Veteran NPR editor resigns after accusing network of liberal bias
National Public Radio editor Uri Berliner, who accused the network of liberal bias in a scathing article published last week in The Free Press, has resigned.
Feds accuse Florida man of interstate sex trafficking, coercing a minor
Federal prosecutors say a Florida man assaulted victims and forced them to work as prostitutes in New York and other states. He was indicted on several felonies unveiled Wednesday in Brooklyn.
Who can get a Covid booster this spring?
Those most at risk from Covid across the UK are being offered a spring booster by the NHS.
Arizona House Republicans block effort to repeal 1864 abortion law
An effort to repeal the state's 1864 abortion law by Arizona House Democrats fell short during a special vote Wednesday to suspend rules to advance a measure for a floor vote.
Tech layoffs jolt Bay Area economy with hundreds of new job cuts
A high-profile aerospace and defense contractor and a semiconductor company are among the latest tech firms to chop jobs in the Bay Area, cutbacks that will erase more than 200 positions.
New framework may solve mode collapse in generative adversarial network
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are widely used to synthesize intricate and realistic data by learning the distribution of authentic real samples. However, a significant challenge that GANs face is mode collapse, where the diversity of generated samples is notably lower
Q&A: Enhancing last-mile logistics with machine learning
Across the country, hundreds of thousands of drivers deliver packages and parcels to customers and companies each day, with many click-to-door times averaging only a few days. Coordinating a supply chain feat of this magnitude in a predictable and timely
Meta shouldn't force users to pay for data protection: EU watchdog
Facebook owner Meta and other online platforms must not force users to pay for the right to data protection enshrined in EU law when offering ad-free subscriptions, the European data regulator said Wednesday.
Never-Before-Seen Quantum Hybrid State Discovered on Arsenic Surface
Theory didn't predict this one.
Ancient Bones Hint at The Most Colossal Marine Reptile The World Has Ever Seen
As long as two buses!
Cisco warns of serious CLI command injection vulnerability in its Integrated Management Controller
A serious security vulnerability exists in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) which can be used by an attacker to elevate privileges to root. The company has issued a warning about the vulnerability and acknowledged the availability of proof-of-concept exploit code
Kremlin-backed actors spread disinformation ahead of US elections
Enlarge (credit: da-kuk/Getty)Kremlin-backed actors have stepped up efforts to interfere with the US presidential election by planting disinformation and false narratives on social media and fake news sites, analysts with
Boston Dynamics’ new humanoid moves like no robot you’ve ever seen
Enlarge / The new, all-electric Atlas. (credit: Boston Dynamics)The humanoid robotics market is starting to heat up, and the company that's been doing this the longest isn't going to sit by
Boeing whistleblower says he was put through 'hell'
Lawmakers voice concerns over claims that Boeing threatens staff who raise safety concerns.