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Regional - CBC NEWS - 17 minutes ago

Canada can now enter Eurovision, but CBC won't say whether it will

CBC/Radio-Canada became a full member of the European Broadcasting Union on Thursday, which means Canada is now eligible to enter the Eurovision Song Contest, but the country’s public broadcaster won’t say whether it will participate in the popular competition.

Regional - CBC NEWS - 23 minutes ago

Carney vows to defend Canadian unity ahead of Alberta's fall referendum

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada's hard-earned reputation as one of the most "trustworthy, reliable and desirable countries" is on the line in Alberta's upcoming separation referendum, warning Thursday that a vote to leave would prompt years of uncertainty at the worst possible time.

Tech - Engadget - 30 minutes ago

Sony announces major layoffs at Bungie, including most of the Destiny team

Some devs working on Marathon have also been laid off and studio head Justin Truman has stepped down.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 34 minutes ago

Average 7Y Auction Stops On The Screws As Foreign Demand Slides

Average 7Y Auction Stops On The Screws As Foreign Demand Slides After a solid 2Y auction and a subpar 5Y auction earlier this week, moments ago we got the week's final Treasury issuance when the US auctioned off $44BN in 7Y paper in a perfectly average sale. Starting at the top, the bond priced at a high yield  of 4.260%, down modestly from 4.290% last month and in the middle of a range established in late-2023 after which the 7Y has traded between 3.50% and 5%. The auction also p...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 38 minutes ago

Obama-Appointed Federal Judge Blocks Trump's EO Requiring Proof Of Citizenship To Vote

Obama-Appointed Federal Judge Blocks Trump's EO Requiring Proof Of Citizenship To Vote Via American Greatness, A federal judge on Wednesday permanently blocked key portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order overhauling federal election procedures, ruling that the president exceeded his constitutional authority by attempting to impose new voting requirements without congressional approval. U.S. District Judge Denise Casper, an appointee of former President Barack Obama,...

Tech - Engadget - 40 minutes ago

Russia allegedly used a forensics platform to hack an activist's phone, despite having its access cut off

Cellebrite claims the hardware predates current sanctions and was used without its consent.

Regional - CBC NEWS - 54 minutes ago

Canadians to learn fate of 24 Sussex on Friday, Carney says

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he'll announce on Friday what will happen to 24 Sussex Drive the heritage building sitting vacant for almost a decade after his predecessors allowed it to deteriorate and become uninhabitable.

Tech - Gizmodo - 58 minutes ago

Millie Bobby Brown Says the End of ‘Stranger Things’ Was a ‘Very Hard Time for Me’

The star of the Netflix series was just 10 when she started playing Eleven and became very attached to the character and her castmates.

Tech - Slashdot - 58 minutes ago

Ford Rehires 350 Engineers After AI Fails To Preserve Expertise or Train Juniors

After Ford's automated quality-control systems and AI tools fell short, the automaker hired 350 veteran engineers over the past three years to mentor younger staff and reprogram the underperforming technology. "Artificial intelligence is a fantastic tool, but it's only as good as the information you use to train it," Charles Poon, Ford's vice president of vehicle hardware engineering, told reporters on a call Wednesday. "Over prior years, we didn't pay as much attention as we should have to the ...

Tech - Wired - 1 hour ago

The Aerogarden I Recommend to Everyone Is Just $83 Right Now, a 63% Discount

This flash deal is a rare chance to buy one of our favorite hydroponic gardens for less than $100.

Tech - Gizmodo - 1 hour ago

Samsung’s Budget Galaxy A27 Isn’t Much of an Upgrade

It's $50 more than the previous model, and many of its other features, like the rear cameras, are downgrades.

Tech - LLM Stats - 1 hour ago

Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x

Un0 is an image-generation system tool that shows for the first time how the company's technology can replicate conventional AI systems.

Tech - LLM Stats - 1 hour ago

General Intuition's $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world

General Intuition has raised $320 million to scale AI trained on millions of hours of gameplay, betting action data can help AI develop something closer to human intuition.

Alt - Boing Boing - 1 hour ago

A mountain man spent 25 years eating the livers of the people who killed his wife

In 1847, a young Crow hunting party killed the wife of John Garrison Johnston, a former Navy deserter turned mountain man in Montana Territory. According to historian Andrew Mehane Southerland, "He supposedly killed and scalped more than 300 Crow Indians and then devoured their livers" to avenge her death, and "as his reputation and collection of scalps grew, Johnson became an object of fear." Read the rest The post A mountain man spent 25 years eating the livers of the people who killed his wi...

Tech - Gizmodo - 1 hour ago

IBM Crosses One of Computing’s Biggest Barriers With World’s First Sub-1 Nanometer Chip

The new chip technology packs nearly 100 billion transistors into a fingernail-sized chip.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 hour ago

A River In Egypt

A River In Egypt By Molly Schwartz, cross-asset strategist at Rabobank A river in Egypt Scott Bessent took to CNBC’s Squawk Box yesterday to opine on the situation with Iran. Bessent echoed Trump’s comments that any released Iranian assets are to remain under US Treasury oversight and are restricted to use for food and medicine. However, money is fungible, and any released cash that is used to help civilians may mean more cash from other places that can be used to support the IRGC...

Tech - LLM Stats - 1 hour ago

Memo: Meta Superintelligence Labs is hiring three founders and other team members behind AI security startup Virtue AI; two founders report to Nat Friedman

Madison Mills / Axios: Memo: Meta Superintelligence Labs is hiring three founders and other team members behind AI security startup Virtue AI; two founders report to Nat Friedman Meta Superintellige

Tech - Engadget - 1 hour ago

Samsung's latest budget phone has mild upgrades and a $50 price hike

The Galaxy A27 5G has a stronger chipset, at least.

Tech - Gizmodo - 1 hour ago

While Jony Ive Is Designing Ferraris, Another Apple Designer Is Thinking Different About the Golf Cart

Apple veteran Julian Hoenig has a vision for the future of short-range rides.

Tech - LLM Stats - 1 hour ago

General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning via gameplay footage, raised $320M led by Khosla at a $2.3B valuation, for $454M in total funding

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning via gameplay footage, raised $320M led by Khosla at a $2.3B valuation, for $454M in total funding As soon

Alt - Boing Boing - 1 hour ago

Leica's SL3-P loses the dot, gets 8K open-gate video

The Leica SL3-P is its new full-frame mirrorless camera, landing in the middle of the L-mount SL line with a 44-megapixel sensor, plain black controls and no red dot. As discreet as a $7k-ish camera might be, then, it's aimed at working photogs in need of multishot frame-stacking, 14 stops of dynamic range, 8K open-gate video, and 5-axis stabilisation. Read the rest The post Leica's SL3-P loses the dot, gets 8K open-gate video appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 hour ago

French Navy Boards 5th Russian 'Shadow Fleet' Vessel Off Europe Since September

French Navy Boards 5th Russian 'Shadow Fleet' Vessel Off Europe Since September French President Emmanuel Macron has announced yet another highly provocative naval seizure of a Russian so-called shadow fleet vessel.  "On Tuesday, the French navy boarded the oil tanker Deliver as it was passing off the coast of Sicily in breach of maritime law," Macron wrote in a post on X, revealing the prior interdiction that took place earlier in the week. Illustrative, via French Navy Reports s...

Regional - CBC NEWS - 1 hour ago

AI crunches global memory chip supply, so Apple and Microsoft hike their prices

Apple hiked iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no longer “shield” customers from soaring memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI industry's rapid and expansive data center buildout.

World - Fox News - 1 hour ago

Baltimore Orioles tap drag queen as Guest Splasher in kid-friendly Bird Bath zone for Pride Night

If MLB fans thought the San Francisco Giants Pride Night controversy was messy, the Baltimore Orioles had a message for them this week.Hold our beer.The Orioles announced that Heidi N Closet, a drag queen best known from "RuPaul's Drag Race," will serve as the Guest Splasher in the Tower Federal Credit Union Bird Bath during the bottom of the second inning for Friday's Pride Night at Camden Yards.Yes, a drag queen. As the "Guest Splasher." At a Major League Baseball game.The Bird Bath is the Ori...

Alt - Boing Boing - 1 hour ago

Facebook employee data exposed in Meta's own surveillance program

A while ago, we talked about the fact that Meta's employees were upset that Mark Zuckerberg wanted to watch them use their computers while they were on the clock. It's irony so delicious you wanna eat it with a ladle. 1,600 of Meta's minions signed a petition against being treated the same way that Meta has been treating Facebook users for years. Read the rest The post Facebook employee data exposed in Meta's own surveillance program appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 1 hour ago

CDC buried this COVID vaccine study, so scientists published it anyway

During Grandpa Puddin' Brain's first term, he declared that COVID-19 wasn't a big deal. He asserted that he wouldn't close the country down for a flu, so COVID wasn't gonna lock the doors either. He scoffed at how dangerous the coronavirus was at the time, downplaying the danger that the pandemic represented and said that it would simply "go away." Read the rest The post CDC buried this COVID vaccine study, so scientists published it anyway appeared first on Boing Boing.

Regional - L.A. Times - 1 hour ago

California boy drowns after jumping into lake to escape three vicious dogs

Fernando Torres Moreno, 12, of Kern County died last week after jumping into a lake to escape three vicious dogs and ended up drowning, authorities said.

World - Fox News - 1 hour ago

George Michael died worth $128M, but friends say he secretly gave away millions for decades: author

George Michael secretly gave away millions and didn't want anyone to know.The British singer-songwriter who first captured hearts with Wham! and later achieved worldwide success as a solo artist died on Christmas Day 2016. Known for his enduring hits and unmistakable voice, Michael also remained a fixture in the headlines for his often-public personal life.While his public life was endlessly scrutinized, some of Michael's most extraordinary deeds remained largely unknown. The late star, who woul...

Tech - Gizmodo - 1 hour ago

The ‘House of the Dragon’ Odd Couple on Their Westeros Road Trip

Tom Glynn-Carney (King Aegon) and Matthew Needham (Lord Larys Strong) talk about being the show’s most unlikely duo in season three.

Tech - LLM Stats - 1 hour ago

Sources and a draft document: the US proposes that the EU sign on to an AI partnership to help secure chip supply chains; the one-page statement had few details

Alberto Nardelli / Bloomberg: Sources and a draft document: the US proposes that the EU sign on to an AI partnership to help secure chip supply chains; the one-page statement had few details The US

Tech - Slashdot - 1 hour ago

Micron Locks In Historically High Memory Prices For Five Years

Micron has signed 16 "strategic customer agreements" (SCAs) that include a floor price the company says comes with "a very robust gross margin for Micron, well above our peak quarterly margins in any past cycle." Most of the deals run through 2030 and cover about 40% of Micron's revenue. The Register reports: Micron CEO, president and chairman Sanjay Mehrotra explained the SCAs in prepared remarks delivered during the company's Q3 earnings call. He explained that Micron has signed 16 SCAs, most ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 hour ago

Trump Singles Out Exxon, Chevron, Shell, And BP Over High Gas Prices

Trump Singles Out Exxon, Chevron, Shell, And BP Over High Gas Prices By Irina Slav for OilPrice.com President Donald Trump has listed Exxon, Chevron, Shell, and BP as being among companies responsible for excessively high fuel prices, following the announcement of a federal government probe into price-gouging earlier in the week. “Oil prices have come down so much and we are not seeing anything at the pump by comparison the way they should be,” the U.S. president told media, as ...

Tech - Engadget - 1 hour ago

Google Finance is now available as a standalone Android app

Google Finance is a standalone Android app now, with an iOS version on the way.

World - Fox News - 2 hours ago

Travis Kelce's dad calls Taylor Swift 'the girl next door' as wedding speculation reaches new heights

As wedding speculation surrounding Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce reached a fever pitch, the NFL star's father added even more fuel to the fire.Ed Kelce didn't just gush about the couple's upcoming wedding. The proud father also offered a glowing description of Swift while fans continued searching for clues about when she and the Chiefs tight end will say, "I do.""I am super excited," Ed told Fox 29 Philly about the highly anticipated wedding. "She is a sweetheart. That is truly the girl next doo...

Regional - New York Times - 2 hours ago

N.Y. Prosecutors Decline to Try Weinstein a Fourth Time for Rape Charge

The disgraced film producer would have been facing a fourth trial in New York for being accused of raping an aspiring actress in 2013.

World - Fox News - 2 hours ago

USPS wouldn't deliver ballots in states that refuse to fork over mail-in voter info under proposed rule

U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner indicated to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gary Peters, D-Mich., during a Wednesday hearing that under a proposed rule, if a state declined to furnish the federal government with its absentee voter list, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) would not mail election ballots in that state.Peters asked Steiner whether, under the proposal, the USPS would mail ballots from a state that "refuses" to provide the federal governm...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 2 hours ago

US Humanitarian Response Begins In Quake-Ravaged Venezuela, Are Hospital Ships Next?

US Humanitarian Response Begins In Quake-Ravaged Venezuela, Are Hospital Ships Next? Summary US Phase One Of Humanitarian Response Begins Buildings collapsed in several districts of Caracas Venezuela declared a state of emergency after the earthquakes  Secretary of State Marco Rubio Deploys First Responders  Trump Says "U.S.A. stands ready, willing, and able to help"  USGS Says Quakes May Prompt "International Response"  USGS Fears Death Toll Ranging Between 10k - 100k  Phase...

Tech - Universe Today - 2 hours ago

The Universe's First Stars Were Shaped By Turbulence and Were Not As Massive as Thought

For a long time, astrophysicists thought that the Universe's first stars, called Population III stars, were uniformly massive. It seemed like the conditions they formed in were calm and serene, which favoured massive stars. But new research based on high-resolution simulations show that conditions were more chaotic than thought, and gas cloud turbulence means that Population III stars were not all massive. This affected the metallicity of the next stars to form.

Tech - Gizmodo - 2 hours ago

Strange Side Effect Found Among Ozempic Users—and It Has to Do With Smell and Taste

New research has identified a potential, if small, added risk of smell and taste disturbances linked to GLP-1 use.

Tech - LLM Stats - 2 hours ago

Plain-language AI workflow tool could cut cloud energy use and costs dramatically

Agentic workflows are artificial intelligence-powered software systems that chain together multiple models and external tools to tackle complicated tasks, like analyzing a video and answering question

World - Fox News - 2 hours ago

Former Las Vegas youth pastor accused of murder in death of wife at Zion National Park

U.S. Marshals arrested former youth pastor David Vander Meer on Monday after prosecutors charged him with murder and insurance fraud connected to his wife Bernadette Vander Meer's 2006 death in Zion National Park.Investigators had originally closed the case but relaunched it last year after Barry Diamond, a senior pastor at a church where Vander Meer had worked, allegedly expressed he didn't believe the death was an accident, according to the probable cause affidavit."At the time, due to a lack ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 2 hours ago

Cargo Vessel Comes Under Apparent Iranian Attack Near Oman, Crude Jumps, After IRGC Warned It Controls Hormuz Strait

Cargo Vessel Comes Under Apparent Iranian Attack Near Oman, Crude Jumps, After IRGC Warned It Controls Hormuz Strait Summary: Iran tightens control over Hormuz: The IRGC says ships must obtain authorization to transit the strait or face enforcement action. Shipping disruptions emerge after increased flows: A tanker near Oman was reportedly attacked, and several vessels turned back after Iranian warnings, sending oil prices higher. Tehran seeks billions in transit fees: Iran wants...

Regional - New York Times - 2 hours ago

She Stole a Knicks Trash Can Off the Street and Lost Her Job at JPMorgan

After a video of Angie Baez taking a Knicks-themed trash can went viral, a JPMorgan Chase spokeswoman said she was no longer with the company.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 2 hours ago

Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin To Remove Deportation Protections For Syrians and Haitians

Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin To Remove Deportation Protections For Syrians and Haitians Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court has allowed the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) attempt to remove deportation protections for nationals of Haiti and Syria. In a 6–3 decision on June 25, a majority of the court said federal law barred judicial review of non-constitutional arguments against the department’s determinations. Justice Samuel Alito wrote ...

Tech - Wired - 2 hours ago

Stop Mowing Your Grass Forever With One of These Highly Rated Robot Mowers On Sale

You don't need to cut your own grass anymore. Most of the best robot mowers I've tested are on sale for Prime Day.

World - Fox News - 2 hours ago

Supreme Court hands Trump two major immigration victories

The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump two major immigration victories on Thursday morning, both having to do with his administration's efforts to reduce asylum claims.In the first case, Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the court held that migrants who are turned away at the border before entering the United States are not entitled to apply for asylum. In the second case, Mullin v. Doe, the court ruled that Haitian and Syrian nationals in the United States with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) c...

Regional - CBC NEWS - 2 hours ago

Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders open ahead of Nov. 19 launch, with a $110 price tag

Pre-orders for one of the most-anticipated video games of all time started at midnight Thursday, and gamers will have to put up a sizable sum of cash before leaping into the virtual mayhem set in a fictionalized Florida.

World - Fox News - 2 hours ago

Lionel Richie abruptly cuts concert short after falling ill during opening night of tour

Lionel Richie was forced to abruptly cancel his performance mid-show on the opening night of his tour.The 77-year-old singer was nearly an hour into his concert at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota, when fans noticed a change in Richie.While performing his upbeat classic "Dancing on the Ceiling," Richie paused and took a seat on a platform before later revealing to the crowd that he was feeling dizzy, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune.During the concert disruption, Richie made a li...

World - Fox News - 2 hours ago

FBI joins probe into ‘Free Karmelo’ mob that allegedly beat woman while chanting support for killer: police

The feds are now stepping in following a brutal assault on a Texas woman who was allegedly beaten down by a group of suspects chanting "Free Karmelo," police said.In a news conference regarding the case, Longview Police Department Public Information Officer LaDarian Brown announced that the FBI is getting involved in the case due to alleged ongoing threats circulating online."We are aware of social media conversations concerning retaliation, division and attacks between members of our community....

Tech - Gizmodo - 2 hours ago

World Rocked by 4 Powerful Earthquakes in Less Than 8 Hours. Were They Connected?

These events killed at least 164 people in Venezuela and injured several in California and Japan.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 2 hours ago

75% Of US GDP Growth In The First Quarter Was Due To AI

75% Of US GDP Growth In The First Quarter Was Due To AI On the surface, today's final revision (aka 3rd estimate) of the US Q1 GDP print was unremarkable: Real GDP grew 2.1% annualized in the first quarter, a reversal of last month's downward revision of 1.6%, but back to where the original print was when it was reported in April, when the BEA reported 2.0% growth.  The print reflected a downward revision to imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, that was partl...

Tech - Engadget - 2 hours ago

Sony A7R VI review: A huge speed boost makes this a nearly perfect high-resolution camera

Sony's A7R VI finally serves up speed and resolution together thanks to the new 67MP stacked sensor.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 2 hours ago

Iran Still Eyes Multi-Billion Dollar Hormuz Toll Scheme, With China's Help, As Rubio Says Gulf Allies Won't Let It Happen

Iran Still Eyes Multi-Billion Dollar Hormuz Toll Scheme, With China's Help, As Rubio Says Gulf Allies Won't Let It Happen Update(11:05ET): Despite Rubio's warning while meeting with GCC allies in Bahrain, Iran is planning to move forward on charging hefty fees for vessels wishing to transit the Strait of Hormuz under its protocol, which is to be enforced by the IRGC. What's more is that it's seeking Beijing's approval and help. Iran’s chief negotiator and Parliament Speaker, Mohamm...

Tech - LLM Stats - 2 hours ago

3 Agents. 3 LLMs. 1 Aging GPU: Engineering Parallel Inference on Bare Metal

Beat the 8GB VRAM limit. Learn how to run three different LLMs on a single 8GB GPU using C++ layer multiplexing and admission control. The post 3 Agents. 3 LLMs. 1 Aging GPU: Engineering Parallel Infe

Tech - Slashdot - 2 hours ago

Google Starts Lowering Play Store Fees, Making Good On Epic Games Settlement

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google spent the last few years locked in a legal grudge match with Epic Games, which claimed that Google's stewardship of the Play Store was anticompetitive. Now, the companies are thick as thieves, and Google is beginning to implement app store changes as agreed in its settlement with Epic. The lower developer fees and new payment options that Google promised are rolling out in select markets this month before expanding. [...] Starting on ...

Alt - Boing Boing - 2 hours ago

Deal Days knocks this HP EliteBook workhorse down to $275

TL;DR: The certified refurbished HP EliteBook 840 G8 packs a Core i5 processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and Windows 11 Pro for $274.97 (reg. $899.98) during Deal Days. The laptop industry would prefer that you replace your computer every few years. Read the rest The post Deal Days knocks this HP EliteBook workhorse down to $275 appeared first on Boing Boing.

Tech - Engadget - 2 hours ago

IBM says it has created the world's first sub-1 nanometer chip

IBM says it has created the world's first sub-1 nanometer chip

Tech - LLM Stats - 3 hours ago

Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live faster

Netris provides software that runs on network switches, and offers a platform that helps neocloud operators reduce the time it takes to go live.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 3 hours ago

Bayer Stock Soars After Supreme Court Guts Core Legal Theory Behind 1000s Of Roundup Cases

Bayer Stock Soars After Supreme Court Guts Core Legal Theory Behind 1000s Of Roundup Cases Bayer AG shares soared in Frankfurt on Thursday morning after the Supreme Court sided with the German pharmaceutical and life sciences giant in a major Roundup ruling expected to block thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn consumers that the weedkiller could cause cancer. Bloomberg reported that the Supreme Court voted 7 - 2 to throw out a $1.25 million jury verdict won by Missouri...

Tech - Engadget - 3 hours ago

Apple hikes prices for most of its hardware

Macs, MacBooks, iPads and other Apple products just got more expensive.

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

Most Trump supporters still back NATO despite years of Trump's criticism, new poll finds

Most Americans, including majorities of Republicans and self-identified MAGA Republicans, say keeping the United States in NATO is important to the nation's security and prosperity, according to a new poll. The Reagan Institute Summer Survey found that 73% of Americans say remaining in NATO matters to U.S. security and prosperity, including 64% of Republicans and 61% of MAGA Republicans. Fox News Digital obtained a preview of the survey, which will be made public Sunday.The poll also found bipar...

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

LaMelo Ball traded to Timberwolves to team up with fellow top pick Anthony Edwards in blockbuster deal: report

One of the hottest names in the NBA is on the move to a contender.The Charlotte Hornets reportedly traded LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday, teaming the third overall pick of the 2020 NBA Draft with the first overall pick that year in Anthony Edwards.Ball, the 2020-21 Rookie of the Year, has become one of the best guards in the league, averaging 20.8 points and 7.3 assists per game, although injuries have hampered him. He played in just 105 games from the start of the 2022-23...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 3 hours ago

Bitcoin Tumbles As Strategy Slammed, Faces Massive $10 Billion Option Expiry

Bitcoin Tumbles As Strategy Slammed, Faces Massive $10 Billion Option Expiry Moments after the cash market opened, bitcoin plunged almost $3,000 in a matter of seconds to $58,000, on no news, sending the price to the lowest level since Sept 2024.  This was a strange move for bitcoin because while stocks do tend to move rapidly at cash open as that's when options restart trading (as we have noted, in recent months most investors are trading almost exclusively in options and avoidi...

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

Florida GOP candidate warns NYC socialist primary wins will fuel business, resident exodus: 'Concerning'

NEW YORK CITY Florida Republican House candidate Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, is outlining the reasons he believes people and businesses will continue to flee New York City after socialists had a dominant night in Tuesday’s primary. "It should be concerning for all Americans because you had the Democratic Party continuing to be co-opted by a fringe socialist base, which is now not the fringe," Singer, running for Congress in Florida’s 25th Congressional District, told Fox News D...

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

Kansas City Royals look to close out series win against Tampa Bay behind reliable starter Seth Lugo

I need to change my baseball strategy. I've struggled over the past few days, and looking back on my history of baseball betting, I tend to hit slumps around the All-Star Game. I know I usually step back a bit at the trade deadline because you never know who is in the right mental space or going to be traded. Perhaps I need to make an adjustment or go back to guys I've relied on. Maybe for now, the best advice is to fade me after a few tough days.The Kansas City Royals are among the top four or ...

Regional - L.A. Times - 3 hours ago
World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

‘Deranged’ vandals fuel Mall sabotage trend, from blood writing to Reflecting Pool damage

FIRST ON FOX: Vandals have targeted the National Mall with multiple separate "8647" markings, a blood-written message on the Washington Monument and damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, prompting federal officials to warn of a growing trend. "Unfortunately, this summer has seen a significant increase in vandalism to the National Mall – for example, several 8647 markings, a person writing words in their own blood on the Washington Monument and the cutting of fuel lines around the Great...

Tech - Gizmodo - 3 hours ago

‘Absolute Batman’ and ‘Joker’ Animated Series in the Works

DC Sudios greenlit a Joker anime, a Krypto kids cartoon, and an animated 'Absolute Batman' series.

Regional - CBC NEWS - 3 hours ago

Britain sees another day of record-breaking temperatures as Europe heat wave persists

Authorities in Britain and France warned people to ditch their routines on Thursday as large parts of Western Europe remained in the grip of a deadly heat wave that has claimed dozens of lives, disrupted power supplies, and shut schools and cultural landmarks.

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

Supreme Court strikes down blue state's 'vampire rule' in major win for gun rights

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the state of Hawaii, granting concealed carry holders a huge victory in the blue state in a 6-3 decision Thursday.The Supreme Court sided with the plaintiff in Wolford v. Lopez, who contested Hawaii's state law requiring a property owner's explicit permission to allow lawful gun owners to bring firearms into public businesses."Hawaii's law at issue here violates the constitutional right to keep and bear arms," Justice Samuel Alito wrote. "This regime hobbles ...

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

Supreme Court hands Second Amendment win to concealed carry holders in blue state gun control case

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the state of Hawaii's Attorney General in Wolford v. Lopez in a 6-3 decision Thursday, granting concealed carry holders a huge victory in the blue state. The Supreme Court sided with the plaintiff, who contested Hawaii's state law requiring a property owner's explicit permission to allow lawful gun owners to bring firearms into public businesses.Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.This is a developing story. Please check ...

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

'Dutton Ranch' renewed for season two after becoming the face of the 'Yellowstone' universe on Paramount+

"Dutton Ranch" fans have a lot more of the story on the way.The "Yellowstone" spinoff focused on Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Rip (Cole Hauser) is currently airing on Paramount+, and it's been a smashing success through seven episodes.With just two episodes remaining in season one, fans have been desperate to find out if there will be more seasons to follow.That answer is now in.'YELLOWSTONE' STARS COLE HAUSER, KELLY REILLY CONFIRMED FOR SPIN-OFF SERIES ALONGSIDE MAJOR CASTING ADDITIONThe official In...

Regional - CBC NEWS - 3 hours ago

Fact check: Scam texts link to fake Freedom Mobile websites

Scammers are attempting to steal your financial information through fake texts, phone calls and websites impersonating Freedom Mobile.

Tech - Gizmodo - 3 hours ago
Tech - LLM Stats - 3 hours ago

Robots that can identify materials and map unknown environments could aid nuclear and defense sectors

Robots that can see beyond human vision, build live 3D maps of unknown environments and identify what objects are made of are being developed by researchers at the University of Surrey, opening new po

Alt - Zero Hedge - 3 hours ago

A Golden Opportunity Just Appeared

A Golden Opportunity Just Appeared Authored by Matt Badiali via DailyReckoning.com, The headlines are screaming that gold is falling. And it’s true. The price dipped below $4,000 per ounce for the first time since November 2025. This seems backward. There are multiple wars going on in the world. Fuel prices are high. Gold is supposed to be the “safe haven” asset. Why isn’t it going up? Well, as analysts from LPL Financial, the largest broker-dealer in the U.S. said, gold is ...

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

Johnson races to break House GOP blockade in high-stakes meeting with Trump

With just over four months until November's midterm elections, the House of Representatives is consumed by GOP infighting as President Donald Trump continues to push for the SAVE America Act.A group of conservatives, led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has vowed to effectively block all legislation on the House floor until the Senate passes the stalled Trump-backed elections bill.House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is racing to unlock the House floor and is set to meet with Trump at the White ...

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

Fever coach unloads on WNBA over treatment of Caitlin Clark, but it's time for Clark to start punching back

The Caitlin Clark nonsense in the WNBA has officially spiraled out of control.It's been percolating for two years now, and it finally reached a boiling point Wednesday night when Clark was shoved to the floor, punched in the throat and stepped on.That's not hyperbole, by the way. That's what happened. It was absurd. It was disgusting. It was, clearly, intentional.Unbelievably, there was no whistle. No foul called. Nothing from the officials. Crickets.The Fever lost, 111-109. Clark eventually exi...

Regional - CBC NEWS - 3 hours ago

2 people killed in Israeli drone strike on car in South Lebanon

An Israeli drone strike on a car in southern Lebanon killed two people on Thursday, medical and security sources said.

Tech - It's FOSS - 3 hours ago

FOSS Weekly #26.26: Free Origin Access, Niri Tiling, Firefox Tricks, Myna in Ubuntu and More Linux Stuff

Brave browser released Origin, a striped down, non-crypto version of the Brave browser. It's basically Brave browser without the bloat but still with ad-block and anti-tracking. Here's the good thing which you will lke a s Linux user. This Brave Origin costs $6o for Windows and macOS users, but it is free for Linux users. Not everyday we Linux users get such privilege.Epic Games open-sourced Lore at State of Unreal 2026, a Git alternative built specifically for projects that mix code with huge b...

Tech - LLM Stats - 3 hours ago

Insurers turn to generative AI for catastrophe modeling, but hallucinations and sales logic could get in the way

Diffusion models generate tens of thousands of plausible weather events where historical data doesn't exist. Insurers are hoping for more precise risk assessments. Researchers warn about hallucination

Tech - Gizmodo - 3 hours ago

Video Shows Police Drone Use a Magnet to Disarm Overdosing Suspect, Cops Take Victory Lap

The curious copaganda clip is being used to claim drones are the future of policing, but is this how they'll really be employed?

Tech - Gizmodo - 3 hours ago

Space Force Ordered a Satellite Launch—and Had It in Orbit 17 Hours Later

Rocket Lab set a new record for launching a satellite on demand.

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

Nancy Guthrie ransom notes don't match suspect's behavior, profiler says: 'I don't believe they're real'

A veteran criminal profiler says the alleged ransom demands tied to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie appear inauthentic, telling Fox News Digital the notes read as if they were written by two different personalities a cold-blooded "psychopath" and someone far more "emotional.""Bottom line is, I don’t believe they’re real," criminal profiler John Kelly said in an interview. "The first note is strictly about the dollars, about the bucks....Now when you get into the second note, you're talking ab...

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

How to watch USA vs Turkey: Live stream the 2026 FIFA World Cup

The United States men’s national team opened its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign with a commanding 4-1 rout of Paraguay behind two goals from Folarin Balogun, and after taking care of Australia, the team has one match left in the group stage against Turkey on Thursday night.The Americans took care of Australia last week 2-0 to keep their strong start rolling. The victory clinched a knockout-round berth for Team USA. The USMNT will look to carry its momentum into their match against Turkey as the St...

Tech - LLM Stats - 3 hours ago

5 Open Source Omni AI Models That Handle Text, Images, Audio, and Video

Take a practical look at multimodal, any-to-any systems for vision-language reasoning, speech interaction, document intelligence, real-time assistants, local deployment.

World - Fox News - 3 hours ago

Hollywood plastic surgeon Dr. Terry Dubrow reveals the cosmetic mistake male celebrities keep making

Hollywood's leading men are aging in reverse and everyone is noticing.As male actors' faces grow more scrutinized over every red-carpet appearance, one celebrity plastic surgeon says the pressure to look youthful has never been greater."I think there is," Dr. Terry Dubrow, a celebrity plastic surgeon known for his work on shows like "Botched" and "Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind," told Fox News Digital when asked whether male celebrities are facing increased pressure to age perfectly in...

Regional - CBC NEWS - 4 hours ago

'It is emotional': Hockey icon Marie-Philip Poulin to undergo knee surgery in July

Hockey icon Marie-Philip Poulin will undergo knee surgery in July, Montreal Victoire general manager Danièle Sauvageau announced on Thursday.

Regional - CBC NEWS - 4 hours ago

Hockey icon Marie-Philip Poulin to undergo knee surgery in July

Hockey icon Marie-Philip Poulin will undergo knee surgery in July, Montreal Victoire general manager Danièle Sauvageau announced on Thursday.

World - Fox News - 4 hours ago

Mets brutal season comes to head with 6-error game in doubleheader sweep, chants for former star out of anger

This year's New York Mets are the new worst team money can buy.The Mets' $329 million payroll, the largest in the league, has been all for naught, as they are currently tied for the fourth-worst record in the major leagues.And when one looks back at the 2026 Mets however many years from now, Wednesday's debacle will be known as the microcosm of this team.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe Mets hosted the Chicago Cubs for a day-night doubleheader and lost the first half of it, ...

Tech - Gizmodo - 4 hours ago

Apple Hikes Prices on Almost Everything Except iPhones

Macs, iPads, HomePods, and Apple TVs all cost way more now. Even the already expensive Vision Pro, too.

Tech - Quanta Magazine - 4 hours ago

What Is the Positive Grassmannian and Why Does It Show Up Everywhere?

What links certain mathematical models of traffic flow, shallow-water waves, and quantum particle scattering? The surprising answer lies in a corner of the algebraic combinatorics world that goes by the name of positive Grassmannian. In simple terms, the positive Grassmannian is a shape that classifies other shapes. Remarkably, pieces of the positive Grassmannian can be reassembled in forms that… Source

World - Fox News - 4 hours ago

Mamdani-backed socialist primary winner founded group whose goal is to ‘eradicate' Western civilization

The socialist backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani who won Tuesday night’s primary election in New York’s 13th Congressional District founded a group in college that called for the total destruction of the West. Darializa Avila Chevalier, 32, a Democratic nominee for U.S. Congress who made career out of "community organizing," wrote in her biography for an opinion piece in independent news outlet The Electronic Intifada that she "helped launch the boycott, divestment and sanctions campai...

Tech - It's FOSS - 4 hours ago

Getting More Out of KDE Plasma System Monitor

One of the biggest strengths of KDE Plasma is its customization, and the System Monitor is no exception.I have shown this with KDE Konsole tweaks earlier and now I am here to do the same with KDE System Monitor.Like most other parts of the Plasma desktop, the System Monitor offers plenty of customization options that are easy to overlook.Let me show you how to transform the default KDE Plasma System Monitor into a clean and powerful system monitoring dashboard. Understanding the System Monitor L...

Tech - LLM Stats - 4 hours ago

Grok AI is reportedly a porn platform now, with over half its traffic tied to adult content

Two former xAI employees estimate that porn accounts for well over half of all Grok traffic. xAI is leaning into it, while OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google won't touch adult content. The article Grok AI

World - Fox News - 4 hours ago

Fetterman warns Democrats 'drifting firmly into communism' after socialist primary wins

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., delivered a blistering rebuke of the Democratic Party's progressive wing, arguing the party is "drifting firmly into communism" after socialist-backed candidates scored major victories in New York."It was a huge night for the dirtbag left last night in New York City, without a doubt," Fetterman told "The Will Cain Show."Fetterman said Wednesday the Democratic Party is increasingly embracing candidates who are "anti-Israel," "anti-American" and opposed to core institut...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 4 hours ago

Apple Price Shock: Macs And iPads Jump $200 Or More As Memory Crisis Worsens

Apple Price Shock: Macs And iPads Jump $200 Or More As Memory Crisis Worsens Readers were warned as early as late January to front-run the coming memory shortage by purchasing their favorite electronics, whether PCs, laptops, TVs, smartphones, or anything else dependent on high-end memory chips, as unprecedented data-center demand was already beginning to emerge. Fast forward nearly five months, and just two weeks after Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that "price increases are unavoidabl...

Tech - LLM Stats - 4 hours ago

Letting an LLM Pick the Right RAG Page: The Arbiter Pattern at the End of Retrieval

Enterprise Document Intelligence [Vol.1 #7C] - One LLM call ranks the candidates with reasons. The output is one typed object your auditor can defend The post Letting an LLM Pick the Right RAG Page: T

Tech - Engadget - 4 hours ago

Can your smartwatch detect sleep apnea?

No smartwatch can actually diagnose sleep apnea, but some can track certain signs that might indicate you have the condition.

World - Fox News - 4 hours ago

'As long as it takes': Trump allies freeze House floor to pressure Senate on voter ID bill

A group of conservatives is vowing to grind the House floor to a halt until Republicans pass the SAVE America Act. "There's going to be no votes this week, and it's going to be as long as it takes," Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., who is leading the effort, told Fox News Digital in an interview.The hardball tactics led House Republican leadership to pull a series of votes on Wednesday. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is expected to put legislation that had already been teed up for a vote Thur...