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Justice Department Exposed Cooperating Witnesses in Epstein Files
The disclosure is the latest example of how the urgent push to release the files led to the government publicizing information it would normally keep under wraps.
So, we're getting Prada Meta AI glasses, right?
Mark Zuckerberg was at Prada's fashion week event in Milan, leaving everyone to wonder if we're getting Meta AI glasses under the Prada brand.
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The long, slow arm of the law finally reaches D4vd
It took more than a year after a 14-year-old girl's dismembered remains were found in the frunk of singer D4vd's Tesla for prosecutors to formally convene a grand jury. According to court filings, the Los Angeles County grand jury is investigating whether David Anthony Burke "may be involved" in the teen's death. Read the rest The post The long, slow arm of the law finally reaches D4vd appeared first on Boing Boing.
Disney World’s Villains Land Is Pivoting Itself Away From Scaring Kids
Inspired by the rival Epic Universe, Disney's Villains Land is reportedly becoming a little less evil.
An AI-generated Resident Evil Requiem review briefly made it on Metacritic
Review aggregator Metacritic has removed a review of Resident Evil Requiem because it was AI-generated, Kotaku reports. The review was published by UK gaming site VideoGamer, but appears to be "written" by a fake AI journalist rather than a real person.While it's unfortunately difficult to confirm with 100 percent accuracy whether a piece of text is AI-generated, you don't have to read VideoGamer's review for long to notice all the ways it feels off. The biggest giveaway, beyond heavy use of con...
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ICE Agents Arrest Student Inside Columbia Building, School Says
Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, said that the federal officials had misrepresented themselves to gain access.
Sophia Space raises $10M seed to demo novel space computers
The company's modular computer tiles offer a new vision for space data centers.
Neanderthals' human blood mostly came from moms, study suggests
Long ago, Neanderthals and humans interbred. But among Neanderthals, their human blood came mostly from their female ancestors, and a new genetic study finds this was likely due to their mating preferences.
Tesla Cybercab Program Manager Exits, Brags About Pushing the Boundaries of Safety
Elon Musk's xAI has also seen a number of departures.
Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith pleads not guilty to sexual assault charge
Nova Scotia-based actor Mike Smith of Trailer Park Boys has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual assault.
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Borng people trap you in infinite nested stories
Uri at Atoms vs Bits identifies three hallmarks of a specific type of boring person. "My definition of boring is someone who talks at me, at length, without listening to me, and indifferent to my disinterest," he says. "But what are the more specific components?" Read the rest The post Borng people trap you in infinite nested stories appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Queensland police shooting: Magazine and gun safe revealed as notorious murder property is listed for sale
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GOP bill seeks to block illegal immigrants from being armed law enforcement
Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., introduced the Stop Illegal Alien Cops Act, a bicameral bill aimed at preventing individuals who are in the United States illegally from possessing firearms or ammunition while employed as law enforcement officers.The legislation would prohibit illegal immigrants working in law enforcement roles from receiving or carrying firearms and ammunition issued by government entities, such as local police departments."Illegal aliens have no Second Amen...
The new $25 action game from the creator of Just Cause arrives on April 8
We’re still waiting for releases dates for Remedy’s in-development Max Payne remakes, but if you’re in need of a noir fix sooner than that, keep an eye on Liquid Swords’ Samson: A Tyndalston Story, which just got a release date of April 8. The debut game from a new studio formed by Just Cause creator Christofer Sundberg, Samson looks like a tighter, more narrative-led experience than Avalanche’s proudly ridiculous open-world series, but no less packed with over-the-top action. You play as the ep...
Apple and Netflix are teaming up to share Formula 1 programming
Apple and Netflix have entered into a rather surprising partnership. The dynamic streaming duo will share Formula 1 programming, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The deal allows Netflix to stream the F1 Canadian Grand Prix in May, along with Apple TV. On the flipside, Apple TV and Netflix will both air season eight of the docuseries Drive to Survive. The Netflix-created series spotlights various F1 drivers and their teams. The season premieres at midnight on both platforms. Eddy Cue, Apple’s...
14 watches worth buying to start your collection – from $60
Building a watch collection starts with finding the right piece for your style – and your budget. From affordable watches that look far pricier than they are to mid-range favorites from Citizen and Bulova and more investment picks from Tudor and Longines, there’s a watch here for every style and price point. The common thread: no matter the price, every watch on this list is worth collecting.You don’t have to spend a fortune to get a well-made watch and these options prove it.Original price: $19...
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"You're Not Alone": Reporters Comfort Those Triggered And Traumatized By Scenes Of Patriotism
"You're Not Alone": Reporters Comfort Those Triggered And Traumatized By Scenes Of Patriotism Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, most Americans found a moment of rare unity in our pride over the performance of our athletes in the Winter Olympics. After years of rage politics, there was a brief respite as we joined in cheering our team in representing the United States in Milan and Cortina. Well, most of us. Some in the media found the entire demonstration of patriotism to...
Firefox 148 Lets You Kill All AI Features in One Click
Mozilla has released Firefox 148 for Windows, macOS and Linux, bringing a new AI Settings section that lets users disable all of the browser's AI-powered features in one click and then selectively re-enable the ones they actually want, such as the local translation tool that works locally rather than in the cloud. The update also patches more than 50 security vulnerabilities -- none known to be under active exploitation -- over half of which Mozilla classifies as high risk, including five sand...
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Falling vaccination rates drain millions from California classrooms
California schools are losing millions of dollars because some parents have decided they know better than decades of medical science. Over the last two years, more than 1,000 California public schools were audited for low immunization compliance, resulting in dozens of districts forfeiting over $2.2 million in state funding when students failed to meet vaccination requirements. Read the rest The post Falling vaccination rates drain millions from California classrooms appeared first on Boing Boi...
Ex-BBC boss insists organization doesn’t have anti-Trump bias amid lawsuit over misleading edit
WASHINGTON—Former British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News CEO Deborah Turness insisted the organization doesn’t have an institutional bias against President Donald Trump on Wednesday in her first public interview since stepping down in November. Turness resigned amid a growing uproar surrounding a 2024 documentary that included a misleading edit of Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, speech, prompting the president to file a $10 billion lawsuit. Turness spoke publicly about her exit for the first time at ...
Mistral AI inks a deal with global consulting giant Accenture
Mistral AI lands a partnership with Accenture, the consultant that has also recently announced partnerships with rivals OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Target charged more when it detected you were already in the store
Target's app once charged higher prices when it detected you were searching from inside an actual Target store the logic being you were already there, so you'd probably pay more. Instacart was caught showing prices that differed by as much as 23% between users at the same grocery store. Read the rest The post Target charged more when it detected you were already in the store appeared first on Boing Boing.
eBay will lay off 800 workers, or 6 percent of its staff
eBay announced that it is cutting about 800 jobs from its global staff. "We are taking steps to reinvest across our business and align our structure with our strategic priorities, which will affect certain roles across our workforce," the retailer said in a statement as reported by Bloomberg. This move will see about 6 percent of eBay's current full-time workers laid off. Bloomberg noted that eBay would continue hiring in "key areas" but did not specify what those fields are.The downsizing follo...
Invisible characters hidden in text can trick AI agents into following secret instructions we tested 5 models across 8,000+ cases
We embedded invisible Unicode characters inside normal-looking trivia questions. The hidden characters encode a different answer. If the AI outputs the hidden answer instead of the visible one, it fol
Cellmate detained after inmate convicted of sexual assault found dead at California prison
California prison officials are investigating the death of an incarcerated man at California State Prison, Sacramento, as a homicide, authorities announced Wednesday.Staff found 49-year-old John Cisneros unresponsive in his cell at about 9:15 p.m. local time on Feb. 23, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).Medical personnel began life-saving measures, but he was pronounced dead just before 10 p.m.AMERICAN RELEASED FROM INDONESIA JAIL AFTER SERVING 11 YE...
NASA astronaut reveals he was the one who had a medical issue that led to crew's early return to Earth
Astronaut Mike Fincke said in a statement issued by NASA on Wednesday that he was the individual who experienced a medical issue that resulted in Crew-11's early return from the International Space Station last month."On Jan. 7, while aboard the International Space Station, I experienced a medical event that required immediate attention from my incredible crewmates. Thanks to their quick response and the guidance of our NASA flight surgeons, my status quickly stabilized," Fincke said in the stat...
Everything you need to know about streaming F1 on Apple TV
We’ve known Apple would follow up its blockbuster film F1: The Movie with live coverage of F1 races in 2026. Now that we’re approaching the first grand prix weekend of the year, the company has provided details on what fans can expect to see inside the Apple TV app and beyond. There’s already a dedicated F1 channel in the Apple TV app, which is where you’ll stream races live when the time comes. You can also watch practice sessions, sprint races and both pre- and post-race coverage. Apple offers...
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"Squatty Potty" Millionaire Charged With Possession Of Child Porn Hoard
"Squatty Potty" Millionaire Charged With Possession Of Child Porn Hoard Robert Edwards, the inventor of the "Squatty Potty" and a contestant on the show "Shark Tank", has been charged with the possession of a digital hoard of child pornography materials including videos and images. Edwards, 50, was arrested for allegedly buying and receiving countless images of child sexual abuse between March 2021 and November 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Utah announced Mon...
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The three members were sentenced to jail last week for a multimillion-dollar jewelry heist in Simi Valley last year.
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Europa and Other Jovian Moons May Have Formed With Their Own Supply of Life's Building Blocks
Complex Organic Molecules (COMs) are important building blocks for life. They can form in space and be delivered to planets. But new research shows some of them can form in circumplanetary disks where moons form, boosting the prospects for life in Europa's ocean.
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Lauren Boebert brings Hillary Clinton's deposition to a screeching halt
Colorado's theater-loving Congressperson Lauren Boebert once again proves she doesn't understand what is supposed to take place behind closed doors, and what is appropriate for the public. Breaking the rules of former Secretary of State, Senator, and First Lady Hillary Clinton's "closed-door" deposition regarding what she knew, or not, of Trump's close friend Jeffrey Epstein's child-trafficking ring, Lauren Boebert circulated a photo she took of the winner of the 2016 popular vote count for...
On ‘Starfleet Academy’, the Theater Kids Are All Right
And also returning 'Discovery' star Sylvia Tilly. But mostly the theater kids.
Illegal immigrants could lose public housing under Trump HUD plan to end Clinton-era loophole
A proposed Department of Housing and Urban Development rule would crack down on illegal immigrants or unqualified people living in public housing, closing a loophole established amid major departmental reforms under President Bill Clinton in 1996.Current HUD rules allow "mixed-status" households to use public housing under what is called the "do not contend" provision, in which a person living among a public housing family can declare they "do not contend" their HUD eligibility under their immig...
Neanderthal Men and Human Women Were Most Likely to Hook Up, Study Finds
Geneticists have found an interesting pattern in how early humans and Neanderthals interbred—and it wasn't balanced.
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Billions pumped into UK service with little to show for life expectancy and waiting lists, say critics
Ex-medical official says service should be 're-engineered' to spend more on prevention.
Are You ‘Agentic’ Enough for the AI Era?
Silicon Valley built AI coding agents that can handle most of the grunt work. Now, the most valuable skill in tech is deciding what they should do.
Meta sues advertisers in Brazil and China over 'celeb bait' scams
Meta has sued the people and groups behind three scam operations that used images and deepfakes of celebrities to lure users to scam websites. According to the company, the three entities were based in China and Brazil and targeted people in the US, Japan and other countries. The ads promoted fraudulent investment schemes and fake health products.Meta said that it had filed lawsuits against several people in Brazil who promoted fake or unapproved healthcare products and online courses promoting ...
Florida man kills 2, wounds deputy and 1 other in vehicular attack, shooting spree: sheriff
A chaotic series of shootings and a deliberate vehicular attack in Pahokee, Florida, left three people dead, including the suspect, and a Palm Beach County sheriff's deputy hospitalized late Wednesday night."The deputy is very, very fortunate that the initial strike with the vehicle didn't kill him, but he showed a great deal of courage, a great deal of stamina to be able to get his gun out and neutralize this guy," Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said in a video posted to X, noting the d...
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Trump insiders hatch plot seize control of elections by emergency
Under the Constitution, state legislatures and Congress control how American elections are run the president has no say. That hasn't stopped a group of Trump allies from shopping around a 17-page draft executive order that would use a declared national emergency to eliminate mail-in voting and remove voting machines ahead of November's midterms, the Washington Post reports. Read the rest The post Trump insiders hatch plot seize control of elections by emergency appeared first on Boing Boing.
Jesse Jackson's son decries 'toxic climate' in DC that would 'lower the flag' for Charlie Kirk
Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill., decried a "toxic climate" in Washington, D.C., during MS NOW's "Morning Joe" on Thursday, that would "lower the flag for Charlie Kirk" while speaking about his father, Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died earlier this month.Former Sen. Claire McCaskill, now a political analyst, asked Jackson to speak about a lack of acknowledgment of his father at the U.S. Capitol."I would focus on Gov. McMaster of South Carolina," Jackson said. "He’s honoring my father with the opportunit...
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This inchworm is so small it looks like an eyelash crawling across someone's arm
Watch a tiny inchworm make its way across someone's arm. It's just big enough to spot, but could easily be mistaken for an eyelash. It has a little blob on each end of its body and uses them to pull itself forward as it crawls around. Read the rest The post This inchworm is so small it looks like an eyelash crawling across someone's arm appeared first on Boing Boing.
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"Grassroots" MAGA influencer turns out to be… the White House
"Independent" online Trump-diehard "Johnny MAGA" has spent years boosting Truth Social posts, owning the libs, and playing a not insignificant role in amplifying the hate over on Elon Musk's Xitter. Wired has discovered that the account belongs to a Trump White House staffer who works on their social media rapid-response team. Read the rest The post "Grassroots" MAGA influencer turns out to be… the White House appeared first on Boing Boing.
Ex-nonprofit boss allegedly swiped $1.2M meant for homeless programs to fund lavish lifestyle, DA says
Millions of taxpayer dollars meant to help San Francisco’s homeless population were allegedly siphoned off by the longtime head of a city-funded nonprofit money prosecutors said instead helped bankroll a luxury lifestyle.Gwendolyn Westbrook, 71, the former chief executive of the United Council of Human Services (UCHS), has been charged with nine felonies, including misappropriation of public funds, grand theft and filing false California tax returns, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office ...
Jennifer Garner details sacrifices and challenges of co-parenting with Ben Affleck
Jennifer Garner has learned quite a bit when it comes to co-parenting with ex-husband Ben Affleck. During a recent appearance on Bustle's "One Nightstand" podcast, the "Alias" actress who split from Affleck in 2015 opened up about the sacrifices made while raising their three children together. "When your kids grow up in two separate households, I become mom and dad, and he becomes dad and mom," said Garner. "You kind of can't help it, right? Because you don't have the benefit of both sides, the...
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Hillary Clinton Says She Knew Nothing About Jeffrey Epstein's Crimes
Hillary Clinton Says She Knew Nothing About Jeffrey Epstein's Crimes Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Hillary Clinton told members of Congress on Feb. 26 that she does not have knowledge about crimes carried out by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 14, 2026. Johannes Simon/Getty Images “I had no idea about their criminal activities. I do not recall ever ...
Ambient Dreamie bedside companion review: The best sleep I've had in years
How much would you pay for a good night's sleep? This is a question I've asked myself repeatedly over the last few weeks as I've been testing the Dreamie, a $250 alarm clock and "bedside companion" that I couldn't stop thinking about after I first encountered it at CES. Ambient's Dreamie offers many of the conveniences of a smartphone-connected device highly customizable alarm schedules, a library of soundscapes and noise masks, Bluetooth so you can connect earbuds and podcasts (soon). But it is...
Which Piece of Speculative Fiction Had the Greatest Single-Day Stock Market Impact?
Speaking of the Citrini's blog post, which imagines a near-future AI-driven economic collapse, and which ended up help triggering the SandP 500's worst single-day drop in nearly two weeks on Monday, FT Alphaville decided to track how US stock markets have moved on the release days of notable dystopian speculative fiction throughout history. The story adds: You may contend that this is facile. We would agree. You might contend that the comparisons make no sense because it's possible to read a blo...
Common vision issue linked to type of lighting used in Americans' homes
Nearsightedness (myopia) is skyrocketing globally, with nearly half of the world’s population expected to be myopic by 2050, according to the World Health Organization.Heavy use of smartphones and other devices is associated with an 80% higher risk of myopia when combined with excessive computer use, but a new study suggests that dim indoor lighting could also be a factor.For years, scientists have been puzzled by the different ways myopia is triggered. In lab settings, it can be induced by blur...
Mamdani to meet with Trump in unannounced White House visit
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House for a previously unscheduled visit on Thursday, Fox News has confirmed.The two are expected to discuss housing issues, particularly those affecting New York City, according to the New York Post. They are also likely to discuss immigration issues, according to Politico.Mamdani last visited Trump in the White House in November 2025, shortly after he won the mayoral election.The pair shocked both sides of th...
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ICE Car Chase Leads to Crash Involving Children, Newark Mayor Says
The crash happened on Wednesday morning, Mayor Ras Baraka said, as federal immigration agents were pursuing a man driving a van.
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Average 7Y Auction Stops On The Screws Amid Stock Rout
Average 7Y Auction Stops On The Screws Amid Stock Rout After yesterday's mediocre 5Y auction, we had just one coupon sale left: 7Y paper at 1pm today. And with today's wholesale post-Nvidia, risk-off move it was expected to be an easy sale, which is more or less what it was. The Treasury sold $44 billion in 1 Year notes at a high yield of 3.790%, down sharply from 4.018% last month, and the lowest since November. The auction also priced on the screws with the When Issued, which was...
Padres pitcher could miss opening day after undergoing hemorrhoid surgery
San Diego Padres pitcher Matt Waldron could begin the season on the injured list after being hospitalized for several days and undergoing hemorrhoid surgery to deal with an infection, manager Craig Stammen told reporters Tuesday.Stammen said the 29-year-old pitcher will hopefully get discharged soon, but that will depend on the healing process. "Had an infection in his rear end and had to have surgery to drain it and make it better," Stammen said, via San Diego Union-Tribune. "… He’ll be out wee...
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Travel Stocks In Focus After Cartel Chaos Erupts In Mexico
Travel Stocks In Focus After Cartel Chaos Erupts In Mexico The U.S. State Department has lifted its "shelter in place" alerts for Americans after Mexican special forces, aided by U.S. intelligence, killed a top drug cartel boss, sparking cartel-related chaos across at least one key tourism town in the third-world country just south of the U.S. southern border. Helicóptero del ejército mexicano operando ayer en Puerto Vallarta (Jalisco) contra el Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación. ...
LLMs may already contain the behavioral patterns for good AI alignment. We just need the right key to activate them
I've been experimenting with using fictional character personas to shift LLM behavior, and the results suggest something interesting about alignment. The default Claude Code persona activates what I'm
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Putting Paddington Bear in places he shouldn't be
Every great artist has their defining work: Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, van Gogh's Starry Night… and Jason Chou's Paddington Bear series. Graphic artist and Photoshop genius Chou's great artistic work, which he has been chipping away at for more than five years now, is his odyssey to insert adorable, marmalade-loving ursine Paddington Bear into every movie, TV show, or pop culture moment to ever exist. Read the rest The post Putting Paddington Bear in places he shouldn't be appeared first on Boing Bo...
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Hillary Clinton calls for Trump to testify as she faces US House Epstein panel
She urged the panel to subpoena Donald Trump, citing his many mentions in Epstein files.
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Test your color memory with this game
Most humans can see about a million colors, but remembering them is a different story. Remembering colors is difficult because of the way the brain categorizes colors. Dialed puts color memory to the test. The game can be played in single-player or multiplayer modes, but you can also share your results to play head-to-head against a friend after the fact. Read the rest The post Test your color memory with this game appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Serial Stowaway Is Said to Be Arrested After Sneaking Onto a Plane Again
Svetlana Dali was detained in Milan after she boarded a United flight without a ticket at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to two people familiar with incident. She was convicted last year of doing the same thing.
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L.A. schools face crisis amid federal probe into Supt. Carvalho, controversial AI contract
The Los Angeles Board of Education is scheduled to meet behind closed doors Thursday afternoon, a day after federal authorities raided the home and office of Supt. Alberto Carvalho in what appears to be a probe related to AllHere.
Minister says there's 'a lot more work to do' with India after Canadian official says it's no longer a threat
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says there's still a lot of work to do on the India security file a day after a senior government official said Ottawa no longer believes the country is linked to foreign interference and transnational repression.
'Go Habs Go!' to return to Montreal buses after language controversy
Montreal’s transit agency says the “Go Habs Go!” slogan will return to some city buses next month after the provincial language watchdog authorized the use of the English expression.
Cincinnati sues former quarterback Brendan Sorsby over $1M NIL buyout after Texas Tech transfer
The University of Cincinnati became the latest university to sue one of its former players, claiming that former quarterback Brendan Sorsby violated his name, image and likeness (NIL) deal after transferring to Texas Tech last month. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the university alleged that Sorsby did not pay the $1 million buyout fee that was due within 30 days of transferring out of the program. He signed with the Bearcats in July 2025, and hi...
China expands space footprint in Latin America, raising military alarms in America’s backyard
FIRST ON FOX: China is expanding a network of space facilities across Latin America that could strengthen Beijing’s military surveillance and war-fighting capabilities in the Western Hemisphere, according to a new report. A new report from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party identifies at least 11 PRC-linked ground stations, radio telescopes and satellite ranging sites in Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile and Brazil installations the panel says may have dual-use military...
The Government Just Made it Harder to See What Spy Tech it Buys
An anonymous reader shares a report: It might look like something from the early days of the internet, with its aggressively grey color scheme and rectangles nested inside rectangles, but FPDS.gov is one of the most important resources for keeping tabs on what powerful spying tools U.S. government agencies are buying. It includes everything from phone hacking technology, to masses of location data, to more Palantir installations. Or rather, it was an incredible tool and the basis for countless...
The First Look at ‘Star City’ Is Here, and Apple TV’s Spin-Off Era Has Officially Begun
Set in the world of 'For All Mankind,' the new space race thriller is told from the Soviet Union's point of view.
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A hero the Taliban didn’t expect from a long-marginalised minority brings joy to Afghans
New York Times: Futsal player Alireza Ahmadi is part of the Hazara minority.
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EPA To Reform $5 Billion 'Clean School Bus' Program
EPA To Reform $5 Billion 'Clean School Bus' Program Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is revamping the Biden administration’s Clean School Bus (CSB) program, which focused on installing electric buses at U.S. schools, the agency said in a statement released on Feb. 19. The overhauled program will focus on providing school districts with “increased choice and affordable options” for school buses. School buse...
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FBI hazmat team raids Irvine home, investigates chemicals found inside
FBI agents and hazardous materials teams descended on a gated residential community in Irvine on Wednesday night, performing a raid on a single-family home and carefully removing chemicals found inside.
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Logitech's Keys-To-Go 2 is a portable typing powerhouse
Generally speaking, most keyboards are shit. They can afford to be. We've become used to the lack of a pleasurable tactile response after a decade of tapping away at smartphone displays and the shallow travel that comes with working on an Ultrabook. Read the rest The post Logitech's Keys-To-Go 2 is a portable typing powerhouse appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Watch this mini dachshund throw a tiny temper tantrum
I want to know what is going on in this puppy's mind to cause such an adorable temper tantrum. It worked because I'm now convinced that whatever this little dachshund wants, he deserves. As someone in the comments said, this dog attacks 100% of the time with 0% damage. Read the rest The post Watch this mini dachshund throw a tiny temper tantrum appeared first on Boing Boing.
Victim fears for others after California parole board approves release of convicted child predator
A victim of a convicted serial child predator voiced outrage this week after a California parole board approved her attacker's release, saying she does not accept his apology and fears he could harm others if freed."I'm disgusted with the fact that they would even believe anything that he would happen to say…" said Amelia, one of the man’s victims. "I don’t believe that people like that change."The remarks came after the California Board of Parole Hearings found 64-year-old David Allen Funston s...
Stephen A Smith rips Dem theatrics at Trump address for playing right into president's hands
Stephen A. Smith called out Democrats on Wednesday over their theatrics at the State of the Union address, arguing that they played right into President Donald Trump's hands."Donald Trump, when he asks the question about cheering and asking about protecting American citizens and prioritizing them ahead of migrants, he set you up! He knew you weren’t going to stand. He knew 73 of y’all were going to show up to other places and not show up to the State of the Union," Smith said during his show, "S...
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After WaPo Axed 30% Of Staff, We Now Learn They Lost $100 Million Last Year - Again
After WaPo Axed 30% Of Staff, We Now Learn They Lost $100 Million Last Year - Again The The Washington Post lost more than $100 million last year, WSJ reports, citing people familiar with the matter - which explains why Jeff Bezos axed 30% of the newspaper's workforce three weeks ago, including CEO and publisher Will Lewis. The 2025 loss matches 2024 - when it also lost $100 million, which followed a $77 million loss in 2023, the people said. So, nearly $300 million in losses in...
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Man Arrested in N.Y.C. Snowball Fight That Police Said Injured Officers
The event, which began playfully, shifted in tone when the police appeared. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said that the episode did not appear to be a crime, while other officials called for arrests.
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Cuba vows to counter ‘terrorist’ attacks after clashing with US-based boat
The raid comes as Cuba reels from lost Venezuelan oil and tighter US curbs.
Burger King will use AI to monitor employee 'friendliness'
Burger King, the chain that leans into creepy when others don't dare, is at it again. The Verge reported on Thursday that the company is rolling out a new voice-controlled AI chatbot for its workers. That may sound like business as usual in 2026, but this assistant doesn't just help with meal prep and monitor inventory. It also has an unsettling habit of surveilling employees' voices for "friendliness."The voice-controlled chatbot will live inside employees' headsets. The company said the AI is ...
Google Rolls Out Nano Banana 2, Now Faster Than Ever
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Amazon shelves Blue Jay warehouse robot
Amazon made a lot of noise last October when it unveiled Blue Jay, a multi-armed warehouse robot built to speed up same-day deliveries. Just months later, the company quietly ended the program.The robot's core technology will live on in other projects. Still, Blue Jay itself is done.That sudden shift raises an important question. If one of the world's most advanced logistics companies cannot make a high-profile robot work at scale, what does that say about the future of artificial intelligence (...
Cornyn expects Dems to side with illegal immigrant truckers by opposing his CDL ban
FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican is moving to advance one of President Donald Trump's key State of the Union requests but says he doesn’t expect Senate Democrats to support it."The Dems are not acting rationally these days," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. "And, of course, anything that they think is something that Trump would support or likes they sort of reflexively oppose."Cornyn plans to introduce legislation that would bar illegal immigrants from obtaining commercial driv...
Surveillance With a Smile: Burger King Will Use AI to Track If Employees Say ‘Please’ and ‘Thank You’
Service workers, meet the future.
Walz slams Trump admin for temporarily halting Medicaid funding to Minnesota: 'Campaign of retribution'
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accused the Trump administration of unleashing a "campaign of retribution" against his state after Vice President JD Vance announced a temporary pause in Medicaid funding there. Vance’s announcement was made after President Donald Trump railed against fraud in Minnesota on Tuesday evening in his State of the Union address. Vance said Wednesday that he is giving Walz 60 days to clean up how the state doles out funding, adding, "We are stopping the federal payments that wil...
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Sperm swim faster in summer
Researchers analysing semen from 15,581 men in Denmark and Florida found that the best sperm swims in summertime [Springer Nature]. The most motile were consistently found in June and July in both regions, whereas the lowest-quality sperm was found in winter. Read the rest The post Sperm swim faster in summer appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Even Banks Now Bow To A Golden Master
Even Banks Now Bow To A Golden Master Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, Although I never expected to say this, if you are still wondering about gold’s future price direction, just ask the big banks… Getting Real Emerging from a 2025 in which gold saw 53 all-time-highs and an annual move of 55%, some wondered if this was just another blow-off asset akin to any other, from dot.com stocks to crypto manias. Such a misunderstanding of gold’s fundamental profile as...
The AI Case Against Indian IT Ignores What Indian IT Actually Does
A fictional memo set in June 2028, published by short seller Citrini Research, wiped roughly $10 billion off Indian IT stocks in a single trading session on February 24 and sent the Nifty IT index down as much as 5.3% -- its worst single-day fall since August 2023 -- on the argument that AI coding agents have collapsed the cost advantage of Indian developers to the price of electricity. The index has shed more than $68 billion in market value in February alone, its worst month since 2003. But ...
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Mamdani and Trump Are Set to Meet in Washington
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s trip to the White House on Thursday was unannounced. The topics he planned to discuss with President Trump were not immediately clear.
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Philippine volcano eruption sends ash 2.5 kilometres into sky
Officials warn a larger, more explosive eruption is possible in coming days.
Beef eaters are going viral with 'boy kibble,' here's why the trend alarms some nutritionists
→ "Zebra striping" is redefining happy hour and big beer is taking notice.→ A family-run crab house didn't mince words defending Team USA or the American dream.→ Experts warn that a common bar shortcut may break federal law and invite contamination.→ The "dirty soda" craze is bubbling up nationwide, and it's giving old-school fountain vibes.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER→ The viral "boy kibble" trend has men scooping beef and rice on repeat.→ A chef's simple grocery formula p...
Judge declines to halt probe into Iowa teachers’ posts after Charlie Kirk’s assassination
A federal judge has declined to halt disciplinary proceedings against two Iowa teachers over social media posts they made following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, while describing the surrounding circumstances as "deeply troubling."Katherine Mejia and Jennifer Smith filed a lawsuit against the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners (BOEE) and its executive director, Michael Cavin, arguing that the state licensing authority violated their First Amendment rights by investiga...
Humans Sketched Oddly Precise Geometric Patterns Onto Ostrich Eggs 60,000 Years Ago
Prehistoric humans had a surprisingly sophisticated understanding of geometric rules, as this study suggests.
Mother of woman found dead in illegal's dumpster reveals Trump's three-word message to her
Jennifer Bos, the mother of a woman who was found dead and covered in bleach in an illegal immigrant’s dumpster in a Chicago suburb, described the emotional moment she met President Donald Trump and shared his three-word message to her: "Watch what happens."In an interview with Fox News Digital, Bos described being part of a group of families of migrant crime victims known as "Angel Families" who met with the president and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for a memorial ceremony Monday. S...
The ‘Project Hail Mary’ Team Explains How That Lego Came to Be
io9 spoke to directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller and star Ryan Gosling about the cool Lego set.
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Mamdani’s First ‘Rental Rip-off’ Event Invites Tenants to Air Grievances
Days after taking office, the mayor announced the hearings, an opportunity to hear tenants’ complaints about abusive landlords and poor housing conditions.
Chatbots overemphasize sociodemographic stereotypes, researchers report
People interact with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots, which can be trained to take on certain demographic attributes like age and race, for information, entertainment, technical help, le
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As US electric bills rise, Trump says tech companies should pay more
New York Times: Data centres being built today can use as much power as a small city.
Read AI launches an email-based 'digital twin' to help you with schedules and answers
Read AI is launching Ada, which can reply with your availability and extract answers from the company knowledge base and the web.
Read AI launches a email based 'digital twin' to help you with schedules and answers
Read AI is launching Ada, which can reply with your availability and extract answers from the company knowledge base and the web.
US Navy reduces staff to 'mission critical' levels in Bahrain ahead of potential strikes on Iran: officials
The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain has been reduced to "mission critical" staffing ahead of potential U.S. strikes on Iran, multiple U.S. officials told Fox News. There are now fewer than 100 personnel remaining at the facility. Ahead of Operation Midnight Hammer last June, when the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear sites, the 5th Fleet headquarters was evacuated in a similar manner. The U.S. has been surging military assets to the Middle East in recent weeks as discussions have been ...
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Immigration Agents Arrest Student Inside Columbia Building, School Says
Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, said that the federal officials had misrepresented themselves to gain access.
‘Family Mob’ gang members, associates charged in major Minneapolis fentanyl trafficking case: DOJ
Five alleged members and associates of the "Family Mob" street gang have been charged in a major fentanyl trafficking case in Minneapolis, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.Three indictments and two criminal complaints were unsealed in the District of Minnesota accusing the defendants of distributing fentanyl, crack cocaine and other controlled substances in south Minneapolis.Authorities allege the group collectively possessed with intent to distribute more than seven kilograms of fentanyl...
