Shanghai launches China’s first fitness centre for dogs
A new kind of fitness centre has opened in Shanghai’s West Bund — but its clients are all dogs., Read MoreContinue Reading
Why are Israelis ‘not at all troubled’ by starvation in Gaza?
Recent poll shows more than half of Jewish Israelis feel this way, despite growing global outrage., Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand that their government reach a deal to release two Israeli captives held in Gaza who have been shownContinue Reading
‘Palestinian Pele’ Suleiman al-Obeid killed while seeking aid in Gaza
Al-Obeid was known as the ‘Pele of Palestinian football’ and was one of its brightest stars., Al-Obeid was known as the ‘Pele of Palestinian football’ and became one of its brightest stars. Palestinian national football team player Suleiman al-Obeid has been killed in an Israeli attack on aid seekers inContinue Reading
The Global Plastic Threat: Research Finds Plastics Can Lead to Disease, Disability & Premature Death
Negotiations are underway in Geneva on a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty that has been in the works for several years, as the crisis of pollution from plastics worldwide has grown more acute. An estimated 8 billion metric tons of plastic waste now pollute the planet. Without changes, the productionContinue Reading
Media News Daily: Top Stories for 08/07/2025
This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, and more. Federal Judge Sides with Elon Musk and X in AI Deepfake Law Challenge A federal judge ruled in favor of Elon Musk and XContinue Reading
MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 08/07/2025
Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Fact Check Search Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, weContinue Reading
ONLYOFFICE Adds “AI Agent” to Help You Work “Effortlessly”
A personal AI agent, new pre-installed plugins, and plenty of bug fixes ship in the latest update to ONLYOFFICE, the free open-source office suite for Windows, macOS, and Linux. ONLYOFFICE 9.0.4 now includes Photo Editor, OCR, Typograf, Doc2md, LanguageTool, DeepL, Thesaurus and Zotero plugins out-of-the-box, ready to use – well,Continue Reading
Meta training AI on social media posts? Only 7% in Europe think it’s OK
Privacy campaigner Max Schrem’s NOYB is back on Zuck’s back Updated Meta’s enthusiasm for training its AI on user data is not shared by the users themselves – at least for some Europeans – according a study commissioned by Facebook legal nemesis Max Schrems and his privacy advocacy group Noyb.…,Continue Reading
LG ordered to pay £150k after phone defect caused Scotland house fire
Forensics experts say the state of the K8’s battery suggests it led to the living room blaze A Scottish woman who suffered a house fire in 2018 has won her case against LG after a judge ruled that her work-issued phone caused the blaze.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Amnesty slams Elon Musk’s X for ‘central role’ in fueling 2024 UK riots
Human rights org calls for greater accountability and stronger enforcement of Online Safety Act Amnesty International claims Elon Musk’s X platform “played a central role” in pushing the misinformation that stoked racially charged violence following last year’s Southport murders.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
How to run OpenAI’s new gpt-oss-20b LLM on your computer
All you need is 24GB of RAM, and unless you have a GPU with its own VRAM quite a lot of patience Hands On Earlier this week, OpenAI released two popular open-weight models, both named gpt-oss. Because you can download them, you can run them locally.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
What are US nuclear submarines capable of? | BBC News
Russia has downplayed Traitor 47’s orders to move nuclear submarines closer to Russia, warning against nuclear rhetoric. Last week, The Traitor ordered two submarines to “be positioned in the appropriate regions” in response to what he called “highly provocative” comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. But what are USContinue Reading
‘Oppenheimer’ noh play staged for Hiroshima bombing anniversary
A noh play portraying the inner torment of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist behind the atomic bomb, was staged in Tokyo to mark 80 years since the Hiroshima bombing.Continue Reading