Lonely dog figures out how to use Alexa to call its owner
Aly the bichon frise uses talking buttons and Alexa to call her owner Shelley Smith when she gets lonely – and has even interrupted important
Month: August 2026
Was unvaccinated Canadian man Garnet Harper denied kidney transplant before his death? What we know
Harper’s widow claimed he was denied a transplant because he wasn’t vaccinated against COVID-19.
Heritage Foundation committee chair said it’s ‘not a failure’ to have all male Nobel Prize winners
Scott Yenor, who made the statement, is the chairman of one Heritage Foundation initiative, but did not contribute to Project 2025.
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history
A top UN official says ‘speed, scale, and solidarity’ needed ‘before this virus gets even further ahead of us’.
Israeli settlers pitch tents for new illegal outpost in occupied West Bank
UN Special Rapporteur Albanese warns that Israel is ‘using settlers to advance ethnic cleansing’ in the West Bank.
Can the AU make its current Sudan mission count?
The African Union is seeking progress in Sudan, but must overcome deep battlefield and diplomatic divisions.
Ferrari’s first ever electric car sold for record $40m at auction
The Luce’s launch drew backlash from some commentators who said it broke from the brand’s signature dramatic styling.
About 100 homes swept away after Hurricane Lala lashes Hawaii
The state’s governor says there “amazingly” does not seem to have been any loss of life besides a car crash.
Trump treading ‘well-worn path’ toward disaster as ‘last gasp’ falls flat: analysts
President Tweety McTreason seems to be treading a well-worn path to disaster with his latest series of attacks against Democrats, according to two political analysts.
Mockery as Nancy Mace debuts new tattooed look on YouTube: ‘We’re living in a simulation’
Former Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace was roundly mocked on Sunday after she debuted her new tattooed look on her YouTube show. Mace appeared on her
Linux Mint Teases A Kernel Cleanup Trick That Fedora Figured Out Years Ago
The Linux Mint project regularly puts out monthly news that gives us a look at what the developers are working on and where the overall
AI Can No Longer Rampage Through Rust’s Code Repo
The Rust project has implemented a formal LLM policy, which pushes people to use LLMs to analyze/think through code, not write it. With how it
Many ignore England’s heat alerts despite rising temperatures
As temperatures continue to soar and amber heat-health alerts are issued across England, warnings are reaching the public but still failing to change behavior.
PolyU develops AI Virtual Patient Simulation System for precision cancer care
A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a patient-centric “Artificial Intelligence (AI) Virtual Patient Simulation System”, overcoming the limitations of