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New Apple CEO to unveil latest iPhone lineup
Apple is unveiling its latest generation of iPhones, widely expected to include a foldable version, on Wednesday at an event headlined by new CEO John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook on Sept. 1.
‘It could kill us all by the end of the decade,’ an AI researcher says. He’s not alone
A researcher who left Anthropic this week warned that rapidly improving artificial intelligence could kill everyone by the end of the decade, the third such industry insider to sound an alarm about possible human extinction by rogue machines.
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Racketeering conspiracy trial against Chinese tech giant Huawei begins in New York
A racketeering conspiracy trial of Huawei Technologies began in New York on Wednesday with federal prosecutors accusing the Chinese tech company of a litany of crimes, including stealing technology from American companies, abusing the U.S. financial system and helping Iran snoop on its citizens.
Hollywood, tech executives ramp up security spending amid threats
MANGIONE AFTERMATH: Hollywood and Silicon Valley executives are pouring millions of dollars into private security as threats against corporate leaders climb, a trend security consultants say accelerated sharply after the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed
The birds are up with the sunrise - warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and towhees calling across the treetops. Deer browse on tender buds emerging from dense shrubs. Black bears scrounge for roots, insects and other edibles.
Zelenskyy urges more international pressure on Russia for civilian deaths
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chided the international community Wednesday for not taking a tougher stance against Russia over its escalating bombardment of civilian areas of Ukraine.
Airlines scramble to dig out from British air traffic control tech problems that canceled 2K flights
Airlines scrambled Wednesday to dig out of the backlog triggered by technical problems experienced by the United Kingdom's air traffic control system that has forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights.
Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico alone is taking Facebook to trial
Facebook is on trial in New Mexico over privacy concerns that emerged during the 2016 election when a political consulting firm bought user data harvested from millions of profiles to generate targeted ads.
Artemis II moonshot commander and pilot are hanging up their astronaut suits at NASA
The two NASA astronauts who led the Artemis II moonshot earlier this year are stepping away from spaceflight.
China hits back at U.S. claims of ‘malicious’ AI distillation ahead of planned Trump-Xi talks
China hit back Wednesday against U.S. claims that Chinese artificial intelligence developers are engaged in "aggressive, malicious" industrial-scale efforts to extract capabilities from frontier American AI systems.
Alex Gibney says his Musk documentary busts the ‘genius inventor’ myth
The director of the "Musk" documentary says Elon is "not an inventor; he's an investor. His genius is stock pumping."
Families’ interest in their kids’ education is falling around the globe as scores drop, test shows
Families' interest in their kids' education is falling in many high-income countries as school systems struggle with plunging test scores, according to newly released results from a standardized test taken by 15-year-olds around the world.
Former Colorado crime analyst gets 10-year prison sentence for manipulating DNA data
A judge sentenced a former forensic analyst for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to 10 years in prison on Tuesday after authorities said her manipulation of DNA data raised questions about the validity of hundreds of criminal cases.
Americans’ satisfaction with schools is at a low point, new Gallup poll shows
Americans' satisfaction with the quality of K-12 education in the country has hit a low point, driven by a growing political divide and concerns that schools are not preparing children for college and future jobs.
Ashley St. Clair and Alex Gibney on AI and the dangers of Elon Musk
A new documentary about Elon Musk uses a CGI avatar and artificial intelligence voice syncing to simulate an interview with the SpaceX and Tesla CEO using things he's really said in interviews.
America’s satellites keep the military running. It doesn’t have enough engineers to fix them
The U.S. faces a "severe" shortage of qualified engineers and technicians needed to rebuild or replace satellites targeted by China or Russia in a theoretical 21st-century war in space, according to a major new report from the Rand Corp.
Iran says improved ballistic missile shows it will take preemptive action against threats
Iran state media on Monday said a ballistic missile with improved capabilities was demonstrating a new doctrine: Tehran "will take action against any threat, even before it is carried out."
Army receives prototype of another contender to replace the Bradley Fighting Vehicle
The Army last week took delivery of a Lynx XM-30 combat vehicle prototype as part of its four-decade search for a successor to the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
