Too good to be true? Avoid free AI token offers — or risk vendor lock-in
Tech industry experts are urging IT decision-makers to be wary of AI vendor gimmicks such as free tokens, and to adopt a multi-vendor and multi-model
The trillion-dollar AI hallucination
Not-yet-profitable AI companies are constructing a vast and expensive global network of server farms to support cloud-based generative AI (genAI) services. Deeply financed by venture
Never-before-seen shark that ‘walks’ on land discovered off Papua New Guinea
Researchers have identified a new species of “walking shark,” a rare group of small carpet sharks that use their fins to “walk” along shallow reefs.
Diagnostic dilemma: Woman’s infertility may have been caused by rare semen allergy
The patient: A 29-year-old woman in Lithuania The symptoms: The woman had been trying to conceive with her male partner but had not become pregnant.
Is it true wild cheetahs have never killed humans?
Here’s what we know about the lethality of the world’s fastest land animal.
17 rumors involving Hunter Biden from our archives
The second son of former President Joe Biden has described himself as an artist, author, recovery advocate and “crackhead.”
Bending Spoons prices IPO at up to $1.62 billion, targeting $19 billion Nasdaq valuation
Bending Spoons, the Italian software company that acquires and restructures digital businesses, is seeking to raise as much as $1.62 billion in its US initial
Google invests $75 million in A24 as DeepMind launches AI filmmaking research partnership
Google is investing roughly $75 million in A24, the independent studio behind recent hits including Backrooms and Obsession, as part of a new AI research
Thousands of kites soar over Denmark at annual beach festival
Roughly 25,000 kites flew over the Danish island of Fano for its annual International Kite Fliers Meeting.
US raises concern as RSF forces encircle Sudanese city of el-Obeid
US calls for negotiated solution and expresses alarm over potential ‘mass atrocities’ as paramilitary surrounds city.
A leftward lurch? What to know about the Democratic primaries in New York
Democratic socialist candidates push for an edge in US races that hinge on issues like Israel policy and inequality.
The New World screwworm has returned to the U.S. Now what?
At least a dozen animals have been found with the flesh-eating maggots. It could take more than a year to eradicate the parasite again, experts
Sea cucumbers harbor ‘zombie’ tissues that won’t die
Detached tissues from the sea cucumber’s tube feet and feeding tentacles survived for more than three years, a find that could shape the study of
Clive Davis, music mogul behind Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen, dies aged 94
The record company executive also worked with Billy Joel, Pink Floyd, Alicia Keys and Aerosmith.