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Washington state resident dies from bird flu following exposure to infected cattle
A Washington state resident with prior health conditions died from H5N1 bird flu after exposure to infected cattle at a dairy farm, marking the first U.S. bird flu death in a year.
Merthyr woman told she had anxiety but it was breast cancer
A 42-year-old woman initially dismissed by a GP as having anxiety was diagnosed with lobular breast cancer with a 5cm tumour that had spread to three lymph nodes.
Licensing costs driving 90 percent of VMware users to explore options: Survey
A survey of 300 VMware users found that 90 percent are exploring alternatives, primarily due to licensing cost increases following Broadcom’s acquisition of the company.
Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices
Anthropic warns that advances in compact AI models could enable self-replicating malware targeting Internet of Things devices, potentially creating resilient computer worms difficult to stop.
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Michigan nominates first trans woman for state legislature
Joanna Whaley, a former megachurch pastor, won a Democratic primary in Michigan on Tuesday, becoming the first transgender woman nominated for the state legislature in the state.
No evidence? No problem. Trump pushes ahead on false claims that Reflecting Pool was vandalized
President Trump claims the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalized, but the U.S. attorney for D.C. dropped charges against a suspect, stating damage resulted from poor construction work instead.
Crews remove the granite seal on the White House helipad, signaling potential project delays
Construction crews dismantled the granite presidential seal from the White House helipad under construction, suggesting potential project delays, though officials characterized the work as part of ongoing improvements.
US to shut five consulates as critics fear China could fill diplomatic vacuum
The US State Department plans to close five foreign consulates across Asia, Africa, and North America, with critics warning China could exploit the resulting diplomatic gaps in some regions.
Aussie gov’t tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers
Australia’s government disabled thousands of functioning routers after concluding a broadband testing program, despite the devices being capable of repurposing as standard Wi-Fi routers.
Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
Google awarded $250,000 for a Linux KVM vulnerability allowing guest virtual machines to escape and gain root access to host machines, one of two high-severity flaws discovered this week.
Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk
A patch released by Microsoft to fix a Windows Defender zero-day vulnerability may cause systems to exhaust available disk space, according to the researcher who discovered the flaw.
AI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study finds
A study found that readers rated AI-generated short stories as more absorbing and higher quality than human-written ones, though they preferred stories labeled as human-authored.
‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’
Uber and Wayve have received London’s first self-driving minicab licenses, allowing them to operate autonomous taxis with human safety drivers present later this summer before full public launch.
Sunbird relaunched its iMessage app for Android users after three years away
Sunbird Messaging has relaunched on Google Play Store, enabling Android users to access iMessage with blue bubbles for $2.99 monthly, three years after shutting down due to security concerns.
Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI
Reddit is introducing Rules Hub, an AI-powered moderation system using large language models to help moderators enforce community rules with greater nuance than current keyword-matching tools, expanding to all new communities later this year.
Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership
Google has restructured its AI leadership, with DeepMind head Demis Hassabis becoming chair and chief scientist, while veteran executives Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat depart to launch a new AI company.