OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says

Albanese said he expressed "concern" to OpenAI founder Sam Altman, after authorities were informed three months after the breach in June.

OpenAI and Anthropic bosses push UN for global terms on AI

OpenAI's Sam Altman has called for risk evaluation standards, as have Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Hugging Face's Clement Delangue.

New Details Emerge in Hayden Panettiere Death, Report Details

Actress was found with drug paraphernalia and had recently been in rehab when she was found unresponsive last month, per the report

As Xi lands in Washington, Uyghurs and Tibetans press Trump for human rights showdown

Exile advocacy groups are hopeful that summit will include talks on religious freedom and ending genocide.

The Best Pop Culture Halloween Costumes for 2026: From Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Shrubs to Taylor Swift’s Knicks Shirt

Expect to see plenty of hockey jerseys, hospital scrubs and suspiciously elaborate shrubbery on the streets this Halloween. Some revelers will be channeling Ilya and Shane from “Heated Rivalry,” others will be pulling overnight shifts as the doctors of “The Pitt” — and the most

North Korea conducted test of upgraded rocket launcher system: State media

The rockets are able to strike targets 100km away in a trajectory flight mode.

North Korea conducted test of upgraded rocket launcher system, KCNA says

SEOUL, Sept 24 - North Korea conducted a test firing of an upgraded 240mm guided multiple rocket launcher system on Tuesday, state news agency KCNA reported on Thursday.

World of Warcraft: Forever's first patch will bring back the number one thing seasoned players missed from the MMO's past: storms

Blizzard is bringing intense weather effects back to Azeroth.

Roseanne Barr Rages Against Ex Co-Star Michael Fishman for Saying ‘Roseanne’ Reboot Was ‘Rightfully Canceled’: ‘You F—ing Little Worm’ and ‘Brainwashed Bigot’

Roseanne Barr and her original “Roseanne” co-star Michael Fishman are still feuding over the cancellation of the show’s 2018 reboot. Fishman made headlines in August for saying “the show was rightfully canceled” after Barr posted a tweet that appeared to link Barack Obama’s

U.S. Life Expectancy is Circling the Drain

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Trump should press Xi to stop support for Iran, Democratic senator says

WASHINGTON, Sept 23 - US Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen said on Wednesday President Donald Trump should press Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit this week over China's support for Iran, saying that Chinese firms were helping Tehran economically and militarily.

AI superpower ambitions take centre stage as Trump and Xi meet

The US and China are vying for AI supremacy while seeking to keep it under human control.

Bee-made propolis boosts an antifungal drug against yeast pathogens in lab tests

Propolis may not only inhibit the growth of certain fungi but also affect the activity of drugs used to treat fungal infections. Researchers have investigated how an ethanolic extract of Polish propolis interacts with various antifungal agents.

Banking patterns could help identify people experiencing financial abuse, UK study finds

Telltale signs of financial abuse, such as depleted savings, increasing debts and declining credit scores, can be identified in bank records, according to an analysis of U.K. banking data published in Nature. The findings reveal up to 373 indicators of financial behavior that

Schools hedge their bets on AI as concerns grow among parents

Schools are struggling to keep up with the evolving world of AI as concerns among parents and advocates mount regarding the use of the technology in classrooms. The two largest school districts in the country have put a one-year moratorium on generative AI usage in the

Commentary: Return of tensions in the South China Sea was a matter of time

Clashes on the water between China and the Philippines have become sharper and more frequent after two years of relative quiet, says Andrew Chubb from the Asia Society Policy Institute.

Cheap to burn, costly to bear: What fuels Indonesia’s persistent cycle of fires and haze?

Wildfires in Indonesia have caused transboundary haze and disrupted livelihoods in Sumatra. In the last of a three-part series, CNA looks at why the fires persist despite bans and crackdowns - and what it will take to stamp them out for good.

Commentary: Sri Lanka exposes the limits of Asia’s anti-scam campaign

Crackdowns can encourage criminal networks to become more decentralised and geographically dispersed, says a researcher.

Virginia soldier becomes 19th known death since start of Iran war

The Pentagon has officially upped the number of service members who have died in the Middle East since the start of the Iran war, adding one additional death to bring the disclosed total to 19. Capt. Bianca C. Wilkerson, 37, of Norfolk, Va., died Sept. 18 “as a result of a

Voters increasingly use AI for election info despite accuracy risks

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Voters are turning to AI on politics. Is it up to the task? Artificial intelligence is playing a growing role in how voters get information about politics and elections, raising fresh questions about how the technology could

Halo needed to change, but Activision faces a huge challenge to fix it

Gutting the team that existed to make Halo is a drastic move.

Paul LePage says ICE is deporting his relative

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), who is running for Congress, said Monday his son’s father-in-law is being deported, calling the situation “not right.” LePage, running to succeed outgoing Democratic Rep. Jared Golden (Maine) in the state’s 2nd Congressional District, told

Lawsuit challenges 'medically frail' exemption

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Lawsuit challenges 'medically frail' exemption What does it mean to be “medically frail?” A new lawsuit is challenging how the Trump administration plans to exempt medically frail people from

Turkey and Iraq agree Turkey will turn over military camp in northern Iraq

CAIRO, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Turkey and Iraq agreed on Wednesday for Turkish forces to hand over a military camp in northern Iraq to the Iraqi government gradually, they said after talks in New York, adding they also agreed to end the presence of "outlawed armed elements" in

Senators try to 'get to the bottom of' AI-powered surveillance networks amid Flock concerns

A Senate panel held the first Congressional hearing Wednesday on AI-powered surveillance cameras manufacturers, such as Flock Safety, in an attempt to "get to the bottom" of whether the technology infringes on the public's privacy. The hearing — titled "Always Watching: Flock's

Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight: ‘We are going to win this’

Former US vice-president still has optimism for climate advocacy two decades after groundbreaking documentary Two decades after the release of his groundbreaking documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore has admitted he was surprised by the ferocious, ongoing backlash from the

All paralogue dates and deadlines in Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave

These are all the paralogues in Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave, including paralogue start dates and end dates

Australia PM Albanese says OpenAI agent breached government website in June

Australia's public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal was breached.

Understanding ATM withdrawal limits: How much cash can you withdraw per day?

Central surface density of dark matter agrees with the prediction of a new theory of gravity

A researcher from Sejong University has used a new theory of gravity proposed by Erik Verlinde to predict the observed central surface density of dark matter. The study was published in Physics of the Dark Universe on Sept. 20.

Aiming at number 9: CASPAR targets fluorine in new science run

The Compact Accelerator System for Performing Astrophysical Research (CASPAR) recreates conditions inside stars to study how elements are made. The experiment recently restarted with a new target—the ninth element on the periodic table, fluorine.

Economic frustrations chip away at Trump's rural support

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Economic frustrations chip away at Trump's rural support President Trump’s approval ratings among rural voters are taking a hit as concerns mount about rising

Sam Smith, Normani Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Dancing With a Stranger’ Heads to Trial

A federal judge refused to dismiss the lawsuit over the multi-platinum dance hit

Watch: The arms race in space explained

The UK has jammed satellites to defend itself from hostile threats, the BBC has been told.

Lidl banned from selling copycat Birkenstock sandals, Dutch court rules

Lidl must also compensate Birkenstock and pay its legal fees, according to the court ruling

Johnson calls for 'resolution' of Iran war

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is urging “a resolution” to the Iran war, sending the strongest signal to date that Republicans on Capitol Hill are feeling the political sting of the long-drawn conflict heading into the midterm elections. "It's been a priority and an objective of

Naked Eyes Frontman Pete Byrne Dead At 74

Pete Byrne, frontman for the hit-making English new wave band Naked Eyes, has died. A post on the band's website today reveals that Byrne "died peacefully in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, September 14, after a brief illness." He was 74. The post Naked Eyes Frontman Pete

The Antarctic's only two flowering plants reveal opposing strategies for surviving long-term warming

A team of Chilean and Spanish researchers has published the results of one of the longest-running in-situ warming experiments in maritime Antarctica in the journal Physiologia Plantarum. The experiment exposed the Antarctic continent's only two native vascular plant species,

Graphene measurements reveal energy-loss and quantum-coherence exponents diverge under gate control

Scientists have shown that the two exponents (inelastic scattering exponent and dephasing exponent) commonly used to describe electron scattering in graphene do not necessarily follow the same behavior. Using gated epitaxial graphene, a multi-institutional team of researchers

Tech Bosses Warn U.N. AI Is “Risk to Humanity as a Whole”

Executives from America’s leading artificial intelligence firms are urging the United Nations to set global regulations for their burgeoning tech. Both Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified before the U.N. Security Council Wednesday, imploring the

Uyghur rights advocate blasts China’s ‘red lines’ warning ahead of Trump-Xi summit

Warning against human rights talk is “not the kind of statement made by a strong country,” Rebiya Kadeer tells RFA.

UK survivor of Canadian poison seller says he exploited her despair

Elisabeth Belien tells Kenneth Law's sentencing hearing she took the poison when she was just 23 years old.

I can’t remember where I heard about this, but judging by...

I can’t remember where I heard about this, but judging by the trailer , Hope by Korean director Na Hong-jin looks pretty good.

Newsmax CEO says he asked Trump to 'reconsider' White House media outlet bans

Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy on Tuesday said he asked President Trump to reconsider his ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters from covering his administration and the White House. "I've urged the president to reconsider his position," Ruddy told "BBC Newsnight" in an interview.

The First Ace Combat Game In Seven Years Is Playing For Keeps

The franchise's ambitions are bigger than ever in Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve

Moreno, Banks warn of 'Russiagate 2.0' amid GOP push to probe Trump Jr. wedding party

Republican Sens. Bernie Moreno (Ohio) and Jim Banks (Ind.) warned of a situation similar to previous investigations into President Trump’s ties with Russia amid a GOP push to question Donald Trump Jr. over reporting that a Russian oligarch funded his after-wedding party. “I

Richard Harrison, Star of Spaghetti Westerns and Sword-and-Sandal Flicks, Dies at 90

The Salt Lake City native left Hollywood for Italy in the early 1960s and built a thriving B-movie career away from home.

In a first, olive ridley turtles spotted nesting on California’s beaches

Scientists are questioning whether the nestings on Seal and Huntington Beach were freak occurrences or start of a trend A sea turtle crawled out of the surf in southern California last weekend around sunset and started laying eggs in the sand. People on Huntington Beach who saw

Bentley unveilsTorcal SUV as luxury carmaker tests drive first electric vehicle for an ‘affordable’ $230K

The company previously delayed the launch of its first EV until 2026 and abandoned a target of becoming fully electric by 2030, saying customers were not ready to make the shift.

World of Warcraft Would Never Work on PS5 or Xbox

The official gamepad support in WoW: Forever is about as good as it could be, but it's still a square peg in a round hole