Jon Bernthal’s 121 Minute 10/10 Neo-Western Thriller Is Officially a Streaming Hit
Jon Bernthal's standout supporting performance is drawing viewers back to an acclaimed 2015 crime thriller.
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India urges Sri Lanka to conduct PC polls “at the earliest”
India has urged Sri Lanka to conduct the long-delayed Provincial Council elections “at the earliest” and fully implement constitutional provisions to address the aspirations of the Tamil people…
Analysis: Prabowo's KSSK Plus: Coordination or quiet control?
President Prabowo Subianto is once again reshaping Indonesia's economic institutions. This time, he has instructed the Financial System Stability Committee (KSSK) to involve the Danantara sovereign…
Heavy rains today
The Department of Meteorology has said there will be showers and thundershowers in several parts of the country today (7), with heavy rainfall exceeding 100 mm possible in some areas.
Gene mutations behind serious bone marrow conditions identified
Inherited bone marrow failure syndrome, or IBMFS, describes a group of disorders in which inherited genetic abnormalities impair the bone marrow's ability to produce sufficient healthy blood cells.
Transient interdomain interactions shape the conformational ensemble governing RNA recognition by the tandem RRMs of Sex-lethal
RNA recognition motif (RRM) proteins frequently contain multiple RNA-binding domains connected by flexible linkers, yet the contribution of transient interdomain interactions to RNA recognition…
MC-Bayes: A Python-based wrapper for MotionCor3 processing of EER files compatible with Bayesian polishing
Here, we present MC-Bayes, a Python-based script for processing cryo-electron microscopy EER movies on one or more GPUs using MotionCor3 in a user-friendly manner.
- MC-Bayes streamlines cryo-EM EER movie processing on GPUs using MotionCor3
- Generates .star files for RELION Bayesian polishing of EER movies
- Two to three times faster than RELION CPU implementation on GPU systems
Genome-resolved biogeography reveals multidimensional structuring of freshwater giant viruses across global deep lakes
Giant viruses (GV) are increasingly recognized as important ecosystem regulators. While metagenomics has uncovered extensive GV diversity, the global distributions of individual species and the…
Correction: Optimizing augmented reality for visual communication design and user experience in public Art to support sustainable engagement
Scientific Reports, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66263-0 Correction: Optimizing augmented reality for visual communication design and user experience in public Art to…
Functional specialization of mPFC-BLA and mPFC-NAc pathways in affective state representation
Effective emotional processing, crucial for adaptive behavior, is mediated by the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) via connections to the basolateral amygdala (BLA), and nucleus accumbens (NAc)…
- mPFC→BLA neurons show heightened activity during anxiety-like states
- mPFC→NAc neurons engaged in exploratory and approach-related behaviors
- Pattern decorrelation in mPFC→NAc neurons during social interactions
A clinically validated framework for auditing AI chatbot behavior in mental health interactions
Nature Medicine, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04577-2 Across 810 conversations, an evaluation framework finds that AI chatbots often amplify simulated users’ psychological…
Combined photovoltaic and thermal enhancements of solar photovoltaic system using SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3 nanoparticle-enhanced paraffin wax phase change material
Scientific Reports, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-65914-6 Combined photovoltaic and thermal enhancements of solar photovoltaic system using SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3…
Using mathematical models to optimise mosquito net distribution
Tailoring malaria control interventions to regional transmission dynamics and behavioural characteristics can optimise them in resource-limited settings.
Unpaired RGB-to-thermal learning for explainable diabetic-foot risk screening
Scientific Reports, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-61426-5 Unpaired RGB-to-thermal learning for explainable diabetic-foot risk screening
Mungkinkah undang-undang ‘halang’ akauntabiliti dalam kemelut TH?
Undang-undang sedia ada memberi kuasa terlalu luas kepada menteri selain menyukarkan usaha membuktikan niat salah laku.
Guowei’s artwork makes this mooncake box a gift with meaning
Proceeds from this Johor Bahru centre's Mid-Autumn offering will support the education, care and daily requirements of 42 special-needs individuals.
Could the law prevent accountability in the TH fiasco?
Existing laws give ministers unlimited powers and make proving ill-intent difficult.
Lower Oil Prices Lend Support For The Gold Rally
Oil prices fell for a second week running thanks to optimism surrounding renewed U.S.-Iran diplomacy to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. U.S.
- Recent dip in oil prices boosts gold rally amid geopolitical tensions and inflation concerns
- IEA revises global oil demand projections for 2026 downwards by 1.1 million barrels per day
- OPEC approves 188,000 barrels per day quota increase for September 2026, ending 2023 supply cuts
Kharge-Rijiju face-off in Rajya Sabha; opposition stalls House over Amit Shah
The Rajya Sabha approved the Appropriation Bill, 2026, authorizing fund withdrawals for excess expenditure. Opposition members repeatedly demanded Home Minister Amit Shah's presence in the House. Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju was asked to convey their sentiments to Shah.
Victoria moves to tighten rules for councillors eyeing parliament
Legislation has been proposed to provide clarity to Victorian councillors looking to run in a state or federal election.
Reducing age of university graduation: Reforming GCE A/L pathway
by Prof. M. P. S. Magamage Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka A National Debate Focused on the Wrong Target Sri Lanka is once again engaged in an intense national debate on education reform.
Doge overstated claims to have saved Americans $110bn, watchdog finds
A review of the body formerly charged with reducing government spending has found several issues with its calculations.
Singapore's DBS CEO Sees AI Costs Falling in ‘Token Paradox’
DBS Group CEO Tan Su Shan sees AI costs trending down with more use of tokens, driven by what she calls the 'paradox of token spend.' She emphasizes that the bank maintains an open architecture…
Gurman on OpenAI’s Device: ‘A Doughnut-Shaped Speaker That Costs Over $300’
Mark Gurman, reporting for Bloomberg (gift link): OpenAI expects users to rely on the smart speaker throughout the day. It will work similarly to the company’s ChatGPT voice mode on smartphone apps…
- OpenAI developing doughnut-shaped speaker device costing over $300.
- Device aims for human-like interaction with advanced models.
- Includes speaker grills, microphones, lights, camera, sensors.
How the famed USENIX Security conf is managing a flood of papers in the AI era
AI usage is evident but isn't yet a serious problem
AI for homework—parents more willing to pay subscriptions for their children as peer pressure rises
Many parents have mixed feelings about the unrestricted use of artificial intelligence (AI) for schoolwork. They are concerned about the potential impact on their child's ability to learn but also…
Alphabet raises $25B in a bond sale; sources say the offering attracted roughly $115B of peak demand and that the company plans to issue US debt twice a year (Bloomberg)
Alphabet Inc. sold $25 billion of investment-grade bonds after generous yield payouts helped secure one of the year's largest order books for AI-related debt.
South Korean Won: Stable Fed and AI demand support KRW against US Dollar – ING
ING economists Deepali Bhargava and Lynn Song highlight a sharp 8% drop in USD/KRW earlier in the second quarter, driven by temporary flows such as Hynix ADR repatriation and National Pension Service…
Microsoft pushes safer software construction as AI makes offense cheap
AI is ending the era of scarce vulnerabilities, making powerful offensive capabilities abundant and forcing cybersecurity teams to move beyond reactive patching toward fundamentally safer software…
Why AI sandbox escapes are cybersecurity’s newest attack surface
Security researchers have spent the past year watching AI accelerate attacks that already exist. A harder question is whether AI can create attack techniques that didn’t exist before.
Detroit school district addresses school cleanliness, special education, and more in community meeting
The superintendent of Detroit’s school district is vowing to improve public meeting notifications, be more engaged with parents, and host a forum to address special education concerns after being…
No cloud, no GPUs, no problem: Liquid AI's new model LFM2.5-2.6B brings powerful AI agents to devices as small as a Raspberry Pi
Earlier this week, the AI startup Liquid, formed in 2023 by former MIT computer scientists, debuted LFM2.5-2.6B , a new open-weight language model designed specifically for agentic workloads.
Cognous Keeps Your AI in Check
You've probably gotten an email that was supposed to feel personal, but obviously wasn't. Something about it just felt off. Automated.
- Cognous introduces Open Control Stack to govern AI agents.
- Declare component outlines specific actions for AI agents.
- Control component checks actions in real-time for compliance.
Why Every Software Engineer Will Manage AI Agents by 2027
Artificial Intelligence is no longer just a tool that answers questions or generates code. It is evolving into something much more powerful: AI Agents.
Google open-sources an AI model it says can help with earlier hurricane warnings
WeatherNext can deliver a 15-day forecast predicting storms' track and intensity.
TRANSFORMER SAGA: DA seeks to hold mayor Lobishe personally liable for R25m Coega transformer lease
The DA is preparing a high court bid to hold Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Babalwa Lobishe personally liable for any losses linked to the controversial R25m transformer lease to Coega Steels.
Quote of the day by computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton on AI: 'It is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things' — a pessimistic take on the domination of new technologies by those with ulterior motives
A pessimistic take on the domination of AI tools by those with ulterior motives
SEC Bought a Billion Airline Records to Track Travelers—Likely Without a Warrant
The financial regulator subscribed to a global flight database covering more than a billion tickets to monitor activity.
Fare Is Fair: Zoox Launching Robotaxi Service in Las Vegas
Optimized fares will be based on the best route from pickup to drop-off, with the full price shown before you book and no surprises if the robotaxi takes a longer way around.
Trump approves two decrees to partially limit birth citizenship again despite Supreme decision
El presidente restringe el derecho de nacionalidad estadounidense para bebés nacidos en Estados Unidos de padres extranjeros
Transformers Beyond ChatGPT
How transformers power medical imaging, robotics, satellite analysis, driving, protein science, security, recommendations, and anomaly detection.
Inferred tonnes drive rare earth growth in Avalon update
Contained resource at Nechalacho rare earths project in the Northwest Territories raised by 42%.
Most People Prefer AI Writing, but That’s Because It’s Trained on Us
A new study finds that people rated AI-generated stories higher than human-generated stories, especially when told that a human wrote the story.
OpenAI Files 28-Page Motion to Dismiss Apple’s Lawsuit (PDF Link)
This is more like it. No mealymouthing or wishy-washiness here. This is a strident defense. I’ll quote just one line for now: Apple offers nothing because it has nothing because there is nothing.
- OpenAI files 28-page motion to dismiss Apple's lawsuit.
- Motion asserts Apple's complaint lacks misappropriation basis.
- Law should be accessible, not shrouded in complex language.
What You Need to Know About GitHub Agentic Workflows and Renovate
In this post, I want to describe the problem when combining the two, how I tried to fix it, and the correct solution.
Meta Says Its AI Model Escaped and Hacked a Third-Party Company Too
The company says a configuration error by an outside testing partner gave one of its Muse Spark models internet access during a cybersecurity evaluation.
Washington is keeping its AI rulebook private. Smaller AI labs aren’t happy.
A new White House framework gives Washington early access to the most powerful AI systems on earth, but smaller labs say the process locks them out.
Jealously Watching OpenAI and Anthropic, Meta Suddenly Claims That Its AI Went on a Hacking Spree Too
A likely story. The post Jealously Watching OpenAI and Anthropic, Meta Suddenly Claims That Its AI Went on a Hacking Spree Too appeared first on Futurism .
The AI security skills gap becomes Black Hat’s quiet crisis: theCUBE’s Black Hat USA 2026 day one keynote analysis
Attackers no longer need days to move from initial access to full compromise — frontier AI models have collapsed that timeline to seconds.
Suno hopes to go legit with watermarks for AI-generated music
Suno plans watermarks and download limits to stop "large-scale abuse."
These 3 charts show female-dominated jobs are actually the most exposed to AI
Of the top 20 occupations most at risk of being automated, 15 are dominated by women.
I audited a 5.5 GB AI training dataset by downloading 0.8% of it
Two months ago a repository turned up in my corner of the internet: 3,358 stars, 744 forks, an MIT license, and a release advertised as 518,400 training samples — 5.5 GB, split across three zip parts.
- Archive size: 5.5 GB with 518,400 training samples
- Investigation focused on method 0.jsonl.gz shards
- 0.81% of release obtained by requesting specific entries
Savers Value Village thrift store launches new AI tool to price items
Savers Value Village is launching a new AI pricing tool to keep product prices consistent and low, the company told CNBC exclusively.
Health Ministry develops AI policy to guide safe use of artificial intelligence in Ghana’s healthcare system
The Ministry of Health (MoH) is developing a comprehensive National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Policy and Guidelines to provide a legal, ethical and operational framework for the safe…
62 Blog Posts To Learn About Gpu
Learn everything you need to know about Gpu via these 62 free HackerNoon blog posts.
Checking out AI: University library puts emerging technology to the test
In a meeting room at the C. V. Starr East Asian Library, a Chinese film poster flickers onto a large screen. Haiqing Lin, the library's head of technical services, is demonstrating an interface he…
U.S. Diesel Exports Hit Record High as Global Supply Crunch Deepens
US distillate exports surged to a record last week as global supplies tightened. Disruptions across the Gulf area and various surrounding maritime chokepoints, as well as Ukrainian one-way attack…
Unequal algebra access in Philly is ‘discriminatory’ says key city official as district plans changes
Philadelphia school officials say they want all eighth graders to have the opportunity to take an algebra course before high school, but they’re still roughly 50 schools and a school year away from…
15 AI Security Lessons From Black Hat and Ai4 2026
Black Hat and Ai4 2026 highlighted gaps in AI agent security, identity controls, software supply chains, monitoring, and incident response. The post 15 AI Security Lessons From Black Hat and Ai4 2026 appeared first on TechRepublic .