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A.I. Godfather Yoshua Bengio Launches Nonprofit to Counter the Rise of Agentic A.I.
Yoshua Bengio testifies during a hearing before the Privacy, Technology, and the Law Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee on July 25, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images Yoshua Bengio, a pioneering figure in deep learning often referred to as a “Godfather of A.I.,” is shifting his focus from building A.I. to safeguarding against its risks. This week,…
Read MoreWhat Trump Revoking Emergency Abortion Guidance Means for Care
The Trump Administration has added to the confusion surrounding the U.S.’s shifting patchwork of abortion laws by rescinding Biden-era guidance that directed hospitals to provide abortions in emergency situations, even in states where abortion is restricted. The decision, announced on Tuesday, does not change the federal law that was at the heart of the Biden…
Read MoreThese Asian Bears Were Cut Open for Their Bile. Here’s What’s Being Done to Rehabilitate Them
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Veterinarians in Vietnam perform surgeries, prepare special diets and craft recovery routines for moon bears to give them a better life Ryley Graham June 4, 2025 2:03 p.m. Before her rescue in 2010, the Asiatic black bear Suki had been kept in a shipping container with 18 other bears. Now, she’s known at her new…
Read More5th person arrested in connection with January homicide
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A fifth person was arrested in connection with a 19-year-old’s death that happened in January on Wildhorse Ranch Trail, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Court records identified that person as 35-year-old Tidis Tyrone Collier. He was booked into the Travis County Jail on a capital murder by terror threat charge. His…
Read MoreAna de Armas Makes Rare Tom Cruise Comment Amid Romance Rumors
Ana de Armas feels like she’s done the impossible by getting praise from Tom Cruise. Just days before her and Keanu Reeves’ new film Ballerina hits theaters June 6, the actress shared how it felt to have Tom Cruise—whom she is rumored to be dating—give his stamp of approval to her action abilities. “It makes…
Read MoreObserver’s Guide to Fine Art Storage, Where Masterpieces Go to Wait
Unlike standard self-storage, fine art storage facilities offer purpose-built environments designed to house and protect artworks under tightly controlled conditions. Courtesy Fortress What is the afterlife of an artwork? After a piece’s creation, it emerges briefly into public view, and—if fortunate—is acquired and shown again elsewhere. But if the work is valuable enough, its fate…
Read MoreMonths after detaining 47 people accused of being Tren de Aragua in Hays County, authorities offer no evidence of gang ties
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HAYS COUNTY, Texas (The Texas Tribune) — In late March, a group of Venezuelan relatives and friends, celebrating a pair of birthdays, rented a six-bedroom house in the southern tip of Austin with a pool and stunning views from every window of Texas’ Hill Country. They decorated a table for a cake and blew up…
Read MoreCelebrity Paycheck Confessions: How Much Money Your Favorite Stars Really Make
Taraji P. Henson earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for 2008’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but years later she was still fired up by the $150,000 she accepted to be in the movie—after producers rejected the $500,000 quote she brought to the table. As for the film’s leads Brad Pitt and Cate…
Read MoreThe Big Givers Club
As Bill Gates vows to give away his entire fortune, the modern billionaire class continues to reinvent philanthropy as performance—balancing ambition, altruism and enduring control. Observer Bill Gates recently announced he would give away virtually all his wealth, over $200 billion, by 2045. Gates has long been known for large-scale good deeds that secured him…
Read MoreIntruder Arrested at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Resort, Told Police He Wants to “Marry” Kai Trump
Ivana Trump was the first wife of President-elect Donald Trump. Born in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia—now Zlín of the Czech Republic—in 1949, she rose to fame as a competitive skier. And, thanks to her marriage to Austrian ski instructor Alfred Winklmayr in 1971, Ivana was able to travel often outside of Czechoslovakia. According to her book Raising…
Read MoreWill There Be an Overcompensating Season 2? Here’s What Benito Skinner Has to Say
Benito Skinner has stacks on deck like he’s saving up for another season of Overcompensating. After the Prime Video comedy became an instant hit following its May 15 release, the series creator—a.k.a. Benny Drama—gave insight into a follow up. “No word yet,” Benito admitted to E! News in an exclusive interview at the Gotham Awards…
Read MoreESPN’s Streaming Leap Could Make or Break Sports TV as We Know It
A view of the logo during ESPN The Party on February 5, 2016 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images for ESPN) Mike Windle/Getty Images for ESPN ESPN is facing down the barrel of a self-made paradox: the company’s upcoming full-service streaming platform, creatively named “ESPN,” might accelerate cord-cutting while potentially making streaming…
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