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“Drivers can expect pump shock déjà vu as the national average gas price again climbed over $4 per gallon today, as President Trump appears poised to escalate the war in Iran,” Axios reports. “Tanker traffic is once again being choked in the Strait of Hormuz after fighting between Iran and the U.S. reignited, with Washington […]

“The Trump administration is showing signs it could ban cutting-edge Chinese AI models — a momentous move that could lock in dominance by OpenAI and Anthropic,” Axios reports. “Why it matters: Parts of the administration have tried to implement de facto bans on foreign open-source models before, knowledgeable sources tell Axios. Last week’s rise of […]

From countertop kits to a bathroom bucket full of straw and beyond, I spent a year testing popular mushroom-growing methods. Here’s what fruited—and what just grew mold.

Several Chinese businesses associated with the ebike brand Aipas settled a lawsuit with Amazon and the safety certification company UL in July.

A new toolkit for attorneys in Massachusetts targets the technologies police use—and conceal—to build criminal cases, from facial recognition to AI-written police reports.

Four-minute miles are almost routine. Middle schoolers are beating college runners. Inside the youth track boom that’s turning kids and teens into speed machines.

A first-of-its-kind analysis found more than one in eight apps built for US service members carried foreign code—some from firms in nations the Pentagon designates as adversaries.

Shutting down major piracy operations such as Fmovies and HiAnime means little if successors pop up within weeks. In their submissions to the USTR's Section 301 investigation into Vietnam, both the MPA and IIPA stress that taking down copycats and successor sites should be a key enforcement priority, in addition to prison sentences that actually deter.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

The nomination process won't be complete until next Saturday's special convention. But long before Democrats had completed their second day of meetings across the state on Sunday, Troy Jackson appeared to have amassed enough supportive delegates to secure the nomination.

Lindsay Clancy is charged with murdering her three young children. The trial, beginning Monday at Plymouth Superior Court, is likely to focus on the mental health treatment she was receiving at the time.

Advocates argue many immigrants funneled into the courts for mega masters hearings will lose the ability to have their stories heard, and that the government's ultimate goal here is to increase deportations.

A recent story of a writer who was mistakenly identified, tracked, and arrested using data from Flock cameras has gone viral.

The New Jersey plates that were allegedly stolen from the LA dealer were 34 03 DTM, not 34 10 DTM. But when the police report was created and the plate was entered into Flock’s system, it was just recorded as 34 DTM. Just the five large characters, no little number in the middle. And Flock’s AI tech wasn’t registering that non-standard little number when it began picking up the Range Rover around town. It just saw ...

John asks: I’ve been thinking about Great Britain and the breakdown of its two party system… What led to this? Can it happen here? Does the deepening unpopularity of both parties mean it might? I know there are differences — a long standing and well established third party — Liberal Democrats, and regional parties like […]

“Andy Burnham is set to become the U.K.’s seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday, with investors and market watchers already questioning his policy agenda,” CNBC reports. “King Charles will formally ask Burnham to form a government at Buckingham Palace this morning ahead of his official appointment as prime minister.”

“In a closed-door briefing earlier this month, key Pentagon officials sat down with House spending leaders from both parties to make an urgent case to quickly deliver more cash to fund the U.S. war in Iran,” CNN reports. “But when pressed by members of both parties for details, Pentagon officials were unable to offer any […]

“A short drive from President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, in a small office a block from the beach, sits the headquarters of 1789 Capital, a firm founded just a few years ago with plans to invest in businesses aligned with conservative values,” CNN reports. “Since Donald Trump Jr. joined as a partner shortly after his […]

John Singer Sargent, Study of Mary for "Annunciation," Boston Public Library; verso: Sketch for "Crucifix," Boston Public Library, 1895-1916 #johnsingersargent