The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns: "A rapidly intensifying El Nino event is set to dominate global weather patterns in the coming months, unleashing extreme weather across the planet. The periodic climate phenomenon threatens to heighten the risk of heatwaves, drought, and flooding around the globe. Countries in Africa and Europe are battling massive wildfires and monsoon season has caused havoc across South Asia." read more
Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI hedge fund, Situational Awareness, collapsed from $45 billion to around $10 billion in assets ... read more
California, Arizona and Nevada will be required to slash their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River by 16 to 20% through 2028, under a federal plan set to be released in the next few days, according to a senior state water official. read more
Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading US AI models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems to advance China's defence capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and patents. read more
On Wednesday, Andon published a new installment in how things are going in its Vending-Bench research, where the lab has frontier models run a simulated vending machine business for a simulated year. read more
More and more uninsured patients are showing up in hospital emergency rooms and clinics, having lost their coverage under the Affordable Care Act ... read more
Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) abruptly ended the event after reporters peppered him with questions about a CNN report ... read more
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screenshots and posted them online. read more
While never mentioning Jan. 6, Stephen Miller, White House's deputy chief of staff on policy, claimed the political left are trying to overthrow America's republican government.
ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, accused of coercing ex-employee, is "confined to a wheelchair" with breathing issues, according to his attorney Adam Katz -- despite the defendant's recent international travel ... read more
Trump's MAGA supporters are the most loyal of any group of voters ... read more
The State Department under Secretary of State Marco Rubio has deported Cubans to Africa. Now it's negotiating with a South American country. read more
A defense filing has revealed that the only witness called in the federal felony case brought against former Olympian Davey Hearn ... read more
Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOS read more
Democrat James Talarico leads Republican Ken Paxton by 5-points in the Texas Senate race according to a new survey of likely voters released on Tuesday, July 28. read more
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday during a Senate hearing on COVID-19 invoked his constitutional right not to answer questions. read more
