Commentary: Bass vs. Raman: Here’s who won the L.A. mayoral debate
Times columnists weigh in on the final mayoral debate before the Nov. 3 election., Read MoreContinue Reading
OpenAI employee arrested after listening device found in conference room, FBI and the company say
“We discovered a sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices.”, “We discovered a sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices.”, from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Police confiscate robot that groped 16-year-old girl, probe whether young men were at the controls
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — German authorities opened an investigation into possible sexual harassment after a robot controlled by two young men touched the buttocks of a 16-year-old girl and made thrusting movements toward her, police said. Police in the western city of Cologne responded after the incident overnight Saturday toContinue Reading
Sudan cannot afford to dismiss a chance for dialogue
A new initiative faces serious questions about military influence, but its critics should not write it off prematurely., A new initiative faces serious questions about military influence, but its critics should not write it off prematurely. Senior Researcher at the Chr Michelsen Institute. More than three years into the warContinue Reading
From Cairo to Tokyo: Can you guess these twin cities?
As a London borough moves to cut ties with Haifa, test your knowledge of the world’s twin cities., From Cairo to Tokyo: Can you guess these twin cities? As a London borough moves to cut ties with Haifa, test your knowledge of the world’s twin cities. Hackney, a borough inContinue Reading
Firefox 158 released with JPEG XL support
Firefox 158 is now available to download, providing out-of-the-box support for JPEG XL images. JPEG XL is said to have better compression than other image formats, including WebP, PNG and regular ol’ JPEG. It supports wider colour gamut, HDR and high bit-depth, as well as animation, alpha channels and losslessContinue Reading
Firefox takes aim at the enterprise browser market
There’s growing talk of digital sovereignty as enterprises rethink past consolidation decisions made in the name of simplicity. Mozilla, developer of Firefox, argues that a “very specific, very important layer” has been mostly missing from that conversation: The browser. To that end, the company has unveiled Firefox Enterprise in aContinue Reading
Microsoft unveils Maia 300 AI chip
Microsoft on Monday unveiled the Maia 300, its third-generation AI chip. According to Microsoft, the new chip will be optimized to handle the latest reasoning AI models and agents, which should result in lower operating costs. “We expect Maia 300 to deliver 40% more tokens per megawatt compared to leadingContinue Reading
Marine bacteria team up to break down one of the ocean’s toughest carbon-storing molecules
Deep in the ocean, brown algae and diatoms produce a complex carbohydrate molecule called fucoidan, which helps form the algae’s protective outer layer. The fucoidan molecule is very difficult for microbes to break down because its chemical structure may include dozens of different linkages and branching patterns that vary fromContinue Reading
Hyundai Set To Launch 2 More EVs Called The Ioniq 4 And 7
Hyundai is rapidly expanding its electric vehicle lineup, with the Ioniq 7 SUV and a compact Ioniq 4 currently in development. The South Korean automaker is repurposing the Ioniq 7 name for a new mid-size electric SUV positioned between the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 9. It is expected to feature an 800-volt architecture with singleContinue Reading
This Rust File Manager Was Designed for Omarchy, but Arch Users Can Run it Too
A file manager is one of the most basic tools a Linux distribution comes with, and desktop environments ship their own, such as Nautilus on GNOME, Dolphin on KDE Plasma, and Nemo on Cinnamon. It is where people browse folders, move and rename files, preview what is inside them, andContinue Reading
openEuler Wants Linux to Treat an Entire AI Cluster Like One Single Machine
For most of its life, Linux has been built around one simple assumption. There’s a box; it has CPUs, memory, and devices, and the kernel manages them. Clusters exist, of course, but they’ve mostly been a problem for the layers above the OS, i.e., schedulers, orchestrators, distributed frameworks. AI infrastructureContinue Reading
China and North Korea to open New Yalu River Bridge, state media reports
The long-delayed bridge will formally open on Thursday, according to China’s state-run Xinhua news agency., The long-delayed bridge will formally open on Thursday, according to China’s state-run Xinhua news agency. China and North Korea will officially open the New Yalu River Bridge to traffic on Thursday, China’s state-run Xinhua newsContinue Reading