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AI Chatbots May Be Better at Building Scam Trust Than Human Fraudsters, Study Finds
Gilad Gressel knew something the 22 people in his study did not. For one week, each participant texted with two strangers for at least 15 minutes a day, talking about work, family, and the small personal details people share when they believe someone is genuinely listening. One stranger was human. The other was an AI…
Someone Hid an AirTag in a Box of Rare Books and It Led to a Facility Where Books May Be Destroyed for AI
Imagine selling nearly 1,000 books to one buyer in a single order. No carefully curated selection. No obvious interest in a particular author or subject. Just an enormous sweep of titles, bought in bulk from the used book market. For almost two years, rare books dealers had reportedly been seeing orders like this and quietly…
ICE Eyes $2 Million Robot Dog Purchase for Immigration Enforcement Operations
Four-legged robots that once looked like something from a science-fiction film could soon become part of U.S. immigration enforcement operations. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking to spend up to $2 million on Boston Dynamics’ Spot robots, according to a federal procurement notice outlining plans to use the machines for inspections, situational awareness, and…
Google Maps Now Calls Lake Ontario “Lake America” for U.S. Users
Anyone in the United States searching for Lake Ontario on Google Maps may now struggle to find it under the name they have known for generations. Following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, the smallest of the Great Lakes is now appearing as “Lake America” for users in the U.S. The change has…
Scientists Find a Way to Cut Cholesterol With a Single Gene Edit
For decades, people with dangerously high cholesterol have faced a familiar reality: lifelong medication, regular injections, and a constant effort to keep a major risk factor for heart disease under control. Now, scientists are testing a radically different approach that could eventually change that routine. A one-time gene-editing treatment lowered LDL cholesterol by roughly 50%…
California Schools Could Close for Eid Under New Bill
California could soon formally recognize two of Islam’s most important holy days, a move that would give state workers greater flexibility to observe them and allow public schools and community colleges to close. The proposal has already passed the state Assembly by a 64-1 vote and is now awaiting further action in the Senate before…
North Carolina Petting Zoo Rabies Scare Prompts Urgent Health Warning
What began as a summer visit to a mobile petting zoo has triggered an urgent public health investigation across several North Carolina counties. Multiple baby goats that traveled to public and private events were found to have rabies, and officials are now trying to identify anyone who may have had close contact with the animals.…
Popular Sweetener Found in Everyday Foods Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Attacks and Strokes
A common sweetener found in products ranging from chewing gum and toothpaste to jam, yoghurt and ice cream has been linked to a higher risk of serious cardiovascular events. Xylitol is widely used as a lower-calorie alternative to sugar, and many people may consume it without giving the ingredient much thought. But new research involving…
Trump’s Venezuela Deal Could Unlock a 65 Billion-Barrel Oil Prize
Venezuela is sitting on more oil than Saudi Arabia, but much of that enormous wealth has remained difficult to bring to market for years. Now, President Donald Trump has struck an agreement that could give the United States access to an estimated 65 billion barrels of crude across 17 Venezuelan oil fields. The number is…
Three Workers Stopped for One Moment. It Saved a Missing Teenager’s Life
Sometimes the difference between an ordinary morning and an unimaginable tragedy comes down to a moment of attention. On October 4, 2022, three sanitation workers in Stonecrest, Georgia, were moving through their route as they had done countless times before. Then one trash cart felt heavier than the others, and what happened next turned a…