Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis’s departure Wednesday from the top job at the company he founded in 2010 and sold to Google in 2014 was at least a year in the making, said two people familiar with his thinking.Hassabis had been drifting away from the day-to-day responsibilities of running the company’s Gemini AI models and … Read more
Google is about to announce new Android flagship phones. And if you’d like to know what they’re launching ahead of time, we’ve gathered all of our reporting on the upcoming phone into one place. With one week left before the Made By Google launch event on Aug. 12, new Pixel 11 Pro leaks are coming … Read more
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WASHINGTON >> Astronomers have obtained the highest-resolution images to date of our sun’s visible surface, observing swirling, vortex-like patterns in superheated solar gases reminiscent of the shapes depicted in the nocturnal sky in Vincent van Gogh’s 1889 painting “The Starry Night.” The researchers made the observations of a portion of the sun’s photosphere, a relatively … Read more
One human’s harmless virus can be another animal’s worst nightmare, as a recent report well illustrates. Veterinary researchers at the University of Florida have confirmed the first cases of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in lemurs, one of which may have been infected via a shared yoga class. Though the virus typically only causes … Read more
Gianni Infantino has apologised for “errors” he made in controversial plans to sell off stakes in competitions to private investors, but will remain Fifa president after receiving the backing of senior executives in a meeting in Morocco.Infantino summoned members of the management board to Fifa’s Africa office in Rabat on Wednesday following mounting criticism of … Read more
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — The Virginia man killed in a crash with a stolen car driven by a 13-year-old has been identified, according to Montgomery County police.Investigators said William Vance Payne, 58, died on Tuesday after the wreck at the intersection of Clopper Road and Great Seneca Highway in Germantown. RELATED | 7 kids … Read more
A vessel sank after it was attacked in the Red Sea’s Bab al-Mandeb Strait, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center reported. UKMTO did not name the ship or state who was responsible for the attack, but the Iran-backed Houthis have repeatedly threatened to disrupt shipping through the strait, a key chokepoint at the southern … Read more
SpaceX (SPCX) reported second quarter results on Tuesday that topped estimates — its first report as a public company — which comes as the stock has been in a recent free fall. Rising capital expenditures in its Q2 report didn’t help matters. SpaceX’s AI segment posted an operating loss of $1.26 billion versus estimates of $2.39 … Read more
Microsoft says the WiFi at your hotel might be compromised.In a post on its Threat Intelligence website (via ABC News), Microsoft warned of a new hacking operation called “CaptiveCrunch,” which the company claimed had some ties to Russia. Starting in May, Microsoft said it had observed a “widespread compromise of Wi-Fi networks at hospitality-related organizations,” … Read more