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NEW: After U.S. missile strikes killed hundreds of civilians in Iran and Yemen, the Defense Department is poised to reinstate a program meant to reduce civilian harm during military operations. Pete Hegseth gutted it over the objections of top commanders.

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A pioneering AI scientist once predicted computers would replace human radiologists. They haven't.

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom is just distraught that his antics — sitting courtside in an anti-trans shirt after...

Bus Rapid Transit is a gift to Minneapolis filmgoers.

The Trump administration is spending $1.7 billion on border project construction in Big Bend.

This money could fund the entirety of Big Bend National Park's operating costs and maintenance for 210 years.

An 8-year-old Louisiana girl has died after being infected by Naegleria fowleri, a rare brain-eating amoeba.

This comes after the Trump administration laid off thousands of staff at the CDC, which operates one of the country's only labs that can test for Naegleria fowleri.

U.S. Army sergeant whose wife was deported by ICE:

"She's not a threat to anybody. We're just trying to keep our family together."

The Supreme Court has removed one roadblock from the Trump administration’s attempts to impose severe restrictions on voting.

“CIA Director John Ratcliffe is in Moscow, Russia, for meetings,” CBS News reports. “News of his trip comes after a U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III transport plane was spotted at a Moscow airport, along with a U.S. diplomatic motorcade. Neither the U.S. nor Russian governments has commented on the identity of the U.S. […]

“Canada said Tuesday it intends to impose tariffs of up to 50% on roughly 700 products as the acrimony between Ottawa and Washington escalates following the collapse of trade talks,” the Wall Street Journal reports. CNBC: Canada to retaliate against Trump tariffs: “We’re not waiting by the phone.”

“Kennedy Center attorneys defended the board’s decision earlier this month to restore Donald Trump‘s name three times to the complex, arguing that it is essential to saving the institution,” Deadline reports. From the filing: “The Board also underscores, and the undisputed evidence demonstrates, that without the prominent recognition of The Trump Administration, and President Trump’s […]

From farmers markets to trivia nights, we put together a roundup of events and activities held regularly in Berkeley.

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When OpenAI unveiled Jalapeño, its first custom inference chip, in June, the company made some big promises. The chip, developed

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The argument over where AI coding agents belong,  in an integrated development environment (IDE) or at the command line interface

The post CLI or IDE? Build in verification first appeared first on The New Stack.

South Carolina Senator Darline Graham was catapulted into her unelected position after her brother Lindsey Graham's sudden death last month, and she's been fighting an increasingly uphill battle to keep it ever since -- though her tactics in doing so certainly leave a lot t...

President Trump’s war with Iran is shaping up as one of the most spectacular foreign policy blunders of any modern presidency. The Iranian people are hardly better off. Iran’s leadership appears more entrenched than ever. And the regime now has even more incentive to acquire nuclear weapons, threaten its neighbors and target American interests in […]

More Fucked Today than Yesterday. “I keep wanting to write a post showing off my latest graphics along with the latest data and forecasts, because the picture they paint is one of a truly fucked planet.”

"What on Earth for?"

Henri Matisse, Portrait of John Dewey, 1930 #museumarchive #artinstituteofchicago