Traders have made a bundle over the past year following President Donald Trump as the US government pursues an unprecedented strategy of taking ownership stakes in publicly traded companies. But with the deeply polarized midterm elections approaching and polls suggesting the Democratic Party is likely to win a majority in at least one house of
China’s foreign ministry has told its citizens to leave the southern African kingdom of Eswatini over “security risks”. The ministry cited “rampant cyber fraud and criminal activities associated with gambling” as among its security concerns, but did not give details. It suggested its citizens relocate as soon as possible to “relatively safer” countries such as
The European Union’s AI Act will hold companies accountable for the safety of their artificial-intelligence models, such as SpaceXAI’s Grok.Credit: Alamy In the past two months, frontier artificial-intelligence models from three US firms, OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta, autonomously and independently hacked into the computer systems of other organizations during safety testing. Some of the models
We live in a time when mixed messages about vaccines are the norm. Often, the Trump administration says one thing, while public health officials say another, leaving at least half of Americans in what the independent health policy organization KFF called the “malleable middle.” They remain uncertain when presented with vaccine myths. To address the
SEATTLE — Fire and medical officials have issued warnings about a supplement offered to Western wildland firefighters who have been exposed to toxic chemicals while battling some of the country’s biggest blazes. The supplement glutathione, given through an IV or an inhaler-like machine called a nebulizer, has not been proven to be safe or effective
A year before she died, Sophie Rottenberg climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. Her mother says her “tiny hand” photos were a signature joke. Mourners were given the toys at her funeral. She was 29. Reiley Rottenberg family hide caption toggle caption Reiley Rottenberg family If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in
