The Traitor Treasury Secretary Flails as National Debt Passes $40 Trillion
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried in vain to spin the country’s astronomical $40 trillion debt on CNBC Thursday. Speaking to the network’s Sara Eisen, Bessent admitted that he didn’t know when the Iran war would end, but that things were otherwise going well with the economy despite the soaring nationalContinue Reading
Firefox 154 fixes 58 security bugs, adds Nvidia GeForce Now streaming
The newest major release of Firefox 154 for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android brings a number of usability improvements, such as game streaming with Nvidia GeForce Now, faster video skipping, and new optional app icons, as well as nearly 60 security vulnerabilities fixed. Updates are also available for the ESR versions…Continue Reading
Bangladesh elects ruling party veteran Alamgir as president
Bangladesh elects Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir by parliamentary vote, filling vacancy after Shahabuddin’s resignation., Bangladesh elects Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir by parliamentary vote, filling vacancy after Shahabuddin’s early resignation. Members of parliament in Bangladesh have elected ruling party veteran Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the next president, following the prematureContinue Reading
Humanoid robots take centre stage in China-US tech race
Humanoid robots are at the forefront of China’s race for technological supremacy at Beijing’s World Robot Conference., Humanoid robots take centre stage in China-US tech race NewsFeed Humanoid robots are at the forefront of China’s race for technological supremacy at Beijing’s World Robot Conference. Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu reports onContinue Reading
Dynamic icons GNOME extension adds 2 new styles, Yaru fixes
You can bring Ubuntu’s clock, calendar and weather app icons to life with the Dynamic Calendar, Clocks and Weather Icons [Reborn] 1 GNOME Shell extension – which has been updated with new icon styles. The extension already has Yaru, Adwaita, Paprius, Big Sur and other icon styles built-in (the dynamicContinue Reading
Apple to OpenAI: Go to your room
Apple’s latest filing in its ongoing fight with OpenAI makes it sound as if Apple legal is so frustrated at the arguments the AI firm is making that it’s begun swatting them away like a parent might dismiss a child. Apple v. OpenAI: The story so far If you’ve notContinue Reading
Why Australia is furious at Israel’s decision on Gaza aid worker killings | DW News
Australia is pushing back against Israel’s decision not to pursue a criminal investigation into the 2024 killings of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, including Australian Zomi Frankcom. Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia has no confidence in the IDF’s military justice process. We examine the diplomatic fallout,Continue Reading
Area (Atlantic) Columnist Decides *Now* Is The Time To Start Defending Flock Safety
Flock’s ALPR (automated license plate reader) tech spread from HOAs to police departments at an alarming rate of speed. What was once a toy for the over-privileged soon became the go-to source of license plate images. Flock became the Ring of ALPRs, to mix a metaphor. And that’s when theContinue Reading
Are eggs safe to eat? Your salmonella questions answered
‘I want my brother back’ – Tupac’s brother tells BBC murder trial won’t bring justice. Video, 00:01:42 Subsection US & Canada Published 3 days ago, from the BBC Read MoreContinue Reading
“Love Machines”: James Muldoon on How AI Is Changing Relationships & the Global Workers Fueling AI
James Muldoon is a sociologist who writes about the changing nature of human-technology relationships. Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Our Relationships investigates how people form emotional attachments with large language models, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude. Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labor Powering A.I., co-written byContinue Reading
Scientists say the human family tree may need a major rewrite
The human family tree may be due for a major rewrite. Researchers argue that Australopithecus and Paranthropus should be folded into the genus Homo because new fossils have blurred many of the traits once used to separate them. The proposed shake-up could provide a simpler, more accurate picture of ourContinue Reading
Artemis Mission Patches
NASA/Clayton Rougelot A jacket decorated with Artemis I and II mission patches, along with other NASA patches hangs on the back of a chair on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, inside the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a terminal countdown simulation forContinue Reading
Record number of US adult population are LGBTQ+, census data suggests
There are an estimated 26.5million LGBTQ+ adults in the US (Image: Getty Images) LGBTQ+ people now make up 12% of the adult population in the US, according to a Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation analysis of US Census Bureau data, estimating roughly 26.5million people nationwide. The analysis drew on moreContinue Reading











