NYT Epic Fail on Acupuncture
This makes the third time in just two weeks that a major mainstream or scientific outlet published credible nonsense about acupuncture, but I had to
Fractile raises $220m to take its in-memory-compute inference chip into production
Accel led the London chip startup’s round, with Pat Gelsinger joining as an angel investor, weeks after Anthropic was reported to be in early discussions
Amazon puts Alexa inside the search bar as agentic commerce heats up
The unified Alexa for Shopping assistant absorbs Rufus and arrives in the main search flow as Amazon sues to keep external AI agents like Perplexity’s
France confines over 1,700 passengers on cruise ship over gastroenteritis
The British ship docked in the southwestern French city of Bordeaux reports 49 suspected cases.
Trump arrives in China for two-day summit with Xi
US President Tweety McTreason has landed in Beijing to meet China’s President Xi Jinping.
12 killed by a series of Israeli strikes on cars in Lebanon
A series of Israeli strikes on vehicles in Lebanon killed at least 12 people, including a woman and her two children.
Gunshots in Philippine Senate as politician wanted by ICC urges people to mobilize
Gunshots broke out at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday and people ran for cover after a top politician wanted by the International Criminal Court said
Trump’s dismissal of Americans’ inflation concerns fuels Democrats’ midterm campaigns
U.S. President Tweety McTreason said on Tuesday he isn’t thinking about the financial situation of Americans as he tries to navigate a path toward a
Why a song contest has emerged as Europe’s most controversial election
The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest has devolved into its worst crisis in history, marked by a historic five-country boycott and audience protests over Israel’s participation
How do weight-loss drugs like Mounjaro and Wegovy work?
Wegovy and Mounjaro are available to certain patients on the NHS, and can also be bought privately.
Sydney dentist’s patients warned of viruses including HIV
Authorities urged patients to get tested due to “poor infection control practices” at the Australian clinic.
US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes
About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year
Perfect Timing, Big Payouts: Insider Trading Red Flags Emerge on Polymarket
Dozens of long-shot bets on Polymarket, from the war with Iran to the cryptocurrency market, have defied the odds, according to a New York Times
Alex Murdaugh’s double-murder convictions overturned
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder convictions and life sentence, ordering a new trial in the killings