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Democrats in US slam Pam Bondi for refusing to appear for Epstein hearing
- Lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives have called on former Attorney General Pam Bondi to address a committee probing how the government handled files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On Thursday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee accused Bondi of stonewalling Congress's oversight powers and defying a subpoena for her testimony. Their statement comes one day after the ...

Source: aljazeera.com
Gen Z's Use of AI Is Plateauing as Youth Feel Less Hopeful About the Tech
- Reading time 3 minutes Young people have grown increasingly skeptical of artificial intelligence, even those who use it daily, according to a new Gallup poll of more than 1,500 people aged 14 to 29. There is no decline in AI use among Gen Zers, but there is also no increase since the same poll was conducted in 2025. The latest poll found that AI use was plateauing among young users, accompanied by rising concern ...

Source: gizmodo.com
TECHNOLOGY  
User anger as Amazon ends support for some older Kindles
- Amazon to end support for older Kindles, prompting user outcry Amazon has told owners it will soon stop supporting older Kindle models - a move which has left some users outraged. In emails from the tech giant, affected users were thanked for being a "longtime Kindle customer" but told devices released during or before 2012 would no longer receive updates from 20 May. The move will mean owners of older Kindles, ...

Source: bbc.com
BUSINESS  
Meta AI app climbs to No. 5 on the App Store after Muse Spark launch
- THIS WEEK ONLY: Save up to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11:59 p.m. PT. Register here. REGISTER NOW Topics More from TechCrunch Meta's AI app has seen a sizable jump in installs following Wednesday's launch of the company's newest AI model, Muse Spark — its first model release under Alexandr Wang, the head of Meta's Superintelligence Labs who was recruited from Scale AI last year to overhaul ...

Source: techcrunch.com
Takeaways from the Gilgo Beach case as Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to 7 murders and admits to an 8th
- RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island man who carried out a series of murders known as the Gilgo Beach killings pleaded guilty to murder charges this week, bringing finality to the long-unsolved case more than 30 years after the first killing. Rex Heuermann, an architect who led a secret life as a serial killer, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of intentional ...

Source: apnews.com
US   POLITICS  
Orbán's rural base is still behind the Hungarian leader ahead of Sunday's pivotal vote
- CEGLÉD, Hungary (AP) — István Vároczi, a 63-year-old entrepreneur from the small Hungarian city of Cegléd, says he doesn't believe the polls that show Prime Minister After 16 years in power and four straight election victories, Orbán is facing an — Péter Magyar of the Tisza party — who has sought to whittle away at Orbán's rural support base with ...

Source: news.yahoo.com
Emperor Penguins Join Endangered List as Sea Ice Continues to Disappear
- By Emperor penguins have been classified as endangered after satellite data revealed a rapid population decline driven by vanishing Antarctic sea ice, the International Union for Conservation of Nature announced. The IUCN, which maintains the Red List — widely regarded as the most comprehensive global inventory of conservation status for animal, fungus and plant species — also classified Antarctic fur ...

Source: miamiherald.com
US  
Maine's millionaire's tax is the mini revolution we need | Douglas Rooks
- You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! has been a Maine editor, columnist and reporter for 40 years. He welcomes comment at  of a mini revolution by affixing a 2% "millionaire's tax" surcharge onto the ...

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US  
Court Backs Pentagon Anthropic Ban - But the Fight Continues
- Ruling Keeps Claude Models Out of Defense Systems During Separate Legal Challenges A federal appeals court in Washington on Wednesday refused to pause the Pentagon's decision to blacklist Anthropic, setting up a split legal landscape that leaves the artificial intelligence company locked out of Department of Defense work - even as parts of the policy face challenges elsewhere in other courthouses. The D.C. Circuit ...

Source: bankinfosecurity.com
TECHNOLOGY  
Claude Mythos Is Everyone's Problem
- Technology Claude Mythos Is Everyone's Problem What happens when AI can hack everything? Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic April 9, 2026, 1:22 PM ET Save For the past several weeks, Anthropic says it secretly possessed a tool potentially capable of commandeering most computer servers in the world. This is a bot that, if unleashed, might be able to hack into banks, exfiltrate state secrets, and fry ...

Source: theatlantic.com
Chimpanzees in Uganda are locked in a deadly 'civil war' after their group split apart — and scientists don't know why
- It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science news. Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Join the conversation Add us as a preferred source on Google Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now Get the world's most fascinating discoveries delivered ...

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Renewable energy advocates make gains in fight over future of big Arizona power utility
- PHOENIX (AP) — Renewable energy advocates in Arizona made gains against a business-backed slate in a fight over how the nation's largest public power utility will meet fast-rising electricity demand in a data center hot spot. However, election results released by the Phoenix-area Salt River Project mean that the rival slates will be forced into compromises over potential questions of whether to increase rates ...

Source: news.yahoo.com
UK says it detected Russian submarine operation near undersea infrastructure
- Britain said it detected and tracked a Russian attack submarine and other Russian undersea vessels near critical infrastructure in the High North, saying the operation failed after British and allied forces made clear the vessels had been spotted. The operation began several weeks ago, when British aircraft and warships detected an Akula-class submarine in international waters north of the UK, according to the UK ...

Source: bnonews.com
MEDICINE  
CAR T-cell therapy takes woman from bedridden to 'perfectly fine'
- A woman with three different autoimmune conditions had all of them treated simultaneously by genetically modifying her immune cells to kill off the rogue ones causing problems A woman who had three different autoimmune conditions has not required treatments for almost a year after her immune cells were genetically modified and used to kill off the rogue cells attacking her body. "She was deathly sick and bedridden ...

Source: newscientist.com
DIGITAL   BUSINESS  
Amazon's chip business could be worth $50 billion, Jassy says, and he hints it may sell them externally
- In short:   Andy Jassy's annual letter to shareholders, published on 9 April 2026, reveals that Amazon's custom chip business, covering Graviton, Trainium, and Nitro, generates more than $20 billion in annualised revenue growing at triple-digit rates year-on-year. If sold on the open market like Nvidia, Jassy says, the business would be worth roughly $50 billion a year. He also signals that Amazon may begin ...

Source: thenextweb.com
Claude Managed Agents bring execution and control to AI agent workflows
- Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Anthropic's Claude Managed Agents are a suite of composable APIs for building and deploying cloud-hosted agents at scale, handling sandboxed code execution, checkpointing, credential management, scoped permissions, and end-to-end tracing for you. Developers can define tasks, tools, ...

Source: helpnetsecurity.com
US   MARKETS  
Iran ceasefire brings brief reprieve for mortgage rates
- Mortgage rates backed off their recent 2026 high this week after concerns over an escalation of the Iran War temporarily subsided, but the numbers don't necessarily mean an end to ongoing volatility, economists warned.  Processing Content The 30-year fixed average decreased 9 basis points to 6.37%, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey of April 9. The rate fell from the previous survey ...

Source: americanbanker.com
US   POLITICS  
Federal judge finds Pentagon is violating court order to restore access to reporters
- Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and DAVID BAUDER WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Defense Department is violating his earlier order to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters, a setback in the administration's efforts to impede the work of journalists. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman  sided with The New York Times  for the second ...

Source: orlandosentinel.com
HEALTH   MEDICINE  
10 Proven Ways to Make Your Skin Look Younger, According to Dermatologists
- These solutions really do work. 14 min read Death. Taxes. Aging. These are three things that are totally unavoidable. And when it comes to skin aging in particular, it's no secret that exactly when and how it presents itself can vary greatly. One person might notice stubborn dark spots crop up on their face after years of unprotected sun exposure, for instance. On someone else, the passage of time could come in the ...

Source: womenshealthmag.com
Justice Department investigating the NFL over subscription fee concerns, sources say
- WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether the NFL is forcing football fans to pay too much in subscription fees, according to two sources familiar with the investigation. In years past, football fans watched NFL games over broadcast TV, delivered free into their homes. The 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act allowed for sports leagues to get around some antitrust concerns and ...

Source: nbcnews.com
MEDICINE  
Cancer risk is much higher in adults who have never married
- Follow Earth on Google Many people think cancer happens only because of genes or bad luck. In reality, life is more complex. Daily habits, along with social support, can slowly affect health over time. A new study shows that even something like being married or not may be connected to cancer risk. This may sound surprising, but it offers a new way to understand health. Researchers from the Sylvester Comprehensive ...

Source: earth.com
WORLD  
US had hottest March on record as nation faced 'unprecedented' heat
- The continental US registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to Noaa data March's persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data. And the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even more, as some forecasts predict a brewing El ...

Source: theguardian.com
US  
Jim Whittaker, First American to Climb Mount Everest, Dies at 97 in Washington
- By Jim Whittaker, the towering mountaineer who became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest and went on to shape the nation's outdoor culture for decades, died Tuesday, April 7, at his home in Port Townsend, Washington. He was 97. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Dianne Roberts ; sons Bob , Joss and Leif Whittaker ; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. "Whether at home, in the ...

Source: miamiherald.com
Meta commits another $21 billion to CoreWeave, bringing total AI cloud spend to $35 billion
- In short:   Meta has committed an additional $21 billion to CoreWeave for dedicated AI cloud capacity running from 2027 through December 2032, bringing the total value of the two companies' infrastructure relationship to approximately $35 billion. The new contract will deliver early deployments of Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform across multiple sites, and is designed specifically for inference workloads rather ...

Source: thenextweb.com
US   POLITICS  
Doctor Accused Of Trying To Kill Wife On Birthday Hike Found Guilty Of Lesser Charge
- While Washington spins the latest economic data and billionaires hedge their bets, working Americans are feeling the very real squeeze of rising costs, and sudden instability. HuffPost reports on the real economy – the one that impacts you. Already a member? HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii anesthesiologist who was accused of trying to murder his wife on a scenic cliffside hike with ocean views last year has ...

Source: huffpost.com
'Ketamine Queen' who pleaded guilty to selling Matthew Perry fatal dose to be sentenced
- Prosecutors have argued Jasveen Sangha should receive a 15-year sentence for her role in the actor's death Jasveen Sangha, who pleaded guilty last year to selling a fatal dose of ketamine to actor Matthew Perry , is expected to be sentenced on Wednesday. Known as the " Ketamine Queen ", Sangha is the fifth defendant to take a plea deal and admit guilt in the case. Federal prosecutors say she should receive a ...

Source: theguardian.com