Google has launched a pilot program that pays publishers for their contributions to its AI-powered search features, according to a report from The Information. The pilot program reportedly includes around 100 publishers and comes as Google faces scrutiny over the impact of its AI features on web traffic. Digiday first reported on the pilot program,
Perhaps no other form of egg cookery has so much rhetoric and written words dedicated to it as the elusive poached egg. Poached eggs are humble, but surprisingly complicated to master. Perhaps even more so than the omelet. (In this egg-loving, frequent-egg-cooking author’s opinion.) Even with water as the only other procedural requirement. If you’ve
Update, September 28, 2026, 9:13pm EDT: Bear #910 beat Bear #132 and her three cubs in the first semifinal of Fat Bear Week. In the other semifinal match, Bear #164 (Bucky Dent) and Bear #89 (Backpack) went back and forth all day in the closest match so far this year. In the end, Backpack eked
Update, September 25, 2026, 9:01pm EDT: Bear #164 (Bucky Dent) defeated Bear #151 (Walker) in Fat Bear Week’s biggest (literally) battle. The family of Bear #132 defeated Bear #806’s family and in a battle of sisters, Bear #910 overcame 909. In the day’s most lopsided battle, Bear #89 (Backpack) beat Bear #620 with more than
Cyber-criminals who hacked the FBI say they have extremely sensitive medical data for thousands of its special agents. BBC News has seen samples of the stolen “fitness-for-work” medical examinations, which contain information such as blood and urine test results, and doctors’ notes mentioning conditions such as a “shellfish and banana allergy”. The records include agents’
Cash transfers, aimed at lifting families out of poverty, are delivered by mobile pone. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/via Getty Images Since the early 2000s, countries have tried to lift people out of poverty with a simple program — giving them cash. The idea is that a lump sum will
