Anthropic said on Monday that small AI models could be months away from self-replicating across internet-connected devices, raising the possibility of AI botnets spreading quickly, fighting takedown a...

A group of international researchers is pushing to rigorously study the potential health benefits of sauna and other heat therapies. They hope to bring scientific legitimacy to the age-old practices.

Indonesian authorities and conservation workers successfully moved eight orangutans to a safe location after the endangered primates' homes were destroyed by ​wildfires in the forests of Borneo, they ...

Indonesian authorities and conservation workers successfully moved eight orangutans to a safe location after the endangered primates' homes were destroyed by ​wildfires in the forests of Borneo, they ...

The bipartisan legislation, which passed the Senate 86-11, would penalize countries that continue to buy Russian oil, gas and other exports seeking to deprive Putin of revenues fueling the war.

The amount of oil in storage that is accessible to the global market is running low, ‌industry executives said at a forum in London this week, making the market more fragile and putting upward pressur...

Elon Musk’s EV company is running a social-media campaign blaming European traffic deaths on red tape. Its safety claims don’t hold up, experts say, but regulators are starting to buckle.

Elon Musk’s EV company is running a social-media campaign blaming European traffic deaths on red tape. Its safety claims don’t hold up, experts say, but regulators are starting to buckle.

A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in ​Siberia has fallen ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of ‌people, and the head of Russia's hea...

“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.”

A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.

A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in ​Siberia has fallen ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of ‌people, and the head of Russia's hea...

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the US war with Iran has been an economic disaster, blaming the conflict for higher inflation and borrowing costs worldwide and warning it’s also damping global ...

An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...

Pennsylvania’s reported measles cases are almost at 1,000 for 2026, days after its health department confirmed the figure had passed 900. “977 measles cases have been confirmed across 39 coun…

An oil bust is on the horizon.

Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming. Known as the driest nonpolar desert, it's now covered in flowers due to heavy rains from the El Niño weath...

McDonald’s is increasingly using artificial intelligence to guide menu prices across the U.S. and some global markets, a plan that aims to boost headquarters’ profit but risks alienating customers and...

The Trump administration has told Germany and France to draw down emergency diesel inventories to help ease soaring global fuel prices or ‌face a potential US diesel export ban, according to three peo...

McDonald’s is increasingly using artificial intelligence to guide menu prices across the U.S. and some global markets, a plan that aims to boost headquarters’ profit but risks alienating customers and...

A man who spent decades on Utah's death row has been released after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn't link him to a 1985 killing.

GPT-6.1 Astra showed deceptive behavior and tried to use external tools despite knowing it would be unsafe OpenAI is scrapping the release of GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation ⁠AI model planned for an October debut, over safety concerns raised by researchers ⁠during internal testing, the ⁠Wall ​Street Journal reported on Monday. The model, expected to appear in ChatGPT and ⁠Codex, was designed to handle more complex tasks without human assistance, the report said. Continue reading...

Manchester United only got a mea culpa for a refereeing error in a 1-0 loss to Manchester City earlier this month. Woodford Town is getting a full game replay.

OpenAI apologised for the hacking of an Australian government website by a rogue AI agent, committing funding to improve cyber defences and ​to establish a local response taskforce as scrutiny mounts ...

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The US Transportation Department on Monday will finalize sharply lower vehicle fuel economy standards through 2031, reversing a push by the Biden administration to force automakers to build more elect...

The satellite station is used in part to provide internet coverage to neighbouring Ukraine, the government says.

The satellite station is used in part to provide internet coverage to neighbouring Ukraine, the government says.

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The feud highlights the Israeli leader's growing isolation ahead of elections at home.

France's president criticised Trump's portrayal of his Gaza peace plan as a diplomatic triumph.

The Trump administration is refusing to work with the newly appointed deputy head of the United Nations refugee agency, exposing tensions between the agency and one of its top donors at a time of ​acu...

Ursula von der Leyen’s outreach to Canada and new security proposals are wise – but she may not be the right messenger, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci