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ChatGPT for Teens keeps teens talking, even during mental health crises
ChatGPT’s teen safeguards are meant to protect vulnerable users, but new testing found the chatbot continues encouraging engagement during crises and potentially encourages unhealthy relationships with the AI itself.
Trade group crunches numbers on Trump’s impossible push for 100% US-made tech
One of Donald Trump’s biggest goals as president is to increase domestic manufacturing and reshore supply chains so that the most in-demand technologies in the world can be 100 percent made in the United States. By executive order last December, he launched his “Genesis Mission,” an ambitious plan seeking to leverage US dominance in AI to maintain or seize an edge in advanced robotics, biotechnology, semiconductors, and nuclear technologies. According to Trump, that plan works best with self-sustaining supply chains.
As AI Closed In on ‘Unique Games’ Proof, Researchers Raced to Beat the Machines | Quanta Magazine
In the shadow of a rumored AI proof of one of the biggest problems in their field, three computer scientists rushed to publish their own milestone result.
Sliding-scale Insulin Does Not Control Steroid-induced Hyperglycemia in a Non-diabetic Patient, No Matter How You Tune It
Sliding-scale correction insulin is the standard hospital response to high blood glucose. Its constants were derived in people who secrete no insulin, yet it is routinely ordered for patients whose own secretion is intact. We represent the correction rule as a proportional controller with a deadband, sampled four-hourly, acting on a glucose model built from published physiology, including pancreatic feedback. We derive the sensitivity of glucose to exogenous insulin, evaluate it in 4,995 virtual
BPI projections for the NBA season: Ranking all 30 teams and stacking Finals favorites
ESPN's Basketball Power Index projections for the 2026-27 NBA season are out, including a ranking of all 30 teams.
Witnesses spot Eritrean troops inside northern Ethiopia as tensions flare
Eritrea dismisses allegation as Ethiopia's pretext for more war.
FCC considers loosening rules on political robocalls with AI voices before midterms
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request by a conservative group to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with artificial intelligence-generated voices, before November’s midterm elections. Federal law currently bans most robocalls to cellphones unless the caller gets consent beforehand. The petition calls for a waiver that would allow political groups to use artificial or prerecorded voices in unsolicited wireless calls. The Republican-led FCC advanced
Why Oscar-winner Eva Marie Saint never went Hollywood
The actress talks of working with Alfred Hitchcock and Paul Newman, and why she never wanted Cary Grant's fame
Switching From An RTX 4090 To iGPU Via Display Cable Allegedly Helped A User Gain 2.5GB VRAM, Allowing Him To Double The Context Window In Qwen3.8-27B To 132K
A user claims that plugging his display cable into the iGPU instead of his RTX 4090 freed up 2.5GB of VRAM, letting him double the context window in Qwen3.8-27B to 132K, here's how the trick works and why it matters for local AI
Pediatricians renew call to ban raw milk as anti-science rhetoric reigns
As many doctors are moving ahead with the latest advances of modern medicine—from powerful obesity drugs to breakthrough cancer treatments—pediatricians are being forced to turn back, fighting to maintain advances in children's health that were hard-won decades ago. With anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs
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Managing Multiple Chronic Conditions: Tips and Strategies
Discover effective ways to manage multiple chronic conditions, including tips for coordinating care, staying organized, and prioritizing self-care.
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Ultra-Orthodox rabbi’s anti-Zionist remarks stir Israel election row
Rabbi Dov Lando's comments expose tensions over Zionism, conscription and Netanyahu's ultra-Orthodox allies.
'God help NYC for electing jihadist sympathizer': Mamdani’s Oct 7 'Israel genocide’ post sparks fury
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing fierce backlash over his statement marking three years since the October 7 Hamas attack. While Mamdani acknowledged that Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 people, he then shifted his focus to Israel’s war in Gaza, accusing the Israeli
The Set Up To Adapt Lisa Wilkinson's 'The Titanic Story Of Evelyn'
Australian bestseller The 'Titanic Story of Evelyn' is setting sail on a TV adaptation at The Set Up.
Meta’s Muse launches on iPad just a month after its mobile debut
Meta’s AI agent Muse is now available on iPad, just a month after its mobile debut, as the company rapidly expands the assistant’s reach and integrations.
Here's a $99 Bose Prime Day Bluetooth Speaker Deal I'd Cash In On - CNET
The excellent Bose SoundLink Flex mini is $99 (or $50 off) for Prime Day. That matches its lowest price to date. Nab it while you can.
ChatGPT Caught Putting Signatures of Real Cartoonists on AI-Generated Comics
ChatGPT is churning out New Yorker style cartoons and slapping the name of real artists on them without permission.
What Worries Experts About the Russia 'Plague' Incident
Public-health experts say the incident should serve as a wake-up call.
Today's top games to watch, best bets, odds: Rays vs. Yankees, Penguins vs. Capitals and more
Find best bets for the biggest games in sports on Wednesday from the SportsLine Projection Model and top CBS Sports experts
LSD – from counterculture to clinical trials
From psychiatric research to counterculture and secret CIA mind-control experiments, LSD makes its way back to the lab.
Socrates on human attraction and love: ‘Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to...'
Explore how Socrates' views on beauty serve as a starting point for romantic attraction and relationships, highlighting the profound connection between human attraction, love, and companionship.
Why Fall Is the Best Time to Buy This 25% off Prime Day IPL Deal
Amazon's best beauty tools are discounted for Amazon Prime Day, including this IPL tool that effortlessly removes hair for 25% off.
Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look
The financing includes an $8M seed round co-led by Sequoia Capital and First Round Capital, and a $30 million Series A led by Hummingbird Ventures.
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Incogni helps protect you from unscrupulous websites by removing your private info, so scammers can't use it against you.
Artemis II Crew Moon Photo Annotations
NASA A visualization of a dark Moon eclipsing the Sun is marked with handwritten notes in this April 6, 2026, screenshot from an Artemis II crew member’s tablet. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (in blue) and Victor “Ike” Glover (in green) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Jeremy Hansen (in red) observed impact flashes and their locations, which are noted on the image. Overall, the astronauts reported seeing five extremely faint “pinprick” bursts of light from their view aboard Orion, which was 46,000 miles away from the Moon at the time.
Language-model ratings of depression reflect the rater more than the patient
Depression has no diagnostic blood test. Language models promise tireless, consistent assessment, but can accurate raters disagree about individuals? We pre-registered 880 language-model raters, crossing 11 open models with prompting and scoring choices, and applied them to 189 interviews against the eight-item Patient Health Questionnaire. Model choice explained 30.0% of summed-symptom score variance, stable participant differences 10.5%. Two randomly drawn raters with area under the receiver o
Why Dana Altman followed Bruce Pearl, Tony Bennett's footsteps with sudden retirement on eve of 2026-27 season
There's a common thread that connects the recent string of last-second retirements in college basketball
Kenya on high alert amid concern over screening after first Ebola death
Kenya’s government has intensified Ebola preparedness efforts amid growing concern over lapses in border screening.
Modi must have done something right to win for 25 years: Abdullah
During a recent media interaction in Srinagar, Omar Abdullah commended Narendra Modi for his extensive 25-year journey in public service. He pointed out Modi's consistent electoral victories across different levels, calling such a sustained success extraordinary. This recognition sheds light on the
Xbox bets on Gears of War in battle of gaming giants
Unlike other flagship titles, E-Day will only be available on Xbox at a time of rising console costs.
Microsoft is giving Copilot more control over Windows and your files
At today's Windows and Surface event, Microsoft showed off an upgrade to its Copilot AI system that will give it access to local files on your PC and the ability to take actions across the OS. It's part of an idea Microsoft is calling "Hybrid Intelligence," where apps and tools rely on a mix of […]
Fraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift
After pleading guilty, a 54-year-old North Carolina man, Michael Smith, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for using artificial intelligence to generate songs for a scheme that stole millions from music streaming platforms. In a press release Tuesday, the US Department of Justice said that Smith is the first American criminally charged with AI-assisted streaming fraud. First charged in 2024, Smith successfully ran the scheme for seven years without detection.Read full article Comments
Jonathan the giant tortoise, 194, offers up insight into secrets of longevity
DNA analysis of oldest living land animal reveal patterns on genes that appear to protect functioning of mitochondria
Russia keeps tight lid on lab worker's death as global concerns mount
Russian state TV and other national state-controlled media have steered clear of the subject.
Are Eagles tanking? Why Philadelphia's teardown looks like a full-scale rebuild
The Eagles are stockpiling premium draft picks while dismantling a once-dominant offensive line
US Supreme Court hears challenge to air force UXO detonations in Guam
Advocacy group claims military sidestepped impact review, says case highlights lack of representation in US territories.
Why Trump’s use of a trans slur on Truth Social is even more insidious than it seems
Keeping up with every vector of Trump-generated outrage is like playing a never-ending rigged game of whack-a-mole. For instance, in what might be considered a microcosm of this entire era, much of the backlash to the president’s use of an anti-transgender slur in a Truth Social post on Monday was quickly drowned out by the fuller-throated backlash to the president also seemingly inviting Iran to “take out” a pair of major California cities later that day. While the unpatriotic stench of Trum
Ramayana Release Date Changed; Supreme Court Asks Rajpal Yadav To Deposit Rs 2 Crore
From Ranbir Kapoor's Ramayana to Supreme Court schooling Rajpal Yadav; here are the top headlines of the day.
Meta rolls out new AI tools to detect ads that secretly lead to child sexual abuse material
Meta launches new AI tools after discovering ads on its platforms that may look normal but direct users to harmful content elsewhere online.
Chemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand
Life is remarkably selective. Life relies on many molecules with what is termed "handedness"—they're chemically identical but are mirror images of each other. Most chemical reactions will make a 50-50 mix of the left- and right-handed forms of a chemical, but life uses only one of them.
NASA’s Curiosity Looks Back After Reaching Elevation Milestone
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Map reveals smoking hotspots where cigarette users refuse to quit
The Government has been accused of 'deepening the North-South divide' with its tobacco policy, after official figures reveal men in the north are now smoking more than ever.
Agent's Take: Kenneth Walker III among best veteran acquisitions after four games of 2026 NFL season
Walker III is dominating on the ground in Kansas City, Kirk Cousins has revived the Raiders, and key defensive stars are quickly reshaping contenders across the league
Saudi Arabia says three foreign nationals killed in attacks on airports
Moroccan, Algerian women killed in Abha, Sudanese national killed in Riyadh.
Crypto is moving from wallet to worksite
A contractor finishes a job on Friday. The crew wants to get paid, customers want to settle invoices, and business partners want access to money over the weekend. These are ordinary business problems, happening on a regular basis. But the tools available to help solve them are changing. More than 67 million Americans now hold crypto—that’s one in four Americans, up from one in five adults last year, according to our new report. That growth is beginning to show up where you might not expect
Frank Mancuso Sr., Former Chief of Paramount, MGM/UA, Dies at 93
Frank Mancuso Sr., a distribution executive who went on to head two of Hollywood’s major studios, Paramount and MGM/UA, has died.
SPONSORED: When one datacenter is no longer enough
Why training AI across multiple sites is creating a new networking challenge
Jaguar Type 01 debuts; now, no one remembers the electric Ferrari
Does it feel like people are perhaps a little grumpier or more on edge these days? It’s not like it’s without reason. There are wars. The climate is going haywire. Someone just died of plague. Scientific research is under attack. Machines keep stealing humans’ work. The media is a mess. And just when it all starts to feel a little overwhelming, Jaguar goes and unveils a new car. The Type 01 is the first model to arrive from Jaguar’s rebirth.
Almost All of These CJRB Pocket Knives Are Under $50 for Prime Big Deal Days
These under-$50 pocket knives punch above their price in materials and build quality.
Merck suffers a setback in Europe over its new Keytruda formulation
In a setback for Merck, a Dutch court ordered a halt to the manufacturing and marketing of a subcutaneous formulation of Keytruda in several European countries.
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At least 24 killed as Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine
Ukraine says Russia launched a massive overnight barrage of 130 drones, 48 cruise missiles and ballistic missiles
The American Dream just hit a staggering new price tag
In what won’t feel like news to many Americans, a new report underscores that the affordability crisis is real—and getting worse. It costs 4.1% more this year to achieve the eight hallmark life milestones that make up the prototypical American Dream, according to a report released Wednesday by Investopedia. Over the course of a lifetime, a household will now spend about $5.3 million to own a home, buy new cars, raise two kids and send them off to college, retire, pay for healthcare, throw a w
Dhurandhar 2 TV Premiere: When And Where To Watch Ranveer Singh’s Spy Thriller?
Dhurandhar: The Revenge is making its much-anticipated debut on television.
ChatGPT is getting a lot more visual, with the launch of a new interface
OpenAI is launching a new user interface that will bring interactive visuals to ChatGPT.
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra Wants to Bring the 'Only Laptop You'll Ever Need' Experience to PCs
When you pack in 24GB of RAM into a base laptop build and spend $2,600 on it, you shouldn't want to upgrade any time soon.
Gut microbes followed migrating humans across continents, new study suggests
New research looks at the surprising similarities in the gut microbiomes of hunter-gathers in Tanzania and horticulturalists in Bolivia, and asks: What role do these bacteria play in human health?
Why muscle health should be a bigger part of clinical nutrition – Texas A&M Stories
Experts call for greater attention to muscle health across aging, illness and weight loss.
WWE spoils the result of Roman Reigns vs LA Knight with premature announcement
Roman Reigns defends his World Heavyweight Championship this weekend at Money in the Bank, but it seems that WWE may have spoiled the outcome of the match.
Most Americans oppose Trump’s taxpayer-funded ‘golden age’ ads: Poll
Trump says he will pay for future ads, but the White House says taxpayers will not be reimbursed for past ones.
Who controls California politics? A new index tracks the state’s top political donors
When it burst into widespread use as a result of the 1976 movie All the President’s Men, the phrase “Follow the money” referred to political influence or corruption and how to track it. Fifty years later, the meaning of the phrase hasn’t changed much—but following the money is now magnitudes more complex. With the proliferation of political action committees and the blessing of the U.S. Supreme Court, corporations and wealthy individuals have more ways than ever to spread their poli
40 Phantom of the Opera backstage secrets and ghost stories – including the British rocker who almost played the lead
The Phantom of the Opera is here and here to stay.