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- New Study Reveals Brutal Hit That U.S. Employers Face From Trump Tariffs
- Ex-FBI Agent Charged In Jan. 6 Riot Now Works On A DOJ Task Force
- U.S. Won’t Send Some Weapons Pledged To Ukraine Following A Pentagon Review Of Military Assistance
- There’s A New Recall On Chocolate Treats — Here’s What You Should Know
- Celebrities React To Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial Verdict
- ‘A Human Rights Disaster Waiting To Happen’: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Is Ripe For Abuse, Experts Warn
- No, AI Isn’t Having ‘Hallucinations’ — Turns Out, It’s Worse Than That
- ‘How Is This Legal?’: Critics Say Trump’s Latest ‘Grift’ Literally Stinks
- Senate Republicans Wound Filibuster To Pass Debt Bomb
- Former Soccer Player Says They Were ‘Villainized’ After Retirement
Health
There’s A New Recall On Chocolate Treats — Here’s What You Should Know
Food manufacturing company Mellace Family Brands California, Inc. has recalled some of its Wegmans semi-sweet chocolate nonpareils because they contain an “undeclared milk allergen,” the U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced on Monday. The agency said that the recalled products were distributed to Wegmans retail stores in Washington, D.C., and the following eight states: Delaware, […]
Technology
No, AI Isn’t Having ‘Hallucinations’ — Turns Out, It’s…
Users of artificial intelligence are increasingly reporting issues with inaccuracies and wild responses. Some are even questioning whether it’s hallucinating, or worse, that it has a sort of “digital dementia.” In June, for example, Meta’s AI chat assistant for WhatsApp shared a real person’s private phone number with a stranger. Barry Smethurst, 41, while waiting […]
Tourist Says He Was Denied Entry To U.S. Over A Seemingly Innocent Photo — And It Could Happen To…
Seeing Vice President JD Vance as a bald, shiny orb can make you laugh ― but can it get you denied entry at a U.S. border? According to one tourist, yes. Norwegian tourist Mads Mikkelsen told Nordlys that he was denied entry at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on June 11 after authorities […]
The 3 Best, Most Secure Web Browsers That Are Better Than Google Chrome, Experts Say
We may not think hard about our web browsers, but they have huge power over our lives as the gateway to the internet. Every day, we use them to search for answers, talk to friends and learn new things. And if you’re on the internet long enough, your default web browser is likely Google Chrome. […]
Judge Dismisses Authors’ Copyright Lawsuit Against Meta Over AI Training
A federal judge on Wednesday sided with Facebook parent Meta Platforms in dismissing a copyright infringement lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the company of stealing their works to train its artificial intelligence technology. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabri was the second in a week from San Francisco’s federal court […]
Expert Says 1 Big Claim About ‘Trump Mobile’ Is Simply ‘Not Plausible’
Would you buy a Trump-branded gold phone? If you can tolerate the sticker price of $499 and some dubious assembly claims, a phone from Donald Trump’s family business could be yours. Last week, the Trump Organization, which is run by President Donald Trump’s eldest sons, announced Trump Mobile, its own mobile service plan and the […]
Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Found Targets’ Addresses Online. Here’s How To Hide…
Anyone can go online and find out where you live — even, perhaps, the alleged shooter of several Minnesota lawmakers. When police found the car that is believed to belong to Vance Boelter, the man accused of assassinating Democratic Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband and shooting a state senator and his wife […]
With Meta AI App, You Can ‘Discover’ People’s Wildest Thoughts — But Are You…
I opened Meta AI today and was confronted with a woman’s voice asking the app about details for pressing domestic abuse charges with the question, “In Indiana, if a wife does not want to press charges for abuse, can the state?”And I wonder if she knew that me, a stranger living in New York, would […]
Taking Your Phone To A Trump Protest Could Have Alarming Consequences
This weekend, Hina Sabatine will protest President Donald Trump’s administration in Los Angeles and they won’t bring their usual phone. “We’re protesting the administration, which is a lot scarier [than previous protests I’ve attended], because we’ve seen how Trump can lash out,” Sabatine said. For this upcoming protest, “I’m bringing a burner phone which doesn’t […]
Apple’s New iOS Feature Could Solve A Universally Hated Problem
Every day, places ranging from airlines, insurance carriers and health providers hold us hostage with elevator music and repeated reassurances that “your call is very important to us” as we desperately wait to reach a real human being. What makes this hold time frustrating is that we never know if it will be five minutes […]
AI Models Will Sabotage And Blackmail Humans To Survive In New Tests. Should We Be Worried?
When we are backed into a corner, we might lie, cheat and blackmail to survive — and in recent tests, the most powerful artificially intelligent models in the world will do the same when asked to shut down or be replaced, building concerns over their unintended capabilities. A new test from AI safety group Palisade […]
The Home Safety Devices You Need To Update Routinely — It Could Save Your Life
A few weeks ago, we narrowly avoided a family tragedy. My niece and the other five members of her household — including a 10-month-old baby — were rushed to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. Her home had CO detectors, which were in the house when she bought it, but they apparently were faulty. She […]
Money
Senate Republicans Wound Filibuster To Pass Debt Bomb
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Monday rammed through a new scheme obscuring the cost of trillions of dollars in…
Politics
Ex-FBI Agent Charged In Jan. 6 Riot Now Works On A DOJ Task Force
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI agent who was charged with joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol and cheering…
Science
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Tells Fox News The Rotten Truth About His Anti-Fluoride…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted on Thursday there are some potentially big holes in his decision to stop…
Travel
Vacation Habits That Are Secretly Stressing You Out
Taking a vacation can be a great way to unwind, but often the way we approach travel makes it anything but…