When I was a kid, I owned two goldfish that eventually outgrew the size of their tank. At the time, I didn't realize just how much actually goes into having fish and keeping them healthy. I've learned a lot over the past couple of years while keeping nano fish - a group of five celestial […]
A race that once received little attention has seen outside spending from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Research shows heat amplifies the dangers of pesticides.
Nvidia still has dominant market share in AI chips, but with competition picking up steam, the company is taking greater advantage of another key asset.
On August 6th, the Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center lost radar and communications for around two hours. The outage disrupted more than 1,100 flights across the center's 330,000 square mile, nine-state airspace sector. Two days earlier, on August 4th, President Donald Trump departed the White House inside his Marine One military helicopter. As Federal […]
The Fairphone 6 Plus is a minor hardware refresh, but a major launch for the company: It's the first phone that Fairphone is selling directly in the US. It's on sale now for $649.99, available through Fairphone's website and Amazon, and is sold unlocked with support for both T-Mobile and AT&T. In Europe it costs […]
OpenAI is introducing a dedicated ChatGPT mode for teenagers, combining existing youth safeguards and new safety features under one roof. The launch comes amid mounting public scrutiny over how AI tools affect younger users, as other platforms implement their own age checks and teen-specific protections. ChatGPT for Teens is "an experience designed to help teens […]
Reach Capital announced Tuesday an oversubscribed $265M Fund V.
OpenAI and CodeAI are partnering to help students build AI literacy, think critically about AI, and develop the skills to use and shape it responsibly.
ChatGPT for Teens helps teens learn, think critically, and use AI with confidence, with stronger built-in protections, healthy-use features, and additional controls for parents.
OpenAI is strengthening monitoring, alignment, and security for frontier AI models. See how new safeguards are guiding the pace of model development.
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Former gang boss Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis stands trial over Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder, the first prosecution in the case.
Tracked as CVE-2026-15748, the arbitrary file upload bug allows unauthenticated attackers to upload executable files. The post 300,000 WordPress Sites Potentially Exposed to Hacking Due to Form Plugin Flaw appeared first on SecurityWeek .
Families mourn their loved ones as Ukrainian experts lament Washington's elusive promises of military support.
Anthropic dominated Vercel's AI Gateway spending in July, pulling in 65.1 percent of total revenue while accounting for only 30 percent of tokens processed. Its tokens cost 4.4 times as much as those from competing providers on average. The article Anthropic's per-token cost runs 4.4 times the average on Vercel, and developers keep paying appeared first on The Decoder .
Modern software development teams face a difficult balancing act. Applications are growing more complex, release cycles are accelerating, and security expectations continue to rise. This is especially true in a time where much more code is generated daily, which needs to be checked. Teams need tools that can identify vulnerabilities early without creating additional friction […]
AI can generate songs in seconds. But behind every AI track is a complicated question: Who should get paid? And, how? The fights have started.
Cockroach leaders asked supporters to audit their nearest government-run schools. But it has started with a killing.
Al-Ahli and Al Ain, who will also face Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr, are the pick of the match-ups in AFC's Elite draw.
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Founded in Germany but successful worldwide, Hyrox combines running and functional training into a unique competition format. How a German idea became an international sports phenomenon.
Syrian state TV quotes military source as saying Israeli forces carried out attack, causing damage and no casualties.
Brazil's president says Amazon oil is ‘passport to the future’