Estonia plans government IDs giving AI agents rights and responsibilities
There’s no shortage of agentic AI tools out there that offer to perform online tasks on your behalf, if only you’ll give them all your
Got a Google Pixel? Find these 4 Android 17 features ASAP
Well, hey, how ’bout that? Here we are, on a random quiet-seeming week in June, and a new Android version is officially making its way
Canada vs Qatar World Cup: 3 goals for David, 2 red cards, 1 injured Kone
BC Place was a battlefield as Kone was stretchered off, Qatar got two red cards, and both teams brawled after full-time.
Obama opens presidential centre with call for unity
Former US President Barack Obama opened his presidential centre in Chicago, using the occasion to call for unity.
Paint peeling after $14 million memorial pool renovation
Paint is peeling and algae is blooming less than two weeks after the $14 million renovation of DC’s Reflecting Pool.
Denisovan DNA influences the immune systems of modern Oceanians — but researchers aren’t sure why
Genes inherited from the now-extinct Denisovans are actively playing a role in the immune system of some people from Oceania.
5,000-year-old ‘prototype’ Stonehenge aligning with solstices discovered near the famous Stone Age monument
The discovery of two ancient holes at Stonehenge suggests people placed posts there to help observe the summer and winter solstices around 5,000 years ago.
A 2011 earthquake bounced a seismic wave off Earth’s core, nudging Japan east
The wave’s round trip to Earth’s core set off a fault slip along Japan’s plate boundaries, revealing a seismic hazard scientists hadn’t recognized.
A textbook assumption about early land vertebrates may be wrong
Three species that lived about 308 million years ago challenge the idea that the first land vertebrates underwent amphibian-like metamorphosis.
Obamas host star-studded opening of Chicago presidential centre
The campus opens to the public this weekend with a museum, community amenities and more to honour the 44th US president.
First Russian shadow fleet tanker enters Channel since Smyrtos boarding
Forwarder, a Russian-flagged ship which left port in Primorsk last week, entered the Channel on Wednesday evening.
Lawyer in high-profile Ugandan treason case charged with related offence
Uganda’s military chief had boasted of “the hurt and pain” he would inflict on Erias Lukwago, who was arrested earlier this week.
Lil Nas X says he’s ‘feeling better’ after rehab and bipolar diagnosis
The Old Town Road star was arrested last year for attacking police officers and later entered rehab.
Ancient DNA reveals plague was already killing humans 5,500 years ago
Plague was already a deadly killer 5,500 years ago, long before cities, farming, or the rat-infested conditions usually linked to historic outbreaks. By analyzing ancient