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After accusations of selling ‘perv glasses,’ Meta prepares to sell a pair without a camera
Can Meta dodge the "pervert glasses" accusations with a new camera-free product?
California may gut state net neutrality law to comply with Trump admin demand
California is on the verge of accepting $1.86 billion in federal broadband grant funds, despite the Trump administration telling states they cannot enforce net neutrality rules on any Internet service provider that gets a piece of the grant money. When the Trump administration overhauled the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program last year, it ruled that states must agree not to enforce any rate regulation or net neutrality rule on ISPs that receive funding.
NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater
6 Min Read NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater A zoomed-in view of the Moon made from images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera. (More information at the bottom of article.) Credits: NASA Goddard/Intuitive Machines/Robert Wagner It started as a routine data-quality check.
Japan is now home to more than 100,000 people aged 100 or over - National | Globalnews.ca
Japan's Health and Welfare Ministry statistics show that the country now has 107,677 centenarians, up 7,914 from the previous year. 88 per cent of them are women.
2026-27 Big Ten basketball schedule: Illinois vs. Michigan State, USC vs. UCLA among five top conference games
Here are the games that will define the Big Ten race after the conference released its schedule Wednesday
Trump hopes war with Iran about to end
The US president says that Tehran is seeking a peace deal
Breaking | HKMA raises base rate by a quarter point to 4.25%, the first increase since 2023
The HKMA and US Federal Reserve lift key interest rates amid high inflation spurred by the Middle East conflict.
Scrubs Season 2 Trailer Reunites Zach Braff & Donald Faison for Hilarious New Chapter
Scrubs Season 2 trailer reunites Zach Braff, Donald Faison, and Sarah Chalke as J.D., Turk, and Elliot return for hospital comedy and drama.
Status Of Anthropic IPO As AI Fears Mount
Bloomberg's Anthony Hughes joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Deals." Anthropic is preparing for its IPO and has picked Nasdaq as its listing venue. The Claude chatbot maker is seeking to raise as much as or more than SpaceX in an IPO that could take place as soon as October, Bloomberg has reported. (S
At Dreamforce, Marc Benioff is king. But can he defend his throne?
A new generation of tech is on the rise.
Counter-drone lidar spots radio-silent drones nearly one mile away
STRATOS counter-drone lidar adds long-range 3D sensing for detecting and tracking small aerial targets nearly a mile away.
Georgia health officials confirm 8 West Nile virus cases, 1 death - News4JAX
Older adults, people with compromised immune systems and those with other underlying medical conditions are at greater risk of severe complications, ...
Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em WR in Week 2: Davante Adams back to must start, nervous about Drake London
Jamey Eisenberg projects big-time bounce-backs for some of the slower starts from Week 1 in Week 2, while also profiling a few players you might want to remove from your lineups
Anti-Russian sanctions bill gets enough votes to be adopted by US Congress
217 members of the House of Representatives have voted in favor, while the vote is ongoing
Amazon just raised its minimum wage to $20. It’s not as high as it sounds
Just in time for its busiest season, Amazon has raised wages for its frontline workers, bringing their starting pay to $20 an hour. The boost amounts to a $1 increase in minimum hourly wages for the hundreds of thousands of workers who staff the company’s warehouses. The new pay increase raises wages just as Amazon is gearing up for the holidays, when the tech giant sees a massive boost in orders. Amazon has historically staffed up in anticipation of this period, hiring an estimated 250
Trump's Kennedy Center Shutdown Is 'Unlawful,' Democratic Board Member Says
Rep. Joyce Beatty says the Kennedy Center violated a court order by closing its doors and seeks an emergency hearing.
Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed safety evaluators. Will they really be independent?
Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed independent safety evaluators inside their AI labs. Researchers welcome the unprecedented access, but warn meaningful oversight requires transparency, independence, and eventually regulation.
Salesforce issues revenue target of over $63 billion for fiscal 2030, beating estimates
Salesforce issued some updated longer-term financials at its annual Dreamforce conference.
Area 51 mystery deepens as discovery exposes who is behind jet flights
A mysterious job listing online has been tied to the infamous Air Force base that whistleblowers claim is home to secret government research on alien technology.
Falling is a leading cause of injury in older New Mexicans
SANTA FE – As New Mexico observes Fall Prevention Awareness Week September 21-25, state health ... Ask about current health conditions and medications ...
Aussie F1 race gets a shake up
The 2027 Australian Grand Prix will be held on the first weekend of April, and will include a sprint race on the Saturday for the first time.
Macklemore pledges $1m in tour earnings to Palestinian groups
The rapper also challenged Robert Kraft to match the donation as fallout from his removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour grows.
Walmart wants to change how you shop online, and it’s already working
Walmart exists to serve, said its CEO, David Guggina. Through its “assortment, price and experience,” the company aims to help people live a better life, prioritizing convenience and affordability, Guggina said at the Fast Company Innovation Festival on Wednesday. High-speed delivery options, an investment in AI and affordable fashion are key methods for Walmart to become a lifestyle beyond just being an option. “Folks want to save money and they also want to save time,” Guggin
Who Is Conner Leavitt? 5 Things to Know About the ‘Mormon Wives’ Star
Get to know Conner Leavitt, from his marriage to Whitney Leavitt to his appearance on ‘DWTS’ Season 35.
Your AI agents can now control your Google Home devices
Google is launching early access to a new MCP server for Google Home, allowing AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and others to control connected devices, review camera summaries, and access smart home activity using natural language.
Lionsgate releases a new trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping
Lionsgate has released an action-packed trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping—a sequel to 2023’s Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and a prequel leading into the events of the first film, The Hunger Games (2012). In addition, Laika Studios released a trailer for its highly anticipated stop-motion animated feature, Wildwood. (Some spoilers for The Hunger Games below.) The main protagonist is a young Haymitch Abernathy, future District 12 mentor to Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson).
Zuckerberg's Pervert Glasses Have Been So Publicly Shamed That Meta's Reportedly Now Working on a Version With No Camera
The backlash to Meta's AI glasses has been so fierce that the company is reportedly now working on a version with no camera.
Historical trends in identity-first and person-first language in books and news media
... health conditions (diabetes, disability, epilepsy, obesity). The IF and ... If mental health or disability conditions are understood as ...
Seahawks rule out Sam Darnold for Week 2, but potential timetable for return emerges
Seattle reportedly has no plans to place its starting quarterback on injured reserve
Rescue workers search for survivors after Gaza building collapse
Rescue workers search for survivors after Gaza building collapse
Newmont vs Northern Star: Which gold share is better for value and yield?
I compare Newmont Ltd (ASX: NEM) and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) on dividends, valuation, and recent performance, and explain which gold share I'd pick now.
Kendall Jenner’s K-Beauty Routine Is on Sale—Here’s Where to Find It
These on-sale Anua skincare products are Kendall Jenner's secret to clear, glowy skin.
The Most Powerful Man in AI Isn’t Worried at All
Jensen Huang: not a doomer
Researchers swap in human brain cells for a mouse's cortex
In recent years, there has been a lot of excitement about the potential for studying human diseases in what are called "organoids." These small patches of tissue, formed using stem cells, appear to produce many of the same cell types and at least some of the structures normally formed in actual organs, and thus can provide a better model for diseases that rely on the sometimes complex interactions among multiple specialized cell types that are a feature of the human body. But even the most sophisticated organoids lack a lot of the features of a real human body.
$92M deal turns drones into sensors for hypersonic flight tests
AEVEX wins a potential $92.2 million deal to support SkyRange and its airborne approach to hypersonic flight testing.
Senators highlight the power Chris Klomp wields at confirmation hearings
Chris Klomp has already played a major role in the Trump administration and its Make America Healthy Again agenda.
Aaron Judge exits Yankees game with lower leg tightness as injury concerns flare up amid tight AL East race
Judge had gone 0 for 2 with two strikeouts before departing Wednesday afternoon's game
Manchester United lose 3-2 to Brighton, crash out of League Cup
Brighton come from two goals down to win 3-2 at Old Trafford, to shock Manchester United as slow start continues.
Can Pacers Andrew Nembhard Apply Point Guard Growth When Haliburton Returns?
Andrew Nembhard sharpened his point guard skills in 2025-26. How will those improvements help playing next to Tyrese Haliburton?
Ex-BBC presenter questions role of Royal Family in new documentary
John Humphrys, who presented Today and the Nine O'Clock News, heads a new Channel 4 documentary on the topic.
Goodbye, Claude Cowork: Anthropic merges its two Claudes into one - ZDNET
From Claude to Cowork and back again - plus, Anthropic's all-new Claude Docs.
Not just Proton: Getting to know Valve's new SteamOS compatibility layers
Since the release of the Steam Deck, Valve fans have gotten very familiar with the idea of the Proton compatibility layer that allows games written for Windows to run capably on the Linux-based SteamOS (though Valve's efforts in this realm date back farther than that). To get more games running on the SteamOS-powered Steam Frame, though, Valve is relying on two additional compatibility layers that are new to the Steam architecture. The first, FEX, is Valve's port of fex-emu, an open source project that emulates x86 processor instructions on an Arm chipset.
Scientists Grew Human Brain Tissue Inside Mice and It Actually Worked
The transplanted cells formed circuits, reached the spinal cord and responded to injury.
Weight loss jabs increase risk of deadly surgical complication
Researchers say users of the drugs are 11 times more likely to have their stomach contents come back up into the throat while under anaesthetic compared to those who do not.
Brittany Mahomes trolled by Matthew Stafford's wife Kelly over how she helped out husband after Patrick Mahomes' win vs. Broncos
Patrick Mahomes’ wife, Brittany, cheered for the Kansas City Chiefs in their 31-10 Week 1 win over the Denver Broncos on Monday night as usual.
Aussie F1 race gets a shake up
The 2027 Australian Grand Prix will be held on the first weekend of April, and will include a sprint race on the Saturday for the first time.
Drag Means Business: A Conversation with Bob the Drag Queen
Few art forms have gone from the margins to mainstream quite like drag. What was once niche even in the queer community has exploded into a global cultural phenomenon and big business for both the entertainers and brands looking to work with them. Bob the Drag Queen has had a front-row seat to drag’s ascendance, and he’s also a key driver of where it goes next. In this conversation, Bob breaks down the business of drag and what he’s building through his production company, Purse First Studios. T
Matthew Broderick & Richard Jenkins’ Underrated Comedy Movie Now Free to Stream
Matthew Broderick and Richard Jenkins' underrated 1986 comedy movie is now available for free streaming on YouTube.
AI labs want in-house auditors — but maybe they should shut the front door first
There may be a simpler and more effective fix for rogue agents, hiding in plain sight.
Game of Thrones: War for Westeros Puts "Rule of Cool" Ahead of Balance, and Wants You Rewriting the Show's Ending
At gamescom 2026, we met with the developers of Game of Thrones: War for Westeros and talked to them about the upcoming RTS adaptation.
Passion Meets Precision at NASA’s Flight Research Lab
4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Derek Abramson, Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory chief engineer, left, communicates with the Edwards Air Force Base air traffic control tower for approval to fly the Alta-X drone near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. Justin Link, small uncrewed aircraft pilot, second from left, and laboratory chief pilot Justin Hall await flight clearance.
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles says she is cancer-free after cancer diagnosis
But experiencing a mental health condition does not necessarily mean a mother receives treatment. The Policy Center's 2026 report found that most ...
Gray had to go after horror run of form, insists Hibs chief Gordon
Hibs chairman Ian Gordon insists the Easter Road outfit had to get rid of club legend David Gray thanks to a horror run of form that has seen them lose four of their first six Premiership fixtures.
Displaced Syrians dig through hills of garbage to make a living
Displaced Syrians are digging through mountains of burning garbage searching for recyclable materials to make a living.
WSE Deadline: WSE Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Wise Group plc Securities Fraud Lawsuit Filed by The Rosen Law Firm
/PRNewswire/ -- Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Wise Group plc (NASDAQ: WSE) between May 11, 2026...
Travis Kelce named victim in massive $35M Ponzi scheme as fraudster gets 11 years in prison
The NFL star was mentioned by prosecutors in a Missouri court as one of the people swindled by the mastermind of the scheme, Siddharth Jawahar.
We May Finally Be Ready to Do Something About A.I. What Took So Long?
Something really big happened last week in the world of artificial intelligence: Quite suddenly, after several years of relentless and disorienting momentum, the course of rapid A.I. progress ran headlong into a wave of social panic. It had already been a dizzying summer: OpenAI agents finding their
Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by "critical blow" from a cyberattack
The International Meteor Organization, the nonprofit that coordinates and publishes amateur and professional observations of meteor phenomena, said its infrastructure has suffered a “critical blow” from a cyberattack. “We recently suffered a cyberattack that dealt a critical blow to aging infrastructure, taking much of our site offline," a static page on its website on Wednesday said.
Over 20,000 Items Removed From Hydrothermal Features at Yellowstone National Park
Learn more about the thousands of objects Yellowstone staff have removed from the park's hydrothermal features, including 280 hats, 54 lens caps, and $18 in loose change.
WHO expresses cautious optimism about bid to control Ebola outbreak in DRC
There is reason to be cautiously optimistic about the trajectory of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the WHO says.
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For checkpoint and settler attack news, Palestinians tune into the radio
Palestinians in the West Bank navigate Israeli road closures and attacks with help from a local radio station.
The Midterms Matter: What Business Leaders Need to Know Now
The 2026 midterm elections are shaping up to be a consequential moment not just for American politics, but for business leaders. The outcome could reshape policies affecting trade, immigration, technology, and the economy. And at the same time, state-level elections could have an outsize impact on companies as states increasingly set their own rules on issues ranging from AI and data privacy to climate and energy. This panel will examine the political forces and voting dynamics shaping the elect
Madonna To Open 2026 VMAs, Her First Live Performance At Show In 23 Years
Madonna, who heads into the VMAS with a leading 11 nominations, will open the 2026 awards shindig, her first live performance at the show in 23 years