Silicon Valley ‘on the menu’: Trump’s AI czar David Sacks issues warning to big tech | World News
In a sharply worded social media post, David Sacks, now serving as President Donald Trump’s…
Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing on Covid response | World News
Former US Chief Medical Advisor Dr Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Republican-led Senate hearing on Wednesday, declining to answer questions about his role in the federal COVID-19 response after being subpoenaed to appear.Fauci, who led the nation’s pandemic response, said he was acting on legal advice and described the decision as difficult….
US: Gladwin residents asked not to use toilet, shower after lightning damages wastewater plant | World News
Gladwin residents asked not to use toilet/Image: AI Representative Image Residents of Gladwin, a city in the US state of Michigan, have been asked to avoid flushing toilets, using sinks, taking showers and running other plumbing fixtures after a lightning strike damaged the city’s wastewater treatment plant.City officials said the treatment facility was struck during…
Houssein Hamze’s rescued dog pulled him from bed moments before a bomb struck in 2006; when war returned, he refused to leave Lebanon’s abandoned animals | World News
Houssein Hamze was sleeping in his home one night when he woke up to the sound of a dog barking. Alarmed, he got up to check on the dog, his first rescue pet and moments later, a bomb dropped next to his home with a piece of shrapnel landing just where he had been sleeping…
Israel elections explained: How they work, who’s in the race and what’s at stake
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks another term. (AP Photo) Israelis will head to the polls on October 27 in the country’s first general election since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack that triggered a multi-front war in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.The vote is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in Israel’s…
Abigail Stein: Meet Abigail Stein, the 13-year-old Nashville student who designed affordable ‘allergy spoons’: ‘You don’t need a $200 machine to change the world’
Pic courtesy: Young Scientist Lab Abigail Stein found lunch hours to be the most stressful part of the day. For the 13-year-old, it wasn’t just school politics or social awkwardness. At school, she saw her friends struggling to trust the food in front of them. She noticed how they lived with constant stress during lunch…
Trump announces top civilian honour for teen lifeguard who saved boy at California beach
Trump to award top civilian honour to teen lifeguard. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that a 16-year-old lifeguard who rescued a 10-year-old boy from powerful waves off a California beach will be invited to the White House and awarded a “high civilian honour.““We’re going to bring this heroic young man, and his family,…
In 1999, an Oregon engineer spent $100,000 on a retired Boeing 727 and turned it into a home deep in the forest | World News
In 1999, retired electrical engineer Bruce Campbell paid 100,000 dollars for a decommissioned Boeing 727-200 that had spent its working life flying for Olympic Airways in Greece, then had the aircraft flown to Oregon and hauled in pieces to a wooded property near Hillsboro, where it was reassembled and slowly converted into his home. More…
A former The North Face founder’s historic land donation turned Patagonia’s wilderness into one of the world’s largest national parks | World News
In 1991, American businessman Douglas Tompkins, who had co-founded the outdoor clothing companies The North Face and Esprit, bought a semi-abandoned plot of land in the Renihue River Valley in southern Chile, drawn by the region’s ancient, untouched temperate rainforest. What began as a personal effort to protect one threatened valley grew, over the following…
‘I’m an AI engineer, but got laid off’: Indian H-1B holder shares job loss story | World News
Indian AI engineer laid off after company moved project to India/Image: Getty Images An Indian AI engineer on an H-1B visa, who spent around six years in the United States, has said he lost his job after his employer moved the entire project to India, leaving him to decide whether to return home or continue…
A Virginia cockatoo spent about 10 years blind before surgery restored his sight; he became a therapy bird and raised a record $33,674 to win Pet of the Year
The story of survival of Virginia cockatoo Sometimes life throws us into the most difficult times, only to make us stronger and shine through in the future endeavors. While you might think that this rule of universe applies only to humans, the reality is beyond that. Today we will tell you the story of the…
