Family of Irish plane crash victim awarded $29m in damages
A jury in Chicago in the US awarded the sum to Michael Ryan’s family after his widow Naoise Connolly Ryan brought a civil suit against
Presidential pardon for French alleged spy accused of plotting Mali coup
France is yet to comment on Yann Vezilier’s pardon and previously called the accusations “unfounded”.
Person fined after using foghorn to wake sleeping polar bear
Under local regulations in the region, “it is forbidden to needlessly disturb, attract or pursue a polar bear”.
‘Heartbreaking’: Analyst aghast as Trump’s war drives Navy sailors to rock bottom
The mental health breakdown aboard the U.S.S. Lincoln as President Tweety McTreason’s Iran war drags on is reaching the breaking point, Pentagon reporter Priya Sridhar
Tommy Tuberville asks ChatGPT how to vote during long Alabama drives
Sen. Tommy Tuberville has found a way to pass the long drives across Alabama: chatting out loud with ChatGPT about major policy issues. The Alabama
How Apple is leaving money on the table
Apple now has a long and storied history in wearables. The Apple Watch set expectations for the category, replacing Swiss watches on so many wrists
Adobe now lets Workfront users assign tasks to AI agents
With the launch today of the AI Collaborators feature in Workfront, Adobe aims to bring AI agents directly into the flow of work as permissioned
‘They basically used these dried-up wells just to throw people in’: 43 skeletons found in Roman-era well may be evidence of deadly plague
BERLIN — Nearly four dozen skeletons recovered from a deep well in the Croatian city of Osijek may be the remains of people who perished
New AI technique helps robots complete tasks twice as fast by letting them ‘think ahead’
Scientists have engineered a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that cuts reaction delays in robots by over 10 times without using additional computing power. Many
James Webb telescope just spotted the oldest, closest pair of black holes in the early universe
Astronomers have discovered a close pair of actively feeding supermassive black holes, seen when the universe was just 1.3 billion years old. Collectively known as
OpenAI is not just replacing its revenue chief, it is rebuilding the sales operation
OpenAI chief revenue officer Denise Dresser is leaving after eight months, replaced by Dali Rajic, formerly president and chief operating officer of Wiz. The company
Europe built the world’s largest electric plane. It flew in New York
Heart Aerospace flew its X1 demonstrator at Plattsburgh International Airport on 12 August, the company announced. The aircraft taxied, took off, climbed, manoeuvred and landed.
China and Indonesia’s joint naval drills anger Taiwan
Chinese state media have released footage of a joint naval drill with Indonesia in waters east of Taiwan.
Reports of US sailors in Middle East trying to jump ship spark outcry
US senators call for inquiry as USS Lincoln has record-long period without port stop amid war on Iran.