Uber to Pay $40 Million to Parents of Woman Fatally Hit by Car
Emily Normandin-Parker, 23, was struck and killed on a California freeway after an Uber driver ordered her and a friend out of his car in August 2023.
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Sep 19, 2026
Adrienne Murray follows NASA scientists in Iceland researching a rare total solar eclipse.
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Rogue AI swarm used a University of Toronto link-shortening tool to communicate
A swarm of rogue OpenAI agents that hijacked a German website in the spring reportedly also used at least 10 other websites for unsanctioned communications earlier this year, including a link-shortening tool at the University of Toronto.
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Indian-origin researchers used Claude AI to hack OpenAI’s systems—got ₹6.27 lakh reward
The three-member team from cybersecurity firm Hacktron AI included chief technology officer Mohan Pedhapati, along with researchers Harsh Jaiswal and Rahul Maini.
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SpaceX secures three new NASA crew flights: What to know
NASA has awarded SpaceX a contract modification for three additional missions to continue regular crew transportation to the International Space Station.Under the agency’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract, this significant change brings the total awarded missions for SpaceX...
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California Governor Gavin Newsom Issues A.I. Safety Executive Order
Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the state to develop recommendations on safety measures, including requiring companies to build a “kill switch,” amid mounting concerns.
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New WordPress Click2Shell Flaw Forces Theme Installs, Can Chain to Code Execution
WordPress today released patches to fix a new set of vulnerabilities in its core software, one of which could allow a crafted web link, opened by a logged-in administrator, to install a theme from the official WordPress.org directory without anyone clicking Install. The security firm pwn.ai, whose researchers reported the flaw, calls the attack chain Click2Shell. On its own the flaw only
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Now that's what you call mind-blowing! The human brain is TWO separate organs, scientists reveal
Rather than being a single, unified organ, scientists from Stanford Medicine now say the human brain consists of two ancient nervous systems, cleverly packaged together.
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As Big Tech Takes Over Hollywood, the Picture Onscreen Gets Darker
“The Social Reckoning” and other movies reflect growing discontent with Silicon Valley founders. But such films may be at the mercy of the companies themselves.
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Transparent Tribe Deploys New Rust Backdoor Using Private GitHub Repositories for C2
The Pakistan-aligned threat group tracked as Transparent Tribe (aka APT36 and Earth Karkaddan) has been attributed to a fresh set of cyber attacks targeting government and defense entities in India and Afghanistan. The attacks, per Zscaler ThreatLabz, involve the use of previously undocumented tools called RUSTYSHADE, RUSTYMOVE, PSNATCH, and BASHNATCH. The activity has been codenamed Operation
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What would YOU grab if you had to leave your house immediately? Study reveals Brits' most common answers - with many choosing a teddy bear
Experts have surveyed over 1,000 Brits to find out what they would want to grab during an emergency.
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Has Queen Nefertiti finally been found? New scans provide fresh evidence for a hidden chamber beyond Tutankhamun's tomb that could hold the remains of his long-lost stepmother
Archaeologists believe they may have uncovered a secret hiding behind the walls of Tutankhamun's tomb.
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Amodei, Anthropic’s Leader, Exposed A.I.’s Dangers. It’s Time to Act.
Times columnist Kevin Roose sees reasons for optimism — and worry — as the world wakes up to what Silicon Valley has been talking about for years.
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