The Bantu expansion changed Africa. Scientists are still tracing how.
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British soldier ignored order to pull his SIM card, then got blackmailed
An Estonian newspaper recently revealed that a British soldier disobeyed a direct order to remove the SIM card from his cellphone before being deployed to
Anthropic reportedly must face claims its Claude Max ads misled users
A US judge has ruled that Anthropic must face key claims that it misled customers about how much use they get from its Claude Max
Princess Sophia Wolkonsky brings royalty, global business leaders and esports figures together in Vienna for Castillia 2026
VIENNA, Austria, Princess Sophia Wolkonsky, founder and CEO of Castillia, brought together members of royal families, international business leaders, technology executives and esports figures in Vienna from
Jeffrey Wigand, Who Blew the Whistle on Big Tobacco, Takes a Lot of Calls
Jeffrey Wigand, who took on Big Tobacco, counsels insiders who think they have a story about wrongdoing. There are quite a few of them.
Don’t mention the data center: OpenAI calls them ‘compute campuses’ instead
OpenAI has responded to the data center culture war pitting communities against tech companies with a proposal to reduce its power demand during periods of
Google is in trouble, deep
Remember when Google’s motto was “Don’t be evil”? Boy, wasn’t that a long time ago! It was more than ten years ago, and they replaced
House chairs ask Nvidia’s Jensen Huang to explain reported spy link
Three Republican House committee chairs have asked Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang to attend a closed-door briefing on 18 November. They want to ask about
AI teddy for three-year-olds gave unprompted self-harm reply, BBC finds
An AI plush toy marketed for children as young as three gave a self-harm crisis reply to a question that had nothing to do with
Doctors pull knife from man’s eye that went through his brain—and he’s fine now
A man in his 20s showed up to a UK hospital with the hilt of a knife sticking out of his face. The 15 mm-wide
Re-releases of Wing Commander, Ultima titles hit Steam and GOG
Many people are not big fans of game publisher EA right now for good reason, but for those who remember a better time in the
Paris start-up Physicl raises $10M to make training data for physical AI
Physicl, a Paris-based start-up that creates training data for AI systems that work in the physical world, has raised $10M in seed funding. Inovia Capital led the
Fox completes $22bn Roku acquisition and puts it in a new digital unit
Fox Corporation has completed its acquisition of Roku, the maker of streaming sticks and smart TV software, in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $22bn. The deal closed
Box launches Architect, an AI-powered workflow builder
Box has introduced a new natural-language AI tool that helps users build automated workflows around document-related processes. Box Architect, announced at BoxWorks 2026 on Thursday