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Trump administration briefly pauses contentious border project in Texas’ Big Bend National Park
While it isn’t clear whether the brief suspension portended a more permanent halt to the construction in the area, it reflected the intensity of the bipartisan opposition.
NBC News - Aug 17, 2026 4:42pm EDT
Camron Harris, 19, was charged with multiple counts of malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the campus shooting that wounded five people.
NBC News - Aug 17, 2026 4:12pm EDT
Live Updates: Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to review $5 million E. Jean Carroll award
The president said yesterday the U.S. would scale back imminent military exercises with South Korea in deference to Kim Jong Un.
NBC News - Aug 17, 2026 3:51pm EDT
‘The AI is fake, but the love is real’: Chatbot romance is booming
Chouwa Liang says she spent a month in love with a chatbot called Norman. Her experience is increasingly normal.
Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 17, 2026 3:14pm EDT
Report on Candidates for Office Finds AI Is More Talked-About Than Racism or Israel
Gizmodo - Aug 17, 2026 3:13pm EDT
A NASA-Funded Project Could Send Swarms of Aerobots to Explore the Underground Caves of Titan
Gizmodo - Aug 17, 2026 2:54pm EDT
Ebola outbreak becomes Congo’s worst on record, with over 2,300 dead
The outbreak is also Congo’s fastest-growing ever, according to government data . The death toll has eclipsed that of an Ebola outbreak that ended in 2020.
NBC News - Aug 17, 2026 2:16pm EDT
Historic data indicates AI market correction is likely: ECB blog
A market correction to tech stock grandiosity in the U.S. is likely and might have far-reaching consequences due to limits in fiscal and monetary policy...
Daily Sabah - Aug 17, 2026 1:40pm EDT
An AI broke Snowflake's code. Then another AI agent exploited it
Don't worry, this one was via a bug bounty program
Register UK - Aug 17, 2026 1:01pm EDT
Ukraine Strikes Rocket Factory Critical to Russia's Space Program
Gizmodo - Aug 17, 2026 12:26pm EDT
New study reveals regular coffee consumption helps reduce body fat
Helsinki: A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Oulu in Finland reveals that regular coffee consumption is associated with reduced...
Peninsula Qatar - Aug 17, 2026 12:25pm EDT
States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children
Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California.
One America News Network - Aug 17, 2026 12:22pm EDT
Nvidia backs financing for OpenAI data center in Ohio
Technology giants are shelling out billions to scale capacity to meet massive data center demand.
CNBC - Aug 17, 2026 11:15am EDT
Meta faces ‘astronomical’ consequences as legal fight reaches critical moment in California
Less than two weeks after a loss in New Mexico, Meta faces a much bigger legal test in a case being co-led by California's attorney general.
CNBC - Aug 17, 2026 10:15am EDT
Gizmodo - Aug 17, 2026 10:13am EDT
Anthropic Revenue Explodes Past $11.5 Billion. Its Blockbuster IPO Is Now Coming Into Focus.
The AI company is now telling investors its sales could approach $200 billion by 2028.
International Business Times - Aug 17, 2026 9:25am EDT
Amazon Offloads Govee Smart Light Bulbs at a Steal, With Matter, Alexa, and Google Assistant Support
Gizmodo - Aug 17, 2026 9:13am EDT
Radio telescopes help scientists map molecules in space and uncover where and how stars form
The Conversation - Aug 17, 2026 8:59am EDT
Bose SoundLink Micro 2nd Gen Speaker Gets a Second Price Cut on Amazon, Finally Breaking Below $100
Gizmodo - Aug 17, 2026 8:44am EDT
Live Science - Aug 17, 2026 7:50am EDT
Samsung Galaxy S27 leaks are multiplying: Camera, prices and what to believe
Galaxy S27 rumor mill hits overdrive as credible leaks mix with wild guesses
Gulf News - Aug 17, 2026 7:43am EDT
Alibaba answers Meta’s AI challenge with new laptop-ready model
Alibaba launched a laptop-ready AI model and released the weights of its most powerful Qwen model, escalating its rivalry with Meta in open-weight AI.
CNBC - Aug 17, 2026 7:37am EDT
Trump sends the US Navy back to the steam age
Troublesome electromagnetic catapults look set to be replaced with old-fashioned technology
Register UK - Aug 17, 2026 7:35am EDT