A spokesperson for Elizabeth Taylor once claimed that the considerable weight gain of the actress was due to “her glands”. When the satirist Peter Cook… Read More »If it is wrong to blame the obese because it is fat
A rare display of public anger is unfolding in China over the quality of domestically produced medicines. A prominent Shanghai surgeon pointed to anesthetics that… Read More »In China, rare dissent over a program to cut drug costs
It's a truism at this point to say that Americans own a lot of guns. Case in point: This week, a fire chief in rural… Read More »The 3D printed 'ghost gun' ring comes to my community – and leaves a man dead
Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fishing vessels conducting a scientific survey in a hotly contested area… Read More »Philippines accuses Chinese coast guard vessels of harassing fishing vessels in the South China Sea
Reports that Fitbit's ionic smartwatch was overheating began in 2018 and continued into 2020. But according to U.S. officials, the company did not quickly report,… Read More »Fitbit agrees to pay $12 million for failing to promptly report Watch Burn Risk
Female Israeli hostages' names released before planned exchange
For more than six years, Amazon Web Services, the world's largest cloud computing company, offered technical support to deliver Tiktok videos to tens of millions… Read More »Tiktok ban and Trump Executive Order lead to technology company dilemma
While President Trump started with a radically harsh action against immigration on his return to the office this week, he left a gap that appeared… Read More »What is the H-1B Visa program and why did Trump-Backers revise about it?
Legal enforcement agents tried to enter a Chicago Elementary School on Friday morning, but were not allowed to enter or were allowed to speak to… Read More »Legal enforcement agents tried to enter a Chicago Elementary School, but were not allowed, say officials from the public schools in Chicago
Willison notes that although quoting sources helps to verify accuracy, building a system that does this well “can be quite difficult”, but Citations seems to… Read More »Anthropic builds RAG directly in Claude Models with the new Citations API
Days after President Trump had ordered Federal Agencies to investigate entities from the private sector on 'illegal' diversity, equality and inclusion programs, Target has become… Read More »The aim of ending the dei policy now that Trump is threatening companies
The Trump government is reportedly preparing an Implementation Decree that the financing of 'gain-of-function' investigation into pandemic pathogens limits in what an attempt seems to… Read More »Trump reportedly prepares an executive decision that the federal financing of research into 'gain-of-function' forbids
A months-long, costly disruption to global shipping may soon end as the Houthi insurgents in Yemen have indicated they have suspended their attacks on commercial… Read More »More ships could return to the Red Sea if Houthis keep their fire
Mark Zuckerberg spent all of 2024 telling investors that artificial intelligence would be the key to the future of his company Meta. In 2025, he… Read More »Meta increases spending to $65 billion in AI Push this year
On Friday morning, January 24, there were ice breakers to free the cargo ship Manitoulin from the ice cream of Lake Erie near Buffalo, New… Read More »Ice breakers are used to free a Canadian cargo ship from Lake Erie
