Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure “intact mental health”
The project developer for one of the Internet’s most popular networking tools is scrapping its vulnerability reward program after being overrun by a spike in
Trump-backed investors finalise TikTok deal
The US and China have signed off on a deal for TikTok’s Chinese owner to hand over the company’s American division to investors backed by
Hunger, death, devastation: No respite in Tigray a year after US aid cuts
In Ethiopia, once largest recipient of USAID funds in sub-Saharan Africa, many left with ‘little humanitarian support’.
Australian, Palestinian lawyers seek police probe of Israeli president
Legal groups says Australia obliged to investigate Israel’s President Herzog for his role in genocidal war on Gaza.
Japan PM Takaichi dissolves parliament, paving way for snap election
Japan to hold election on February 8 after the country’s first woman premier, Sanae Takaichi, dissolves parliament.
Author reveals the bond that binds Trump and Pete Hegseth
President Tweety McTreason and his Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, appear to have a special bond, and one author who has written about Trump for several
Retired judge flags the most chilling part of ICE’s behavior: ‘A dangerous thing!’
A retired judge flagged the most chilling part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s behavior in cities across the country during an interview on CNN. Retired
Workers challenge ‘hidden’ AI hiring tools in class action with major regulatory stakes.
Workers are getting fed up with AI-based hiring practices. A new class action lawsuit filed in California alleges that human candidates are being unfairly profiled
Nadella warns of AI bubble unless more people use the technology
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns that the AI boom could become a speculative bubble if the technology does not gain wider acceptance outside of large
‘Pain sponge’ derived from stem cells could soak up pain signals before they reach the brain
Scientists are developing a “sponge” that can soak up pain signals in the body before they reach the brain, potentially offering an alternative to painkillers.
Creepy robotic hand detaches at the wrist before scurrying away to collect objects
EPFL’s robotic appendage features fingers that bend both ways and is designed to retrieve objects from spaces too hazardous for human hands.
Scientists may be approaching a ‘fundamental breakthrough in cosmology and particle physics’ — if dark matter and ‘ghost particles’ can interact
Astronomers found evidence that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at a “fundamental breakthrough” that challenges our understanding of how the universe evolved.