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Microsoft has started rolling out a new scareware blocker in its Edge browser this week. The AI-powered feature runs on Windows PCs and can identify and block existing scams, and even detect new and emerging ones thanks to a local machine learning model. “Scareware blocker adds a new, first line of defense to help protect…
President Donald Trump has thrown down the gauntlet against progressive gender ideology in public schools since taking office last month, signing a series of executive orders that some say could change the ideological landscape of education across the U.S. But, while conservatives celebrate, one school board leader warns that deep blue states like California are…
To hear critics describe it, President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development is a disaster. But take it from someone who worked at USAID for three years: Its fate was already sealed. USAID, the U.S. government’s vehicle to disburse tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded foreign aid, is a troubling…
The chunky laptops have ports and RGB lighting a-plenty. Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and 5080 desktop GPUs sort of launched last month, but on the laptop front, we’re still awaiting the avalanche of 50-series notebooks to come crashing in, starting with these hefty new mid-rangers from Acer. The (deep breath) Predator Helios Neo 16 AI and…
A former aide to Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was once pictured wearing a shirt that depicted a Nazi collaborator in an image that resurfaced after the “Squad” staffer announced a congressional campaign against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Saikat Chakrabarti managed Ocasio-Cortez’s congressional campaign in 2018, serving as chief of staff to the…
After 14 years, the City of Philadelphia will reexamine the case of Ellen Greenberg, a teacher whose 2011 death was ruled a suicide after she was found with nearly two dozen stab wounds and covered in bruises. And her father believes investigators should be looking at strangulation as a possibility for his daughter’s cause of…
A drag racing track in Orlando, Florida, is mourning the loss of a 7-year-old girl who died from injuries sustained in an accident over the weekend. Elienisse Zoe Díaz Rodriguez died on Tuesday after an accident during a race at the Orlando Speed World Dragway on Sunday. Her family said on a GoFundMe account that…
Sylvester Stallone is the latest celebrity embracing artificial intelligence. The “Rocky” star invested, along with several others, in Largo.ai, an AI-driven analytics platform for film, TV and advertising, raising $7.5 million in financing for the company. “We are very happy to have a cinema legend like Sylvester Stallone supporting our journey. Stallone’s story in cinema and…
Crews in rural Alaska are searching for a plane carrying 10 people that went missing on Thursday. The Nome Fire department, National Guard and Coast Guard are currently responding to reports of a missing Bering Air caravan carrying 10 people. The aircraft was 12 miles offshore transiting from Unalakleet to Nome when its position was…
A high-profile sheriff in Michigan announced his bid to run for governor, replacing Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. First elected sheriff of Michigan’s Genesee County in 2020, Chris Swanson’s announcement on Thursday marks his full leap into politics after speaking at the Democratic National Convention last August. The race is shaping up to be one of…