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‘Big whoopsie’: Experts aghast as Todd Blanche admits to billion-dollar ‘mistake’
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made an admission ahead of his confirmation hearing that has experts reeling, reports show. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) told reporters Wednesday that Blanche, about to face a confirmation hearing to potentially serve permanently as attorney general, confessed to him “I made a mistake,” per PBS’ Lisa Desjardines. Blanche was one…
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Locals on NYC’s most rat-infested blocks left to fight rodents that ‘pop up’ from inside trash cans
Rats, not again! Tough street rats are “fighting” their human neighbors on several pest-infested blocks in the East Village, with locals saying the critters are popping up from garbage cans and staking claim to cars parked on the street. The overrun blocks are part of an area that saw 300 complaints since January — a…
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The billionaire could face criminal charges for possibly violating Wisconsin law when he offered voters $1 million last year, a bipartisan panel found.
Billionaire businessman Elon Musk prepares to give $1,000,000 to a Wisconsin voter during a town hall meeting he was hosting at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wis., on March 30, 2025. —Scott Olson—Getty Images Elon Musk could face charges for violating Wisconsin election law when he gave some voters $1 million checks during…
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Astronomers find sugar between the stars
NEW YORK — The space between stars just got a little sweeter. Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that’s also found in raspberries and self-tanners. The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what’s called the interstellar medium: thin clouds of gas and dust littered between stars. Sugar does more than sweeten tea and powder doughnuts.…
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Why so many Latin Americans are rooting against Argentina in the World Cup
MEXICO CITY — Argentina may be the last Latin American team standing in the World Cup, but don’t expect many fans in Mexico to be cheering for La Albiceleste — the lads sporting the classic white and blue stripes. “There’s no way I want the Argentines to win,” said Roberto García, 55, who owns a clothing shop…
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World Models Are AI’s Next Frontier
—Yuichiro Chino—Getty Images Inside the labs building the next generation of AI, a phrase has been gaining weight: world models. A large language model like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini predicts what comes next in text. World models, in contrast, learn dynamics from observation, then simulate forward to test what happens next. They model the world…
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My Ebike Delivery Went Missing. When I Tried to Recover It, I Ended Up in Chatbot Hell
A few months ago, my fiancée and I splurged on a pair of ebikes. We live in an especially hilly area of Atlanta, which is an especially hilly city, and we’d both just gotten bonuses at work, making the nearly $2,000 per bike feel, for a moment, digestible. We placed our orders online, and days…
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DMV says suspected cheating is why 11,000 Californians must retake the written test
Thousands of California drivers are being required to retake their knowledge tests because the Department of Motor Vehicles suspects them of cheating. Last month, the DMV sent letters to around 11,000 drivers who had passed the written test informing them that abnormalities were detected in their results. They were instructed to retake and pass the…
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Young people are afraid to run for office
It’s been just over a year since a gunman in Minnesota attacked two Democratic state lawmakers and their families in their homes — killing state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, while injuring state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. This “night of terror” stunned the political world: the gunman had a hit list and…
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Hochul’s data-center ban is a loss for New York — and a win for China
Gov. Kathy Hochul dumped on regular New Yorkers when she jumped aboard the anti-science train with her “temporary” ban on building large new data centers. This is set to be fracking all over again: Then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s initial ban of that advance, also on the basis of bogus environmental concerns, turned permanent all too quickly.…