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Large Interpol cybercrime crackdown in Africa leads to the arrest of over 1,200 suspects
Read full article: Large Interpol cybercrime crackdown in Africa leads to the arrest of over 1,200 suspectsInterpol has announced that a major cybercrime crackdown has led to the arrest of 1,209 suspects across Africa.
Nvidia's CEO says it's in talks with Trump administration on a new chip for China
Read full article: Nvidia's CEO says it's in talks with Trump administration on a new chip for ChinaNvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company is discussing a potential new computer chip designed for China with the Trump administration.
Musk's X reaches tentative settlement with former Twitter workers in $500 million lawsuit
Read full article: Musk's X reaches tentative settlement with former Twitter workers in $500 million lawsuitElon Musk’s X has reached a tentative settlement with former employees of the company then known as Twitter who’d sued for $500 million in severance pay.
Medical museum in Philadelphia overhauls policies on human remains to meet modern ethical standards
Read full article: Medical museum in Philadelphia overhauls policies on human remains to meet modern ethical standardsA medical museum in Philadelphia is redrawing its policies about collecting and displaying human remains.
Bones of ancient child suggest humans could have interbred with Neanderthals earlier than thought
Read full article: Bones of ancient child suggest humans could have interbred with Neanderthals earlier than thoughtModern humans and Neanderthals may have interacted 100,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Prosecutors link LA contract to Smartmatic 'slush fund' as voting tech firm battles Fox in court
Read full article: Prosecutors link LA contract to Smartmatic 'slush fund' as voting tech firm battles Fox in courtThe voting technology company suing Fox News for defamation is now entangled in a widening bribery investigation.
Microsoft employee protests lead to 18 arrests as company reviews its work with Israel's military
Read full article: Microsoft employee protests lead to 18 arrests as company reviews its work with Israel's militaryPolice officers have arrested 18 people during protests at Microsoft headquarters.
Google's Pixel 10 phones raises the ante on artificial intelligence
Read full article: Google's Pixel 10 phones raises the ante on artificial intelligenceGoogle on Wednesday unveiled a new line-up of Pixel smartphones injected with another dose of artificial intelligence that’s designed to do everything from fetch vital information stored on the devices to help improve photos as they’re being taken.
Lawyer argues Meta can't be held liable for gunmaker's Instagram posts in Uvalde families' lawsuit
Read full article: Lawyer argues Meta can't be held liable for gunmaker's Instagram posts in Uvalde families' lawsuitLawyers for the media giant Meta says a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, should be thrown out.
Minnesota sues TikTok, alleging it preys on young people with addictive algorithms
Read full article: Minnesota sues TikTok, alleging it preys on young people with addictive algorithmsMinnesota has joined a wave of states suing TikTok, claiming the app uses addictive algorithms that harm young people's mental health.
Trump administration vying to own a big stake in Intel after SoftBank's $2 billion bet on company
Read full article: Trump administration vying to own a big stake in Intel after SoftBank's $2 billion bet on companyU.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday confirmed the U.S. government is vying for a 10% stake in Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in an unusual deal that would deepen the Trump administration’s financial ties with major computer chip manufacturers and punctuate a dramatic about-face from the president’s recent push to oust the company’s CEO.
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is on the verge of erupting again
Read full article: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is on the verge of erupting againScientists expect Kilauea volcano to again gush lava in the coming days for the 31st time since December as the mountain lives up to its identity as one of the world’s most active volcanoes.
Judge issues injunction preventing Trump's FTC from investigating watchdog Media Matters
Read full article: Judge issues injunction preventing Trump's FTC from investigating watchdog Media MattersA judge for the U.S. District Court in Washington has issued an injunction preventing the Trump administration's Federal Trade Commission from investigating Media Matters for America, the liberal media watchdog organization.
Maryland tax on digital ads violated Big Tech's free speech, judges say
Read full article: Maryland tax on digital ads violated Big Tech's free speech, judges sayA federal appeals court has ruled that part of a first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising in Maryland aimed at Big Tech is unconstitutional.
FDA's new expert panels are rife with financial conflicts and fringe views
Read full article: FDA's new expert panels are rife with financial conflicts and fringe viewsA series of panels convened by the Food and Drug Administration is raising concerns that the agency is skirting federal rules and promoting fringe views about antidepressants and other products.
Hijacked satellites and orbiting space weapons: In the 21st century, space is the new battlefield
Read full article: Hijacked satellites and orbiting space weapons: In the 21st century, space is the new battlefieldOuter space has emerged as the world's next battlefield, demonstrated by recent cyberattacks on satellites blamed on Russia.
Cloudbursts are causing chaos in parts of India and Pakistan. Here's what they are
Read full article: Cloudbursts are causing chaos in parts of India and Pakistan. Here's what they areCloudbursts are causing chaos in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, with tremendous amounts of rain falling in a short period of time over a concentrated area.
Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How's that going?
Read full article: Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How's that going?Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week.
Stone Age humans were picky about which rocks they used for making tools, study finds
Read full article: Stone Age humans were picky about which rocks they used for making tools, study findsNew research finds early human ancestors during the Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously thought.
Taylor Swift's chat with the Kelces on 'New Heights' marks a milestone moment for podcasts
Read full article: Taylor Swift's chat with the Kelces on 'New Heights' marks a milestone moment for podcastsTaylor Swift's talk with her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother Jason Kelce on the “New Heights” podcast is a milestone moment for the two decade-old media format.
Supreme Court allows Mississippi to require age verification on social media like Facebook and X
Read full article: Supreme Court allows Mississippi to require age verification on social media like Facebook and XThe Supreme Court has refused for now to block enforcement of a Mississippi law aimed at regulating the use of social media by children.
As Canada wildfires choke US with smoke, Republicans demand action. But not on climate change
Read full article: As Canada wildfires choke US with smoke, Republicans demand action. But not on climate changeRepublican lawmakers are blaming Canada for not preventing and containing wildfires, whose smoke has fouled the air in several states this year.
Takeaways from AP's investigation into online school for incarcerated teens
Read full article: Takeaways from AP's investigation into online school for incarcerated teensFlorida has moved the education of students in juvenile detention online, despite evidence that many students struggled with online school during the pandemic.
NY attorney general sues Zelle's parent company after Trump administration drops similar case
Read full article: NY attorney general sues Zelle's parent company after Trump administration drops similar caseNew York’s attorney general has sued the parent company of the Zelle payment platform, months after the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau abandoned a similar case under the Trump administration.
Russia restricts calls via WhatsApp and Telegram, the latest step to control the internet
Read full article: Russia restricts calls via WhatsApp and Telegram, the latest step to control the internetRussian authorities have announced partial restrictions on calls in messaging apps Telegram and WhatsApp.
Crypto mogul Do Kwon, known as 'the cryptocurrency king,' pleads guilty to fraud charges
Read full article: Crypto mogul Do Kwon, known as 'the cryptocurrency king,' pleads guilty to fraud chargesSouth Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon has pleaded guilty to two fraud charges arising from a $40 billion cryptocurrency collapse.
YouTube to begin testing a new AI-powered age verification system in the U.S.
Read full article: YouTube to begin testing a new AI-powered age verification system in the U.S.YouTube is ready to start testing a new age-verification system in the U.S. using artificial intelligence to distinguish between adults and minors based on their viewing habits.
Trump says Intel CEO has an 'amazing story' days after calling for his resignation
Read full article: Trump says Intel CEO has an 'amazing story' days after calling for his resignationLess than a week after President Donald Trump called for the resignation of Intel’s CEO, shares of the chipmaker are rising after Trump said he had a “very interesting” meeting with Lip-Bu Tan.
Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X or Grok among its top apps
Read full article: Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X or Grok among its top appsBillionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X owner Elon Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X and its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot app in its top recommended apps in its App Store.
Scientists search for DNA of an endangered salamander in Mexico City’s canals
Read full article: Scientists search for DNA of an endangered salamander in Mexico City’s canalsScientists from a university are filtering Mexico City's waters for traces of the DNA of an endangered salamander, the axolotl.
US will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China under a new, unusual agreement
Read full article: US will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China under a new, unusual agreementNvidia and AMD agreed to share 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China with the U.S. government, President Donald Trump confirmed at a press conference on Monday.
Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks
Read full article: Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talksAs nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations office.
Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the Rockies
Read full article: Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the RockiesMore than 70 million Americans have experienced the muggiest start to summer on record, with climate change increasing humidity in the Eastern U.S. An Associated Press analysis shows that parts of 20 states and Washington, D.
As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act
Read full article: As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to actAmid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.
Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers
Read full article: Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchersAn executive order signed by President Donald Trump aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars of grants that are awarded by federal agencies.