analysis Her defeat in the state’s gubernatorial primary shows why the left needs happy warriors like AOC and Mamdani Published August 13, 2026 9:45AM (EDT) Inarticulate in interviews and weak on the stump, Francesca Hong’s defeat in the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary is a gift in disguise to progressives (ScottContinue Reading
GeForce NOW’s native Linux app has exited beta after seven months of testing, with official support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later. The app is a frontend for Nvidia’s game streaming service, with more than 4,500 PC titles running in the cloud on Nvidia servers. Users get GeForce RTX-class performance,Continue Reading
Apple now has a long and storied history in wearables. The Apple Watch set expectations for the category, replacing Swiss watches on so many wrists on its journey to become the world’s most widely worn wearable AI device. But is Apple making the most of the technology it has nowContinue Reading
With the launch today of the AI Collaborators feature in Workfront, Adobe aims to bring AI agents directly into the flow of work as permissioned team members that can be assigned. Three types of these ‘collaborators’ are now generally available in Workfront. A content reviewer agent automatically checks documents inContinue Reading
Rep. Max Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno, is suing him for allegedly sharing a nude photograph of their 2-year-old daughter. Moreno, 32, filed a civil rights action on behalf of her daughter in an Ohio court to accuse the Republican congressman, 37, and his attorney Aaron Minc of recklessly distributing the photo as part of aContinue Reading
We speak with Timnit Gebru, a leader in the field of AI ethics, about how artificial intelligence is entrenching societal biases and inequality. Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, a group of academics, activists and engineers who produce research rooted in theContinue Reading
Scientists probing life’s deepest origins have uncovered evidence that the first free-living cells may have emerged not once, but twice. The findings suggest a striking possibility: life may share one ancient genetic code, yet have undergone two separate transitions into free-living existence., Read MoreContinue Reading
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community AGN SIG Spotlight Series,… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources AGN SIG Spotlight Series: August 18th 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT 13 August 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/community/agn-sig-spotlight-series-18-aug-2026 We invite everyone to joinContinue Reading
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NASA/Bill Dunford The constellation Orion is framed by two Perseid meteors in this photo from Aug. 12, 2018, in Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. The Perseids – one of the year’s brightest and most popular meteor showers – has been ramping up since early July and will sparkle in theContinue Reading
By Catherine Mitchell, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences The R/V Bowditch departs from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences on its first Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series (GNATS) voyage, with Dave Drapeau silhouetted on the top deck. Dave has been involved in GNATS since its inception in 1998. InstrumentsContinue Reading
A $2src meal became a right-wing media feud, exposing a party’s broken promises…Continue Reading
The Netherlands is investigating an explosion at the port of Rotterdam that killed one person and injured several others on Thursday, 13 August. The blast happened at about 11:30 a.m. at an oil facility in the Europoort industrial section of Europe’s largest port.Continue Reading