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iPhone Owners Can Get Payout From Apple’s Settlement

Apple settled a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for a cool $250 million. And it’s worth mentioning that over half

Cuba’s Greatest Weapon Isn’t Missiles, It’s Impressionable American Minds

A few months ago, when President Donald Trump began floating the idea of taking over Cuba using military force, many people were understandably surprised. Since then, h

Big Gold Moves: French Central Bank Moves 129 Tons of Gold out of US; Dutch Central Bank Moves 86 Tons

There are some big moves happening in the gold market. Last week, the Central Bank of the Netherlands confirmed that they moved 86 tons of gold out of North America—mov

Anthropic Slapped With Lawsuit Over Alleged Theft of Over 10,000 Songs for AI Training

Anthropic recently settled a $1.5-billion civil suit over the illegal downloading of millions of books used to train its large language model. It was the single largest

Does Filming Yourself Doing Illegal Things for ‘Content’ Make Them Less Illegal?

Let’s delve into the history of the “prank video” format, and how it’s developed to where it is today, where TikTok stars are going into businesses pretending to work the

The Looming Threat of a Chinese Humanoid Robot Flood into the US Market

Humanoid robots from China—are they taking over, or just falling over? Are they our cute companions? Or, are they watching us in our homes through secret backdoors left

Fat From Cadavers Now Being Used for Cosmetic Fillers

How badly do you want that perfect beach body? Some are willing to get liposuction and have someone shuffle their own fat around. But how about getting one’s body enhance

AI Creates 16 Never-Before-Seen Real-World Viruses

Scientists in the U.S. recently announced that for the very first time, they were able to use AI to create viruses never before seen in nature. Don’t worry, though: these

USPS: New Rules for Mail-In Ballots; US Issues Travel Alert for 3 Countries

Today, we do a round up of three stories. First, a former acting U.S. attorney was found dead in his office in a federal building in California. Second, the USPS just iss

Over 30 Minnesota Water Systems Hit with 'Coordinated Cyberattack,' Forced to Go Offline

In just 48 hours, a coordinated cyberattack disrupted the digital controls of water systems across more than 30 Minnesota communities, forcing operators to switch to manu

CDC Data Shows Leprosy Cases Spiking in Florida, With a Surprising Cause

Leprosy appears to be not only spreading in central Florida, but according to the CDC, it might now be endemic to the region. Let’s explore why that is, as well as what i

Apps Marketed to US Veterans Are Coming Equipped With Chinese and Russian Code

A first-of-its-kind study reveals that one out of eight apps marketed to U.S. military service members (and their families) contain foreign code—some from China and Russi

Internal Docs Discovered in Lawsuit Exposed Anthropic’s Mass Book Shredding Project

It turns out that Anthropic—the giant AI company behind the Claude chatbot—has been secretly destroying millions of books in the process of feeding them into the AI syste

Future of War: China's SAR Satellite in GEO Orbit Versus Air Force Space Robots

China launched the world’s first geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar satellite in 2023, giving it continuous all-weather surveillance over roughly one-third of the pl

Former CIA Director Dies, Wife Says They Spent His Last Years Looking for Cure to Havana Syndrome

Havana Syndrome refers to a mysterious set of symptoms—headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, and cognitive issues—that has affected more than 1,500 U.S. intelligence and diplom

US Praises Venezuela for Initiating Withdrawal From ICC

Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez has formally begun withdrawing the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The United States, which never rati

Multiple US Embassies Issue Warnings to Americans

Let's go through the most recent spate of warnings, arising primarily from the Iran war, issued by the U.S. State Department and the embassies of several different countr

Texas Woman Arrested Over Facebook Post, Goes on Legal Offensive

A woman in Texas was shocked when she opened her front door and found the local police standing there, ready to arrest her over a Facebook post. And the reason she was s

Federal Judge Issues Ruling on Trump IRS Lawsuit

A federal judge on July 13 found that President Donald Trump improperly used a $10 billion lawsuit he ​filed against the IRS to extract personal benefits from the governm

Cause of Gravity Hole Underneath Antarctica's Ice Sheet Gets Mapped Out in New Study

The story I’m bringing you today is one that you’ve probably never heard of before. Because, for one, it involves a continent that very few people have been on: Antarctic