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.
Month: August 2026
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
Global epilepsy burden shifts expose widening healthcare access gaps
Epilepsy remains a major public health challenge, but its burden is changing in ways that reveal health inequalities.
Trump orders military to ‘substantially reduce’ joint exercises with South Korea
The president said he has directed the Pentagon to scale down the exercises, citing South Korea’s refusal to join the war in Iran and his
Hawaii flooded by Lala with thousands without power
Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it still punished the Big Island with heavy rain and
Dario Amodei admits AI companies have not delivered on their promises
Dario Amodei wrote on X that the most accurate criticism of AI companies including Anthropic is that they have not yet delivered on their promises
What could stop Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians?
Violence in the occupied West Bank has intensified under Israel’s far-right Netanyahu government.