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Amazon promises more local funding and less secrecy around data centers
AI

Amazon promises more local funding and less secrecy around data centers

Amazon also tried to separate the anxiety over AI from the debate over data centers.

This toolless modular lever-action wallet is the coolest I’ve stuck to my phone
Technology

This toolless modular lever-action wallet is the coolest I’ve stuck to my phone

Pull the lever to fan your cards with the OhSnap Wallet 2.

In 1971, engineer Godfrey Hounsfield’s new scanner revealed a brain cyst in the first clinical CT scan; 8 years later, he shared the Nobel Prize for developing computer-assisted tomography
Science

In 1971, engineer Godfrey Hounsfield’s new scanner revealed a brain cyst in the first clinical CT scan; 8 years later, he shared the Nobel Prize for developing computer-assisted tomography

What if the contents of a sealed box could be revealed without ever opening it? For British engineer Godfrey Hounsfield, the question began with an unlikely fascination with Egyptian pyramids and cosmic rays.

How Botox changed the life of a man who could not burp for 52 years
Health

How Botox changed the life of a man who could not burp for 52 years

SINGAPORE — Daryl was 52 when he finally learnt how to burp in 2026."All my life, I could not burp," the cybersecurity executive, who declined to use his full name, told The Straits Times.The build-up of gas made him feel terribly bloated and uncomfortable. He also suffered excessive flatulence as h

Week 4 NFL betting promos: Collect nearly $3,000 in bonuses from top online betting apps, sportsbooks
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Week 4 NFL betting promos: Collect nearly $3,000 in bonuses from top online betting apps, sportsbooks

Top Week 4 NFL betting apps include DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, bet365, Caesars, Fanatics Sportsbook and Hard Rock Bet

Manchester City v Arsenal: Women’s Super League – live
World

Manchester City v Arsenal: Women’s Super League – live

Minute-by-minute report: Join Rob Smyth for updates as Renée Sleegrs’ side face a tough test against the league leaders and defending champions

Tejashwi Yadav accuses CEC of using 'fraudulent means' to help BJP win elections
Business

Tejashwi Yadav accuses CEC of using 'fraudulent means' to help BJP win elections

Tejashwi Yadav has accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of manipulating the electoral process to favor the BJP, sparking outrage among citizens and resulting in protests. He slammed the Bihar government's failure to effectively manage flood responses and criticized the improper allocati

Love Is Blind viewers outraged by star's racial comments
Culture

Love Is Blind viewers outraged by star's racial comments

Fans were left totally shocked.

Learn Claude Code and Cowork — Just $15 during Deal Days
AI

Learn Claude Code and Cowork — Just $15 during Deal Days

Go beyond basic chat and learn to automate Gmail, Drive, and Calendar tasks through five hands-on projects.

Technology

'The agent itself has become its own entity to secure': Bitdefender's new free Mac tool goes after flaws that let attackers fool AI models

Bitdefender launches AI Guardian for AI agents with real-time control over tools, files, and credentials.

Spies, prime ministers, and balls: The BBC Domesday project @ 40
Science

Spies, prime ministers, and balls: The BBC Domesday project @ 40

The Centre for Computing History gathers the minds behind the project and the ones keeping it alive today

Doctors warn about the risks energy drinks pose to kids. What families need to know
Health

Doctors warn about the risks energy drinks pose to kids. What families need to know

Sean and Heidi Cripe will never forget the call from their son's high school saying Davis was being taken to the emergency room."He chugged an energy drink — like, just trying to be cool," said Sean Cripe, recounting the day nearly a decade ago.The teen's heart soon fell out of rhythm and he died. W

Sports

Jaguars vs. Bengals odds, picks, prediction, spread, line: Start time, preview, best bets for NFL Week 4

Here's everything bettors need to know for Jaguars vs. Bengals in NFL Week 4 action

World

Somali president: Ethiopia can access our port, but must negotiate

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Addis Ababa has yet to come to Mogadishu to negotiate access to sea ports.

Shaktikanta Das, PM's Principal Secretary-2, says India within striking distance of 8% growth
Business

Shaktikanta Das, PM's Principal Secretary-2, says India within striking distance of 8% growth

Shaktikanta Das stated that India's real GDP grew by 7.8% in the first quarter of this financial year. It was supported by strong domestic demand and favorable investment conditions experienced during this period. This growth follows an average annual GDP increase of 7.9% recorded since the pandemic

Craig Charles' tribute to 'city that shaped me'
Culture

Craig Charles' tribute to 'city that shaped me'

Presenter Craig Charles marks 50 years of poetry with a tribute to Liverpool for National Poetry Day.

I Asked a Privacy Tool What ChatGPT Knows About Me. The Result Was Terrifyingly Accurate
AI

I Asked a Privacy Tool What ChatGPT Knows About Me. The Result Was Terrifyingly Accurate

Every chat leaves a trace. A new tool reveals the startlingly specific inferences ChatGPT makes about your job, location, habits, and more.

Technology

Pet Tech Roundup: CNET Pet Owners Found the Best Products

With help from furry friends, we tested the most advanced pet tech. Here are our recommendations.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation gave $1 million to a Seychelles debt-swap deal; by 2020, the wider project had helped the island nation protect 410,000 sq km of ocean, an area larger than Germany
Science

Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation gave $1 million to a Seychelles debt-swap deal; by 2020, the wider project had helped the island nation protect 410,000 sq km of ocean, an area larger than Germany

Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation was among the private funders that backed a deal helping Seychelles use debt financing for ocean conservation. The deal helped the island nation increase the area of its ocean under protection from just 0.04% of its Exclusive Economic Zone to 30% by 2020.

Popular hobby could be key to stroke survivor recovery
Health

Popular hobby could be key to stroke survivor recovery

Research shows the popular pastime encourages communication

Battling Novak Djokovic Stuns Top Seed Alexander Zverev At China Open
Sports

Battling Novak Djokovic Stuns Top Seed Alexander Zverev At China Open

Novak Djokovic rolled back the years to oust Alexander Zverev from the China Open on Sunday.

World

Why is fighting intensifying in Yemen’s Taiz governorate?

Fighting escalates in Taiz governorate as Yemen's government and Houthis battle for control of key strategic locations.

Consumer staples sector falls 3% in Q3 as oil, inflation and tech rotation weigh (XLP:NYSEARCA)
Business

Consumer staples sector falls 3% in Q3 as oil, inflation and tech rotation weigh (XLP:NYSEARCA)

XLP fell 3% in Q3 as oil surged, rate-cut hopes faded and investors shifted to AI/tech.

VCR83: Official Gameplay Trailer
Culture

VCR83: Official Gameplay Trailer

Check out the first gameplay trailer for VCR83, a new surveillance psychological horror game where you observe and monitor strange happenings through security cameras, figuring out what happened during each shift in playable Aftermath sequences. Meanwhile, your friendly virtual assistant Pete become

Apple’s John Ternus Has Found a New Design Chief: Himself
AI

Apple’s John Ternus Has Found a New Design Chief: Himself

Also: A big update on the touch-screen MacBook Pro.

All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.
Technology

All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.

If one form of energy becomes the cheapest, most secure, and cleanest, you’d probably adjust your economy to use more of it, right? That’s one of the ideas underpinning a report the International Energy Agency issued last week about the global move toward electrification. Fatih Birol, head of the IEA, discussed some of the concepts from the report the following day at the United Nations. “Many, many years in the energy world, we had three choices in front of us. Shall I choose the most secure energy option? Shall I choose the most economic energy option?

US rivals test modern military drones, robots to boost battlefield power
Science

US rivals test modern military drones, robots to boost battlefield power

China is using a latest military drill to test its ability to deploy forces overseas and coordinate combined-arms operations with foreign militaries.

Health

Hundreds of people came together in Duxbury Saturday to make sure parents struggling ...

... health condition, such as depression or an anxiety disorder. The Covid pandemic, cost of living crisis and increased concerns about digital harms ...

Kalshi promo code CBSSPORTS55 in Texas: Get $55 bonus for Cowboys vs. Texans, NFL Week 4 predictions
Sports

Kalshi promo code CBSSPORTS55 in Texas: Get $55 bonus for Cowboys vs. Texans, NFL Week 4 predictions

Kalshi users in Texas can make trades on Cowboys vs. Texans in Week 4 with the best Kalshi promo code CBSSPORTS55 for a $55 bonus

World

What are the five questions being asked regarding the Flydubai attack?

As investigations are conducted, official versions of the incident have come under scrutiny.

The world is a mess. Let’s book a cruise!
Business

The world is a mess. Let’s book a cruise!

Consumer confidence is feeble, gas prices remain high, the labor market has the jitters, there’s war in the Middle East, and AI doomerism has become part of pop culture. So . . . time to book a cruise? Apparently so. This week Carnival, the largest cruise line, reported record results—third quarter revenue of $8.4 billion, well ahead of expectations—and, more intriguingly, all-time high bookings for 2027. With customer deposits totaling $7.6 billion in the third quarter, up almost 7% over las

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Overtakes ‘Avatar’ as Highest-Grossing Movie in History With $2.925 Billion After ‘Encore’ Re-Release
Culture

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Overtakes ‘Avatar’ as Highest-Grossing Movie in History With $2.925 Billion After ‘Encore’ Re-Release

"Avengers: Endgame" is once again the highest-grossing movie in box office history, reclaiming the title from "Avatar."

Engineering
AI

Engineering

Building Menu Vision: Real-Time Dish Recognition Arpitha Dudi, Growth Tech Lead Aug 20, 2026 Menus aren’t just lists, they’re a window into a restaurant’s unique offerings, specialties, and personality, shaping...

Technology

Best Robot Vacuums: These New Models Clean Better Than Ever

After testing 47 new robot vacuums we’ve found the models that clean floors the best, navigate without getting stuck and avoid obstacles flawlessly.

AI Is Creating "Doom Loops" All Over the Economy
Science

AI Is Creating "Doom Loops" All Over the Economy

The AI industry is creating "doom loops" across the economy with products that undermine the economic incentive to create cultural content.

Here’s how scientists aim to speed up drug development for treating new viruses
Health

Here’s how scientists aim to speed up drug development for treating new viruses

Generating up to 100 times more antiviral drug candidates than was previously practical — in weeks rather than months or years — could improve the odds of finding a drug quickly when necessary.

Messi farewell closes a long, hard-won love story with Argentina
Sports

Messi farewell closes a long, hard-won love story with Argentina

Oct 4 : When Lionel Messi makes his final appearance for Argentina on Tuesday, it will bring to an end a journey that began with the country's football authorities not even knowing his name and evolved into one of the most enduring relationships in sporting history.The farewell against Benin at Buen

Michigan 'soul searching' after Minnesota loss, Whittingham says
World

Michigan 'soul searching' after Minnesota loss, Whittingham says

What can Whittingham come up with now after two straight losses to open the Big Ten season?

Investors push back on SEC plan to release corporate earnings less frequently
Business

Investors push back on SEC plan to release corporate earnings less frequently

The U.S. government has pitched an obscure accounting rule change that has ignited a firestorm of opposition. If enacted, its effects might be felt from the capital markets to your retirement savings account. At issue is a proposal by the Securities and Exchange Commission that would scrap a long-standing requirement for registered companies to disclose their earnings every three months. Instead, they would have the option to do so only every six months. The agency says its proposal has tw

Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham Had A Small Role In A Popular Primetime Soap Opera - TVLine
Culture

Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham Had A Small Role In A Popular Primetime Soap Opera - TVLine

Before Hannah Waddingham was cast as Rebecca in Ted Lasso, she appeared on the long-running British soap opera Brookside one year before the series ended.

Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care
AI

Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care

All this, and angry NeoVim users

Technology

Abliteration Workbench: My Llama 3.2 Refusal Research

My Llama 3.2 refusal study without fine-tuning: commands, failed hypotheses, frozen replication, replay evidence, and lessons from classifier errors.

Wildlife camera in Guatemala captures a once-in-a-decade snapshot
Science

Wildlife camera in Guatemala captures a once-in-a-decade snapshot

The recent photographs confirm that jaguars are still traveling along an important wildlife corridor.

Health

Elderly and vulnerable in Jersey urged to get free vaccines - BBC

Eligible groups for the flu jab include people aged 65 and over, adults in care homes, pregnant women and those with long-term health conditions.

UFC 332 fight fallout: Best options for Natalia Silva, Payton Talbott and more after a wild Saturday night
Sports

UFC 332 fight fallout: Best options for Natalia Silva, Payton Talbott and more after a wild Saturday night

Talbott wants Sean O'Malley, but there might be an even more exciting style clash on the horizon

Thousands of child-on-child sexual offences reported at schools in England and Wales
World

Thousands of child-on-child sexual offences reported at schools in England and Wales

Exclusive: Average of nearly five sexual crimes a day against under-13s were reported to police between 2021 and 2025

The 60/40 Portfolio Looks Dead Again: Here's What To Do (NYSEARCA:SPY)
Business

The 60/40 Portfolio Looks Dead Again: Here's What To Do (NYSEARCA:SPY)

The recent surge in stock-bond correlations has reignited concerns about the effectiveness of the 60/40 portfolio strategy. Click here to read more.

Sanjay Dutt sparks online debate after saying 'I can’t feel that peace in our country anymore' as netizens react by bringing up his controversial past of arrest and conviction in 1993 case
Culture

Sanjay Dutt sparks online debate after saying 'I can’t feel that peace in our country anymore' as netizens react by bringing up his controversial past of arrest and conviction in 1993 case

Actor Sanjay Dutt has sparked an online debate after saying that he no longer feels the same sense of peace in India. The actor made the remark while appearing on Shekhar Suman’s show on Gandhi Jayanti, where he spoke about his hopes for greater harmony in the country.

White House AI Task Force Puts Nvidia, Big Tech Under Regulatory Scrutiny - TipRanks.com
AI

White House AI Task Force Puts Nvidia, Big Tech Under Regulatory Scrutiny - TipRanks.com

As talks about AI safety and regulations intensify, the White House has formed a new AI task force that will spend the next 120 days assessing the risks and opportu...

Technology

Best Portable Monitor for 2026

Want a little (or a lot) more screen real estate when you’re on the go? A portable USB-C monitor is the answer, and the best one I’ve tested is cheap, too.

Crews digging 12 feet below a California infrastructure project uncovered 40- to 45-million-year-old bones of a large hoofed mammal; paleontologists spent seven days extracting the fossil from hardened rock
Science

Crews digging 12 feet below a California infrastructure project uncovered 40- to 45-million-year-old bones of a large hoofed mammal; paleontologists spent seven days extracting the fossil from hardened rock

A routine infrastructure project in Oceanside, California, has uncovered a glimpse of a world that existed tens of millions of years before humans. The City of Oceanside first announced the discovery on September 22, while reporting from the Los Angeles Times, NBC 7 San Diego and the San Diego Union

Health

Perimenopause and Work: Findings from the AMY Study - The Vajenda

Absenteeism, which was any missed work in the prior 7 days for health-related reasons ... her medical conditions, be affected by ageism, be mistreated ...

Marcus Mariota hurts right knee, questionable to return; Commanders turn to rookie Athan Kaliakmanis
Sports

Marcus Mariota hurts right knee, questionable to return; Commanders turn to rookie Athan Kaliakmanis

The Commanders are already without Jayden Daniels

World

Dodik declared Bosnia ‘dead’. Irrelevant rhetoric or serious threat?

Bosnian Serb leader's controversial comments ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina's high-stakes elections.

Why tech companies are racing to put AI data centers in space
Business

Why tech companies are racing to put AI data centers in space

Why on earth do people want to put data centers in space? It’s all about power and cooling. The chips that run AI models require a lot of electrical power, and our electrical grid will be seriously stretched to accommodate the wave of new AI data centers now being built or planned. Data centers, in fact, will account for almost half of U.S. electricity demand growth between now and 2030. In space, there’s ample solar power for running AI servers. In the right orbit, solar energy is effecti

Glastonbury 2027 tickets sell out in 42 minutes
Culture

Glastonbury 2027 tickets sell out in 42 minutes

Thousands of people joined the queue in the hope of securing tickets to Worthy Farm.

Google is changing which models you can access on its Gemini AI plans — here's what you need to know
AI

Google is changing which models you can access on its Gemini AI plans — here's what you need to know

If you want access to the best models inside Gemini, you're going to have to start paying for them.

Science Archives - Interesting Engineering
Technology

Science Archives - Interesting Engineering

Stay updated with daily science news articles from Interesting Engineering. Find the most recent news on scientific discoveries, inventions, and developments.

Pastor who sparked doomsday panic claims the Rapture is just DAYS away
Science

Pastor who sparked doomsday panic claims the Rapture is just DAYS away

The pastor who set off widespread panic for his end of the world predictions has revealed his final date for the biblical end times prophecy where millions of Christians disappear.

Health

Citrus Heights Vice Mayor champions Blue Envelope program throughout region

This can include individuals with autism spectrum disorder, dementia, anxiety or other mental health or health conditions that may require additional ...

World champion Wu wins Shenzhen Open
Sports

World champion Wu wins Shenzhen Open

World champion Wu Yize defeated compatriot Yuan Sijun 10-5 to win the Shenzhen Open.

World

How was Flydubai co-pilot cleared despite being deemed a security risk?

Aviation security protocols under scrutiny after co-pilot accused of attempted axe attack aboard Flydubai flight.

Business

American Airlines adds cash-and-miles bookings as loyalty battle heats up

American Airlines adds cash-and-miles bookings as loyalty battle heats up

British Museum announces changes to ease Bayeux Tapestry queues
Culture

British Museum announces changes to ease Bayeux Tapestry queues

Measures include extended opening hours, as well as an audio guide and additional seating for visitors.

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