacy and safety concerns and lacks sufficient safeguards.Jacobs said law enforcement should have access to tools that help solve crimes, but argued newer Flock technology goes beyond conventional license plate readers and should not be deployed broadly until guardrails and an updated regulatory framew...

Trump doubles down on reflecting pool vandalism allegations, cites new witness account

President Donald Trump escalated his criticism Sunday over the dismissed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case, pointing to a National Park Service employee’s account that former Olympian David Hearn "violently" ripped and tugged at the pool’s coating before authorities arrived.Trump shared a screenshot from court documents on Truth Social that detailed interviews with two National Park Service employees who were cleaning the interior of the Reflecting Pool when Hearn approached the ar...

No Hikes For You

No Hikes For You By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Much of the country is facing extreme heat and humidity this weekend. It makes it difficult to read and get ready for the week, let alone write something for this week, so we will keep this one short and focus on charts. The markets started and ended the week with a bang. We continue to keep a close eye on the stocks and sectors most affected by Situational UnAwareness (last weekend’s T-Report). The Nasdaq 100 had an insanely s...

Quoting Claude Opus 5 system prompt

Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 were first released on June 9, 2026. On June 12, 2026, Anthropic suspended access to both models to comply with U.S. Department of Commerce export controls; the Depa

RNC warns socialists push Democrats ‘off cliff’ after DSA co-chair offers no tax rate

EXCLUSIVE Republican National Committee (RNC) national spokesperson Natalie Baldassarre warned Sunday in a statement to Fox News Digital that socialists were steering Democrats toward political disaster after Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) co-chair Megan Romer failed Friday on "The New Yorker Radio Hour" to identify a rate or threshold for taxing millionaires, as the movement's primary gains intensify debate over what Democrats must defend in November."The Democrat Party is being driven ...

Flock Accused of Reactivating Its Cameras Without Notifying a Town

A Massachusetts newspaper reports that officials from the town of Littleton (population: 10,141) "claim that five of Littletonâ(TM)s Flock Safety cameras were switched back on by the company without informing the town..." Littleton had temporarily disabled the cameras earlier this year, according to the article, but upon discovering the cameras were still active, city officials say they directed the Town Counsel "to initiate cancellation of the contract with Flock Safety and directed the Town...

Watch: 'Privileged Idiot' DSA Co-Chair Has Absolute Porridge For Brains

Watch: 'Privileged Idiot' DSA Co-Chair Has Absolute Porridge For Brains The Democrat party has been freaking out about the Democratic Socialists of late - despite striking similarities between their policies - because while Democrats are happy to sweet talk voters into socialist ideas that signal maximum virtue, they don't actually want to enact policies that would make blue-city budgets even more dire than they are.  In short, the party is panicking because the voters they radical...

AOC documents egg-freezing journey, takes aim at Trump admin over women's reproductive choices

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., revealed that she is freezing her eggs, opening up about the deeply personal decision in a series of Instagram Story videos while saying the procedure will give her more control over her future and using the announcement to criticize the Trump administration's policies on women's reproductive health.The progressive "Squad" member posted the videos Saturday, explaining that she had spent years considering the procedure and saving for it before deciding to un...

Buffalo Bills fans at the brand new $2.2 billion Highmark Stadium are finding their views are obstructed

The old Highmark Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills', was not especially popular towards the end of its lifespan. It was cold, dreary and outdated, and overdue to be replaced.It seemed like good news, then, when the Bills started construction on the replacement, their sparkling new $2.2 billion facility just across from the old building. They were adamant that the new construction would be a showpiece for the region, a key part of securing a record-setting taxpayer contribution from New York sta...

Don Lemon Seeks Dismissal Of Federal Charges Over Minnesota Church Protest

Don Lemon Seeks Dismissal Of Federal Charges Over Minnesota Church Protest Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, Former CNN host Don Lemon has asked a federal judge to dismiss the charges brought against him in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a Minnesota church. The January protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations interrupted a worship service at the church. Lemon, who was charged with violating federal ci...

WWE's Chelsea Green dealt more bad luck, reveals broken orbital bone less than week after winning title

Chelsea Green has overcome serious obstacles to get to the top of the WWE women’s division.She’s suffered numerous injuries over the last 12 months or so, including a heart issue that landed her in the hospital and in need of a procedure. Still, she managed to put those problems in the rearview to become the interim WWE women’s champion last weekend at SummerSlam.COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON FOX NEWS DIGITALOn Friday, Green was in a tag team match with Tiffany Stratton as they went up agai...

California City Declares State of Emergency After Cyberattack

NBC Bay Area brings news from the small idyllic California town of Suisun City (population: 29,518). The city council "declared a state of emergency Saturday after a cyberattack that shut down computer systems including 911 public safety operations." "Malicious software infected and compromised" the East Bay community's information technology systems beginning about 5:45 a.m. Friday, the city said on social media. "The cybersecurity incident hit critical public safety operations, including 911 ...

US data center bans top 500, up from 300+ in late June, as New York and Texas join cities and counties pushing back against data center development

Shane Burke / The Information: US data center bans top 500, up from 300+ in late June, as New York and Texas join cities and counties pushing back against data center development Local government re

Lions announce Teddy Bridgewater has retired again, leaving team in middle of training camp

NFL veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has once again retired from the game.Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell told reporters on Sunday that Bridgewater, who was competing for the backup role to Jared Goff in the quarterbacks room, has decided to step away from the team in the middle of training camp.The Lions officially placed Bridgewater on the reserve/retired list ahead of their Sunday practice.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMCampbell added that he believes retirement ...

Hasan Piker stands by 'intentionally provocative' claims that Hamas is 'a thousand times better' than Israel

Far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker defended his rhetoric calling Hamas "a thousand times better than the fascist settler colonial apartheid state" of Israel on Sunday despite acknowledging it was "intentionally provocative.""I say that on purpose," Piker told Rolling Stone Magazine. "I want to force people to really think about what I’m saying. I want to challenge them to think about it a little bit."Piker made the comment in an X post from January and has since doubled and tripled down on the...

Credit to the QVC host who went viral for a live NSFW slip-up for handling it like a pro 'the show must go on'

Saying the show must go on when you make a mistake live and actually doing it are two different things. Credit to QVC's Toni Brattin for pulling it off like a true professional. As a result, she gave the internet a gift.The host was taking the QVC audience through a live demonstration of her "Salon Select" wig when she accidentally let "blow job" fly out of her mouth instead of "blowout" while describing the look the product provides.Almost 30 years under your belt can't fully prepare you for ev...

Elderly couple dies in Santa Monica home fire

The blaze engulfed a two-story home on Lincoln Blvd., the city's second fatal residential fire in the last three months.

Braves' Chris Sale ejected before game sees first pitch for yelling at umpire over Saturday balk call

Atlanta Braves starter Chris Sale was ejected on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, and he wasn’t even scheduled to pitch.Before the game even started, Sale was still fuming about a balk call on Saturday night against the New York Yankees that he decided to unload on the umpire who called him for it.As umpires took the field for the series finale between the Braves and Yankees in the Bronx, Sale started to yell toward umpire Dan Merzel before Yankees starter Cam Schlittler threw an official pit...

Harris Renews Calls To Pack The Court Despite Poll Showing Most Americans Agree With Its Decisions

Harris Renews Calls To Pack The Court Despite Poll Showing Most Americans Agree With Its Decisions Authored by Jonathan Turley, Kamala Harris is again promising the radical wing of her party that she will pack the Supreme Court. Pete Buttigieg and others have done the same to pander to the extreme left. These calls are increasing among Democratic leaders despite a recent poll showing that the Court remains the more popular institution vis-à-vis Congress, and that the majority of Am...

AI-Powered Browser Just Generates Every Website From Scratch

XDA Developers reports: On July 22, a Google DeepMind engineer, Vidy Thatte, shared a snippet of a browser he built that "treats every URL as a prompt and generates a site from scratch" on his X account. Just a few days later, he shared a TestFlight link to let iPhone users try it for themselves. The browser he launched is called Gem, and it's a browser that doesn't really...browse. Instead of fetching a webpage from a server the way Chrome or Safari would, Gem hands whatever URL you type ov...

WNBA media defends DiJonai Carrington after dangerous Sophie Cunningham hit reveals glaring bias

WNBA media wasted no time jumping to DiJonai Carrington's defense after her dangerous hit on Sophie Cunningham earned her a Flagrant 2 and an early shower Saturday.Carrington got the boot after catching Cunningham above the neck as the Fever guard went airborne for a transition layup.But instead of taking her lumps, Carrington retreated to the locker room and immediately pulled out her phone, posting "WHITE PRIVILEGE @indianafever" on Threads.Just like that, Carrington turned punishment for her ...

Teen burglary ring linked to nearly 80 Bay Area break-ins dismantled after months-long investigation: PD

A gang of teenage burglars accused of targeting nearly 80 Bay Area homes and vehicles is behind bars after investigators unraveled a months-long crime spree that included stolen firearms, high-speed chases and an alleged fencing operation that netted roughly $250,000 in suspected stolen property.Concord police also released surveillance video of the burglary spree, dubbing the compilation "Teamwork Leads to Arrests in Regional Armed Burglary Series."The video shows the suspects breaking into par...

Turn complicated ideas into clear diagrams with Microsoft Visio 2024 for $45

TL;DR: Microsoft Visio Professional 2024 helps turn workflows, networks, floor plans, and other complicated ideas into polished diagrams. Get a lifetime Windows license for $44.97 (reg. $579.99). Some ideas are much easier to understand once you stop trying to explain them in a wall of text.  Read the rest The post Turn complicated ideas into clear diagrams with Microsoft Visio 2024 for $45 appeared first on Boing Boing.

Trump Says "We Are Low Keying It" With Iran As Options For Walking Away Have Drastically Narrowed

Trump Says "We Are Low Keying It" With Iran As Options For Walking Away Have Drastically Narrowed Iran's IRGC is holding the line, reiterating that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen to international shipping only after the United States accepts all of its conditions, which we outlined previously. Also, on Saturday Iran's army spokesman Amir Akraminia stated that Iran's new protocols in the Strait of Hormuz are "irreversible" and shall not be thwarted by the US. "The United States has...

Cyclospora fears are sending shoppers to farmers markets for local produce

Concerns surrounding the ongoing Cyclospora outbreak are changing how some consumers shop for produce, with farmers markets reporting a surge in shoppers seeking homegrown greens.Demand for locally grown lettuce has increased across Ohio, with some farmers market vendors selling out within 30 to 60 minutes of opening, Ohio news publication Axios Columbus reported.The increased interest comes as shoppers pay closer attention to where their food comes from amid concerns about produce distributed t...

"Lie To People Who Want To Be Lied To": How To Make A Political Fortune As A Far-Left Democrat

"Lie To People Who Want To Be Lied To": How To Make A Political Fortune As A Far-Left Democrat Authored by Jonathan Turley, A financial journalist once offered simple advice: “Lie to people who want to be lied to, and you’ll get rich…Tell the truth to those who want to be lied to, and you’ll go broke.” That axiom appears to have been taken to heart by radical Democratic candidates who this week issued transparent denials of past outrageous comments. Their calculus is clearly tha...

Florida AG James Uthmeier says Fauci probe could uncover grounds for criminal liability despite pardon

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said on "Sunday Morning Futures" that his office is examining potential claims ranging from fraud and deceptive trade practices to public nuisance as part of its investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci, adding that the probe could uncover grounds for criminal liability.Uthmeier said Florida investigators plan to use "every tool under Florida law" as they examine whether Fauci engaged in any self-dealing or profited from COVID-era policies.FAUCI HELD IN CONTEM...

The ‘Crawl’ Sequel Has Found Its Gator Chow—I Mean, Stars

'One Piece' actor Emily Rudd and 'Scream' survivor Mason Gooding will fend off gators in Alexandre Aja's long-awaited sequel.

Ask Slashdot: What are the Costs of Switching Between Windows, MacOS, and Chrome?

UI changes, lost productivity, untransferrable knowledge... Long-time Slashdot reader theodp notes the folly of switching to an unfamiliar new environment to be "more productive"... Champions of the switch often insist workers will be able to hit the ground running and get the same or even more work done from the get-go in the new unfamiliar environment because it's 'more productive', a conclusion often shaped by conventional wisdom or their 'gut' feeling. Decision makers may also mistake th...

Is cyberbullying hiding in your child's group chat?

"It was only a joke." Those five words can stop an important conversation before it begins. Maybe your child or grandchild posted a rude comment in a group chat. Another kid added an embarrassing picture. Soon, classmates were sharing it and piling on with laughing reactions.To the children taking part, it may feel like ordinary online drama. To the child being targeted, every notification can feel like another person joining the attack. The warning signs of cyberbullying are not always obvious....

Rumored, Never-to-Be-Released Apple Feature May Have Been Too Much Truth for Most Consumers

You know Apple has all your data, but do you really want to be made aware of it?

Israel's new $634M German-built 'doomsday' sub gives major boost to Iran deterrence

Israel has taken delivery of its most advanced and expensive submarine from Germany, expanding its fleet amid escalating regional threats, according to reports.The handover of the INS Drakon is expected to significantly bolster Israel's underwater strike and reconnaissance capabilities, The Algemeiner reported. The warship had been scheduled to be delivered in 2025.A statement following the submarine's naming ceremony in Kiel in 2024 said the INS Drakon is of the Dolphin AIP class and "equipped ...

Tarik Skubal says he was emotional leaving Detroit Tigers for LA Dodgers, would love to return: 'I'm crying'

Through no fault of his own, Tarik Skubal has become the center of discussion around Major League Baseball.Skubal spent his entire career with the Detroit Tigers and, over the last four seasons, has turned himself into one of the best pitchers in baseball. Thanks to the Collective Bargaining Agreement and its handling of a player's first six seasons, he's been paid well below market salaries for a pitcher of his caliber. But Skubal's ready to reach free agency after this season, providing his fi...

Indian national accused of Arizona girlfriend's murder entered US on student visa: federal sources

The man accused of murdering his teenage girlfriend in Arizona allegedly tried to cover his tracks, flee the country and vanish overseas.Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News the accused killer, 20-year-old Varun Batchigari, is an Indian national who entered the United States through Los Angeles International Airport on Jan. 8, 2024, on an F-1 student visa.After the alleged killing, authorities say Batchigari boarded a flight from Houston bound for India with a layover in Germany, where ...

California city declares state of emergency after cyberattack on computer systems

Fire and police calls in the Northern California community of Suisun City were handled by Solerno County as the FBI investigates.

California city declares a 'state of emergency' after cyberattack on computer systems

Fire and police calls in the Northern California community of Suisun City were handled by Solerno County as the FBI investigates.

Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default

Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight.

'The Odyssey' inspires surging travel interest in real-world locations behind the blockbuster

Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film "The Odyssey" takes moviegoers on an epic journey throughout the ancient world with many of the scenes shot in notable locations all over the world. Filming took place at spectacular spots in Greece, Italy, Morocco, Scotland and Iceland continuing Nolan's longtime preference for practical filmmaking and in-camera effects. The film, after just four weekends, has become Nolan's highest grossing movie ever at the global box office, with $1.1 billion pulled in, a...

Senate Moves Major Crypto Regulation Bill Toward Vote

Senate Moves Major Crypto Regulation Bill Toward Vote Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) took a procedural step Saturday to bring the CLARITY Act to the Senate floor, setting up a vote on whether to consider the bill when lawmakers return from their August recess. The CLARITY Act would establish a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrency and other digital assets, spelling out how the industry would be regulated and whic...

First Nations chiefs in B.C. call on Carney, Smith to halt advancing West Coast pipeline

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs is calling on Ottawa and Alberta's government to halt efforts to advance the West Coast pipeline, saying expanding the oil industry will accelerate climate change and disasters.

Ivanka Trump shares intimate look at cool-weather Iceland getaway with Jared Kushner and their kids

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner swapped the summer heat for Iceland's cooler weather during a recent family getaway filled with waterfalls and outdoor adventures.Trump shared several stunning photos from the trip on social media, giving her followers a look at the family's time exploring the Nordic country.The photos showed Trump, 44, and Kushner, 45, taking in Iceland's scenery, including a sweet shot of the couple together in front of a waterfall.IVANKA TRUMP AND BETTINA ANDERSON’S CLOSE BOND O...

RCMP investigating homicide of 12-year-old Edmonton boy after remains found in northern Alberta

RCMP say they are investigating the homicide of a 12-year-old Edmonton boy after remains were found in a rural area of northern Alberta. In a news release on Sunday, police said Athabasca RCMP officers responded to a report of human remains found on Thursday, Aug. 6, just before 3:30 a.m.

RCMP investigating homicide of 12-year-old Edmonton boy after remains found in Athabasca region

RCMP say they are investigating the homicide of a 12-year-old Edmonton boy after remains were found in a rural area of northern Alberta. In a news release on Sunday, police said Athabasca RCMP officers responded to a report of human remains found on Thursday, Aug. 6, just before 3:30 a.m.

Mother and Daughter Die After Boat Overturns in New York Harbor

Police divers found a 27-year-old woman and her 5-month-old baby in the water near Liberty Island. A man was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment.