Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal
Critics worry Anthropic is endangering its “ethical” AI stance due to defense associations.
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492 killed, 1645 wounded in Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon
The Israeli regime’s warplanes have conducted extensive airstrikes against towns and villages across Lebanon, killing at least 492 people.
California Sues Exxon for Plastics Deception
The first-ever lawsuit against fossil fuel company for plastic recycling fraud follows a Center for Climate Integrity report showing that Big Oil and the plastics industry deceived public for decades about plastic recycling.
America’s FTC Sues Insulin Middlemen Who ‘Artificially Inflated’ Drug Price
Friday America’s Federal Trade Commission brought action against three companies for “anticompetitive and unfair” practices “that have artificially inflated the list price of insulin.”
California Drivers May Soon Get Mandatory In-Car Speed Warnings Like the EU
The European Union requires all new vehicles to include speed-warning devices. California’s ready to follow suit.
Social Media and Online Video Firms Are Conducting ‘Vast Surveillance’ on Users, FTC Finds
Agency accuses Meta, Google, TikTok and other companies of sharing troves of user information with third-parties.
Brand Behind Walkie-Talkie Devices Transformed into Bombs Supplies the U.S. Military
Today’s second round of exploding devices in Lebanon were linked to ICOM, a Japanese manufacturer that supplies the Pentagon. ICOM insists devices were counterfeit.
Mysterious Nine-Day Seismic Event Triggered By Greenland 950-Foot Mega-Tsunami
A melting glacier caused a mountain in Greenland to collapse into a narrow fjord, setting off an oscillating wave that rattled seismic detectors around the world.
Scientists discover new species of titanosaur that dates back to 75 million years ago
Sauropod ‘Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra’ was nearly 50 feet long and weighed more than 10 tons.
CEO of failing hospital chain got $250M amid patient deaths, layoffs, bankruptcy
Steward Health Care System, run by CEO Ralph de la Torre, filed for bankruptcy in May.
National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords
KrebsOnSecurity has learned that another NPD data broker which shares access to the same consumer records inadvertently published the passwords to its back-end database in a file that was freely available from its homepage until today.
Thanks To The Cost Of Living Crisis, U.S. Household Debt Has Soared To The Highest Level Ever Recorded
Americans’ debt has surpassed $17 trillion for the first time, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (NYFRB).
Mainstream Media Is Ignoring Israel’s Sexual Torture
For the past two weeks, a sickening scandal around Israeli torture of Palestinians has roiled the country’s politics. Many Americans likely have no idea about it, because mainstream media is all but ignoring it.
1 in 4 Unresponsive People with Brain Injuries May Be Conscious
More people than we thought who are in comas or similar states can hear what is happening around them, a study shows.
An implantable sensor dispenses naloxone to prevent opioid overdose deaths
The new device, which can be implanted under the skin, rapidly releases naloxone when an overdose is detected.