Stars and Stripes

Army opens new Fort Benning class to help leaders use drones, robots in combat

FORT BENNING, Ga. — An instructor moved a tiny drone upside down then rapidly back and forth by hand as Army Sgt. 1st Class William Benz peered through his goggles to see what the drone could see. “It ...
CNET

When AI Bots Form Their Own Social Network: Inside Moltbook's Wild Start

On Moltbook, bots have formed communities, invented their own inside jokes, cultural references and even formed a parody religion. Or have they? Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is ...
Wall Street Journal

It’s Time to Start Tooting Your Own Horn at Work

The high-school bullies in “Mean Girls” kept a “burn book” full of gossip they could use to torch others’ reputations. It’s time to recast the concept and start keeping a “brag book” chronicling ...
Engadget

Mentra’s first smart glasses are open-source and come with their own app store

Mentra will soon start shipping its first smart glasses, the Mentra Live. At first glance, there’s nothing obvious setting Mentra’s glasses apart from its more well-known competitors, but they come ...
The New York Times

Alison Bechdel: 8 Things You Need to Start Your Own Commune

Ms. Bechdel is a cartoonist and a Professor in the Practice at Yale University Alison Bechdel is a cartoonist and a Professor in the Practice at Yale University. The Times is committed to publishing a ...
WAND

Illinois to use own childhood vaccine guidelines, rejects new CDC schedule

Decatur, Ill (WAND) – The CDC has changed federal guidelines which said that young children no longer need 18 vaccinations but only 11. It’s a change the state will not follow, sticking with the old ...
komonews

Seattle mayor denies police guild's allegations of open drug use arrest suspension

SEATTLE — New mayor Katie Wilson has denied the Seattle Police Officers Guild's (SPOG) allegations of a directive that ordered officers to halt open drug use arrests. The Seattle Police Officers Guild ...
Game Rant

Open-World Games That Let You Play At Your Own Pace

Vlad Mazanko is Ukraine-based gaming enthusiast, writing about the industry since 2013 and covering everything from games and studios to movies and TV shows. He joined the Valnet family back in 2021, ...
Techno-Science.net

9 Best Open-Source Apps from GitHub You Can Actually Use Every Day

GitHub hosts powerful open source apps you can use daily, from Immich for photo backups and Upscayl for image upscaling to VERT for file conversion, BC Uninstaller for cleanup, Mole for Mac storage, ...
Reuters

Germany and France could use own fighter jets to save defence project, lawmaker says

BERLIN, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A senior German lawmaker on Tuesday urged Germany and France to salvage a 100 billion euro ($116 billion) defence project by developing a shared combat system while allowing ...
Futurism

OpenAI Says Boy’s Death Was His Own Fault for Using ChatGPT Wrong

Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line ...