Aerial images reveal scale of destruction after Venezuela earthquakes
Four days after twin quakes hit Venezuela, rescues continue at Los Cocos beach, with 1,500 dead, 189 buildings down and a father and son pulled alive.
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‘Queuing gangs’ exploited Hong Kong driving licence ticketing system: ombudsman
The Hong Kong government watchdog has slammed the Transport Department over systemic deficiencies that allowed “queuing gangs” to abuse public resources, along with digital shortcomings that left overseas and mainland Chinese applicants with a negative impression. An investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman, released on Monday, revealed that a group of seven agents exploited the ticketing system to submit 135 applications for the direct issue of Hong Kong full driving licences in a single...
Comcast is splitting in two
Comcast has announced plans to separate itself into two publicly traded companies, spinning off its NBCUniversal and Sky broadcasting arms. The shake up aims to protect the media conglomerate's profitable broadband and wireless brand, which will retain the "Comcast" company name, as its media and entertainment business - now collectively named "NBCUniversal" - faces increasing […]
Thai airline employee arrested in Australia on suspicion of smuggling €302,000 of heroin
The 26-year-old woman was on duty on board an international flight when she arrived at Melbourne Airport on Thursday.
What Hollywood director Renny Harlin gained from China’s film boom and why he embraces AI
Renny Harlin is in tears. The Finnish director behind 1990s blockbusters such as Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger is presenting his new thriller, Deep Water, at the fourth edition of the Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta on June 26. “What I think really prepared me for this movie was getting married and having kids,” he announces, suddenly overcome with emotion. His wife of five years, Johanna, who produced Deep Water with Harlin and with whom he shares three young children, is sitting close by. “I...
Nissan says Oracle PeopleSoft break-in may have spilled payroll records, SSNs
Carmaker points finger at an 'unknown' flaw as customer fallout continues
Frank Ramsey on Induction: Why Validity Is the Wrong Standard
Frank Ramsey's treatment of induction starts from a general account of inference. He argues that premises and conclusion alone do not fully specify an inference. It also needs the rule by which the conclusion is drawn. This holds for deductive and inductive arguments alike, though the rule differs in kind between them. Deductive rules preserve truth. Inductive rules do not. Inductive rules are judged instead by how reliably they extend belief from observed cases to unobserved ones. This three-part account of inference sets the terms within which Ramsey's treatment of induction, probability and laws should be read. Quote from Ramsey: ‘ Logic as the science of argument and inference is traditionally and rightly divided into deductive and inductive; but the difference and relation between these two divisions of the subject can be conceived in extremely different ways .’ Deductive argument Quote from Ramsey: ‘ formal deduction does not increase our knowledge, but only brings out clearly what we already know in another form; and that we are bound to accept its validity on pain of being inconsistent with ourselves ’ Quote from Ramsey: ‘ deduction on the other hand is merely a method of arranging our knowledge and eliminating inconsistencies or contradictions. ’ Inductive argument Quote from Ramsey: ‘ it is impossible to represent it [inductive argument] as resembling a deductive argument and merely weaker in degree; it is absurd to say that the sense of the conclusion is partially…
Investor debt binge heightens stock volatility
The $1.4 trillion in margin debt exacerbated swings in South Korea’s stock market that spilled into US trading last week.
Bericht: VW will autonomes Fahren ohne Bosch weiterentwickeln
VW plant laut Medienbericht das Ende der „Automated Driving Alliance“ mit Bosch. Grund seien mangelnde Fortschritte und der aktuelle Sparzwang im Konzern.
S. Africa on edge ahead of anti-migrant deadline
Protests against undocumented migrants have mall owners preparing for the worst.
US says Iran agreed to halt Hormuz attacks
The almost two-week-old truce has been under persistent strain, with both Washington and Tehran launching strikes in recent days.
These are the world’s most expensive holiday destinations to visit in 2026
From Antarctica to the Maldives, these bucket list holiday hotspots will set you back a pretty penny.
China warns popular phone games may provide map data to train foreign military AI models
China’s top anti-espionage agency on Monday warned gamers that a company with overseas defence ties may be obtaining geospatial data via an augmented reality game. The warning quoted media reports about “the militarisation of civilian data” that said billions of environmental scans from a popular mobile phone game were being used to train AI models with potential battlefield applications. In a social media post, Beijing’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) cited reports that said an AI company...
How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty
In 1839, J.M.W. Turner painted The Fighting Temeraire . The old warship, once a hero of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, glides like a ghost across the canvas, towed by a small steam tug belching smoke on its final voyage to the ship-breakers. The image shows a clear moment of change: sail giving way to steam, and with it, a major shift in power. The ship relied on timber, rope, canvas, and Britain’s seafaring towns. The tug depended on coal mines and iron foundries that supplied machine shops in the Midlands. Turner showed the tension of this time, when new technology changed who held power. By Turner’s time, the United States had already defeated Britain’s navy in two wars—one for liberty on land, another for freedom of the seas. The 13 colonies used new technology in creative ways to win their freedom, and by keeping up with innovation, they managed to defend their freedom. Now, as the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, we can ask: What does it really mean for a country to be independent? We tend to focus on how nations and individuals defend freedom but rarely turn that focus to the tools and systems that sustain freedom. Declaring independence is only the beginning: independence must still be engineered. Forging freedom Long before the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord in 1775, Britain had drawn the lines of conflict through technology. The Wool Act of 1699 choked colonial textile exports. The Hat Act of 1732 crushed local hat-making. The Iron Act of 1…
AI's next bottleneck is power. That's why I left the creator economy to build a data center startup.
Leonhard Soenke founded a creator economy startup. Now he splits his time between San Francisco and Texas working in data centers. Here's why.
Semiconductors: 10 companies that raised the most in 2025
European semiconductor companies attracted strong investmentin 2025 as governments and investors doubled down on technologies underpinningAI, high-performance computing, next-generation communications...
Grounding, not models, will define your AI advantage
Over the past two years, working inside the enterprise AI infrastructure world, tracking where the industry is heading, I have noticed the same question surface repeatedly: should we build our own large language model? I understand the instinct. The model feels like the thing, the engine, the brain, the asset worth owning. But after significant years as a product manager in the AI world in both customer experience and grounding infrastructure I concluded that it tends to unsettle the room: the model is the least durable part of your AI strategy. I say this not to be provocative, but because over the last few years we have seen organizations pour their scarcest resources, executive attention, engineering talent, capital, into the one layer of the stack that is commoditizing fastest. Meanwhile, the layer that determines whether their AI is trustworthy, accurate and defensible gets treated as plumbing. That inversion is, in my experience, the single most expensive mistake enterprises are making with AI right now. The model is becoming a commodity Let us consider economics. Gartner projects that by 2030, performing inference on a trillion-parameter model will cost providers more than 90% less than it did in 2025, with models becoming up to 100 times more cost-efficient than the earliest versions of comparable size. When the cost of the underlying capability collapses by that magnitude, it stops being a differentiator. Anything that gets that cheap, that fast, is not where compet…
Robin Byrd, the Sex Godmother of Millennials, Says the Internet Ruined Porn
The 1970s porn actress turned New York City late night public access queen says censorship and a lack of star quality among modern adult entertainers turned her off of the industry.
The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
A sneaky rule change has the potential to blow up scientific research in the United States. But there's still time to fight it. On May 29th, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a 412-page proposal to revise federal financial assistance. The language is a combination of distinctly Trumpian attacks on "woke" policies and […]
Open Models, Closed Environments: Palantir Brings Secure AI to US Agencies With NVIDIA Nemotron
Showcasing the importance of open source innovation in American AI, Palantir’s new intelligent engine — introduced today — uses NVIDIA Nemotron open models to serve the needs of U.S. government agencies. Open source software has long been a pillar of U.S. technology leadership. In 1969, DARPA connected four university computers — from UCLA, Stanford, UCSB […]
Investment banks optimistic about global economy
The US-Iran truce, a dampening of trade-war rhetoric, and a surge in tech capex are laying “the foundation for a period of strong and balanced global growth,” JPMorgan’s chief economist said.
Widespread fury over Lebanon-Israel ceasefire deal
The Lebanese parliament speaker called it an “agreement of diktats,” while a hard-right Israeli minister said it was a “big mistake.”
Morocco fans light up Monterrey before Netherlands knockout clash
Fans of Morocco and Mexico fill Monterrey’s Macroplaza with songs and celebrations ahead of Morocco’s World Cup Round of 32 clash with the Netherlands.
Elon Musk says SpaceX is putting top Starship and Starlink engineers to work on Grok
Elon Musk said that SpaceX had deployed "a few dozen" top Starlink and Starship engineers and Cursor staff to work on the AI model.
Fines doubled as teens outsmart Australia's world-first social media ban
Australia moves to double fines for social media platforms after seven in 10 children remained active on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok three months after the world-first ban on under-16s took effect — with Big Tech accused of "taking the Mickey."
Kemi Badenoch tries out her Andy Burnham attack lines
The Tory leader — and her rivals in Nigel Farage's Reform UK — are still working out the best way to swipe at the PM-in-waiting.
Zuck saves Meta bucks by reusing memory from old servers with a custom CXL ASIC
In production on millions of boxes and the payoff is a 25% reduction in machines needed for some inference workloads
KI-Engpass: Google kann Metas Nachfrage nach Gemini nicht mehr decken
Die Nachfrage nach KI-Rechenleistung übersteigt selbst bei den größten Tech-Konzernen das Angebot. Meta ist wohl besonders betroffen und muss intern umsteuern.
First Antarctic dinosaur fossil confirmed nearly 40 years after discovery
A vertebra discovered by British scientists in 1985 has been identified as the first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica, shedding new light on how these animals spread across the southern hemisphere.
Correlation coefficient anchored on zero or other statistics for quantifying the goodness of signed predictions
Background I want to compare some predicted data ( $x_i$ ) to experimental data ( $y_i$ ), shown below. Due to underlying symmetries of my scenario, a pair $(x_i,y_i)$ is equivalent to $(-x_i,-y_i)$ and I chose to flip both signs of all points with $x_i to make all the $x_i$ non-negative (this should have little bearing on my question)¹. What I want Now, I want to evaluate the overall quality of my predictions, where the following make for a good prediction: Small absolute predictions correspond to small absolute experimental values (the sign is not that important) Big absolute predictions correspond to big absolute experimental values of the same sign (the absolute value does not need to match well). Roughly speaking, I consider points in the red-shaded area above to be good. I am looking for a statistics that quantifies this and is ideally intuitively understandable by a general scientific audience. I would use this statistics to communicate the magnitude of the effect and also to compare my data to an appropriate permutation null model. What I have so far My best choice so far is a correlation coefficient with the centre/mean being anchored on zero, i.e.: $$ \hat{r}(x,y) = \frac{\sum\limits_i x_i y_i}{||x||·||y||} = \frac{\sum\limits_i x_i y_i}{\sqrt{\sum\limits_i x_i^2} \sqrt{\sum\limits_i y_i^2}} .$$ Without the anchoring on zero, I would also positively evaluate a case like the above, but shifted down by 0.2, which is obviously not good predictions. To arrive at this,…
Neue Allianz für mehr Open-Source-Schutz
Die Linux Foundation und Tech-Giganten starten Akrites, um Open-Source-Sicherheitslücken zentral und vertraulich zu beheben.
Yeasound RIC800 Hearing Aids Review: Good Audio, Glitchy App
With AI-powered noise reduction, an automatic speech-focusing system, and a simple, effective hearing test, it’s a shame these aids don't come with a better app.
The AI boom propping up markets could trigger the next crash, central banks warn
The vast surge of investment in AI, which has powered global stock markets to record highs, risks ending in a financial bust, the Bank for International Settlements warns, as the build-up’s hidden costs begin to surface in company accounts and consumer prices alike.
The Chief Communications Officer’s Rise as a Strategic Advisor
This post was created in partnership with Burson Ask a chief communications officer what their job is today, and the answer looks nothing like it did a decade ago. At […]
The Anti-Data-Center Movement Is Reshaping Michigan Politics
Climate activist Will Lawrence cofounded the Sunrise Movement. Now, he has shifted his focus in his attempt to compete for a swing-district seat by calling for a data center moratorium.
Comcast stock surges after it said it's spinning off its media businesses
Comcast said it plans to separate its media and technology businesses into two publicly traded companies.
Comment on How AI Is Changing Your Kitchen by tacobellmenu
The taco bell menu with prices a wide range of choices for customers who enjoy Mexican-inspired fast food. I found this guide very helpful because it presents menu information in a clear and easy-to-understand format. Whether someone is interested in tacos, burritos, nachos, quesadillas, or combo meals, there is something for everyone. The information helps customers compare options before ordering, which can save both time and money. I also appreciate how easy it is to browse through the different categories and discover new menu items. A well-structured Taco Bell Menu guide like this is useful for regular customers as well as first-time visitors who want to learn more about available meals and specials.
Australia doubles social media firms’ fine for under-16 law breach, expands watchdog’s power
The Australian govt. will introduce legislation to expand the powers of the eSafety Commissioner to compel platforms and third parties to verify compliance with the under-16 social media ban and double the fine for those who fail. The post Australia doubles social media firms’ fine for under-16 law breach, expands watchdog’s power appeared first on MEDIANAMA .
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Starmer resigns: Which European country has the highest turnover of leaders?
The resignation of Keir Starmer means that the UK, a European country once known for its ability to return stable governments, will see its seventh prime minister since 2016. Social media users claim this is the highest rate on the continent. Is this true?
No Iran-US escalation boosts hopes for diplomacy, analyst says
Osama Rizvi, founder of Rizvi Insights, said tanker traffic will continue through the Strait of Hormuz as "it serves two sides". He argued that for the US, the cost of "inaction clearly outweighs" the cost of action if tensions with Iran continue to escalate.
Venice Commission experts to investigate Magyar's push to remove Hungary's president
The Venice Commission will visit Hungary on Thursday to assess a constitutional amendment that would remove President Tamás Sulyok from office. Both the president and PM Péter Magyar's government say they are open to talks with the delegation.
Why Desire Is an Emerging Competitive Advantage
This post was created in partnership with Havas Key takeaways Brand growth depends on much more than visibility. Outperforming brands are the ones people truly want and actively choose, trust, […]
Inside Africa’s tech layoffs: What the data says (2023–2026)
Between January 2023 and March 2026, at least 56 layoff events swept through Africa's tech ecosystem. The data, compiled by TechCabal Insights, cuts through the noise of individual layoff announcements to surface patterns that are harder to see in isolation.
AI Is Changing How Consumers Discover Products
This post was created in partnership with InMobi The next shopping journey may begin before consumers even think to search. During an ADWEEK House Cannes Lions fireside chat co-hosted with […]
ZTE released all-in-one FTTR-B solution for SME AI and connectivity at MWC Shanghai 2026
PARTNER CONTENT: • Supporting on-premise local AI large model operation, the solution cuts cloud costs and secures sensitive corporate data for SMEs
ZTE released AI FTTR solution, empowering home network security
PARTNER CONTENT: Showcased at MWC Shanghai 2026, the local AI-driven solution features camera-free whole-home sensing and advanced DDoS protection to unlock new operator revenue and redefine smart home security
Claude Code runs a GitHub repo's hidden malware without verification, giving attackers full control
Security researchers at Mozilla's 0DIN platform have shown how a single compromised GitHub repo can take over a developer's machine the moment an AI coding tool like Claude Code runs its setup. The catch: the malicious code only loads at runtime via a DNS query, invisible in the repo, to scanners, and to the AI agent itself. The article Claude Code runs a GitHub repo's hidden malware without verification, giving attackers full control appeared first on The Decoder .