US Senate’s Fauci hearing renews COVID origin debate but reveals little
Washington, DC – A Senate committee hearing this week has once again shone a spotlight on the political divisions over the United States government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wednesday’s hearing, held by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, continued years of criticism, mainly from Republicans, against immunologist Anthony Fauci, who led the government’s response to the pandemic.
Illinois officer who killed Sonya Massey denied medical release from prison
A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy won’t get an early medical release from his two-decade prison sentence for killing Sonya Massey inside her home after the Black woman called 911 about a possible prowler, state officials decided on Friday.
Children face higher threat of US deportation as legal support deal expires
Advocates warn expiring contract could leave 24,000 children without legal representation, increasing risk of expulsion.
Immigration advocates have warned that children who entered the United States without documentation or a legal guardian could soon lose their legal representation.
Missing Australian hiker found dead in Wyoming, officials say
A 28-year-old Australian hiker who lost contact with his family while hiking the Continental Divide Trail between Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks in Wyoming has been found dead, according to authorities.
Powerful El Nino to intensify heat on ‘a planet already on fire’: UN
UN chief Guterres calls for halt to new fossil fuels as El Nino induces heatwaves, floods, and drought worldwide
A rapidly intensifying El Nino event is set to dominate global weather patterns in the coming months, unleashing extreme weather across the planet, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned.
Will Fifa president Gianni Infantino lose his job? If so, who comes in?
Life moves fast for Fifa president Gianni Infantino.
It was doing so earlier this month as he was zig-zagging across the United States in a private jet to make him virtually omnipresent as the World Cup reached its crescendo.
Stephen King Movie ‘Desperation’ in the Works From ‘Final Destination’ Duo, Sam Raimi
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Stephen King‘s Desperation is headed to the big screen, with Searchlight bringing together some high flying names to develop a take on the 1996 novel by the horror maestro.
The 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' post-credits scene is a cosmic cliffhanger. Here's what it could mean.
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As the credits roll, then keep rolling without a mid-credits scene at the end of "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," your Spidey senses may begin to tingle in a bad way.
Google rolls back the needless AI generation tools it added to Google Earth - Engadget
The decision comes one day after people used the tool to generate misleading satellite imagery.
Google is rolling back Nano Banana image generation inside of Google Earth less a day after announcing the integration on July 30. "We know that people uniquely trust Google Earth for a reliable view of the world. We've seen geospatial professionals using this feature for a range of useful purposes, however we've also seen people sharing screenshots of generated imagery that appear to violate our policies," the company wrote in a statement it shared on X.
AI Startup Flapping Airplanes Is In Talks To Raise Funding At A $5 Billion Valuation
The data efficiency startup is researching a better way to train AI models using less data. getty
Flapping Airplanes, a research-focused startup that’s trying to find ways to use less data to train AI models, is in talks to raise capital at a $5 billion valuation, multiple sources familiar with the deal told Forbes. VC firms Index Ventures and Lux Capital are leading the round and Kleiner Perkins is participating, the sources said. The raise is in the hundreds of millions, they added.