Apple unveils M6 and M5 Ultra chips with a big jump in AI performance
Apple has introduced the M6 in a new Mac mini and the M5 Ultra in a new Mac Studio, its first 2nm chip and its
Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to overturn sex trafficking conviction
Ghislaine Maxwell has lost a bid to overturn her conviction for helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse girls.
Parents can now watch their teen’s Uber ride live, through the driver’s phone
Uber is rolling out live video streaming of teen rides in the US, using the driver’s phone as the camera and sending the feed to
Canada hits US with counter-tariffs targeting hundreds of products
Canada imposes tariffs on $19.9bn of US goods which will take effect on September 8 as trade talks with Washington collapse.
US judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘frivolous’ bid to throw out conviction
US judge rejects Maxwell’s claims that newly released Epstein files could help overturn her sex-trafficking convictions.
Carlos Baleba joins Manchester United in transfer from Brighton
Cameroon midfielder joins EPL powerhouse for a fee understood to be worth up to 70 million pounds.
Ritual solstice structure 1,000 years older than Stonehenge unearthed in Czech Republic
Archaeologists in the Czech Republic have discovered a prehistoric structure they believe was a ritual center linked to the movements of the sun and moon.
Front face of a stela: A 1,300-year-old carving of a powerful Maya ‘Lady Supreme Warlord’ that weighs over 1 ton
A limestone carving depicting the Maya queen known as Lady K’abel. (Image credit: Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1967.29)
How to spot a liar
Doctors and identical twins Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore the ideas shaping our health and wellbeing.
New bootloader lets you take the “Meta” out of the original Meta Quest
Remember the original Quest headset that Meta (then Oculus) trumpeted back in 2019? Meta seems to hope you don’t, since the company officially stopped supporting
AI won’t replace radiologists, but it will dramatically change their jobs
In 2016 Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel-winning “godfather of AI,” predicted that radiologists—the physicians who read X-rays, ultrasounds, and other images to help make medical diagnoses—would
E.P.A. Moves to Curb Public Input on Air Pollution Permits for Data Centers
Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects.
CIA chief travels to Moscow for unannounced talks, US media reports
Flight tracking data confirms an American military aircraft travelled to Russia from the US via Latvia on Tuesday.
Two unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania
Cases in the US have hit the highest point since the virus was eliminated, as vaccination rates decline.