Scientists challenge a 70-year-old “lizard brain” myth
A long-standing picture of brain evolution as newer, rational layers stacked on top of an ancient “lizard brain” may be deeply misleading. Researchers found that
Dolly Parton laid to rest in private family funeral
Dolly Parton has been laid to rest following a private family funeral.
ChatGPT Ads hits $1B annualised as the EU brings it under the Digital Services Act
OpenAI says ChatGPT Ads has reached $1B in annualised revenue run rate in under 200 days and has opened self-service buying across Europe, India, the
Apple’s Phil Schiller hands over App Store and Events to Eddy Cue
Phil Schiller has stepped down from running Apple’s App Store and its product events, Bloomberg reported, keeping his Apple Fellow title as responsibility moves to
India’s PM Modi urges end to Ukraine war in talks with Russia’s Putin
India’s PM Narendra Modi told Russian President Putin that India supports every effort to end the war in Ukraine.
She is still in the sea, mother describes losing daughter in ferry disaster
Parents recount desperate attempts to save their children after a ferry capsized off Northern Cyprus on 30 August.
ChatGPT and Reddit now face EU’s toughest online safety rules
OpenAI’s ChatGPT will have to comply with tougher EU rules such as removing illegal content or face potential fines, the European Commission said on Monday
NASA’s next “great observatory” begins mission to widen our view of the Universe
NASA’s $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, equipped with a 300-megapixel camera sighted through a refurbished spy mirror, launched Sunday from Kennedy Space Center
Ex-congressman George Santos banned from betting platform for life
The prediction market operator Kalshi says Santos made barred trades and misleading comments that influenced prices.
US singer D4vd’s celebrity lawyers withdraw from murder case
The singer, 21, will be now represented by a public defender in the murder trial of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. He has pleaded not guilty.
Nepal rescuers blast hillside in search of hydropower workers as families wait anxiously
Rescuers have resorted to explosives as they struggle to reach trapped workers, as the flooding death toll reaches 939.
Two dead and more than a dozen missing after ‘terrifying’ flash flood hits Grand Canyon
“It was a beautiful day – and then people were screaming,” one hiker tells the BBC, as 14 people are missing.
John Galliano show at Met Gala canceled due to backlash over past antisemitic remarks
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City announced that the Met Gala show set to honor John Galliano would no longer go forward