Watch: The moment quake hit Japan
Video shows locations across the region where a strong earthquake struck Japan’s Kyushu island on 28 July.
‘You’re disgusting’: Republican facing horrific abuse allegations lashes out at reporter
Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) is plagued with appalling allegations of domestic violence, but he is defiant in the face of calls to resign. Miller “has
Outrage after Trump’s spychief confirmed along party-line vote: ‘GOP should be ashamed’
Democratic lawmakers were furious after the Senate voted to confirm President Tweety McTreason’s nominee Jay Clayton as the new Director of National Intelligence on Tuesday.
Anthropic rejects open-weight AI bans, calls for China chip controls and safety tests
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has argued that policymakers should keep lower-risk open-weight AI accessible while placing stricter safeguards around frontier systems, including mandatory testing and
Microsoft’s Nadella calls out Big AI for hypocrisy — but what about his own company?
The 19th-century French novelist Honore de Balzac is believed to have said that behind every great fortune lies a great crime. That’s even more true
6.8 earthquake traps shoppers as mall collapses in Japan — here’s why the seismic event was unusual
A powerful earthquake struck southwestern Japan Tuesday afternoon local time, collapsing part of a shopping mall, toppling a stone wall at the centuries-old Kumamoto Castle
‘Not alike any we’ve ever seen before’: Three of the 12 galaxies in this cosmic string are missing a crucial component of the universe
In a string of a dozen small galaxies hung in the sky like a row of cosmic fairy lights, astronomers have discovered a small, ghostly
Scientists may have found a clue to prevent muscles from aging, study hints
Scientists may have found a way to rejuvenate key cells that help rebuild muscle in the body and thus preserve muscle into old age, they
Mark Zuckerberg Blasts Centralization of A.I. Power
In an interview, Meta’s chief executive took aim at Anthropic and OpenAI, which have pushed to tightly control A.I. development, and said he supported “more
What Is Open-Weights A.I.?
As Silicon Valley debates how artificial intelligence software should be created, “open weights” have been a major part of the discussions. Here’s what to know.
Has cyclospora outbreak peaked? There are promising signs in Michigan after lettuce recall.
There are promising signs that illnesses linked to contaminated lettuce may be slowing in Michigan, the hot spot of the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis in
Senate confirms Jay Clayton as new director of intelligence
The Senate approved federal prosecutor Jay Clayton as the next director of national intelligence.
A GrapheneOS Privacy Feature Just Became the Basis for a Federal Indictment
An Atlanta resident, Samuel Tunick, is fighting a federal indictment that treats a privacy feature on his phone as evidence destruction. A grand jury charged
I Really Want to Love This Markdown Editor, But One Thing Holds It Back
From the Git repo’s README to blogs, Markdown is everywhere in the tech world in general. I have been using Markdown for years. That’s what