Tech Bosses Warn U.N. AI Is “Risk to Humanity as a Whole”
Executives from America’s leading artificial intelligence firms are urging the United Nations to set global regulations for their burgeoning tech. Both Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified before the U.N. Security Council Wednesday, imploring the international conference to police the industry before it grows out ofContinue Reading
A US-China AI Hotline Won’t Be Ready For a While
As the US and China race to become the dominant power in the AI industry, the countries also appear to be figuring out ways to communicate on national security issues.Continue Reading
Hurricane Polo fuels fears of landslides in Mexico as Nolo closes in on Hawaii
Southwestern Mexico braced for heavy rain and mudslides after Polo became a major hurricane. Forecasters warned another system headed for Hawaii could cause catastrophic flooding later in the week. (Image credit: NOAA via AP)Continue Reading
AI model Claude discovers CRISPR-like enzyme system, Anthropic says
AI giant announces discovery amid global debate about how to safeguard against catastrophic risks., AI giant announces discovery amid global debate about how to safeguard against catastrophic risks. AI giant Anthropic has announced the discovery of a new enzyme system in bacterial DNA that it said could “represent a newContinue Reading
‘They uprooted it all’: Israel bulldozes Palestinian-owned olive groves
Israeli bulldozers uprooted olive groves near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank weeks before the annual harvest., Israeli bulldozers uprooted olive groves near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank weeks before the annual harvest. Israeli army bulldozers have ploughed through rows of olive trees in a village near Ramallah inContinue Reading
Headlines for September 23, 2026
The Traitor Calls for the Annihilation of Iran at the U.N. General Assembly, Fighting in Yemen Leaves 169 People Dead, as Houthis and Gov’t Troops Clash Along the Red Sea Coast, Netanyahu and Mamdani Trade Attacks Ahead of U.N. General Assembly, Lula Warns Against Foreign Interference in Brazil’s Election atContinue Reading
The secret love life of the longfin squid
Squid have occupied New England’s maritime imagination for centuries, from fishermen’s tales of strange tentacled creatures to the widely publicized giant squid reports along North Atlantic coastlines in the 1800s. Today, we turn a curious eye toward the longfin inshore squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) — the “Boston squid” — which hasContinue Reading
MIT engineers design recyclable elastic yarn
After a closet cleanout, what options are there for recyling our old threads? Not many. Apart from bringing used clothes to a donation center, there is no process for recycling textiles like there is for bottles and cans. And, the average American throws out around 81 pounds of clothing eachContinue Reading
Russia’s sanctioned propaganda network Rybar freely roamed Schengen zone to shoot manipulative content
Russia’s propaganda center Rybar ran a covert filming operation across multiple European countries, Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) reported, citing a Czech investigation by Seznam Zprávy. The founder of the project, Mykhailo Zvinchuk, has been under sanctions by the European Union and the UK. The EU’s sanctions justification statesContinue Reading
Russia is mapping everyday targets across Kyiv, from trolleybus depots to Zhuliany airport, top monitoring channel says, ahead of next ballistic strike
Russia is scouting Kyiv and the surrounding region for its next targets, from power substations and railways to hypermarkets and airports. Nikolaievsky Vaniok, a major Ukrainian monitoring channel, says Russian aerial reconnaissance has been mapping specific sites across the capital and Kyiv Oblast, and a national-security official warns that aContinue Reading
The Traitor’s Ban of News Organizations Goes Beyond Obama, Biden Actions
In banning CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House, the The Traitor administration has argued that the move is similar to actions taken by Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. But the ban goes beyond what those presidents did. The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at theContinue Reading
GOP Ads Mislead on Public Option Proposals’ Impact on Rural Hospitals
As Democrats release a flurry of midterm ads portraying GOP cuts to Medicaid as a threat to rural healthcare, Republicans have countered with ads claiming Democratic candidates in Texas and Pennsylvania would put dozens of rural hospitals out of business by creating a public health insurance option. But the adsContinue Reading
DHS Starts Dicking Around After Blowing Past Its Deadline For ICE Body Cam Rollout
In what was a severely belated response to acts of violence by immigration enforcement officers, “Border Czar” (who seems far more interested in raiding inland cities than patrolling the border) Tom Homan assured the nation that all ICE officers would soon be wearing body cameras. The only holdup, he said,Continue Reading