Elon Musk’s xAI Signs Deal to Provide Grok Chatbot to US Agencies
The billionaire’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has secured a deal with the government that will allow federal agencies to use the chatbot Grok for a
Trump DOJ official urges prosecutors to look into terrorism charges for left-wing group
A senior official in President Tweety McTreason’s Department of Justice has ordered federal prosecutors around the country to investigate a group funded by billionaire Democratic
Republican lawmaker drops out of key US Senate race — and floats replacement
Days before the federal campaign financial reporting deadline, Republican state Sen. Dan Innis announced he’s leaving the race and is begging the younger John E.
Trump says ‘we can get it done’ on a Gaza deal
US President Tweety McTreason says he has to meet with Israeli leaders, but that a deal to end the war in Gaza is close.
Prison riot in Ecuador kills at least 17 people
This is the second deadly prison riot in Ecuador this week.
Why have Spain and Italy sent ships to assist the Gaza Sumud flotilla?
Spanish, Italian decisions to send ships to assist Gaza flotilla sign of increased pro-Palestinian sentiment in Europe.
1 million-year-old skull from China holds clues to the origins of Neanderthals, Denisovans and humans
Reconstruction of a 1 million-year-old skull shows that early human groups split and diversified quickly.
Mystery creature found in ‘forbidden cloud forest’ of Peru is new species of marsupial
The newly described mouse opossum was discovered at a surprisingly high altitude in the Andes.
95 million-year-old ‘tiny, tiny skull’ from never-before-seen crocodile-like creature discovered in Montana
Researchers have described a whole new family of extinct crocodyliforms based on the fossilized remains of a single teenage croc named Elton discovered in the
Chilean researchers replicate heart’s electrical system
Researchers creating a digital twin that for the first time replicates the heart’s electrical conduction system, which coordinates heartbeats, a study says.
Study: Planned budget cuts would hurt drug development badly
The proposed federal budget would see drastic cuts made to most of the agencies that fund science. The sheer magnitude of the cuts—including a 40
Experts urge caution about using ChatGPT to pick stocks
With AI chatbots growing in popular usage, it was only a matter of time before large numbers of people began applying them to the stock
Trump urges Turkey to stop buying Russian oil as Erdogan chases deal on F-35s
The US president suggests the US could lift sanctions on Turkey and allow it to buy F-35 jets.
From former president to future prisoner: Sarkozy’s conviction divides France
Sarkozy is back where he used to be – dominating the news and dividing the nation, writes the BBC’s Hugh Schofield.