TECHNOLOGY
Google has agreed to pay $68 million to end a big group lawsuit. The lawsuit said that Google's voice assistant broke the law by recording users without permission and sharing their private talks with advertisers. This early agreement was filed on January 23 in a federal court in
TECHNOLOGY
Many people apply for jobs at lots of companies. The first step for them is often getting past an AI system that checks their résumés and decides if they are a good fit. This process is a bit like how credit companies give people a number score based on their
SPACE
A former expert from the Bank of England says the bank needs to get ready for a money crisis that could start if officials announce that alien life is real. Helen McCaw worked as a top analyst on financial safety at the UK's main bank. Her job was
An open letter came out asking for a ban on building artificial intelligence systems that are “superintelligent.” The ban should stay in place until most scientists agree that these technologies can be made safely and in a way that the public agrees with. The letter was put out by a
A U.S. government report found that children exposed to twice the recommended amount of fluoride in drinking water might have lower IQs. This is the first time a federal agency has said there’s a connection—though they’re only "moderately confident" about it. The report was
In 2011, Dan Schechtman won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering quasicrystals. Unlike regular crystals, quasicrystals don't have a repeating pattern. Schechtman made quasicrystals in a lab in 1982, but no one had found them in nature until 2008. Now, scientists in Italy and the United States
A significant assortment of art, furniture, silver, ceramics, and jewelry, which has been privately held by the Rothschild banking dynasty, was anticipated to fetch up to $30 million across multiple auctions this autumn at Christie's New York. These auctions will represent the inaugural dedicated sale in North America
NO RELIGION HIGHER THAN TRUTH.
In the fall of 1994, a simple rectangular graphic appeared on HotWired.com, the online offshoot of Wired magazine. Sponsored by AT&T, it posed a teasing question: "Have you ever clicked your mouse right here? You will." This unassuming banner ad, launched on October 27, 1994,
The US used a powerful secret weapon that made Venezuelan soldiers fall to their knees. They were “bleeding through the nose” and vomiting blood during a bold raid to capture dictator Nicolas Maduro. This comes from a witness story shared on X by the White House press secretary on Saturday.
Sometime in the early 20th century—no one knows the exact date—thieves stole a 2,700-year-old treasure from the Olmec people. The Olmecs were one of the first big civilizations in North America, based in Mexico. The stolen item was a big stone mask, about six feet tall and
Freemasons have asked a high court for an urgent order to stop the Metropolitan Police's new rule. This rule requires officers to tell their bosses if they belong to the Freemasons group. The Freemasons submitted their request in London on Christmas Eve. They argue that the Met'
Investigative journalist Nick Shirley dives deep into what he calls Minnesota's billion-dollar fraud nightmare, implicating Governor Tim Walz and a network of Somali-owned businesses. Titled "I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal," the piece exposes how taxpayer funds—potentially up to $8-10 billion—are funneled
When most people think about immigration enforcement, they imagine border crossings and airport checks. But now, the main focus might be on your social media posts. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has put out a call for private companies to help start a non-stop social media watching program.
A documentary film showing mothers who survived Israel's deadly attacks in Gaza. A video report that looks into Israel's part in the death of a Palestinian American reporter. Another video that shows Israel destroying Palestinian homes in the West Bank, which is under occupation. YouTube quietly
An open letter came out asking for a ban on building artificial intelligence systems that are “superintelligent.” The ban should stay in place until most scientists agree that these technologies can be made safely and in a way that the public agrees with. The letter was put out by a
A new trailer for the documentary film The Age of Disclosure has a big surprise. In it, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio admits something amazing to the director, Dan Farah. Rubio says, "We've had repeated instances of something operating in the airspace over restricted nuclear
There was a time, not long ago, when scientists believed the physical world—the stuff we can see and touch—was the only thing that was real. They thought everything was made of random pieces of matter with no deeper meaning or order. In other words, “what you see is
This week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released almost 11 hours of video footage they described as “full raw” surveillance from a camera near Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell on the night before he was found dead. The DOJ said the release was meant to stop conspiracy theories
Scientists in China are turning bees into “cyborgs” by putting tiny brain controllers inside them. These devices let the scientists control where the bees fly. These part-insect, part-machine bees might be used in the military or to help find people after disasters like earthquakes. Professor Zhao Jieliang, who works at
