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Poland, Ukraine accuse Russia of 'escalation' after strikes near border
Western officials including ex-UK PM Boris Johnson were nearby when Russia hit a train at the Poland-Ukraine border.
Read the full briefWestern officials including ex-UK PM Boris Johnson were nearby when Russia hit a train at the Poland-Ukraine border.
Read the full briefA pro-Palestine protest in Sydney demanded that the Australian government take further action and implement on Israel.
Read the full briefWith 50% of the votes counted, the two main blocs were separated by only 20,000 votes, Sweden public broadvasteer SVT said.
Read the full briefPennsylvania reports that a 40-year-old woman died from the disease, which was declared eliminated in the US in 2000.
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Read the full brieflockchains don't need quantum computers to be quantum-safe, argues Optimum co-founder and MIT professor Muriel Médard. Classic math already gives us the tools.
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Israeli forces kill a pregnant Palestinian woman in Gaza and settler pogroms intensify across the occupied West Bank.
Read the full briefInsight Partners' Devin Parekh opens up about losing Legora to General Catalyst, why he's fine holding stakes in rival AI labs, and why , even as everyone else piles into OpenAI and Anthropic , his $90 billion firm is deliberately staying diversified.
Read the full briefThe 8ft statue, installed in Phoenix last week to mark one year since Kirk's killing, was found painted red A newly unveiled statue of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk was vandalized at the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona . The statue was found with red spray-paint. A nearby poster memorial in front of the statue was vandalized with red paint as well.
Read the full briefThe conflict in the Middle East raises security concerns about traditional shipping routes.
Read the full briefKaegan Jude Solet, 47, taken into custody after stabbings in Houma leave four dead and one wounded, authorities say Police arrested a person of interest after a series of stabbings in Houma, Louisiana, left at least four people dead and another person in critical condition in hospital.
Read the full briefStablecoins' "next battleground is in emerging markets," one expert said, as Circle looks to expand USDC's reach where rival Tether has long been strong.
Read the full briefJared Kushner, says Israel's failed attack on Hamas leadership in Doha was 'terrible' and left the country 'isolated'
Read the full briefOracle had previously disclosed that Ellison planned to sell 50 million shares worth around $7.5 billion.
Read the full briefThe announcement comes several months after the US decreased the tariff by 5 percent.
Read the full briefHuman rights groups in Turkey have accused the government of using a family- values campaign to target the LGBTQ+ community.
Read the full briefGoldman Sachs late Friday became the last of the major banks to retract its forecast of no rate hike next week.
Read the full briefFusion startups are inking defense-related deals, reigniting the relationship between fusion and national security that might have gone dormant, but never completely disappeared.
Read the full briefThe crypto industry eagerly awaits a September 15 vote, though it might not happen. Or maybe it will. Or it might get delayed or reappear in some other form.
Read the full briefThe former UK PM said "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning".
Read the full briefFrom floating reactors to brain chips: VCs picked their favorite YC startups from the summer batch.
Read the full briefPolice officer shared location of a woman with his relative who is accused of abusing woman A San Jose police officer was fired for using his department's Flock license plate tracking system to share the location of a woman with the suspect accused of abusing her, Chief Paul Joseph told NBC Bay Area on Friday.
Read the full briefThe heavyweight champion took on the likes of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, and was known for never once getting knocked out or knocked down.
Read the full briefCanadians 'angry' at Trump for suggesting Canada should become 51st state, says mayor, as US businesses see sales fall amid trade war Like many Canadians, Tom Reid isn't crossing the US-Canada border as often these days. But he needed a haircut.
Read the full briefFour hippos from Pablo Escobar's private zoo were left behind after his death. Decades later their descendants number in the dozens, roaming the Magdalena River and posing a real ecological puzzle.
Read the full briefThe biggest May to September of all time was recorded in US cinemas, with the UK enjoying a 56% rise in audiences, outstripped by an 88% lift in the Middle East and Africa As well as celebrating their wedding, the actors Tom Holland and Zendaya have something else to toast: their two summer blockbusters , The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day , have officially made box office history.
Read the full briefThe company is closing its Copenhagen IT site while maintaining Bratislava and opening a new hub in Vietnam to reduce costs.
Read the full briefThe US President said "negative forces" were airing concerns about "things that won't happen".
Read the full briefOn Equity, we discussed the AI industry's latest debate about whether it poses an existential threat to humanity.
Read the full briefVoting is under way in Sweden in a closely fought election that could see the far-right enter government.
Read the full briefTama, a calico, was named honorary stationmaster of Kishi Station in 2007 and is widely credited with saving the struggling rail line, drawing tourists from around the world until her death in 2015.
Read the full briefBreanna Stewart leads comeback win for the record champions despite France's early lead in the Berlin final.
Read the full briefThe Economist invites applications for the Marjorie Deane internship
Read the full briefAfter a botched 1945 slaughter left his brainstem intact, Mike the chicken survived more than a year, was fed with an eyedropper, and toured the country as a sideshow act.
Read the full briefIndia were not present at the trophy ceremony, which was led by Pakistani Interior Minister and ACC President Naqvi.
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Read the full briefBrics members agree they need a new global order but it's harder to answer what should replace it and how to get there.
Read the full briefBloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple is developing two game controllers for the iPhone and will likely sell them under the Beats brand. Rumors that Apple might enter the game controller business have circulated for some time. But last week, MacRumors reported finding two references in macOS 26.7's code to two game controllers identified as first-party [...]
Read the full briefYesterday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a lengthy open letter saying it was time to "pace the frontier" and slow down AI development. OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk both agreed, publicly voicing their support on X. Even Alphabet's Demis Hassabis offered tentative support for Amodei's proposal. Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, however, [...]
Read the full briefShips and helicopters are searching for those missing from the Virgo Transport 8 ship, which had encountered bad weather.
Read the full briefStubborn inflation, corporate demand for capital and big public debts are squeezing holders of government bonds
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Read the full briefThe fintech company fulfilled a fraudulent information request sent from a government agency's own email domain, exposing ID documents and full crypto transaction histories for a "limited" number of users.
Read the full briefRoyal guards carry casket through streets of Fort Portal amid row over appointment of Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma Uganda's King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, long the world's youngest monarch, has been buried among the tombs of his royal forebears as his Tooro kingdom looked to put a bitter succession battle behind it.
Read the full briefWhile pacing AI development might sound like a quick fix, it is far from an easy solution.
Read the full briefWhiskey distilled in the Republic of Ireland faces the standard 15% tariff which applies to EU goods entering the US.
Read the full briefIn 1932 the Australian military deployed soldiers with machine guns against tens of thousands of crop-raiding emus. The birds scattered, regrouped, and outlasted the campaign, which was quietly called off.
Read the full briefRun in brutal heat, the race featured a runner who hitched a car ride, another dosed with rat poison and brandy to keep moving, and a winner who could barely stand at the finish.
Read the full briefCrude jumps above $107 a barrel amid concerns over Middle East conflict and out-of-control government borrowing Nervous investors across big economies have been dumping government bonds, driving up the cost of borrowing, as surging oil prices amplified fears about rising inflation.
Read the full briefA 2016 UK poll to name a polar research vessel was won overwhelmingly by Boaty McBoatface. Officials overruled it for the ship but gave the name to its submarine instead.
Read the full briefPayments and capital markets are driving growth for Ripple's $2.4 billion digital dollar as it looks to bring RLUSD to Europe under MiCA, the firm's Jack McDonald said.
Read the full briefAlleged members of Black Axe criminal network that swindled US women out of $6m flown from South Africa Six Nigerian nationals linked to an organized criminal network that allegedly swindled American women out of more than $6m through online romance scams were extradited to the United States on Friday.
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Read the full briefDisturbing and AI-generated versions of Dr Seuss character have been used to threaten schools and communities Schools and law enforcement authorities in the US are issuing warnings against a viral "Cat in the Hat" social media trend in which disturbing or AI-generated versions of the Dr Seuss character are used to threaten students, schools and communities.
Read the full briefWojtek, a brown bear adopted by Polish troops in WWII, was officially enlisted as a private so he could travel with the unit, and was seen helping move artillery shells at the Battle of Monte Cassino.
Read the full briefOpenAI's new image model promises sharper detail and more precise editing. We ran it against Google's Nano Banana 2 across six categories to see how it compares.
Read the full briefIt is showing signs of life, but fragile ones
Read the full briefMolar from large mammal that once lived in North America is in 'immaculate condition' after discovery in Bay Area A 10,000 year-old tooth in remarkable condition from an ancient Pacific mastodon, a large mammal that once inhabited North America, was recently discovered by a California scientist. Brigid Lynch, a geomorphologist, was working at a preserve in San Mateo county, when she stumbled across a peculiar rock.
Read the full briefBen Delo and Christopher Harborne each gave £36 million, and between them beat what every UK party raised last year.
Read the full briefUnitree might be the world's most important robotics company.
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://www.atomic14.com/2026/09/13/why-is-google-still-serving-dodgy-ads Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686445 Points: 359 # Comments: 162
Read the full briefVice-president wears religion on his sleeve but winding spiritual path could alienate evangelicals and Catholics US vice-president JD Vance has worn his religion on his sleeve since converting to Catholicism in 2019. He recently published a book, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, and memorably met the late Pope Francis at the Vatican on Easter Sunday in 2025, a day before the pontiff died.
Read the full briefStubbs, a cat in Talkeetna, Alaska, held the role of honorary mayor for two decades, becoming a beloved fixture and a steady draw for curious visitors.
Read the full briefSimple games gain rich strategies in the face of noise.
Read the full briefThere are better ways to fight climate change, immobility and inequality
Read the full briefThe Pitch Drop Experiment, started in 1927, lets a blob of pitch fall one drop at a time to prove it is a fluid. Roughly nine drops have fallen, and almost no one has ever seen one happen live.
Read the full briefThe surveillance mod on GTA V brings the privacy fight to Los Santos, where players can demolish the cameras tracking them.
Read the full briefRampant Yemeni fighters take control of island in narrow point of Bab al-Mandab strait, which Saudi is relying on for oil exports Why the rapid Houthi advance matters and what's at stake Yemen's rampant Houthi forces have captured the strategic island of Perim in the Bab al-Mandab strait, expanding their control of the narrow waterway, one of the world's vital shipping routes.
Read the full briefThe Units are a band I discovered in part thanks to No Dogs in Space. During their miniseries on The Screamers (another incredible band worth checking out), they mention synthpunk.org as one of their sources. And there's no better way to get my attention than to combine two of my favorite things - punk rock [...]
Read the full briefJefferson county coroner says 40-year-old woman died on Saturday, while two infants died with disease in August A coroner in Pennsylvania announced the death of a 40-year-old woman associated with the state's ongoing measles outbreak. The death appears to mark the third in the US state's ongoing outbreak. Two previous deaths in the state were in infant children.
Read the full briefIn 1919 a giant storage tank burst, sending a 25-foot wall of molasses through the North End at an estimated 35 miles per hour. Locals said the area smelled sweet for years.
Read the full briefInvestors are unconvinced by Claudia Sheinbaum's policies
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Read the full briefHow do scientists studying space with data from a telescope hundreds of thousands of miles away know that what they are seeing is real? A new NASA project, Artifact InSPECtor, invites you to find out , and by doing so, to help missions like Euclid and NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope answer fundamental [...]
Read the full briefGreenberg Traurig said documents were posted to the dark web, while BakerHostetler recorded a near-doubling of law-firm incidents in 2025.
Read the full briefAnnualized inflation rate was 3.4%, same as July, and core inflation, which omits energy and food prices, rose to 2.4% US consumer prices remained stubbornly high in August as the end of the ceasefire between the US and Iran pushed energy prices up, according to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday. The annualized inflation rate was 3.4%, the same as it was in July.
Read the full briefFrom the Trump administration to AI experts, plans by the Anthropic boss to boost safety have spawned a largely negative response OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back slowdown on 'reckless' AI development Editorial: controlling AI , humanity cannot outsource its survival The safety debate that ignited when whistleblowers last week warned that the most advanced AI poses an existential threat to humanity should come with a h
Read the full briefRepublican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany and pilot swim to safety after plane made emergency landing in lake A Republican congressman said he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday.
Read the full briefCentral banks are raising interest rates again
Read the full briefThe 23ft-long trackway, consisting of four three-toed footprints, two left and two right, date from 66.5m years ago The first known series of footprints from an adult Tyrannosaurus rex has been found in North Dakota by a team of scientists.
Read the full briefA rapidly changing interest rates market has changed the near-term outlook on the Bitcoin chart. Here's why.
Read the full briefCanadian PM Mark Carney hosts president in Calgary, where he grew up alongside large Ukrainian community Canada offered support on Thursday to boost Ukraine's air defenses and help replenish its drone stocks, as the countries pledged to deepen their alliance during a visit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685991 Points: 188 # Comments: 141
Read the full briefAs Muslims win historic victories, experts describe rise in anti-Islamic sentiment that rivals post-9/11 climate Within hours of Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan's Democratic US Senate primary, Republican senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama declared that the party had "just voted to send a TERRORIST" to Washington.
Read the full briefInitial effects of the technology on employment look positive
Read the full briefSMD is the moisture the soil must make up until it is at capacity, with very dry conditions over most of England and Wales When the ground is thoroughly wet, after excess rainwater has run off it is said to be at field capacity. Meteorologists describe drought in terms of soil moisture deficit (SMD) from field capacity.
Read the full briefFresh operating data shows crypto trading bouncing back, but the company's fastest-growing business these days isn't traditional trading at all.
Read the full briefFamily of late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV reject committee's choice of cousin and TV presenter as new monarch A traditional Ugandan kingdom has become engulfed in a bitter succession dispute after the family of a king who recently died rejected the selection of a television news anchor as his successor.
Read the full briefObama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their "central agendas" and "have a very clear plan" to address concerns around the technology's economic impact and safety.
Read the full briefThe small plane carrying Rep Tom Tiffany had a mechanical issue that forced the pilot to make an emergency landing on a Wisconsin lake.
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Read the full briefBorrowing costs climb in Europe and oil tops $105 a barrel as bank says growing price pressures in eurozone will be 'longer lasting than we had anticipated' Business live , latest updates The European Central Bank has raised interest rates to 2.5% and warned that the risk of higher inflation over the next year has risen following renewed fighting in the Middle East.
Read the full briefEx-president urged party at closed-door fundraiser to create sweeping framework, from safety 'slow-down' to job losses Barack Obama urged Democrats to prioritize a "public conversation" about AI management and safety in a closed-door Manhattan fundraiser last week.
Read the full briefPlan to give US adults $5,000 has been greeted with incredulity across the political spectrum as well as outrage Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on his controversial pledge to give US adults a $5,000 "dividend" if his Republican party keeps control of Congress after November's midterm elections.
Read the full briefMexico's second-largest metropolitan area borders on folded rock layers of the Sierra Madre Oriental.
Read the full briefRubio visits Ecuador and welcomes cooperation after campaign of unilateral strikes on alleged 'narco-terrorists' The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, gave new clarity on the approach toward combating drug trafficking in Latin American waters, saying the Trump administration was focused on working with allied countries and aligning with their laws but insisted the military would "still blow up ships if need be".
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/y-combinators-garry-tan-wants-u-s-open-weight-ai-labs-to-distill-frontier-models-too/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685253 Points: 258 # Comments: 128
Read the full briefPresident has hyped growth of federal investment accounts to help US children , for his own political gain Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has scrapped rules that made childcare more affordable and pushed to cut funding for the nation's public schools .
Read the full briefFor decades physicists have been puzzling over the enigma of dark matter. We think it makes up 85% of the matter in the universe, but the mysterious substance cannot be seen or detected, and we know about it mainly through observations of the gravitational effects it has on other things. But now scientists believe they may be a step closer to detecting it.
Read the full briefTrump administration to seek extra funding from Congress to 'dismantle' Los Tiguerones over narcotics trafficking The US has designated Ecuador's Los Tiguerones gang, which stormed a television station during a live broadcast in 2024, as a terrorist organisation as the Trump administration expands its campaign against narcotics traffickers it says are destabilising Latin America.
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/munJKF7iWMsWJLAH2/astra-and-fable-still-hack-on-simple-variants-of-alignment Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684393 Points: 316 # Comments: 145
Read the full briefThe Department of Energy declared an "emergency" when none existed.
Read the full briefAnalysis of two skeletons reveals tooth wear and traces of psychoactive substance in what may be earliest known evidence for human drug taking What may be the earliest known evidence for human drug taking has been traced to ancient Indonesian foragers who sucked on mind-altering nuts as long as 25,000 years ago.
Read the full briefGen Muhoozi Kainerugaba announces decision to pull out in post on X, citing tensions over 'Harry-Meghan nonsense' Uganda is withdrawing from the Duke of Sussex's Invictus Games, the country's military chief has said, out of respect for King Charles amid division over the "Harry-Meghan nonsense". Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of the Ugandan president, made the surprise announcement in a post on X on Wednesday.
Read the full briefTwo people were arrested in San Fransico while riding around in a Waymo robotaxi after the cab pulled over and called the cops on them. The riders were juveniles in possession of a loaded AR-style ghost gun and were taken to a juvenile hall. While the police report did not specify who was operating the [...]
Read the full briefThe company is seeking clarity on antitrust rules as researchers call for restraint and experts warn that competition encourages companies to overlook risks.
Read the full briefWho's more likely to steal sweets from a child? According to science, it's the rich. A study seemingly confirming our suspicions about the moral behaviour of the wealthy was one of the winners of the 2026 Ig Nobel prizes, which honour research that makes you laugh and then think.
Read the full briefRare show of unity from rival developers after safety warnings from Anthropic boss and AI researchers Analysis: critics perplexed and suspicious of call for a slowdown The Guardian view: humanity cannot outsource its survival Sam Altman and Elon Musk have backed a call from the head of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, to "slow the pace" of AI development after he warned that an AI swarm could otherwise become capable of "tak
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Andrew Frederick's body was found in property he was staying at in Grenada in January The family of a British father who was found dead in the Caribbean in January is urging authorities in Grenada to work with UK police to uncover the truth about his death. Andrew Frederick's body was found in the property he was staying at in Grenada on 4 January.
Read the full briefStudy finds just one drink per day could raise risk of disease with impacts extending far beyond liver cancer Alcohol-related cancer deaths in the US have more than doubled over three decades, with new research showing that just one drink per day could raise cancer risk and that the impacts extend far beyond liver cancer.
Read the full briefThree men are on trial over the death of brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend, US citizen Jack Carter Rhoad, in Ensenada The father of two Australian surfers killed in Mexico two years ago testified in court on Tuesday that his life had been turned into hell, as the high-profile trial continued into its second day.
Read the full briefTRM examined roughly $52.7 million across 198.9 million settlements using the x402 protocol. Most of it isn't coming from AI agents, it says.
Read the full briefOld problems bedevil balance-sheets and hold back lending
Read the full briefMarvel's mishandling of its Blade reboot will likely go down as one of the studio's biggest mistakes. There was a great actor in place to play the vampire hunter (Mahershala Ali), and a promising director set to take over the reins (Bassam Tariq). In retrospect, though, the disappointing demise of Blade might not be such [...]
Read the full briefExperts helped guide weather scenes in Pressure , a film depicting dramatic buildup to 1944's D-day landings Dressed in a Royal Air Force uniform and sporting a trim moustache, Andrew Scott looks slightly queasy , as well he might. Behind him is a huge map of the Channel, and in front of him is Brendan Fraser, looming with a request: "I need a forecast," he says.
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Read the full briefThis is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on cars, data privacy, and autonomous vehicles, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission [...]
Read the full briefHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 143, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, new tech season is here, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been devouring every iPhone Duo video I can find, clicking on [...]
Read the full briefThe manufacturer has a service that lets owners repair their own equipment.
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Read the full briefIn this episode of Science Weekly, recorded in front of an audience at the London podcast festival on 3 September, Ian Sample hears from Michael Safi, the host of the Guardian's chart-topping podcast about artificial intelligence, Black Box.
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Read the full briefAutomattic says Mullenweg is back as "chairman and CEO of Automattic, with full support of the board."
Read the full briefIn May, hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded to RubyGems, causing a serious disruption for the host. Now independent researchers have said that a swarm of OpenAI agents were responsible for the attack. Not only that, but the AI tried to steal users' API keys. At the time, RubyGems described it as a [...]
Read the full briefOpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that there would be no OpenAI IPO in 2026 during an interview with Fortune. Over the course of 45 minutes, Altman discussed a variety of subjects including the Hugging Face hacking incident, recursive self-improvement, and the possibility of building an AI that was beyond human control. On the latter, he [...]
Read the full brief"Given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told Fortune.
Read the full briefWhile OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, the company will not be going public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman.
Read the full briefBlizzard originally tried to bring the StarCraft universe to the world of 3D shooters way back in 2002 with StarCraft: Ghost. It sat in development hell for years until Blizzard president Mike Morhaime confirmed that it had been canceled in 2014. Now Blizzard is giving it another go with the simply titled StarCraft. Dan Hay, [...]
Read the full briefAnthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman seem to agree that it's time to "pace the frontier." What would that actually look like?
Read the full briefAnthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk have agreed on an unusual position: frontier AI development may need to slow as systems become capable of helping build their own successors.
Read the full briefA week after launch, complaints are rolling in from users that GPT-6 Astra has been nerfed. OpenAI's last model went through the same cycle in July.
Read the full briefAs OpenAI model cracks Millennium Prize Problem that puzzled experts for decades, many feel shocked at pace of change It was a week that left mathematicians reeling. Hot on the heels of a flurry of cases of artificial intelligence furthering the field , OpenAI declared a major scalp: its latest AI model had cracked a Millennium Prize Problem, a puzzle with a $1m reward that had defied human brains for decades.
Read the full brief"Dedicated launch is pretty essential for us for most of our missions."
Read the full briefThe strain lurking in the inflatable structure was hypervirulent.
Read the full brief"I didn't know that AI could hallucinate facts," New Mexico defense lawyer says.
Read the full briefAnalysis revealed seed proteins from sesame and moringa, which held religious and symbolic significance.
Read the full briefRenewables pledge won't change the Oracle and OpenAI data center's use of gas.
Read the full briefNASA asks US states to show them the money.
Read the full briefHer Horizon Fund seeks $100m to stop practice harming 230m women and girls globally Frontline activists and leaders in the fight against female genital mutilation, which has affected more than 230 million women and girls worldwide , have welcomed an unprecedented $15.5m (£11.4m) fund aimed at creating "unstoppable momentum" to finally end the practice.
Read the full briefJohn Ternus helms his first major event as head of $4.5tn company, where he announces first foldable iPhone John Ternus, Apple's new CEO, helmed the company's annual showcase of new iPhones and other products on Wednesday. It was the first time the public saw the warm and unpretentious demeanor of the executive, who is filling the shoes of Tim Cook and his predecessor, Steve Jobs, at the $4.5tn tech giant.
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