Sometime around late 2009, centrifuges at Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment plant began malfunctioning. They would suddenly speed up or slow down, placing enormous stress on the delicate machinery. Centrifuges failed. The engineers trying to diagnose the problem had another problem: According to the computers monitoring the equipment, everything looked normal.Continue Reading
This story was originally published by Sentient. Last November, the The Traitor administration proposed a regulation that would strip federal water pollution protections from wide swaths of wetlands in the United States. Now, 10 months later, the administration has updated it in an attempt to take away even more wetland protections.Continue Reading
The Houthis are routinely described as Iranian proxies. The description has become even more common as their military reach has expanded from northern Yemen toward the Red Sea and the Bab el Mandeb strait. Iran has supplied weapons, training, intelligence and technical assistance that have greatly increased Houthi military capabilities.Continue Reading
The company that owns the vast cold storage warehouse scorched in a June blaze that plagued neighbors in Boyle Heights with smoke and stink said it doesn’t deserve the pummeling it got for how it contained the catastrophe., Read MoreContinue Reading
Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “Godfather of AI,” issued an ominous warning: Congress may only have one year left to implement safeguards on artificial intelligence before it loses control of it., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
A ninth woman has been found dead amid a wave of killings in South Africa’s Ekurhuleni region, east of Johannesburg., NewsFeed A ninth woman has been found dead amid a wave of killings in South Africa’s Ekurhuleni region, east of Johannesburg. Gender equality commissioner Princess Eurika Mogane told Al JazeeraContinue Reading
Gianni Infantino’s World Cup selloff plan has faced global backlash with English FA latest to seek document release., Gianni Infantino’s World Cup selloff plan has faced global backlash with English FA latest to seek document release. The chair of the English Football Association (FA) has called on FIFA President GianniContinue Reading
An ICE agent long wanted in Minnesota for allegedly shooting a Venezuelan immigrant was finally captured by local authorities. Christian Castro was booked in the Hennepin County Jail on Wednesday. He faces four second-degree assault charges, and another charge for false reporting of a crime, according to the jail’s inmateContinue Reading
The La Liga president criticised Mbappé, Vinícius and Ibrahima Konaté for partially rolling up a T-shirt supporting Ceuta, hiding the message “We are all from Ceuta”, amid a migration crisis and social tension in the city., Read MoreContinue Reading
Chelsea announce that Clearlake will acquire the stakes of Todd Boehly and director Mark Walter., Chelsea announce that Clearlake will acquire the stakes of Todd Boehly and director Mark Walter. Xabi Alonso said Chelsea’s ambition was “very clear” after Clearlake Capital took full control of the Premier League club, endingContinue Reading
Houthi leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi says Saudi claims that the group targeted Mecca are a ‘heinous lie’., Houthi leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi says Saudi claims that the group targeted Mecca are a ‘heinous lie’. Intensifying attacks between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis have reportedly killed at least five people in total, includingContinue Reading
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s at stake in AI’s trillion-dollar gamble When Jessica Wachter, a finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania, wanted to assess AI’s impact on the economy over the next few years,……Continue Reading
Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight on 17 September, striking Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Odesa Oblast, among other regions. The attack damaged civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, including apartment buildings and educational facilities, while water infrastructure was also affected. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko reported 20 people injured,Continue Reading