Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hopes to stay in power by selling himself as the repairman of a broken Britain. But with inflation still high, debt… Read More »While Sunak is making his case for the British, the economy is undermining it
The UN Security Council held its first session on Tuesday on the threat artificial intelligence poses to international peace and stability, and Secretary-General António Guterres… Read More »UN officials push for regulation of AI at Security Council meeting
The Hollywood actors’ union said Tuesday it had exempted 39 independent film and TV projects from the strike, including two films from A24, the secretive… Read More »Actor strike won’t stop 39 independent projects, says SAG-AFTRA
Enlarge / Khachatur Manukyan and colleagues at the University of Notre Dame used advanced spectroscopic and imaging instruments to take a closer look at the… Read More »Ben Franklin wove colored fibers into paper money to deter counterfeiters
Angelo Mozilo, a founder of Countrywide Financial who presided over the credit giant’s meteoric rise and then its collapse during the 2008 financial crisis, died… Read More »Angelo Mozilo, whose mortgage giant fell after a failed housing project, dies at 84
Days after Meta launched its new app, Threads, this month a software engineer at the company named Ben Savage introduced himself to a developer group… Read More »Meta threads can make or break the Fediverse
The tech industry’s biggest companies have warned over the past year that the development of artificial intelligence technology is beyond their wildest expectations and that… Read More »Meta reveals a more powerful AI and doesn’t care about who uses it
The economic impact of the relentless heat wave scorching southern Europe, the United States and much of the northern hemisphere may be short-lived in most… Read More »The economic impacts of extreme heat will increase over time
If you’ve ever enjoyed a nerd rope, you might be wondering if this type of candy is no longer available. This has been a very… Read More »Nerds Rope no longer available – Select Nerds Rope and enter the zip code
Millions of US military emails have been misdirected to Mali in a “typo leak” that exposed highly sensitive information, including diplomatic documents, tax returns, passwords… Read More »Typo leaks millions of emails from the US military to the web operator in Mali
While the startup’s co-founders viewed hoppy-tasting but hop-free beer as potentially beneficial to brewers and the environment, as Denby said in a New York Times… Read More »The secret ingredient in your craft beer? Gene-edited yeast
The advertising industry has a love-hate relationship with artificial intelligence. In recent months, technology has made ads easier to generate and track. It is writing… Read More »Advertisers Cautiously Embrace AI – The New York Times
Last summer, on a cloudy day in July, the coastal town of Sitka, once the capital of Russian Alaska and long a popular stopover on… Read More »Alaska’s Food Trucks – The New York Times
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved an injection to protect babies and vulnerable toddlers from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, providing one of… Read More »RSV Shot is approved for infants
Enlarge / Drop has been making some pretty expensive keyboards, like this $349 Islay Night that’s out of stock. Sharon Harding Corsair is acquiring Drop,… Read More »Corsair buys DIY mechanical keyboard brand Drop
