Fruit of the Loom, Hanes investigated over potential toxic chemicals in children's underwear
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation on Tuesday into whether Fruit of the Loom and Hanes use toxic chemicals in producing children's underwear.
Tennessee inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say
Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee's attempt to execute her, is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said Tuesday.
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OpenAI Decides ChatGPT Would Be Better With More Sponsored Results
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Lopez: 'Take out' L.A. or San Diego? This buffoon thinks Trump was way out of line
California officials react to Trump targeting of San Diego, L.A.; White House claims 'media freakout'
Stanley Kubrick’s Estate Will Soon Auction Some Beyond Iconic Items
From Jack's axe in 'The Shining' to the baby from '2001,' the collection will travel to New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and London.
Outrage in Japan after U.S. Marine accused of murdering Okinawan woman
A U.S. Marine was arrested this week on suspicion of robbing and killing a local woman in Okinawa. The killing has drawn outrage on the island and inflamed longstanding tensions over U.S. military bases, which residents say are a source of noise, pollution and violent crime against women.
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Short on cash, Democrats weigh big bets to unseat entrenched Republicans
New York Times: As "blue wave" talk grows, Democrats are making tough spending calls.
Cline Bot makes the case for an open AI coding harness
Open-weight models keep multiplying, and the AI coding harness around them is becoming just as important to get right. Developers and enterprises are trading off cost against capability. The harness h
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Emmys ditch networks by inking deal to stream awards night on Amazon Prime
The Television Academy has announced a new six-year deal with the global platform.
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Pay $68 for 5 years of piano lessons, right on your phone or computer
TL;DR: The flowkey Piano Learning App is only $67.97 (MSRP $899) for a five year subscription until Oct. 11 at 11:59 p.m. PT. No more excuses learn piano for a one-time fee of $67.97 with the flowkey Piano Learning App. Read the rest The post Pay $68 for 5 years of piano lessons, right on your phone or computer appeared first on Boing Boing.
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New Gehry concert hall takes shape in downtown Los Angeles
A pet project of architect Frank Gehry, a smaller concert hall to complement his legendary Walt Disney Concert Hall, is taking shape in downtown Los Angeles for an opening next September.
Supercomputing researchers document evolution of AI hardware
An ongoing survey tracks the latest AI accelerator systems to keep hardware relevant for Lincoln Laboratory staff and sponsors.
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Trump loves to bash California to rally the base. 'Let 'em take out' L.A. is just the latest
Bashing California is a reliable applause line in red states like Nebraska, Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma, where Trump has been holding rallies trying to ensure his supporters get out to vote.
A Deadly Mold That Attacks the Brain Is on the Rise, and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
Unlike most other fungal infections, Cladophialophora bantiana seems to prefer going after the brain.
Fitness influencer apologizes after hitching a bike ride in the Berlin Marathon
The influencer, who goes by Abeeeer on popular Chinese social media platform Rednote, or Xiaohongshu, posted a "sincere apology" for violating the rules Saturday to her 520,000 followers, explaining that she was feeling physically unwell during the race but that it wasn't an excuse.
Paramount And Warner Bros Are Officially One Mega Company
David Ellison prevails in his quest for media domination.
Former Hamas hostage counters Hasan Piker’s UT Austin event with her story of survival
Controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker made waves with his visit to the University of Texas-Austin before he even made it into the Lone Star State. While he was speaking at an event last week hosted by University Democrats, a student group, another speaker with a much different point of view was telling her story of survival. Former Hamas hostage Maya Regev spoke to students with the goal of ensuring that they hear from someone who witnessed the horrors of Oct. 7, 2023, firsthand.In a recent ...
How AI decision models could change content moderation
On Tuesday, Musubi announced a lightweight decision model made for real-time moderation called PolicyLM-1.7B, released with open weights.
Patriots receiver's girlfriend celebrates his game-winning touchdown by peeing her pants
While Patriots receiver Efton Chism III was celebrating his one-handed touchdown catch that turned out to be the game-winning score in a 29-26 victory over the Bills, his girlfriend Devynn Warns was peeing in her pants.As might expect from a moment like this, a great catch for a go-ahead touchdown late in the game, the excitement for the undrafted second-year receiver's girlfriend was through the roof.From the footage Devynn shared, the peeing was an unexpected part of the celebration. She was j...
Mistral launches open-source Mistral Large 4, details AI roadmap
Mistral AI SAS today opened access to Mistral Large 4, its most capable large language model to date. On launch, the LLM is available in public preview through the company’s cloud platform. Mistral pl
Comeback canceled: Seahawks ditch plan to sign veteran RB Joe Mixon after failed physical
So much for Joe Mixon’s NFL return.After bringing the 30-year-old running back in for a workout, the Seattle Seahawks decided not to sign Mixon to their practice squad after his physical, multiple reports said early Tuesday.Instead, the reigning Super Bowl champions plan to sign Robert Henry Jr. off the Washington Commanders' practice squad.SEATTLE SEAHAWKS THROW JOE MIXON ANOTHER CHANCE IN THE NFL FOLLOWING BACKFIELD DISASTERSeattle needs backfield depth despite a 30-23 Week 4 win over the Char...
Newsom signs first-in-nation law forcing major companies to reveal slavery-era ties: 'Make it public'
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law Wednesday requiring large companies doing business in the state to scour historical records and publicly disclose slavery-era transactions, advancing California's broader reparations effort through a new corporate "accountability" mandate.Newsom’s office referred Fox News Digital to an Oct. 1 interview with civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, in which the governor signed the bill on camera and framed the measure as an effort to est...
Capitolis, which develops tech for banks and financial institutions, raised $220M, including a $120M Series E at a $1.9B valuation, up from $1.6B in March 2022
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In New York, until recently a beacon of strength, the bottom fell out over the summer.
California couple arrested on child abuse charges in connection with surrogacy probe
A California couple has been arrested on child abuse charges following an investigation into an surrogacy scheme involving at least 21 children ranging in age from a few months to 13 years, authorities said Tuesday.
Steak 'n Shake makes major change to burger ingredient as chain continues MAHA push
Steak 'n Shake is now ridding its buns of seed oils."Starting today, all Steak 'n Shake buns are officially seed-oil free," the fast-food chain announced Monday in a post on X. "The buns are now unapologetically drenched in pure Grade AA Wisconsin butter."The bun change is the latest in a series of moves by Steak 'n Shake, which has about 400 locations nationwide, to overhaul its ingredients and align itself with the MAHA movement.STEAK 'N SHAKE TAPS MAHA OFFICER AS FAST-FOOD CHAIN JOINS RFK JR'...
A Quantum Bubble Could End Reality as We Know It. Here’s Why It (Probably) Won’t
The strange rules of quantum mechanics could spell the end of our universe. But they might also spare it from one particular fate.
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Kremlin Says Russians Should Ignore "Rumors" On Possible Plague Outbreak In Siberia
Kremlin Says Russians Should Ignore "Rumors" On Possible Plague Outbreak In Siberia Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The top Kremlin spokesman sought to tamp down "various rumors and speculation" about reports of a possible plague outbreak in Siberia and said that Russians should only monitor statements from government sources. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in Moscow on Feb. 18, 2022. Sergey Guneev/Sputnik/Kremlin via Reuters"The leading agency with authority in th...
The Emmys Are Leaving Broadcast TV for Prime Video
This is the latest award show to be picked up by a streamer.
Macron trashes American free speech as riots grip France internet unloads: ‘Enormous fool’
French President Emmanuel Macron is drawing fierce online backlash after criticizing the American conception of free speech and arguing that liberty requires a "common framework" remarks landing as his government faces mounting pressure from nationwide student protests, school blockades and clashes with riot police across France."The so-called American ‘free speech’ today, which some people have promoted, is the opposite of free speech," Macron said at Complutense University in Madrid during a d...
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Becerra's 'son of immigrants' story emerges as latest flash point in governor's race
Democrat Xavier Becerra, the frontrunner to become the state's next governor, often invokes the story of his parents' humble beginnings as immigrants from Mexico who, through hard work, built happy and productive lives in California.
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$50 million gift advances construction of Nevada’s first standalone children’s hospital
Larry and Heidi Canarelli, whose family has built homes in Southern Nevada for decades, have committed $50 million to help build Nevada’s first comprehensive, stand-alone children’s hospital, Intermountain Health announced Tuesday.
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$50 million gift advances construction of Nevada’s first comprehensive children’s hospital
Larry and Heidi Canarelli, whose family has built homes in Southern Nevada for decades, have committed $50 million to help build Nevada’s first comprehensive, stand-alone children’s hospital, Intermountain Health announced Tuesday.
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Why these 5 methods used in executions have stirred debate
New York Times: The US was among 17 countries to carry out the death penalty last year.
Big Brother U.K. contestants face backlash after trans rights debate airs
Viewers of Big Brother U.K. are criticizing its contestants after the show aired a tense debate about transgender rights, pronouns, single-sex bathrooms and trans athletes in sports.
Big Brother UK sparks backlash after housemates debate trans rights
Viewers of Big Brother UK are criticizing its contestants after the show aired a tense debate about transgender rights, pronouns, single-sex bathrooms and trans athletes in sports.
Government to reveal next steps for medically assisted dying, justice minister says
Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the Liberal government will announce its planned path forward for medical assistance in dying on Wednesday.
Gia Duddy and Bengals boyfriend go to war with Instagram trolls, Brock Purdy embraces his dad-core fashion
'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com.For all of you, it is Tuesday. For me, it's Friday.Because tomorrow, my happy butt is getting on a plane and flying to Myrtle Beach for a little girl's trip with one of my best friends from grad school. I am looking forward to a few days of beach-rotting, water sports, seafood and... the Mini Golf Mast...
Ex-CIA officer found with over $40M in gold bars pleads guilty to $194M fraud
A former high-ranking CIA official who embezzled nearly $200 million from the federal government lied about his military background and education to climb the ranks at the spy agency, federal prosecutors revealed.David J. Rush pleaded guilty in Virginia federal court to one count of wire fraud. His plea comes months after an FBI raid on his home uncovered 298 gold bars worth $46 million, $2.1 million in cash and dozens of luxury items."Federal employees are entrusted with serving the American pe...
Anthropic says it found 5,500 verified vulnerabilities in April-October and Glasswing partners found 129K+ in April-July; 33K+ were critical or high severity (Reuters)
Reuters: Anthropic says it found 5,500 verified vulnerabilities in April-October and Glasswing partners found 129K+ in April-July; 33K+ were critical or high severity Anthropic is expanding a progra
Anthropic says it found 5.5K+ verified vulnerabilities in April-October and Glasswing partners found 129K+ in April-July; 33K+ were critical or high severity (Reuters)
Reuters: Anthropic says it found 5.5K+ verified vulnerabilities in April-October and Glasswing partners found 129K+ in April-July; 33K+ were critical or high severity Anthropic is expanding a progra
AI computing startup Lambda to raise $4B ahead of planned IPO
Nvidia-backed Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation ahead of a planned 2027 IPO, led by Coatue and Blackstone.
Browser-Based ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ Shows How AI Is Making It Easy to Illegally Port Games to New Platforms
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FBI investigated mom over ties to ‘right-wing’ Moms for Liberty group, bombshell DOJ report reveals
Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich says her organization feels "vindication" after a new Justice Department report revealed the FBI opened dozens of assessments involving parents following a controversial Biden-era directive targeting threats against school officials, including an investigation stemming from a tip that cited one mother's membership in a "right-wing mom’s group.""My reaction and our reaction at Moms for Liberty is vindication," Descovich told Fox News Digital. "We feel… w...
Garmin’s New Smartwatch Has Battery Life That Laps the Apple Watch Ultra 4
The Garmin Enduro 4 promises up to 320 hours of battery while still offering the health and fitness tracking features of the Fenix 9 Pro.
Asos Confirms Hackers Sent 'Unauthorized' Notification to App Users
ASOS says hackers gained unauthorized access to third-party platforms it uses and sent an "ASOS HACKED" push notification directly to customers, apparently as part of an extortion attempt. The clothing and beauty store says some basic personal information may have been accessed but does not believe payment-card data or passwords were affected. The BBC reports: In an email to customers on Tuesday night, the company apologized and urged customers not to engage with the notification. And it said th...
The next hurdle for AI agents: getting websites to let them in
Personal AI agents promise to shop, book flights, and make reservations for you. But deliberate blocks and anti-bot defenses are getting in the way, leaving consumers caught in the middle. A new stand
CoreWeave targets GPU utilization in continuous AI post-training
GPU utilization during post-training depends partly on how efficiently infrastructure moves data and loads updated models. As enterprises continually refine AI agents, reducing delays between training
Christine Fréchette stepping down as CAQ leader after searing election defeat
Christine Fréchette, Quebec’s outgoing premier, announced Tuesday that she will be stepping down as leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec party.
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White House aide: Trump did not call for attacks on US cities but explained how he's preventing them
The White House clarified Donald Trump's comments at a Monday night rally, explaining that the president was not insinuating that he wanted Iran to attack U.S. cities but instead wants to prevent Tehran from having that capability.
Google claims EmbeddingGemma 2 outperforms rival embedding models twice its size
Google released EmbeddingGemma 2, an open model with 740 million parameters that converts text, images, video, audio, and code into vectors. It runs on-device, needs only about 191 MB of RAM, and outp
US Water Bills Surged 62% in 10 Years. A New Map Reveals Where Americans Pay the Most
The report blames corporate control of water systems, climate change, and federal disinvestment in infrastructure.
'Happy Days' star Anson Williams shares shirtless selfie at 77 with a defiant message about aging
Anson Williams is feeling better than ever at 77.The actor, best known for playing Potsie Weber on the beloved sitcom "Happy Days," shared a shirtless selfie Saturday while celebrating his health, creativity and continued career."My yearly reminder to every Boomer: NEVER let anyone diminish us because of our age," Williams wrote in the Instagram caption.'X-FILES’ STAR DAVID DUCHOVNY SHARES HOW HE CONQUERED HIS ‘NUMBER ONE FEAR’ LATER IN LIFE"I’m 77. More creative, healthier, busier, more curious...
Sources: Waymo increased the size of its inaugural debt raise from $3B+ to $5B, as it grapples with rising AI costs and rapidly expands its robotaxi fleet (Bloomberg)
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Mistral launches a preview of Mistral Large 4, or Le Chonk, a 1T model it claims tops any open model developed in the US or Europe; weights are due October 27
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Mistral launches a preview of Mistral Large 4, or Le Chonk, a 1T model it claims tops any open model developed in the US or Europe; weights are due October 27 Mistral is
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Nickelodeon's Parent Hub Is A Nightmare Woke Indoctrination Syllabus For Kids
Nickelodeon's Parent Hub Is A Nightmare Woke Indoctrination Syllabus For Kids Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The network that once sold slime and SpongeBob is running a parent portal that treats political activism as bedtime reading. The children's channel has assembled a disturbing syllabus, and it wants the parents to administer it. Libs of TikTok flagged nickparents, the network's own resource hub, on Monday. WTF. @Nickelodeon, a major children's TV network, ...
Alan Alda reveals unexpected weapon in his battle against Parkinson's disease
Alan Alda is sharing his surprising method of coping with Parkinson’s.The actor, 90, best known for portraying Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the CBS wartime sitcom "M*A*S*H," was diagnosed with the degenerative motor disease in 2015 and publicly shared the news in 2018. The diagnosis came after the actor learned that his own behavior of acting out dreams could be an early Parkinson's symptom.DAD JOKES MAY BE GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN IN ONE SURPRISING WAY, EXPERTS SAY"I had a symptom, ...
Past Alberta separatist meetings in U.S. don't fall under foreign influence registry: watchdog
Meetings between advocates of Alberta separation and American government officials don't have to be included in Canada's new foreign influence registry because they took place before the registry went into effect, says Canada's foreign influence watchdog.
Anthropic expands its Cyber Verification Program by integrating Project Glasswing and offering three tiers, all with access to its most capable Claude models (Anthropic)
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Anthropic integrates its Cyber Verification Program and Project Glasswing into a new, expanded version of CVP, with three tiers and access to its latest models (Anthropic)
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Cornell taps ex-Justice Department official Sally Yates to review school's handling of sexual assault cases
A former high-ranking Department of Justice official will look at how Cornell handles sexual misconduct complaints, university trustees announced Tuesday as they tried to address an outpouring of anger over allegations of a 2024 gang rape at a fraternity house.
Democrats debate Kamala Harris 2028 run as surrogate says party wants to 'move on' from 2024 loss
Allies of former Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as Democratic surrogates, are questioning whether the former Democratic nominee would be the top choice within the party, weighing her name recognition and respect among Democrats against the notion that voters want to move on."People just want to move on," Fletcher Smith, a former state legislator in South Carolina and Biden 2020 surrogate, told The Washington Post. "We’ve got a number of younger generation of people who are capable of lead...
Trump, Waltz link France riots to mass immigration as thousands are arrested
FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that France’s escalating riots were being driven by "out of control mass migration," as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz echoed those concerns and blamed unchecked immigration and broader European policy failures for helping fuel the unrest.Asked by Fox News Digital about Trump’s comments and the scenes emerging from France, Waltz condemned the violence while also linking the unrest to European immigration and economic policies."I think w...
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Trump To Unveil Anduril Deal, Bringing Submarine Parts Factory To Baltimore
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Off-the-shelf AI assistants forget you between conversations. This post shows how to build a personal assistant that accumulates context using OpenClaw on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore runtime, with AgentC
The Reviews Are In: ‘Artificial’ Is Real Good
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Former All-Star pitcher 'Sudden' Sam McDowell dead at 84
Six-time All-Star pitcher Sam McDowell died Monday at 84.The cause of death is unknown. KDKA first reported McDowell’s death.McDowell pitched in the big leagues for 15 seasons, spending 11 of them with the then-Cleveland Indians, parts of two seasons with the San Francisco Giants, parts of two with the New York Yankees and his final season with the Pittsburgh Pirates.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEMcDowell, nicknamed "Sudden Sam," won the American League ERA title in 1965 with a dazz...
JBL’s New Party Speaker Has an AI Karaoke Feature You May Actually Want to Use
The PartyBox Ultimate 2 uses JBL's AI tool to strip vocals from your songs.
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Lineage warehouse in Boyle Heights searched in criminal probe, officials say
Investigators from the California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control executed a search warrant at the Lineage cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights on Tuesday. The property was the site of a massive fire that impacted the surrounding neighborhood for weeks.
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Perhaps humiliation is the productivity hack we've been waiting for
Autonomous is an AI-forward company that sells everything from a coaster that tracks how much water you drink, a creepy-cute Pixar-esque companion lamp, to $20,000 backyard office pods. Another offering is the Autonomous Key, which promises to help kick the doomscrolling habit. Read the rest The post Perhaps humiliation is the productivity hack we've been waiting for appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Will Frozen Trail turn it around for Arc Raiders?
Embark's promised big next step in Arc Raiders is set to release on October 8th. Will it bring back the fading player base? Arc Raiders had one of the most exciting launches and ramp-ups in years. It held on for a few months, but then rapidly lost players, at a rate that seemed intentional but was not. Read the rest The post Will Frozen Trail turn it around for Arc Raiders? appeared first on Boing Boing.
Suspects wanted for stabbing of off-duty NYPD detective are illegal aliens with long criminal histories
The two suspects wanted for the attempted murder of an off-duty New York City police officer during a robbery have lengthy criminal records and are living in the U.S. illegally, federal officials said.Dangelo Rafael Jean Caraballo, 25, and Sneider Mejia Bautista, 24, both Dominican citizens, are accused of stabbing off-duty NYPD Detective Jose Mercedes. According to police, the two suspects attempted to snatch Mercedes’ gold chain while he was clearing out the trunk of his car.When Mercedes foug...
Mistral says ML4 was trained using 3,800 Nvidia Grace Blackwell GPUs in its own data centers in Europe and much of its training data was multilingual (Mistral Blog)
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Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20, Get $350 on Braves vs Dodgers
It is hard to believe that we are already on to Game 3 in the National League Divisional Series, but time flies when you’re having fun. Tonight the Braves take on the Dodgers and Fanatics is offering you a chance to use promo code FOXNEWS350 to earn $350 in FanCash when betting $20 on the game.The Dodgers are not quite on the ropes, but they are not in their best spot after losing Game 2. They’ve lost home-field advantage and if the Braves can take both of the next two, they will end their hopes...
The hotel TV privacy mistake that can follow you home
You've just arrived at your hotel after a long day of travel. The room looks good, the bed looks comfortable and there's a big TV on the wall with Netflix and your other favorite streaming apps ready to go. So, you grab the remote, sign in and settle in for the evening. Seems harmless, right?Here's the part that's easy to forget. That TV was used by plenty of guests before you, and more will use it after you leave. If you sign into a streaming service and forget to log out, your account could st...
IBM and Red Hat Find More Than 400 New Vulnerabilities In Popular Java Code
IBM and Red Hat say their AI-powered Lightwell initiative has identified and helped remediate more than 400 previously unknown vulnerabilities across widely used Java libraries. Phoronix reports: They announced this feat today as part of their promoting Lightwell Clearinghouse to GA, which is an enterprise service for their customers to submit open-source software dependencies for priority review and remediation. From today's announcement: "The milestone addresses a growing business risk. As au...
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Kilmar Ábrego Garcia is set to be back in court as he battles deportation to Liberia
Kilmar Ábrego Garcia on Tuesday will be back in federal court, where the federal government will continue its attempt to deport him in an 18-month saga that began when he was mistakenly sent to El Salvador last year.
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Office CMBS Delinquency Rate Re-Spikes To 12.2%, Far Worse Than Financial Crisis Peak As End Of Extend-And-Pretend Looms
Office CMBS Delinquency Rate Re-Spikes To 12.2%, Far Worse Than Financial Crisis Peak As End Of Extend-And-Pretend Looms Authored by Wolf Richter via WolfStreet.com, The dictum morphs from "Survive till '25" (when low interest rates were supposed to return) to "Sell at today's price, or the lender will." The delinquency rate of office mortgages that have been securitized into commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) re-spiked in recent months and in September hit 12.2%, the se...
Meta, Walmart, Instinct, Shopify, Sierra, Stripe, and others publish the Personal Agent Protocol to standardize and secure how AI bots interact with businesses
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Meta, Walmart, Stripe, and others publish the Personal Agent Protocol to standardize and secure interactions between AI bots and businesses
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MasterClass bets AI teaching agents can broaden access to tutoring
AI teaching agents could make personalized instruction available to more learners by reducing the cost and staffing demands of one-to-one tutoring. MasterClass is exploring that potential through a sy
Doom on the Vectrex turns the classic shooter into Tron-like vector art
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Entertainment wants to be free: the forgotten war to liberate satellite TV
For the first 15 years or so of this century, subscription satellite TV was available in Latin America with a one-time purchase of a pirate box. The channel operators tried to stop it, and the pirates nimbly worked around the locks. Read the rest The post Entertainment wants to be free: the forgotten war to liberate satellite TV appeared first on Boing Boing.
‘Artificial’ Roasts AI’s Creators—and Sends a Dark Warning About Its Dangers
From their dorky parties to their weird walks, the movie holds OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other stakeholders with contempt, while demonstrating their recklessness.
‘Artificial’ Roasts AI’s Creators—and Sends a Dark Warning About Its Dangers
From their dorky parties to their weird walks, the movie holds OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other stakeholders with contempt, while demonstrating their recklessness.
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Raman tells viewers to 'stop fascist liars' in video urging removal of LAPD chief
Facing the camera, Councilmember Nithya Raman declared: "Only you can stop fascist liars!" as an image of Bass appeared onscreen. The video has been taken down.
Hazmat crew removes 'glass vials,' vacuum from home linked to missing women in potential serial killer probe
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: PHILADELPHIA Police have returned again to a home in Philadelphia's Olney neighborhood, where they collected "glass vials," a vacuum cleaner, workout equipment and other items, photographs show.This is after city police have said they recovered more than a million pieces of digital evidence from the home, described as a "house of horrors" in some reports.It used to belong to a pornographer named Raymond "RC" Horsch, who died last year at 82.PHILLY SERIAL KILLER PROBE COULD EXPO...
Russian researcher's mystery death could be ‘far worse’ than the plague, former senior Trump official warns
The unexplained death of a researcher at a Russian anti-plague institute has one former senior U.S. arms official warning it could be 'far worse' than the bacteria that caused the Black Death.Marshall Billingslea, who served as President Donald Trump's special presidential envoy for arms control, said a top Soviet bioweapons defector told him decades ago about secret work on antibiotic-resistant plague at the same facility where the recent plague-related death occurred."This may not be just 'the...
Fox Nation reveals how Rudy Giuliani broke the Mafia's grip on New York
Before he was "America's Mayor," Rudy Giuliani was a U.S. attorney on the hunt for some of the nation's most notorious Mafia leaders. The newest season of the hit Fox Nation series is peeling back the curtain behind those brave efforts to bring some of the most dangerous men of the 20th century to justice.During the third season of 'Stories of the American Mafia,' narrated by Eric Shawn, the episode "Rudy and the RICO Act" chronicles Giuliani's rise from little-known lawyer to prosecuting some o...
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LAPD union will oppose half-cent sales tax hike pushed by firefighters' union
The LAPD's officer union will oppose Measure FD, the half-cent sales tax measure on the Nov. 3 ballot pushed by the firefighters union.
Skydance will combine HBO Max and Paramount+ into a single streaming service
Please don't name it ParaMax.
Everybody’s Favorite Art TV Is Nearly Half Off Right Now
Samsung’s The Frame is the leading art TV for a reason. The matte display makes paintings look like museum pieces, not a glossy screensaver.
Japan’s Asteroid Probe Lost Its Last Working Engine. Engineers Have a Clever Fix
Hayabusa2 is on an extended mission to collect another batch of samples from a tiny asteroid.
Google Photos vs. Gallery app: What's the difference and which should you use?
We compare Google's Photos and Gallery apps, so you can decide which one to use.
Wikimedia confirms OpenAI's rogue AI agents edited wikis, tried to compromise tools, and hammered its infrastructure
According to the Wikimedia Foundation, rogue OpenAI agents edited wikis without permission, tried to abuse a citation tool as a proxy, and may have caused a partial Wikidata Query Service outage throu
LeBron James' deal with Fanatics gives him a unique way to handle his new East Coast commute
For the first time in his life, let alone his career, LeBron James is calling the East Coast his home.The NBA’s all-time leading scorer is set to begin his unprecedented 24th season later this month as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers after spending his previous eight seasons in Los Angeles with the Lakers.But it does not appear that he has made the Philly area or even nearby New Jersey his home. Instead, James seems to be making the commute over the New Jersey Turnpike and into New York City....
Hark releases an AI personal assistant with a focus on privacy
The AI lab's personal assistant is an operating system from the future designed to compete with Muse, Dots, and Instinct.
Cornell picks former deputy US attorney general to review sex assault response
Cornell University has enlisted former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates to conduct a review of the institution's responses to sexual assault.Cornell announced the review on Tuesday, saying the review will generally cover Cornell's policies aimed at preventing and responding to sexual assault.Yates will also conduct a "detailed review of the University’s response to the allegations involving Jane Doe and members of the Chi Phi fraternity in October 2024, including whether Cornell followed...
