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xAI’s legal chief steps down after whirlwind year
Despite calling his time at xAI "incredible" and working with Musk "the adventure of a lifetime," Robert Keele said he couldn't keep "riding two horses at once — the family and the job."
Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source:
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Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on August 8, 2025
See the moon phase expected for August 8, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.
Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source:Hurdle hints and answers for August 8, 2025
Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.
Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source:The best sexting apps in 2025
We've lined up the best apps for sending sexy messages, including AdultFriendFinder, Tinder, and more.
Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source:Myanmar military junta using European technology for drone attacks, report says
Junta obtained ‘anti-jamming’ product made in Europe through a Chinese company, research finds, triggering calls for tighter sanctionsMyanmar’s military is using advanced European technology to protect its drone fleet as it carries out brutal aerial campaigns, research suggests, prompting calls for sanctions against the junta to be tightened.Myanmar’s military, which has been widely condemned for its indiscriminate...
Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source:Indonesia says it will treat 2,000 of Gaza’s wounded on uninhabited Galang island
Muslim-majority Indonesia says the plan to treat wounded Palestinians in island’s medical facility is temporary and patients will return to GazaIndonesia will convert a medical facility on an uninhabited island to treat about 2,000 wounded residents of Gaza, according to a spokesperson for the president.“Indonesia will give medical help for about 2,000 Gaza residents who became victims of war, those who are wounded,...
Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source:GPT-5: "How many times does the letter b appear in blueberry?"
https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2025/08/07/blueberry-h... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44832908 Points: 204 # Comments: 150
Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source:Weapons twisty ending, explained: What happened to the missing kids?
A breakdown of the ending of Zach Cregger's "Weapons." What happened to the missing kids?
Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source:Trump administration doubles reward for arrest of Venezuela’s president to $50m
Nicolás Maduro was indicted in 2020 on federal charges of narcoterrorism and conspiracy to import cocaineThe Trump administration is doubling to $50m a reward for the arrest of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of being one of the world’s largest narcotraffickers and working with cartels to flood the US with fentanyl-laced cocaine.“Under President Trump’s leadership, Maduro will not escape justice and...
Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source:Australia news live: NSW parliament to debate expulsion of Gareth Ward; Victoria police issue hundreds of fines to food delivery riders
Motion expected to pass and trigger a byelection in electorate of Kiama. Follow today’s news liveNSW Labor MP says party is gagging debate on Gaza during fiery speech in parliament – videoDissent against Chris Minns spills into NSW parliament as Labor MP accuses party of gagging debate on Gaza Continue reading...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:New executive order puts all grants under political control
All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants.
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Democrats respond to FBI agreement to locate Texas lawmakers: ‘We will not be intimidated’ – live updates
House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries accuses Trump administration of attempting to ‘weaponize law enforcement to target political adversaries’Vance urges Republicans in Indiana to redraw map to help tighten House gripDonald Trump on Wednesday celebrated a commitment by Apple to increase its investments in US manufacturing by an additional $100bn over the next four years.Apple’s plan to up its domestic investment comes...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu says he wants to take control of all of Gaza but doesn’t want to ‘keep it’ – Middle East crisis live
Israeli PM gives interview to Fox News as security cabinet due to meet over his planFears for Palestinians and hostages as Netanyahu plans full Gaza occupationThe medical NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called for the immediate closure of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the US- and Israeli-backed aid organisation operating in Gaza, describing GHF-run food distribution sites in Gaza as having become sites of...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Democrats condemn Texas senator over alleged FBI role in locating lawmakers
John Cornyn claims FBI agreed to help return Democrats to state, sparking backlash amid GOP map pushUS politics live – latest updatesDemocrats harshly criticized Donald Trump and Republicans on Thursday after a US senator said the FBI had agreed to assist in returning Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block Republicans from enacting a gerrymandered congressional map that would likely add five more...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Leak Reveals the Workaday Lives of North Korean IT Scammers
Spreadsheets, Slack messages, and files linked to an alleged group of North Korean IT workers expose their meticulous job-planning and targeting—and the constant surveillance they're under.
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1511, Friday, August 8
Looking for Wordle hints? I can help. Plus get the answers to Wordle today and yesterday.
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Grab the 55-inch Samsung Odyssey Ark on sale and get a free smart monitor - here's how
Right now, you can save $1,200 on the Odyssey Ark monitor at Samsung, plus a free 32-inch M50D smart monitor and two years of Samsung Care+ for just $1.
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Meta says these wild headset prototypes could be the future of VR
Meta previewed some of its latest virtual reality prototypes this week, with concepts that are compelling on the specs and long on the design. Literally. The company shared some details on its Tiramisu project, dubbing it "hyperrealistic VR." This set promises three times the contrast, 14 times the maximum brightness and 3.6 times the angular resolution of the Meta Quest 3. In actual stats, that's up to 1,400 nits of...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Trump says he will meet Putin despite Kremlin’s refusal to talk to Kyiv
US president contradicts reports Putin meeting Zelenskyy was a precondition of a US-Russia summitDonald Trump has said he was ready to meet Vladimir Putin despite the Russian leader’s refusal to meet Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy – dispelling speculation that direct talks between the two warring presidents were a precondition to a high-level US-Russia summit.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Tesla shuts down Dojo, the AI training supercomputer that Musk said would be key to full self-driving
The disbanding of Tesla’s Dojo efforts follows the departure of around 20 workers, who left the automaker to start their own AI company dubbed DensityAI focused on data center services for industries.
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Dissent against Chris Minns spills into NSW parliament as Labor MP accuses party of gagging debate on Gaza
Anthony D’Adam says he was bullied when attempting to speak about pro-Palestine Sydney Harbour Bridge protest in caucusFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSimmering tensions within New South Wales Labor over the premier’s handling of last weekend’s protest against the killing in Gaza have erupted into the public domain, with a member of the...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Scientists decry Trump energy chief’s plan to ‘update’ climate reports: ‘Exactly what Stalin did’
Ex-fossil fuel executive Chris Wright said administration is reviewing national assessments made by past governmentsThe US energy secretary, Chris Wright, is facing growing criticism from scientists who say their “worst fears” were realized when Wright revealed that the Trump administration would “update” the US’s premier climate crisis reports.Wright, a former oil and gas executive, told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins earlier...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Trump signs order to allow crypto and real estate investments in retirement plans
Experts say allowing alternative assets like cryptocurrency in 401(k) portfolios carries a high degree of riskDonald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that aims to allow cryptocurrency and other alternative assets like private equity and real estate to be included in the investments in 401(k) retirement accounts.The order smooths the way for fund managers to tap into trillions of dollars of Americans’...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:The Tesla Cybertruck May Have Found Its True Calling: Target Practice
The US Air Force plans to launch missiles at the controversial truck. Can we watch?
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Trump names chair of White House economic council as Federal Reserve governor
If approved by the Senate, Stephen Miran will fill seat vacated by Adriana Kugler, a Biden appointeeDonald Trump said Thursday he will nominate a top economic adviser to the Federal Reserve’s board of governors for four months, temporarily filling a vacancy while continuing his search for a longer-term appointment.Trump said he has named Stephen Miran, the chair of the White House’s council of economic advisers, to...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Popular hard drive vendor on Amazon caught selling 10-year-old used but repackaged hard drive — but would you buy one if it was keenly priced?
External drives sold during Amazon’s Tech Week were revealed to be repurposed, decade-old HDDs falsely labeled as new, with signs of prior data use.
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:OpenAI gets caught vibe graphing
During its big GPT-5 livestream on Thursday, OpenAI showed off a few charts that made the model seem quite impressive — but if you look closely, some graphs were a little bit off. In one, ironically showing how well GPT-5 does in “deception evals across models,” the scale is all over the place. For “coding […]
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:OpenAI GPT-5 launch live – all the latest news as Sam Altman unveils the new model
Join us for the release of ChatGPT-5 as it happens on our live blog of the event.
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:The Browser Company’s AI browser now has a $20 subscription
The Browser Company — the makers of the Arc browser — just launched a $20 per month subscription to its new AI-powered web browser, Dia, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The new Dia Pro subscription comes with unlimited access to the browser’s chat feature, which lets you ask questions about the content in your tabs. […]
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:The FCC will review emergency alert systems in the US
The Federal Communications Commission is planning a review of the US emergency alert systems. Both the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WAS) will be subject to a "re-examination" by the agency. "We want to ensure that these programs deliver the results that Americans want and need," FCC Chairman Brendan Carr posted on X. The announcement of this plan notes that the infrastructure...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:GPT-5 is here – 5 things you need to know about OpenAI’s ‘most useful’ model yet
OpenAI debuted the powerful new GPT-5 AI model, featuring enhanced ChatGPT capabilities, including improved voices and seamless integration with Gmail and Google Calendar.
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Rocket Lab eyes big defense opportunities with new acquisition
Rocket Lab is taking the concept of an 'end-to-end' space company to new heights with a forthcoming acquisition.
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:The Best Colored Noise for Sleep (2025)
You may be familiar with white noise, but what about pink noise, or brown noise? WIRED’s sleep expert walks you through the rainbow of benefits for bedtime.
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:The Aurora Borealis Is Back: These 18 States Have a Chance to See It Over 2 Nights
Prepare to get away from city lights if you want to see the colorful sky show.
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:UK homelessness minister resigns after tenant eviction claims
Rushanara Ali was accused of hypocrisy after claims she removed tenants before rent rise of almost 700 a monthRushanara Ali has resigned as homelessness minister after it emerged she evicted four tenants from a property she owns then re-let it weeks later for 700 more a month.The tenants were told in November last year their fixed-term contract would not be renewed because Ali’s east London home was being put up for...
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