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Rocky Horror star Tim Curry dies at 80 - Published English actor Tim Curry, best known for playing the outlandish Frank-N-Furter in film musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at the age of 80. Curry first played the role on stage before the film version, which was relea

Meta agreed to impose daily limits on children’s social media use and pay nearly $18 billion in settlements with nearly every US state today, cutting short a trial in which Meta said several of the states were demanding over $1.4 trillion. The settlement requires court approval.

* Wheat reaches limit-up on escalating Black Sea tensions * Soybeans and corn hit contract highs (Updates for market close, recasts to focus on wheat) By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Chicago most-active wheat futures hit their daily limit and set fresh multi-year h

Villa close to £65m move for Chelsea's Jackson - Published Aston Villa are close to an agreement to sign striker Nicolas Jackson from Chelsea in a deal worth up to £65m. There is a broad agreement between the clubs over the terms of a move for the 25-year-old, with Chelsea set to

Florida’s attorney general got a fiery rebuke and some ecclesiastical schooling from the state’s Catholic bishops after he boldly threatened to block funding to Catholic schools unless the church bends to the state’s anti-vaccine policies—policies allegedly intended to uphold rel

Google gets something right in its Wednesday announcement about new Gemini Live voice features when it says, “You shouldn’t have to guess whether a task requires Spark, a Daily Brief, or a quick inbox search.” Google means that as a promise — that the updated Gemini app can handl

OpenAI is the original frontier lab. Its latest publicly released model, GPT-5.6, is one of the most capable and efficient on the market. Its desktop app for agentic coding and workplace tasks has seen its user base grow by about 15 million subscribers in the last two months. Ope

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Smart money moves on so fast. The semiconductor stocks that ripped through the roof in the first half of the year are struggling to reclaim momentum. But as a revolutionary technology, the productivity gains from artificial intelligence will be reflected in

Parrot eggs hatch after suspected Thai smuggler arrested at South African airport - Published Fifty eggs suspected to be those of endangered parrots were intercepted at South Africa's main airport in Johannesburg last Thursday - and some of them have now hatched. A 50-year-old Th

While we wait (possibly in vain) for Gemini 3.5 Pro to launch, Google is releasing a different model in the 3.5 branch. The company has announced Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, an AI model designed to streamline voice input by editing out “ums” and corrections, outputting polished AI tex

Nvidia's near-monopoly over the most advanced AI chips is under "threat" as OpenAI's and other tech giants announce custom-built semiconductors, analysts told CNBC. OpenAI announced that its first AI chip, the Jalapeño, had "industry-leading speed and efficiency," as it unveiled

Nvidia's near-monopoly over the most advanced AI chips is under "threat" as OpenAI's and other tech giants announce custom-built semiconductors, analysts told CNBC. OpenAI announced that its first AI chip, the Jalapeño, had "industry-leading speed and efficiency," as it unveiled

A federal judge on Wednesday lifted the final injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail voting, clearing his administration to impose new ballot requirements weeks before the November midterm election. The decision came as the policy faced a fr

New thunderstorm warnings for parts of UK as rain set to continue - Published The Met Office has issued fresh warnings for thunderstorms that will bring more wet weather to parts of the UK on Thursday. The first warning is valid from 02:00 BST with thunder and heavy rain due to m

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OpenAI released its official report Wednesday on the Hugging Face breach, offering the clearest picture yet of how an unusual chain of events allowed an AI model to escape its testing environment and triggered a sprawling cybersecurity incident. The report, released more than a m

AI - AI and ML Debian polls its developers on whether to burn the bots, tame the bots, or let 'em looseEight-way ballot on AI code puts the distro's fractious democracy through its paces -

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - The dollar advanced on Wednesday after a batch of U.S. economic data, including a reading on inflation, that slightly pushed up expectations for a rate hike from the Federal Reserve ahead of the Jackson Hole symposium of central b

OpenAI published a technical report on Wednesday detailing how its artificial intelligence models successfully breached Hugging Face last month, an incident that rattled researchers and executives across the tech sector. The 37-page report chronicles the actions that OpenAI's mod

OpenAI published a technical report on Wednesday detailing how its artificial intelligence models successfully breached Hugging Face last month, an incident that rattled researchers and executives across the tech sector. The 37-page report chronicles the actions that OpenAI's mod

Littler beaten by Dolan in semi-finals of PC28 - Published Luke Littler's hopes of qualifying for the Players Championship finals suffered another setback as he was beaten by Brendan Dolan in the semi-finals of PC28 in Leicester. The world champion went a step further than he man

Prince Harry and Meghan land in UK days after announcing move - Published The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived back in the UK, BBC News understands. Prince Harry, Meghan and their children Archie and Lilibet are believed to have flown into the country privately from Califo

US designates Palestine Action a terrorist group - Published The US has imposed sanctions on Palestine Action, designating it as a terrorist group. The US Department of the Treasury said it had "taken action" against the UK-based group, which it accused of supporting "numerous ac

Watch Live at 9 a.m. ET on September 16 Young people are facing unprecedented challenges, from rising loneliness and anxiety to an increasingly complex digital world. But building a more resilient generation will require looking beyond any single cause or solution. It demands col

Flipboard, the news magazine software company that has more recently invested in the open social web — the umbrella term for social platforms that let users, not one company, control their own data and audience — is making another big bet on that ecosystem. The company on Wednesd

Newcastle sign Gonzalez from Man City for £52m - Published Newcastle United have signed Manchester City midfielder Nico Gonzalez for a fee which could rise to £52m. The Spaniard has joined the club on a long-term contract after completing his medical on Tyneside. "I'm really happ

AI - AI and ML Debian polls its developers on whether to burn the bots, tame the bots, or let 'em looseEight-way ballot on AI code puts the distro's fractious democracy through its paces -

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