After the Social Justice Era — What?
The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. Not too long ago there was some back and forth about Bluesky and its role in the left during this sad, disturbing period of conservative ascendancy. The general complaint is that the network is full of people who are trying to pretendContinue Reading
EAGLET boosts AI agent performance on longer-horizon tasks by generating custom plans
2025 was supposed to be the year of “AI agents,” according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and other AI industry personnel. And it has been, in many ways, with numerous leading AI model providers such as OpenAI, Google, and even Chinese competitors like Alibaba releasing fine-tuned AI models or applications designed to focus on aContinue Reading
Getting even bigger: What’s next for SpaceX’s Starship after Flight 11 success
SpaceX’s Starship launches on its 11th test flight from Starbase, Texas on Oct. 13, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX) The biggest and most powerful rocket ever built is about to get even larger. On Monday (Oct. 13), SpaceX launched the 11th test flight of its Starship megarocket, sending the 403-foot-tall (124 meters) vehicle aloft from itsContinue Reading
Best space strategy games, ranked
(Image credit: Subset Games, Ironclad Games, and Stardock Entertainment) Dominate galaxies and engage in epic space battles with the best space strategy games. Whether it’s turn-based or real-time, small-scale skirmishes, or interstellar wars, if you want to dominate entire galaxies from the comfort of your chair, you’re in the right place. Here’s our ranked listContinue Reading
Loopy lagomorphs, warning off wolves, the best of Buddys and diminutive dinosaurs
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region. The post Loopy lagomorphs, warning off wolves, the best of Buddys and diminutive dinosaurs appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Shipping braces for carbon charge and threats of tariffs from the U.S.
The International Maritime Organization will this week decide on sweeping new rules to make the sector start paying for the more than 1 billion tons of greenhouse gases it emits each year.Continue Reading
Historian Joel Beinin on Gaza Deal, Abandoning Zionism, His Israeli Niece’s Captivity in Gaza & More
As Israel and Hamas exchange living and dead captives as part of a U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement, questions are growing about how sustainable the truce is and whether the two sides will progress to the second and third stages of the plan. “My family is very happy that the families ofContinue Reading
Fastmail’s New Desktop App is Available on Linux
Paid web-based email service Fastmail has launched an official desktop app — available for Linux as well as macOS and Windows. The new Fastmail desktop app offers the same interface and feature set as the web client, but running in a windowed, standalone app with system integrations, like dock iconContinue Reading
OpenAI accused of using legal tactics to silence nonprofits
Seven nonprofits that have been critical of OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, say it sent them wide-ranging subpoenas as part of its litigation against Elon Musk., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Jays hoping to bounce back after tough start to ALCS
Rahim Ladhani is at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, where the Blue Jays are hoping to mount a comeback after falling behind 2-0 in the ALCS. Subscribe to CTV News to watch more videos: https://www.youtube.com/ctvnews Connect with CTV News: For live updates and latest headlines visit: http://www.ctvnews.ca/ For breaking news, fast,Continue Reading
Russia Day in Siberia silenced — entire cities cut off as Ukraine’s cyberattack hits key internet provider
Ukrainian cyber specialists attacked one of Russia’s largest internet service providers in Siberia, causing over $834,000 in damages, UkrInform reports. According to the Ukrainian Intelligence, Russia’s Orion Telecom was actively used by Russian security services to conduct aggression against Ukraine. The provider itself acknowledged that the cyberattack caused 66 millionContinue Reading
Ukraine conducts daring operation that reaches into occupied Crimea to find collaborator involved in Russia’s war crimes in Kherson
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained another Russian collaborator who guarded the cells of a Russian torture facility during the occupation of Kherson. This operation is particularly notable because SBU officers carried out coordinated measures in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, which has been occupied by Russian forcesContinue Reading
Advocacy Orgs Launch Ad Campaign to Defend Healthcare in Face of Shutdown
This week, a coalition of public interest organizations: Public Citizen, Indivisible, MoveOn, Fair Share America, People for the American Way, American Federation of Teachers, SEIU, National Education Association, and Working Families Power launched a new ad campaign in Axios’s Hill Leaders newsletter urging Congress to stand firm in defense ofContinue Reading