China’s Pony.ai eyes robotaxi services in Hong Kong, joining Baidu 
Bay Area lawyer drops Meta as client over CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 'toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness' 
The Download: AIDS denialism, and AI safety mechanisms
Several million people were listening in February when Joe Rogan falsely declared that “party drugs” were an “important factor in...
Fast food favorite wooing financially strapped customers with eye-popping menu prices
White Castle slashed the price of its famed sliders to the lowest level in more than a decade, becoming the...
Airbnb shares tumble after warning of slowdown amid troubling trend by travelers
Airbnb forecast third-quarter revenue below estimates on Tuesday and warned of shorter booking windows, suggesting travelers were waiting until the last minute to...
Kamala Harris Clinches Nomination in DNC Virtual Roll Call Vote, Announces Gov. Tim Walz as Running Mate
The Democratic National Committee’s virtual roll call vote ended with Kamala Harris receiving 99% of delegate votes. Kamala Harris announced...
Google Is a Monopolist: Federal Judge Rules Against Tech Giant in Landmark Antitrust Case
In Washington, D.C., a federal judge ruled Monday Google has illegally maintained a monopoly over internet searches by paying billions...
Israels Far-Right Finance Minister Says Starving Gaza Is Moral and Justified as Child Hunger Soars
Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich suggested starving the entire Gaza Strip to death could be “justified.” He told a conference,...
KFC, Pizza Hut sales slump as sticky inflation hampers parent Yum's bottom line
KFC and Pizza Hut parent Yum Brands reported a bigger-than-expected fall in same-store sales for the second quarter as sticky inflation discouraged...
Airbnb shares tumble after warning of slowdown amid troubling trend by travelers
Airbnb forecast third-quarter revenue below estimates on Tuesday and warned of shorter booking windows, suggesting travelers were waiting until the last minute to...
Fast food favorite wooing financially strapped customers with eye-popping menu prices
White Castle slashed the price of its famed sliders to the lowest level in more than a decade, becoming the...
Hospital discharges linked to higher MRSA risk for family members
KFC and Pizza Hut parent Yum Brands reported a bigger-than-expected fall in same-store sales for the second quarter as sticky inflation discouraged...
New ear EEG earbuds monitor brain waves to combat workplace drowsiness
University of California - Berkeley Aug 7 2024 Everyone gets sleepy at work from time to time, especially after a...
METRNL protein identified as key player in cancer progression
Johns Hopkins Medicine Aug 7 2024 A protein called Meteorin-like (METRNL) in the tumor microenvironment saps energy from T cells,...
What to know about China’s push for hydrogen-powered transportation
So when I learned that in parts of China, companies are putting hydrogen-powered bikes on the road for anyone to...
How covid conspiracy theories led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism
Before they promoted bunk information on HIV and AIDS, Rogan, Kennedy, and Rodgers were spreading fringe theories about the coronavirus’s...
AI “godfather” Yoshua Bengio has joined a UK project to prevent AI catastrophes
Safeguarded AI’s goal is to build AI systems that can offer quantitative guarantees, such as a risk score, about their...
The Download: climate-friendlier air conditioners, and fighting explicit deepfakes
Cooling represents 20% of global electricity demand in buildings, a share that’s expected to rise as the planet warms and...
Jeff Bezos loses $23B as Wall Street meltdown slams world’s richest people
The worlds wealthiest people were a little less rich following Monday’s meltdown on Wall Street.Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — who...
CrowdStrike denies blame for Delta delay mess, claims offers to help were ignored
CrowdStrike denied that the cybersecurity giant was responsible for Deltas prolonged flight delays following the July 19 global outage and...
Elon Musk’s X to reportedly shutter San Francisco office
Elon Musk reportedly plans to ditch X’s San Francisco office — weeks after announcing he will move the social media...