Science

Heatwave and high humidity to blast much of US: ‘impactful to anyone’

Heatwave and high humidity to blast much of US: ‘impactful to anyone’

Forecasters expect days of high temperatures in central and eastern US before Fourth of July and World Cup festivities A long and dangerous heatwave will blast a large swath of the central and eastern United States for the upcoming week…

Record heatwave disrupts Europe as France warns death toll to rise

CNA

Record heatwave disrupts Europe as France warns death toll to rise

The heatwave would have been "virtually ‌impossible" without human-caused climate change, according to scientists.

CNA

NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission

NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.

Mike Smith takes Government back to court

Mike Smith takes Government back to court

Climate activist Mike Smith has filed fresh High Court proceedings challenging the Government’s proposed law change affecting climate change lawsuits.

RNZ

Biodiversity gains from multi-million philanthropic investment in Abel Tasman to be handed over to DOC

Whio, pateke and kaka have been reintroduced into the Abel Tasman, and gorse and wilding pines have also been removed from the landscape.

RNZ

Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?

Ars Technica

Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?

German physicist Max Planck was one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, earning the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quanta . There has never been a whisper of scandal about the man's integrity…

Ars Technica

Megapod is the modular AI data center kit that Elon Musk's Tesla wants to sell

Megapod is the modular AI data center kit that Elon Musk's Tesla wants to sell

Despite Tesla trademark application, the Megapod concept already exists Megapod's trademark is owned by someone else Nvidia and others already dominate this market Tesla has filed a trademark application for ‘Megapod’ as the company begins…

Prompt injection is exploiting enterprise AI's biggest design flaws by targeting agents, RAG pipelines and model routers

VentureBeat

Prompt injection is exploiting enterprise AI's biggest design flaws by targeting agents, RAG pipelines and model routers

In the past two years, businesses have been trying to fit large language models (LLMs) into support, analytics, development, and internal automation like never before. Along with the increasing adoption of AI technology , another trend is…

VentureBeat

Three firefighters killed and two injured while battling Utah-Colorado wildfires

Three firefighters killed and two injured while battling Utah-Colorado wildfires

Firefighters were involved in joint response to Knowles and Gore blazes as wildfires ravage western US, fire agency says Three firefighters were killed and two others were hurt while responding to wildfires along the Colorado - Utah…

Researchers built an AI therapist that reads your smartwatch and earbuds to detect distress before you ask for help

The Next Web

Researchers built an AI therapist that reads your smartwatch and earbuds to detect distress before you ask for help

Mental health chatbots all share the same limitation: the user has to reach out first. That is not always easy when someone is stressed, anxious, or unable to articulate how they feel. Researchers at the University of Ottawa are building…

The Next Web

Watch out — that income tax form could actually be dangerous malware

Watch out — that income tax form could actually be dangerous malware

Fake tax notices are becoming delivery vehicles for sophisticated remote access malware Attackers hide malicious code behind convincing government branding and legal references The malware quietly establishes encrypted communication with…

Al Jazeera