How Not to Get Brain-Eating Worms and Mercury Poisoning

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had both a brain parasite and mercury poisoning at the same time. Just how rare is each condition?

Biden Says the U.S. Will Not Supply Israel With Weapons to Attack Rafah

The president’s remarks underscore the growing rift between the United States and its closest Middle East ally over the war in Gaza.

26 Little Additions That Will Make A Huge Difference In Your Makeup Routine

You're already a 10/10, but with these little things, you're an 11/10.

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It's That Time Again, Time To Treat Yourself — So Take A Peek At These 44 Options

The devil on your shoulder is gonna be chanting "add to cart" throughout this entire list.

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Follow live: Knicks try to extent lead vs. Pacers in Game 2 of East semifinals

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Microsoft’s ‘air gapped’ AI is a bot set up to process top-secret info

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Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technology CTO William Chappell announced that it’s deployed a GPT-4 large language model in an isolated, air-gapped environment on a government-only network. Bloomberg first reported the setup, citing an unnamed executive who claimed that the Azure Government Top Secret cloud-hosted model represents the first time a “major” LLM has operated separated from the internet.

Chappell announced the AI supercomputer on Tuesday afternoon...

Intel and motherboard makers disagree on how to stabilize your crashing i9 CPU

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Recently, motherboard makers have issued BIOS updates to improve the stability of Intel 13th and 14th Gen i9 chips in crashing games. But Intel, which announced last month that it was investigating these issues, is now asking gamers not to implement those settings.

The companies now seem to be at odds on how to adjust your CPU. Motherboard makers like Asus are recommending an “Intel Baseline Profile” with “basic functionality” and “lower power...

Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio

Image: Tango Gameworks

Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, held a town hall to discuss the division’s future goals. “We need smaller games that give us prestige and awards,” Booty told employees, according to internal remarks shared with The Verge.

For some listeners on the call, it was a surprising goal: Microsoft had just shut down the Japanese developer Tango Gameworks, which was...

Nuggets' Jokic claims third MVP in four seasons

Nuggets star Nikola Jokic won his third NBA MVP trophy Wednesday, topping the Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Mavs' Luka Doncic.

Biden’s Pause on Weapons Tests Ties to Israel

President Biden hopes the decision to withhold the delivery of 3,500 bombs will prompt Israel to change course in its war in Gaza.

OpenAI’s Model Spec outlines some basic rules for AI

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AI tools behaving badly — like Microsoft’s Bing AI losing track of which year it is — has become a subgenre of reporting on AI. But very often, it’s hard to tell the difference between a bug and poor construction of the underlying AI model that analyzes incoming data and predicts what an acceptable response will be, like Google’s Gemini image generator drawing diverse Nazis due to a filter setting.

Now, OpenAI is releasing the first draft of a...

China’s Chang’e 6 Moon probe has a mysterious guest on board

Check out the little wheels on the upper left side. | Image: CAST

China’s Chang’e 6 lunar probe mission is bound for the far side of the Moon, and there seems to be a small rover affixed to the side of the lander, as seen in new images released by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).

China’s National Space Administration announced today that the probe, which launched last week, has successfully entered the Moon’s orbit, a big step toward landing the spacecraft early...

A Disney, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle is on the way

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There’s a new streaming bundle coming to town. Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up to offer Disney Plus, Hulu, and Max in a bundle that will become available in the US this summer.

The new bundle will include both ad-supported and ad-free options, but there’s still no word on how much it will cost. Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery say they will share “additional details” about the bundle in the “coming months.” Once...

JoJo Siwa Just Shared What She Thought Of "SNL" Star Chloe Fineman's Impression Of Her New "Bad Girl" Era

Chloe even did JoJo's viral dance move.

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Two Members Of Prince Harry's Family Showed Him Support At Service In U.K.

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Murray takes 'full responsibility' for losing his cool

Jamal Murray said he takes "full responsibility" for his Game 2 actions, while coach Michael Malone delivered a stern message to the Nuggets to "act like" world champions.

Cops investigate Beverley for throwing ball at fan

Indianapolis police announced Wednesday they've opened an investigation after Bucks guard Patrick Beverley threw a ball at a fan in the final minutes of a season-ending loss to the Pacers.

The five burning questions that will tilt the series between Bruins, Panthers

Who will win the special teams battle? Can Florida rattle Jeremy Swayman? Here are the key matchups, situations in the Atlantic Division clash.

House Republicans Clash With Leaders of Public Schools Over Antisemitism Claims

Politicians said educators had not done enough. But the New York chancellor said members were trying to elicit “gotcha moments” rather than stop antisemitism.

Speaker Mike Johnson Survives Marjorie Taylor Greene Move to Oust Him

Republicans and Democrats banded together to block a motion by the right-wing Georgia congresswoman to remove the speaker.