As we approach midterm elections, many of us are reflecting on just how deeply unserious our current leadership can be. We might find much more humor in the day-to-day foolishness, of course, if our collective rights weren’t on the line because of the politicians leading our country. This week, certainContinue Reading
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Earlier this month, after a series of stops and starts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced changes to a long-running program that is supposed to help farmers and rural small businesses stand up renewable energy projects. The newContinue Reading
Gadi Eisenkot, a leading Israeli politician hoping to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in elections later this month, pledged Thursday that he would “destroy Hamas’s military wing” within 18 months of taking office. Eisenkot, a former chief of Israel’s general military staff, said the defeat of Hamas could come throughContinue Reading
The World Bank has high hopes for the positive impact of AI. Its flagship World Development Report this year is even titled “The Promise of Artificial Intelligence.” From its annual meetings in Bangkok through October 18 to the following week’s Global AI and Digital Summit in Seoul, the Bank isContinue Reading
Guyger served seven years of a 10-year sentence in the 2018 killing of Botham Jean, who lived in the same apartment complex., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Federal investigators said they are looking into suspicious letters containing unknown substances that were mailed to state election officials and congressional offices…Continue Reading
A new version of free, open-source productivity suite ONLYOFFICE is out, bringing more than a thousand bug fixes and an expanded set of AI features. ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors v10.0 is billed as a “fully rebuilt app”, and the developers warn those upgrading from earlier versions that not all of theirContinue Reading
NVIDIA officially entered the Windows PC race this week, and its arrival brings a formidable new competitor to the premium AI PC market. With its RTX Spark platform, NVIDIA is bringing its Grace Arm CPU architecture, Blackwell GPU technology and extensive software ecosystem together in a new generation of WindowsContinue Reading
The AI boom is seeing one of its first major busts, as Character.ai has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while it searches for a buyer. Founded in 2021, Character.ai enables users to create customizable chatbots and interact with them, and by February 2025 claimed to have over 20 millionContinue Reading
HONG KONG (AP) — China on Friday said it plans to restrict or ban exports of 40 technologies that span artificial intelligence, chips and solar power as its technology race with countries including the United States intensifies. The Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology jointly published aContinue Reading
Ukrainian missions were disrupted when the Starshield terminals began to lose connection, forcing some units to cancel missions., Ukrainian missions were disrupted when the Starshield terminals began to lose connection, forcing some units to cancel missions., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and severely beat Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine., Israeli settlers brutally attacked Palestinian olive pickers and a photojournalist working for The Washington Post in the occupied West Bank on Friday, beating villagers and setting olive groves ablaze. The attack was among several targeting PalestiniansContinue Reading
Spain sanctioned by FIFA after incidents at Espanyol’s stadium in Barcelona, which staged the friendly with Egypt., Spain sanctioned by FIFA after incidents at Espanyol’s stadium in Barcelona, which staged the friendly with Egypt. Spain have been fined $20,000 and ordered to partially close their stadium for their next friendlyContinue Reading