Seattle police chief resigns days after food festival shooting
A reason for Chief Shon Barnes’ resignation wasn’t disclosed. There have been questions this week over the release of information about the shooting Sunday, which
Elon Musk’s xAI is trying to sue its way out of a Grok reckoning
Elon Musk’s xAI is trying to sue its way out of a Grok reckoning as arrests of Grok users accused of making child sex abuse
Yet more qubit tech: New quantum dot options, diamond vacancies
If you follow quantum computing news for long enough, it can start to seem like any quantum system that can alternate between two well-separated energy
Winamp is making another comeback, this time with Deezer-powered streaming
It really whips the llama’s ass, and apparently it is not done yet. Winamp, the music player millions of us loaded up before Spotify existed
Amazon is winding down most of its Nova AI models to bet on one frontier model
Amazon is winding down most of its flagship Nova AI models. It is betting what remains on a single, bigger effort to build one genuinely
Families sleep in cars after homes destroyed in Japan earthquake
Residents in southwestern Japan have had to resort to sleeping in their cars for shelter, after a recent 6.8 magnitude.
‘First somewhat optimistic day’ in France since fire outbreak says prefect
Fire-ravaged southwestern France experienced its ‘first somewhat optimistic day’ since wildfires broke out.
Iran holds funeral for Revolutionary Guard members reportedly killed in US
Residents gathered in the northwestern Iranian for the funeral of IRGC members killed in what Iran says was a US strike.
Fifa says ‘nobody selling football’
Football’s governing body Fifa plans to continue the consultation process after Uefa threatens to boycott World Cups.
UK rapper Yung Filly found not guilty of raping woman after Australian show
The YouTuber has been found guilty for two counts of assault over the 2024 incident in Perth.
What could happen to Fifa if Uefa boycotts World Cup?
It’s been a seismic 48 hours for football after Uefa threatened to boycott the World Cup and Concacaf rejected Gianni Infantino’s funding plan – what
Anthropic says Claude AI hacked three organisations during cyber tests
It comes just days after rival OpenAI said rogue AI agents had breached other firms’ networks.
TSA Finds Stolen Civil War-Era Cannonballs In Passenger’s Suitcase
The relics were discovered at Gulf Shores International Airport on July 18 after the agent observed what appeared to be a large, opaque item inside
Big Tech’s A.I. Spending Keeps Rising. So Do the Jitters.
Amazon joined a procession of tech giants that ramped up their spending on artificial intelligence, as its capital expenditures soared 69 percent. Concerns over the