MLS named LAFC co-owner Larry Berg as its next commissioner. Here's what to know
For their commissioner of the future, MLS owners chose a soccer native. Berg's team is seen as one of MLS's best-run franchises, and he has embraced rule changes designed to modernize the league.
Authorities arrested a man with ammo and apparently monitoring security at Trump golf course near LA
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Jeanine John Taele, 38, was taking photos and video and had a 16-round magazine with ammunition in his pocket.
SpaceX's revenue rises as its once-soaring stock price drifts back to Earth
On their first earnings call since SpaceX's June public offering, executives said the company is pouring funds into rocket development, Starlink satellites and AI.
Oregon's wildfire season is pushing ranchers to evacuate their cattle
Oregon has been having an extremely active fire season. Some of the areas burning are critical to ranchers whose livelihoods depend on cattle.
One Maine community's fight to save a birthing center
In mid-coast Maine a grassroots coalition is fighting to prevent the proposed closure of Miles Hospital's labor and delivery center.
House Ethics Committee will investigate Ohio Republican Max Miller
The committee said it was reviewing allegations that Miller "may have engaged in domestic violence." Miller has denied the allegations, which have swirled around his bid for a third term in Congress.
The soaring demand for Patriot missiles, from the Middle East to Ukraine
The U.S. and its partners depend on Patriot interceptors to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles. But Russia and Iran are firing their weapons at rates far higher than Patriots can be produced.
Senate Democrats say banks turned blind eye to suspicious moves by Jeffrey Epstein
A report from Senate Democrats accuses big banks of failing to report suspicious money transfers made by Jeffrey Epstein until after his arrest in 2019.
Europe's heat wave fuels drought, wildfires and fears about energy supplies
Europe's heat wave exposes buried history and new threats — Nazi-era wrecks emerge from the Danube, nuclear reactors face cooling risks, and Greece battles deadly wildfires.
13 new books in August will get you through the dog days of summer
This month brings riveting novels about dogs, Hollywood stars, small towns and characters with bigger woes than just the sweltering summer heat and humidity.
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Burnham 'looking into' conducting Epstein inquiry, says victims minister
Alex Davies-Jones tells BBC Newsnight she discussed an inquiry with the PM when she was re-appointed as minister.
Dewormer and scabies drugs being sold as cancer treatments, BBC investigation finds
A terminally-ill man was offered the drugs by a stair lift salesman claiming they could shrink tumours.
Temperatures to drop briefly ahead of next UK heatwave
Temperatures and humidity are set to drop but, as Matt Taylor reports, respite from high heat is likely to be short-lived.
The avalanche that killed a climbing legend - and a generation of record-setting guides
Their fellow guides say their deaths in Pakistan dealt a devastating blow to Nepal's mountaineering community.
Tories offer Jewish groups meeting with ex neo-Nazi activist candidate
Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.
Closing down streets so children can play
In Leeds, streets are being temporarily closed to traffic so kids have more space to safely play - an initiative proving beneficial to both children and adults.
Infantino calls executive meeting as criticism mounts
Gianni Infantino summons senior leaders to a meeting on Wednesday, after facing more fierce criticism of his plan to sell off Fifa's commercial and event operations.
Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv kills two and injures others, officials say
The head of Kyiv's military administration says Russia is "once again massively attacking" and has hit residential buildings.
Couple woke to find shirtless intruder in Travelodge room
Kim Hutchison says she was "petrified" to see a man in just shorts at the end of her bed in a Dundee Travelodge.
Armed man arrested near Trump's golf course ahead of president's visit
The arrest happened shortly before President Trump was due to host a fundraising dinner at the coastal golf course in California.
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AI researchers let models off the leash – then watched as they tried to add malware to a FOSS project
Models used social engineering and collaborated among themselves to solve a security challenge
AMD's results spotlight risks of putting all your AI eggs in too few baskets
The House of Zen's new Helios racks, Venice Epycs, may dent Nvidia's dominance — if the bubble doesn't pop first
Dev proves LLMs will run on anything – even a $10 microcontroller
Nearly 10 tok/s and it's mostly coherent — What's not to like?
OpenAI wants teachers and profs to foist their work off on ChatGPT
New plugins for K-12 teachers, university instructors, and college kids? Read the room, guys
Next.js 16.3 aims to reduce dreaded FATAL ERROR messages
New React framework lowers memory usage by 90%, team claims
Bypassing AI guardrails is so easy a script kiddie can do it
Claiming 'it's my server' was often enough to persuade models to help
This one time, at Hacker Summer Camp …
What to expect as BSides, Black Hat, and DEF CON descend on Las Vegas
Feds get 3 days to patch N-able God mode flaw under active exploit
Experts warn hotfix not optional. MSPs warned attacker gains 'full administrative access to an N-central console'
NVMe polishes its specs, brings virtualization to locally attached SSDs
Exposing virtualization built into the SSD will make VM migration simpler, consortium says
AI helps Microsoft bug hunters chase a record $20M payday
Broader bounty rules added to a swelling volume of machine-assisted vulnerability reports
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Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction markets"
Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.
Trump killed the Digital Equity Act, but US was forced to bring part of it back
$1.25 billion program restored, but judge ruled race provision unconstitutional.
Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand
Governor who touted Texas as AI “epicenter” pauses data center grid connections.
China is Tesla's cash cow, but for how much longer?
Tesla's Shanghai factory is busier than ever but might be cut loose.
The Pixel 11's "glow" feature is actually called HiLight—here's what it does
The camera flash will evolve into a multicolor LED that illuminates when your phone is face down.
Tom DeLay helped create TV ownership cap—he says Trump FCC has no authority to repeal it
Congress set ownership limit at 39%, but FCC claims authority to kill the rule.
Trump admin "aware" of deaths in explosive diarrhea outbreak, delays reporting
Federal officials will update the outbreak sometime "this week," a spokesperson said.
2027 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport X proves code is as important as hardware
Chevy's 721-hp hybrid ups the ante with few compromises, but at a steep cost.
OpenAI says Apple's trade secrets lawsuit is "aggressive and oddly personal"
“We do not have, nor want, any of their trade secrets,” the ChatGPT maker says.
US company’s AI lets Ukraine’s cheap kamikaze drones track targets on their own
$100 million deal gives 50,000 Ukrainian drones US-developed AI capabilities.