Hello, friend. A colleague bemoaned to me today that there are so many things to do and "there isn't enough time." I totally relate to my colleague feeling pressed for time—I, too, have a ridiculously long to-do list. But spending time with my 87-year old father has given me another perspective. In…

In 2014, a few years after the birth of her second child, Jenny left China to flee an abusive relationship and government persecution for violating the one-child policy. She brought her younger daughter to San Francisco and, though undocumented, found work at a childcare facility and eventually…

(CN) — In a landmark opinion over the copyrightability of works created by artificial intelligence, a D.C. Circuit panel ruled on Tuesday that human authorship is required for copyright protection. As AI technology quickly advances and intertwines with human creations, the unanimous opinion lays…

Information security has a reputation of being a hard problem in tech. I don’t think it’s because it takes a genius to spot vulnerabilities; it’s because for any enterprise, the number of people adding risk — together with the number of people trying to get in — is orders of magnitude greater than…

Dark energy, the mysterious force powering the expansion of the universe, appears to be weakening, according to a survey that could “overthrow” scientists’ current understanding of the fate of the cosmos. If confirmed, the results from the dark energy spectroscopic instrument (Desi) team at the Kitt…

Amazon’s first Kindle with a colour screen had been a very long time coming and then suffered a rough landing last year, plagued with yellowing screen issues and shipping delays. But with those problems fixed, is a splash of colour the revolution the Kindle needs? The Guardian’s journalism is…

The first major set of economic reports last week reflect the state of the United States economy during President Donald Trump’s first full month in office. The data reveal a spike in layoffs and slower hiring growth across both the public and private sectors, with looming cuts suggesting larger…

Unsafe at any seed AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests. Benj Edwards – Mar 13, 2025 9:16 PM | 112 Credit: Wong Yu Liang via Getty Images Credit: Wong Yu Liang via Getty…

A sign stands in front of part of the Johns Hopkins Hospital complex, July 8, 2014, in Baltimore. Patrick Semansky/AP/File CNN — Johns Hopkins University announced Thursday that it will be cutting more than 2,000 jobs after it lost $800 million in funding from the US Agency for International…

The measles outbreak continues to spread in areas of west Texas and New Mexico and has now reached several other states, including Pennsylvania, California and Oklahoma. So far in 2025, more than 250 measles cases have been reported across multiple states, resulting in two confirmed deaths,…

Unsplash They keep telling us not to worry. By now, you probably know about the measles epidemic spreading in West Texas and New Mexico, plus rising cases in Canada. You know the ridiculous things RFK Jr. has offered, including his reluctance to push for vaccines and his proclivity for remedies like…

Staying informed is critical, and a bit challenging these days. A revisionist and censorious US administration, a media and political landscape significantly captured by billionaires, misinformation and disinformation, and a flood of low quality computer generated text ... the deck is stacked…

In the last few months, artificial intelligence (AI) is popping up in all kinds of headlines, ranging from technical software developer websites to the Sunday comics. There’s no secret why. Given the recent explosion in the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) and generative AI,…

Donald Trump’s tariff threats have made the US “a scary place to invest” and may unleash stagflation, the Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has said. “It risks the worst of all possible worlds: a kind of stagflation,” Stiglitz said in an interview with the Guardian. He argued that…

GLASGOW, Scotland – A new Scottish tartan has been created to honor the thousands of people—primarily women—executed for witchcraft in Scotland between the 16th and 18th centuries. The Witches of Scotland is a movement seeking “Justice for people accused and convicted under the Witchcraft Act…

Two people, in Wyoming and Ohio, have been hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a routine flu update on Friday. The person from Wyoming is still in hospital, while the Ohio patient has been released, according to the report. Both patients…

OPSEC FAILURE OF THE YEAR How North Korea pulled off a $1.5 billion crypto heist—the biggest in history Attack on Bybit didn't hack infrastructure or exploit smart contract code. So how did it work? Dan Goodin – Feb 24, 2025 6:41 pm | 225 An ethereum coin. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty…

Apple has promised to fix a bug in its iPhone automatic dictation tool after some users reported it had suggested to them “Trump” when they said the word “racist”. The glitch was first highlighted in a viral post on TikTok, when the speech-to-text tool sometimes briefly flashed up the word “Trump”…

Measles cases. File photo dated 25/04/13 of a measles vaccination being administered. The World Health Organisation has said the number of people contracting the disease in 2018 across Europe was the highest number for a decade, despite more children being vaccinated against it than ever before.…

One of the unacknowledged advantages of the horrendous era we’ve entered is that it is revealing the putrid connections between great wealth and great power for all to see. Oligarchs are fully exposed and they are defiant. It’s like hitting the “reveal codes” key on older computers that let you see…

Wavering US support for the defence bloc may open the door to a new ‘European Treaty Organisation’, says Admiral James Stavridis This feature is available for registered users. Please register or log in to continue RegisterLog in Share article 01 March 2025 6:03pm GMT 01 March 2025 6:03pm GMT This…

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, has caused alarm among pediatricians, vaccine experts and lawmakers with an opinion piece that focuses on vitamin A and nutrition as treatments for measles. In response to a measles outbreak in Texas, which resulted in the first American measles death in…

Half of the world’s climate-heating carbon emissions come from the fossil fuels produced by just 36 companies, analysis has revealed. The researchers said the 2023 data strengthened the case for holding fossil fuel companies to account for their contribution to global heating. Previous versions of…

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A leading French university is inviting American scientists who fear their research on subjects like climate might be censored by Donald Trump’s administration to do their work in France. “The program is called ‘safe place for science,’ and will provide 15 million Euros in funding for some 15…

A new, lightweight version of Pi-Hole is here. Just how easy is it to block advertising on your home network? Pi-Hole 6 appeared a few weeks ago. Since then, there have been a few small bug fixes and it's now up to version 6.0.5. The new release is lighter weight and has fewer external dependencies:…

The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it will cancel TSA’s collective bargaining agreement and stop collecting union dues, a move it says will “strengthen workforce agility.” A Transportation Security Administration officer's uniform at Dallas Love Field Airport on June 24, 2020, in…

Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said his government is working on a plan to prepare large-scale military training for every adult male in response to the changing security situation in Europe. He said there was a need for an army of 500,000 soldiers, which would include reservists. “We…

Traveling abroad for the first time since November, I saw pity in the eyes of strangers when they heard my American accent. Pity, empathy and utter confusion, as if to convey “What the hell is happening to your country?” with a mere glance or a quiet sigh. Believe me, I’m American and I’m just as…

Over the past few years, I have fielded versions of the same question from readers again and again: Who, exactly, is buying all of this stuff? The confusion is fair. Recent economic headlines do not add up to a coherent picture: Since 2020, Americans have spent lavishly on discretionary goods and…

More than a thousand people have been evacuated as Japan battles its largest wildfire in more than three decades. The flames are estimated to have spread over about 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) in the forest of Ofunato in the northern region of Iwate since a fire broke out on Wednesday, according to…

As an outbreak of measles continues to spread in west Texas and New Mexico, many people are wondering, how bad could it get? Well, the first thing to know is that measles is one of the most contagious diseases on Earth — more than Ebola, smallpox or just about any other infectious disease. Before…

photo by Gritchelle Fallesgon for Disabled and Here This piece has been brewing in my head over the last few years as I’ve watched a dramatic shift happen. In a very generous framing of this dynamic, a growing number of people are questioning: what possesses someone to still wear a mask, aren’t they…

Speedrunners are Vulnerability Researchers - Zetier Home Capabilities Careers Blog Speedrunners are vulnerability researchers, they just don't know it yet February 26, 2025 a Senior Cyber Engineer Thousands of video game enthusiasts are developing experience in the cybersecurity industry by…

Social Security has never missed a benefit payment since the program first began sending individuals monthly benefits more than eight decades ago. But the recent actions at the U.S. Social Security Administration by Elon Musk's so-calledDepartment of Government Efficiency are putting monthly benefit…

Cornell researchers have developed a new vaccine platform that could provide more robust, longer-lasting protection from both COVID-19 and influenza, and broader immunity to different flu strains. In a study published Jan. 29 in Science Advances, researchers found no visible signs of illness in…

American consumers could soon face higher costs for a range of consumer products after President Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China went into effect on Tuesday. The 25% tax on imports from Canada and Mexico, plus an additional 10% tax on imports from China, will drive up the costs of an…

Two cases of measles have been confirmed in New York City so far this year, according to the New York City health department. Officials have not disclosed the ages or vaccination status of the two cases, but they are urging parents to vaccinate their children. The first case was reported earlier…