commentary Senators oppose gambling on wildfire outcomes, but the financial sector rewards amoral wagers Published August 12, 2026 6:30AM (EDT) (PM Images/Getty Images) A version of this essay first appeared in Crash Course, Salon’s free morning newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, plus more of Salon’s bold journalismContinue Reading
GNOME OS is getting a dedicated “Test Center” that finally makes testing experimental apps and system components safe, simple, and reversible on image-based distributions. GNOME OS has always been that cool, slightly wild playground for people who live and breathe GNOME. It’s image-based, atomically updated, super secure… and until now,Continue Reading
GNOME 51, due out in September, could include a redesigned search experience. Presently, when you trigger a search from the GNOME Shell overview, a dedicated search results screen replaces the one you were looking at, either the workspaces or app picker. But a change targeted for GNOME Shell in v51Continue Reading
Lovable, the Swedish-based AI software creation platform company, today announced an acceleration of its product, infrastructure, and team development efforts — and a noteworthy round of Series C funding totaling $400 million. The company said in its statement that it is looking to augment its platform, which it boasts isContinue Reading
Just weeks after Microsoft patched a critical hole in Microsoft Defender, a cybersecurity researcher has posted an apparent workaround that provides system-level control to attackers once they gain any level of access. The researcher, who goes by the name Nightmare Eclipse, has been engaged in a long-running battle with MicrosoftContinue Reading
Sen. Susan Collins was one of three Republican senators who voted against passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, and she cited the legislation’s many changes to Medicaid as the main reason. But an ad from a Democratic outside group falsely claims she “voted to support TraitorContinue Reading
The doctor is charged with indecent visual recording, as well as conduct unbecoming of an officer, willful disobedience of a superior officer and making a false statement., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
A partial solar eclipse illuminated Paris’s sky over the city’s iconic Eiffel Tower., NewsFeed A partial solar eclipse illuminated Paris’s sky over the city’s iconic Eiffel Tower. Though the eclipse was only partial in France and other parts of Europe, it was total in Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. Published OnContinue Reading
Spanish Olympic skateboarder Danny León timed a jump with the moon passing in front of the sun during a solar eclipse., NewsFeed Spanish Olympic skateboarder Danny León performed a jump as a solar eclipse occurred, timing the trick with the moon passing in front of the sun. León shared theContinue Reading
Cognition Labs reports Grok 4.6 (available in Devin) is a significant improvement over 4.5, surpassing GPT-5.6 Sol while trailing only Opus 5 and Fable 5. Grok 4.6 (the 1.5T-parameter model with improved supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning) launched and is competitive at the frontier. Grok 4.7 is the larger ~2.1T-parameter model. Initial training is complete.Continue Reading
SpaceXAI Grok 4.6 is roughly the same performance as Fable 5 Max at an 85% discount. 80% cheaper for input tokens and 88% cheaper for output tokens. It is pareto dominant. Grok 4.7 will be significantly better as is a much larger model with the Cursor and SpaceX data included in pretraining. Grok 4.6 isContinue Reading
The cost of plane tickets has soared over the past year, but consumer demand has yet to slow down during this summer travel season…Continue Reading
SEATTLE, Washington—Marking the largest expansion in the company’s 25-year history, Australian-founded hospitality procurement platform PurchasePlus relocated its primary base of operations to the United States with the opening of a new headquarters in Seattle, Washington, and the filling of five key executive positions. PurchasePlus’ new American offices will be personally led by the company’s ChiefContinue Reading