26 Aug 2026, 11:57 pm
At least 47 American tourists are among hundreds of people missing after a wall of mud and glacial floodwater tore across the Nepal-China border on Wednesday, wiping out villages in under a minute and killing more than 150. Related Articles Five US Citizens Killed Alongside Top Ecuador Intelligence Official in Remote Northern Kenya Helicopter CrashIndonesia 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Update: At Least 38 Dead as Landslides Block Emergency RescuersMothers, Babies Starte…
26 Aug 2026, 11:41 pm
At least 165 people have died, while officials believe 340 foreign nationals from India, the US, UK, Australia, Malaysia and Ukraine among those missing. Follow the latest newsFlash floods on Nepal-Tibet border leave scores dead and hundreds missingTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?Continued from the last post on the number of people missing in Nepal: Continue reading...
26 Aug 2026, 11:28 pm
Julia MacDonald told Action News she was preparing to move to Florida and had packed much of her belongings inside the vehicle before it was taken.
26 Aug 2026, 11:24 pm
A flood watch goes into effect Thursday afternoon and continues through Thursday night for downpours that may lead to localized flooding.
26 Aug 2026, 11:18 pm
The self-proclaimed "mastermind" of the 9/11 attacks will stand trial in June 2028, a military judge ruled Wednesday, nearly 25 years after the attacks.
26 Aug 2026, 11:16 pm
Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek on Wednesday shot down the idea of former Vice President Kamala Harris campaigning for him. When pressed by a reporter at a Wednesday event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa about the topic of working with Harris during his campaign, Turek — a state representative and two-time Paralympic basketball gold medalist……
26 Aug 2026, 11:12 pm
Host Kristen Kish and fellow judge Gail Simmons tease the upcoming season 24, filming later than usual at a yet-to-be-announced location, and make their pitch for why the "more complicated," "on location" series deserves to win one of the four Emmys it's nominated for this year.
26 Aug 2026, 11:12 pm
Professor Jason Arday's death has been classed as "unnatural" by a coroner.The 41-year-old academic was found dead at an address in Battersea, south London, on August 14.An inquest into Professor Arday's death opened at London Inner South Coroner's Court on Wednesday, where it was heard that he had been found unresponsive by relatives.The academic was pronounced dead at the property following attempts to resuscitate him. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Senior…
26 Aug 2026, 11:09 pm
Floods and mudslides have swept away houses and roads with many hundreds missingHundreds are missing and at least 160 people have died after torrential floods hit the Himalayan border areas of Nepal and in Tibet in China. An avalanche of ice and rock triggered massive flash floods causing widespread damage to villages and infrastructure.Officials said hundreds of travellers from countries including India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Austr…
26 Aug 2026, 11:08 pm
Apart from the special show he performed with an orchestra in London, Harry Styles has played basically the same set since his “Together, Together” tour opened in Amsterdam 33 shows and nearly three months ago. But for the opening night of his unprecedented 30-show stand at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, he completely […]…
26 Aug 2026, 11:06 pm
A worker retiring in 2027 could receive about $730,000 in lifetime Social Security benefits despite having paid less than $200,000 in taxes alongside their employer. The figure sounds startling. Yet it reflects how Social Security was designed. Related Articles Retirees Could Lose $77,900 Under New COLA Plan: 80% Face Smaller Social Security RaisesSocial Security Cola 2027 Forecast Holds at 3.8% but Trump Tariffs Could Still Change the Final IncreaseSocial Security…
26 Aug 2026, 11:06 pm
Forty people who went missing from asylum seeker hotels as children years ago have still not been found.
26 Aug 2026, 11:02 pm
Both Democratic and Republican politicians are hastily trying to distance themselves from data facilities.
26 Aug 2026, 11:01 pm
China News Service/GettyIn the late 1940s and early 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a race for technological and ideological supremacy. The Cold War was still in its early years and each side was intently focused on the other’s scientific and military progress. The US believed it was firmly in front. So the Americans were caught almost completely off guard in October 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik-1, the wo…
26 Aug 2026, 10:58 pm
From works of "self-obliteration" to polka dotted nudes, the pioneering artist developed a unique body of work likely to be relevant for years to come.
26 Aug 2026, 10:56 pm
Prakash Mathema/GettyMore than 150 people are dead and hundreds more missing after an enormous wave of water, ice, mud and rock cascaded more than 170 kilometres down the Bhote Koshi River valley in Nepal. The valley is the main link between Kathmandu in Nepal and Lhasa in Tibet. At least 34 Australians are missing. There was little warning. Footage of the debris-laden flash flood is shocking. It is, unfortunately, not surprising. As an expert in glaciers, I hav…
26 Aug 2026, 10:54 pm
Sheikh Mohammed's visit comes as US-Israel war on Iran nears its sixth month with no diplomatic breakthrough in sight.
26 Aug 2026, 10:52 pm
Given their limited quantity and social media virality, Anthro Home's seasonal runs can be here today and gone tomorrow.
26 Aug 2026, 10:52 pm
The country music icon died on Tuesday at the age of 80.
26 Aug 2026, 10:50 pm
His plea deal to avoid a death-penalty trial was rejected by a federal appeals court last summer.
26 Aug 2026, 10:48 pm
An Anonymous Coward writes:Expanded multistage chain of thought monitoring makes frontier model work more expensive:OpenAI on Tuesday said its decision to suspend model training work, implemented after unreleased, unsupervised AI models hacked HuggingFace, remains in effect as the AI biz tries to implement stronger security measures. Some of those measures will increase compute overhead by 20 percent of the observed inference workload.An OpenAI spokesperson told The…
26 Aug 2026, 10:44 pm
Goodell confirms review after Ohio prostitution stingYork pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor chargesNFL has previously disciplined owners for misconductCommissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL is looking into whether San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York will be punished for violating the league’s personal conduct policy after he was caught in a prostitution sting in Ohio.“It’s being reviewed under the personal conduct policy,” Goodell said Wednesday at the o…
26 Aug 2026, 10:42 pm
Palestinians have mourned prominent artist Sliman Mansour at a public funeral in the occupied West Bank.
26 Aug 2026, 10:38 pm
In the history of the National Gallery of Victoria, their most successful ticketed exhibition did not feature the work of Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet or Pablo Picasso. It was of the veteran Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama, who has died aged 97. Held over the summer months in 2024–25, the Melbourne exhibition attracted 570,537 ticketed visitors. Kusama’s exhibitions throughout the world have attracted huge crowds. Her infinity mirror rooms, sprawling seas of…
26 Aug 2026, 10:33 pm
Residents said a longtime homeowner died, the property later became vacant and eventually attracted unauthorized occupants.
26 Aug 2026, 10:33 pm
The Trump administration has doubled down on its accusations against Cook, despite a Supreme Court ruling in her favour.
26 Aug 2026, 10:29 pm
Detective Sgt. Christopher Schwartz of Plymouth Township Police praised the woman's response, calling it "courageous actions by that homeowner."…
26 Aug 2026, 10:28 pm
A British man has become the first person in the world to have a brain tumour removed via AI-assisted surgery.
26 Aug 2026, 10:25 pm
Wildlife farming is common in Vietnam, where people breed and trade wild animals for pets, food, and traditional medicine. By 2021, the country had around 6,744 wildlife farms housing 1.8 million animals across 371 species. Although these farms support many families, they also bring people into close contact with wild animals. This creates opportunities for zoonotic diseases to spill over into humans. A recent outbreak highlights the potential danger. The Andes h…
26 Aug 2026, 10:22 pm
The sister of a 29-year-old Sharef Holman, who was killed after getting shot in the back allegedly by a man still wanted by authorities, said that her brother had turned his life around after a struggle with drug addiction and was working as an elderly care worker. Candice Holman, the older sister of Sharef, spoke exclusively with NBC10 on the two-moth anniversary of Sharef’s murder. It also came the same day as Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner name…
26 Aug 2026, 10:21 pm
Meta will pay $16.7 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by 29 state attorneys general over the mental health risks posed to children by its platforms.
26 Aug 2026, 10:20 pm
Researchers have developed a new vision algorithm that lets humanoid robots perceive depth more like humans, using two forward-facing eyes. Instead of relying on conventional stereo cameras, the system processes visual differences between the left and right images to build a more accurate 3D understanding of a scene. The approach, developed by a team led by researchers from York University in Toronto, could improve how humanoid robots judge distances, recogni…
26 Aug 2026, 10:17 pm
From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinationsYayoi Kusama, the Japanese outsider artist who reached superstar status after decades living in a psychiatric hospital, has died aged 97.Kusama died in a Tokyo hospital on 14 August, her studio announced in a statement on her website on Thursday. Continue reading...
26 Aug 2026, 10:17 pm
David Kramer accused a Variety reporter of deliberately trying to damage the talent agency’s business.
26 Aug 2026, 10:17 pm
A judge ruled lawmakers sought a ban based on "content and viewpoint."…
26 Aug 2026, 10:14 pm
The alleged mastermind behind 9/11 will finally stand trial after nearly 25 years after terror attacks.Khalid Sheikh Mohammed - the alleged lead plotter of the attack - and three other terrorists who had been held in Guantanamo Bay had their trials scheduled for 2028, a military judge ruled on Wednesday.Mohammed and his alleged co-conspirators have been held at the Cuba-located US military prison base since 2006.Government prosecutors requested a January 2027 trial…
26 Aug 2026, 10:12 pm
Movie Poster Image Art/Getty ImagesActor and singer Tim Curry has died aged 80, following years of health struggles brought on by a stroke. He will forever be remembered in popular culture as the “sweet transvestite” Dr Frank-N-Furter in the stage and screen hits, The Rocky Horror Show and the Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). However, with a career spanning more than five decades, there was much more to the singer, actor, voice actor and writer than this one…
26 Aug 2026, 10:11 pm
A South Philadelphia woman is asking for help recovering sentimental jewelry and family heirlooms that remain missing after thieves stole her packed car hours before she was supposed to leave for Florida. Julia Macdonald spoke with NBC10 and said she woke up Saturday morning to discover her Honda Accord was gone from its parking spot at 13th and Bigler streets. “I woke up and looked outside and the vehicle was gone,” Macdonald said. Surveillance vid…
26 Aug 2026, 10:11 pm
Lawsuit is latest instance of Brazil taking aggressive steps to rein in tech giants over child safety issues online.
26 Aug 2026, 10:10 pm
“The massive expenditure of U.S. munitions in the Middle East is increasingly worrying Asian allies and frustrating Pentagon officials overseeing the Indo-Pacific, who fear that the prolonged war with Iran could undermine U.S. readiness for a conflict with China as it continues to step up military pressure across the region,” the Washington Post reports.
26 Aug 2026, 10:08 pm
“A year after President Trump set out to rewire global trade in America’s favor, the biggest winner has turned out to be Vietnam,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “For the first half of this year, federal data shows Vietnam’s trade surplus with the U.S. hit $114 billion, ahead of semiconductor hub, Taiwan, Mexico, and even China.” “It is an unexpected outcome for an economy a quarter the size of Mexico’s, and the result of years of reconciliation af…
26 Aug 2026, 10:08 pm
Love Exploring has crowned this one-street Tudor treasure as the county's finest village…
26 Aug 2026, 10:07 pm
Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori tells Jazeera that US sanctions designating the group a terrorist organisation.
26 Aug 2026, 10:05 pm
“Former leaders of the National Archives — which preserves and protects the nation’s most important documents — are urging a federal appeals court to reject the Trump administration’s effort to ignore the Presidential Records Act, a decades old law that requires presidents save all official records from their time in office,” CNN reports. “Six archivists, who served under both Republican and Democratic presidents, argue that the law is critical in main…
26 Aug 2026, 10:03 pm
“Secret Service communications director Anthony Guglielmi has been placed on leave,” NBC News reports. “The news comes as a Secret Service spokesperson revealed that three officials who are not law enforcement personnel were put on leave pending an investigation into potential misconduct.” New York Post: Three Secret Service honchos put on leave, face misconduct probe over leaks.
26 Aug 2026, 10:00 pm
Italy has released an "octopus army" into its waters in a bid to tackle a devastating invasion of crabs. Researchers have released 130,000 infant common octopuses into the Adriatic Sea, hoping their natural appetite for crustaceans will help curb a species that has wreaked havoc on Italian coastal communities.The invasive blue crabs, originally native to the Atlantic, have caused an estimated £170million in damage to the fishing and aquaculture industries, accordin…
26 Aug 2026, 10:00 pm
The Universe is a large place, yet despite it being mostly empty space, there are still a lot of things to find and catalogue. This includes mildly terrifying things like supermassive black holes (SMBHs), one of the study subjects of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) project. In their 20th data release of the fifth all-sky survey (SDSS-V), the results of the Black Hole Mapper (BHM) program provides a lot of new insights into these SMBHs. For a good primer on the S…
26 Aug 2026, 10:00 pm
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26 Aug 2026, 9:55 pm
The US Army has announced a plan to install what it calls nuclear microreactors at five of its bases across the country. The move would ensure the facilities' energy independence from the rest of the electric grid.
26 Aug 2026, 9:54 pm
A grassroots basketball initiative is giving girls in northern Nigeria a chance to train, compete and dream bigger.
26 Aug 2026, 9:49 pm
The outlook for nuclear arms control is desolate in all three of its dimensions – risk reduction, non-proliferation and outright elimination. The important agreements of the past are dead or on life support. And the recent behaviour of the actors that matter most – the United States, Russia and China – has fed concerns things can only get worse. The nine nuclear-armed states possess between them more than 12,200 nuclear warheads, with a combined destructive c…
26 Aug 2026, 9:48 pm
The ScoopHumans are still writing the vast majority of guest columns published in the opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, a Semafor analysis found — but large language models were creeping in well before a high-profile Journal op-ed provoked controversy this week.Over the past month, 10 out of 310 guest submissions to the three publications were labeled as at least 80% “AI” by AI detector Pangram, suggesting…
26 Aug 2026, 9:45 pm
Tech giant Meta will pay up to roughly US$18 billion, plus make major design changes to Facebook and Instagram, as part of a settlement it has agreed to in its most recent lawsuit. Filed in 2023 by a coalition of 29 US state attorneys-general, the case alleged that Instagram and Facebook were engineered to keep teenagers hooked, that Meta misled the public about the harm, and that it collected data from children aged under 13 without parental consent. The trial…
26 Aug 2026, 9:42 pm
A catastrophic flash flood has struck northern Nepal on the Tibetan border, killing at least 157 people and leaving hundreds missing, including at least 34 Australians. The death toll is expected to rise. Foreign tourists are among those feared dead or missing. Nepal’s tourism ministry reported 403 tourists unaccounted for, including 341 foreign nationals. Footage shows torrents of mud and debris sweeping through settlements and carrying buildings and vehicles…
26 Aug 2026, 9:42 pm
The race is back in the city for the first time in nearly a decade and will bring professional cyclists to a course that winds through Philadelphia and features the iconic Manayunk Wall climb.
26 Aug 2026, 9:34 pm
Andy Burnham has been warned anti-Israel sanctions could risk a trade war with Donald Trump.Alarms have been raised after it was revealed the Prime Minister is set to announce a "robust" package of sanctions which could amount to a "de facto boycott" of Israel.The Prime Minister has now been told by Labour MPs that if he pushes ahead with the plan he may face retaliatory measures from the White House.The President has frequently dished out or threatened tariffs - en…
26 Aug 2026, 9:34 pm
Two modern commanders appointed on Donetsk front after dismissal of ‘Soviet-era’ Oleksandr Syrskyi as head of military. What we know on day 1,645Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed two of Ukraine’s most prominent commanders to oversee and strengthen defences of the “fortress belt” of industrialised cities in the Donetsk region. Visiting the frontline, Zelenskyy said Third Army Corps leader Andrii Biletskyi and Denys Prokopenko, commander of the First Corps …
26 Aug 2026, 9:32 pm
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26 Aug 2026, 9:31 pm
Six people in critical condition as a severe heatwave fuels 154 wildfires across Algeria in a single day.
26 Aug 2026, 9:26 pm
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said Wednesday it is investigating a cybersecurity incident involving a standalone system, which senior Justice Department officials have designated a "major incident" under federal guidelines.The disclosure comes as the Qilin ransomware group claimed ATF as a victim, according to cybersecurity outlets tracking the group's leak site. The group has not publicly provided evidence substantiating its claim, a…
26 Aug 2026, 9:25 pm
Jes Staley told US House committee he also was at one point named a trustee of convicted sex offender’s estateFormer JPMorgan Chase executive Jes Staley told US lawmakers he repeatedly shared confidential and market-sensitive bank information with Jeffrey Epstein and was at one point named as a trustee of his estate, according to a transcript released by the House oversight committee on Wednesday.These admissions come as lawmakers investigate the late con…
26 Aug 2026, 9:24 pm
The decision comes at a fractious time for the party amid a growing divide among its voters over US aid to Israel.
26 Aug 2026, 9:19 pm
Ruffalo is accused of anti-Semitism for calling out the family behind an impending media deal.
26 Aug 2026, 9:17 pm
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved on Wednesday a drug that could extend the survival of those with metastatic pancreatic cancer.
26 Aug 2026, 9:16 pm
Giant burrowing cockroaches with added cameras and medical injectors are being tested as potential ‘first responders’ in earthquakesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor people trapped under rubble in an earthquake or similar disaster, the arrival of a fleet of cockroaches could one day be the difference between life and death.Biorobotics engineers have been working on the design of s…
26 Aug 2026, 9:09 pm
Actor says she had the ‘weirdest six months of my life’, after being diagnosed days after her Dawson’s Creek co-star James Van Der Beek died of cancerBusy Philipps has revealed she had a brain tumour removed, which was diagnosed shortly after her Dawson’s Creek co-star James Van Der Beek died from bowel cancer.The 47-year-old, born Elizabeth Philipps, starred in the hit US teen drama as Audrey Liddell opposite Van Der Beek, who died in February aged 48 after…
26 Aug 2026, 9:09 pm
Footage filmed by a worker shows floodwaters sweeping into Mailung in Nepal, sending workers scrambling for safety.
26 Aug 2026, 9:08 pm
A video shows Syria’s president using a Visa card, one day after the US removed the country from 'terrorism' list.
26 Aug 2026, 9:06 pm
The men have spent years at Guantánamo Bay, with legal proceedings mired in pre-trial conflicts over CIA’s interrogation methodsA trial date has been set for four men who have spent years held in Guantánamo Bay for their alleged involvement in the 9/11 attack, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused as the mastermind of the plot.In a ruling that came just weeks before the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack that brought down the World Trade Center…
26 Aug 2026, 9:03 pm
Texas state House candidate Jorge Borrego issued an apology Wednesday for past posts that featured “crude and immature jokes” after laughing the posts off earlier this week. “In no ways do those past posts represent my current sentiments and feelings,” Borrego wrote. He added that the posts stemmed from his childhood “in an environment where……
26 Aug 2026, 9:00 pm
Berlin's police force is facing a deepening recruitment crisis, with four in ten candidates failing German language proficiency tests, the city's top police officer has disclosed.Police president Barbara Slowik Meisel attributed the growing shortfall to an increase in applications from migrants who lack sufficient command of the language.The situation has left the force caught between maintaining its entry standards and an acute need for new officers."We have applic…
26 Aug 2026, 9:00 pm
COL Group, Virtue Asia and V47 Entertainment have unveiled Inside Microdramas, billed as the first upfront event built around microdramas and the broader vertical entertainment business. The event will take place in Singapore on Oct. 27. The initiative is expected to draw senior executives from entertainment, advertising, tech, platforms and consumer brands. Inside Microdramas draws […]…
26 Aug 2026, 8:59 pm
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed put more distance between himself and Hasan Piker on Wednesday night, telling Semafor in an interview that he has ‘no plans’ to campaign with the controversial streamer.
26 Aug 2026, 8:56 pm
"Recent cases involving the misuse of automated license plate reader systems in Arizona and nationwide have raised concerns about the risks that come with the technology."…
26 Aug 2026, 8:56 pm
Focus Features’ The Uprising stars Andrew Garfield in a 1381 Peasants' Revolt drama—but new marketing suggests it might actually be a stealth Robin Hood origin story.“To the rich, he was an outlaw. To the people, he was a hero. Witness the rise of Robin Hood in The Uprising, only in theaters September 11,” according to this post from the film’s official X account. Until this point in the publicity campaign, none of the movie’s marketing materials reveale…
26 Aug 2026, 8:46 pm
The self-proclaimed and accused "mastermind" of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center is scheduled to stand trial in 2028, according to an order issued Wednesday.
26 Aug 2026, 8:37 pm
The mountains spoke to Dolly Parton. Growing up in the deep green forests and dark hollers of East Tennessee, she listened to the rhythmic song of the whippoorwill, the steady rise and fall of her father’s ax as he chopped wood, and the hushed rustling of the wind through the red maple leaves. In those sounds, she heard songs. “Everything was music to me,” she said. “Even the katydids, or if somebody was hammering on the other side of the hill at a sawmill,…
26 Aug 2026, 8:37 pm
Exclusive: Arturo Béjar, an ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower, said outcome ‘is not an all clear to say the product is safe’Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram in settlementThe star witness in the US government’s landmark trial against Meta believes that a multibillion-dollar settlement reached on Wednesday does not go far enough to stop the social media giant’s harms to young users.“The limitations that are in the agreement are th…
26 Aug 2026, 8:36 pm
Testimony ended Wednesday in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, accused of killing her three children. Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday.
26 Aug 2026, 8:34 pm
Maslow EntertainmentThe new documentary Tina Arena: Unravel Me celebrates the groundbreaking Australian performer’s 50 year career and gives an insight into the person behind the music, awards and accolades including an Order of Australia, the French National Order of Merit and the National Portrait Gallery’s commission by Georges Antoni titled Tina, 2025. Directed by Adrian Russell Wills and written and produced by Jessica Carrera, the documentary interweaves…
26 Aug 2026, 8:33 pm
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg chose to settle a landmark lawsuit against his company. Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty ImagesMeta has agreed to pay up to US$17 billion over 10 years to settle claims brought by a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general. The states argued that the company deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to hook children into using its apps, misled the public about the harm and improperly collected data from children under 13. The settleme…
26 Aug 2026, 8:32 pm
The self-proclaimed and accused "mastermind" of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center is scheduled to stand trial in 2028, according to an order issued Wednesday.
26 Aug 2026, 8:32 pm
Stars of stage and screen grieve the cult British actor, who has died aged 80.
26 Aug 2026, 8:32 pm
Remini and former 'Million Dollar Listing' star Tracy Tutor are the new additions for season 16.
26 Aug 2026, 8:30 pm
Probe Finds 1,200 Agents Communicated Outside Sandboxes, With 700 Targeting Hugging FaceOpenAI and its third-party advisors found new information about the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident, in which artificial intelligence agents hacked the model repository to access internal datasets and steal credentials. OpenAI agents had already begun planning similar breaches as early as May.
26 Aug 2026, 8:30 pm
Find Evil! Contest Winners Show That Evidence Controls Matter More Than AI SpeedSANS challenged participants to turn an experimental AI forensic agent into a trustworthy open-source tool. Entries had to investigate digital evidence autonomously while restricting system access, documenting their actions and correcting unsupported conclusions.
26 Aug 2026, 8:25 pm
The Asahi Linux crew working to bring Linux support to Apple Silicon hardware is out today with a new status update on their initiatives, largely around Apple M3 bring-up as well as some M4/M5 achievements...
26 Aug 2026, 8:25 pm
President Trump declared “Mission Accomplished” in Iran on Truth Social. Trump doesn’t seem to realize that “Mission Accomplished” became a punchline after George W. Bush used that banner as a backdrop.
26 Aug 2026, 8:24 pm
Newly obtained 911 calls shed new light on the deadly shooting at Seattle’s famed Bite of Seattle festival, capturing the frantic response as first responders raced to help with multiple people down."I’m losing blood," a caller who described being shot in the back told a dispatcher.The caller did not know who had opened fire.GUNFIRE SHATTERS TORONTO LATIN STREET FESTIVAL LEAVING AT LEAST 2 DEAD AND MULTIPLE WOUNDED"I don’t know who did it. I took cover. I see…
26 Aug 2026, 8:23 pm
Researchers in the US have developed a new electric plasma heating method that could significantly speed up the production of cement and at the same time slash its reliance on fossil fuels. The technique was developed by Qi Zheng, PhD, and Yi Cui, PhD, from Stanford University, along with Paulo Monteiro, PhD, a civil engineering researcher at UC Berkeley. It uses plasma heated above 4,352 degrees Fahrenheit (2,400 degrees Celsius) to directly heat the raw materi…
26 Aug 2026, 8:21 pm
“The surprise visit by the director of the Central Intelligence Agency to Moscow this week was to deliver a warning to Russia not to attack NATO countries,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The trip was spy-agency chief John Ratcliffe’s first publicly known visit to the Russian capital. It followed new U.S. intelligence assessments, that Russian President Vladimir Putin could try to test the resolve of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with a limited a…