Schneier on Security
OpenAI a social engineering group from Cambodia that used ChatGPT. Its scope is impressive:
<i>The New York Times</i> has a () on surveillance systems aimed at babies. They are increasingly using AI.
Science Alert
H.G. Wells called it.
A huge evolutionary puzzle piece just landed in our laps.
Science-Based Medicine
As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”.
Last week I wrote about traumatic brain injury (TBI). By coincidence, the BMJ just published a study looking at a typ...
ScienceBlog.com
A worldwide archive revealed thousands of ancient human brains, including a chemically puzzling group that outlasted ...
Your brain isn`t escaping an awkward moment—it`s running a dress rehearsal for the next one, and the evidence suggest...
ScienceNews
A study of 70,000 earthquakes finds tiny tremors often precede larger fracking-linked quakes, offering a warning to h...
Appalachia is a hotspot of landslides, but many there can’t afford to move away or mitigate the danger, a new study f...
Scientific American
It`s a weird meteorological coincidence on the heels of Dolly Parton`s death
Fossilized Galápagos corals show clear evidence that today`s El Niños are much stronger than those in the past
Signs of the Times
The days of foreigners using temporary tourist and business visas to stay in the U.S. indefinitely are over. In addit...
Nuclear bombs, 9/11 and the greatest financial crisis of modern times...the media is comparing AI to all three! And s...
Silver Bulletin (Nate Silver)
Silver Bulletin`s prediction for every Senate, House, and gubernatorial election in 2026.
Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump – and all presidents since Truman.
Singapore Star
Sydney Marathon participant running for mental health charity in memory of her father
SINGAPORE, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Singapore`s fintech sector attracted more than 499 million U.S. dollars in investment ...
Sky
King Harald of Norway has died aged 89, after more than three decades on the throne.
More than 100 companies have written an open letter calling for collective action to strengthen cyber defences amid a...
The Slavland Chronicles
Your BONUS essay on the peasant guerrilla war against Orthodoxy.
SMAS de Mafra (Mafra water company)
Snopes
In an interview, Parton said she exaggerated her most famous features for the contest held at a Los Angeles gay bar.
Though people speculated that Costco stopped selling the products due to a controversial Good Good Golf ad, the retai...
Socialist Worker (UK)
Donald Trump’s regime has designated Palestine Action a “transnational terror group”. This means the US Department of...
The horrific flood on the border of Nepal has killed hundreds—probably thousands—of people. While we do not yet know ...
Software Freedom Conservancy
I had the honor of giving the introduction for the . The video of ceremony will be available in the coming weeks, bu...
South China Morning Post
A Chinese cryptocurrency tycoon is suing an actress and her parents to recover a bride price of 30 million yuan (US$4...
This week’s devastating floods on the China-Nepal border could be a catalyst for joint early-warning systems, particu...
Space.com
See the best photos of the August 2026 partial lunar eclipse
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have studied 72 young sun-like stars to discover that forming plane...
Sputnik News
Port infrastructure facilities in Ukraine that were used for receiving and storing military cargo, along with fuel su...
The negotiation process on Ukraine is on hold, and there are no new proposals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said o...
The Straits Times
LONDON, Aug 28 - Seven protesters accused of daubing pro-Palestinian graffiti on U.S. President Donald Trump`s Turnbe...
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 - More than six decades after Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial an...
Strategic Culture
The decision by the “Willings” to proceed “at all costs” toward a posture of direct confrontation must be judged by w...
What we are witnessing is Trump at his lowest point, writes Martin Jay.
Sydney Morning Herald
Readers pay tribute to one of Australia’s most beloved cartoonists, Cathy Wilcox, who has left the Herald after 37 ye...
The Manly Sea Eagles host the St George Illawarra Dragons in Round 26 of the 2026 NRL Premiership at 4 Pines Park, Sy...
Tages-Anzeiger (Switzerland)
Harald V. war bescheiden und einfühlsam – dafür schätzten die Norweger ihn. Nun verliert die Monarchie ausgerechnet i...
Das skandinavische Land trauert um seinen Monarchen. Harald V. wurde 89 Jahre alt.
Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation
Tap News (Alternative Media)
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq8wx_nW6bI Vid works despite the dodgy thumbnail Both Jason Arday and Mo Far...
Source: https://www.winterwatch.net/2026/08/the-emerging-food-catastrophe/ This typically most impacts countries with...
Tasnim News (Iran)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf hit back at the US Treasury Secretary’s criticism...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi reminded the US that its pressure campaign against Iran will...
Techrights
The licence (GPL) is not enough when there are ways to bypass it
Links for the day
TheAltWorld
The US has joined the UK in adding the activist group Palestine Action to its list of designated […]
Sino-Japanese relations are widely described as being in their most confrontational phase since diplomatic normalizat...
Time
"The politics of data centers have shifted," write Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, David Siegel, and Stephen Henriques.
We don’t have to say yes to Tuesday night, but somehow, over time, we need to say yes to the relationship, writes Mee...
The Times of Israel
16-year-old accused of researching explosive belts, planning attack on Temple Mount; lawyer of second suspect argues ...
Activists oppose construction on grounds of Mauthausen concentration camp and Hirtenberg women’s subcamp; supermarket...
Tom Engelhardt
During the Reign (Rain?) of Donald Trump
How Our Windy President Deals with Ificial Intelligence (Leaving Out the Art)
Tony Greenstein blog
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"> <b><span>We Will Be Raising Funds for MAP, Askar </span...
Transparência Internacional Portugal
Transparência Internacional Portugal apela ao Governo para reforçar os instrumentos de revisão da Convenção das Naçõe...
TruthOut.org
The funds were given to Florida from a settlement with a company that was overcharging Medicaid for prescription drugs.
The president also indicated he may try to "rename" either the Pacific or Atlantic oceans — or, possibly both of them.