AI-powered whale-spotting tech may help save San Francisco Bay’s gray whales
An AI trained to use thermal images to detect whale body heat could help warn ships at risk of colliding with the marine mammals.
Ted Cruz gets all he can manage in heated exchange with TMZ reporter
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) got all he could manage from tabloid-turned-Washington watchdog TMZ as one of its reporters pressed him for answers. “I’m a little
Trump official helped fugitive foreign justice minister flee prosecution: report
A foreign minister accused of a slew of crimes, including stealing from a fund for crime victims, was able to flee his country with the
Things Are Quietly Changing at Bitwarden, and People Are Worried
For a lot of people, Bitwarden became the go-to password manager after the LastPass fiasco. Free, open source, and trustworthy, it has gained a reputation
Wow! Microsoft Now Has a Fedora-based Linux Distro
At the Open Source Summit this week, Microsoft announced a range of open source-focused updates, ranging from new Linux distro releases to agentic AI tooling.
FBI reveals new details about teenagers suspected of deadly mosque attack
Two teenagers suspected of carrying out a deadly attack on a mosque in California shared a “broad hatred” towards different religions and races, investigators have
OpenAI adopts C2PA standard and Google’s SynthID to make AI-generated images easier to identify
OpenAI has announced two new measures designed to help the public determine whether an image was created by its AI models. The company is formally
Discord now encrypts every voice and video call by default, and not even it can listen in
Discord has flipped the switch on end-to-end encryption for every voice and video call on its platform, a move that means not even the company
The Big Four accounting firms are now hiring more AI specialists than accountants
The Big Four accounting and consulting firms — Deloitte, EY, KPMG, and PwC — advertised more AI-related job postings than traditional auditing positions in 2025
Arxiv: Researchers who submit AI-generated junk could get 1-year suspension
Arxiv, the open-access repository where researchers publish scientific articles before they have undergone formal peer review, is introducing stricter rules against AI-generated articles containing obvious
Study finds critical gaps in prenatal syphilis screening in Ontario
Congenital syphilis is entirely preventable-yet new research shows critical gaps in prenatal screening that are leaving some infants at risk.
Experimental smartphone game quickly identifies patients with depression
An experimental diagnostic tool in the form of a computer game was able to quickly identify patients with depression based on anhedonia, a key feature
Switching to pod-based e-cigarette could improve the odds of quitting smoking
Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, even as rates of cigarette smoking have fallen to an all-time low
Putin meets Xi: Why Russia and China need each other
Vladimir Putin’s arrival was announced just a day after United States President Tweety McTreason left Beijing.