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Social Darwinists to tech bros: tracing the long fight against equality in US
Historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s new book, Country of Lords, traces a long lineage of American thinkers and figures who have resisted the ideal of equality, from founding father John Adams to modern tech figures such as Peter Thiel and Elon Musk. Published amid celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the book arrives…
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Prince William, Kate Middleton finally feel free to show affection in public: experts
Prince William and Kate Middleton have been showing noticeably more public affection recently, with royal experts saying the couple appear to be entering a happier, more relaxed period following a difficult few years marked by Kate’s cancer treatment and other family pressures. Their willingness to display warmth openly, rather than maintaining the reserved formality traditionally…
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Two House races take center stage as conservative PAC launches multimillion-dollar Big Tech push
A conservative political action committee focused on artificial intelligence policy, Defending Our Values PAC, has made its first campaign investments by backing two Republican House candidates in races it considers pivotal to the GOP retaining control of the chamber. According to Fox News Digital, the PAC is supporting Rhett Marques, who is running in Alabama’s…
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Forget the mojito: Experts say Ernest Hemingway’s signature drink was likely something else
Ernest Hemingway’s supposed love of mojitos, celebrated each year at Florida bars around his July birthday, is likely more legend than fact, according to scholars. Mark Ott, a Hemingway expert, says the association is “more myth than reality”, and the drink most closely tied to the author through his writing and personal habits was actually…
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‘America’s Most Wanted’ fugitive laid blueprint for vanishing before 20-year escape: affidavit
A fugitive once featured on “America’s Most Wanted”, named as Ronald Fischer, spent days methodically preparing for his disappearance before vanishing more than two decades ago, according to court documents recently reviewed by Fox News. The case highlights how the fugitive appears to have carefully planned his escape rather than fleeing on impulse, giving investigators…
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Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?
A feature from The Verge examines the environmental and ethical costs of GPUs, the chips powering the current AI boom, arguing that scrutiny should extend beyond AI data centres to the broader history and use of graphics processors. The piece notes that hundreds of thousands of GPUs are being installed in data centres worldwide, but…
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Scalding hot AI accelerators have put datacenters in hot water. Two-phase cooling could chill them out
US startup Accelsius has commissioned research suggesting datacentres could cut cooling costs significantly by switching to two-phase cooling fluids for AI accelerators, which run far hotter than traditional server chips. The approach matters because the ongoing AI datacentre building boom, combined with rising electricity costs and supply constraints, has made cooling efficiency an increasingly important…
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A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now
Security researchers at UC San Diego have discovered a serious vulnerability in the KARR Security System, an aftermarket car alarm fitted to more than two million vehicles across the United States. The flaw allows anyone within Bluetooth range to remotely unlock a vehicle, disable its alarm, sound the horn, flash the lights, or even cut…
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Remembering When an EP Brought Four New Beatles Recordings to the Brits in 1964
The article looks back at The Beatles’ Long Tall Sally EP, released in Britain in June 1964, which stood out from the group’s earlier EPs by featuring genuinely new recordings rather than repackaged tracks. Most previous Beatles EPs had simply recycled songs already released as singles or on albums, so this release marked a departure…
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One of Australia’s richest men is hauled before court – billionaire allegedly refused to pay a $198 parking ticket for leaving his $500,000 Aston Martin in a loading zone
An Australian billionaire, Adrian Portelli, has been taken to court over an allegedly unpaid $198 parking fine after his $500,000 Aston Martin was found parked in a loading zone. The case has drawn attention largely because of the disparity between Portelli’s substantial wealth and the relatively trivial sum in dispute, raising questions about why the…