Quantum computers are on the edge of revealing new particle physics
Quantum computers can simulate the behaviour of high-energy particles Google Quantum AI, designed by Sayo…
Verify Google AI-generated videos in the Gemini app
We’re expanding our content transparency tools to help you more easily identify AI-generated content. You can now check if a video was edited or created with Google AI directly in the Gemini app. Simply upload a video and ask something like, “Was this generated using Google AI?” Gemini will scan for the imperceptible SynthID watermark…
A Filmmaker Made a Sam Altman Deepfake—and Got Unexpectedly Attached
Director Adam Bhala Lough didn’t set out to make a documentary about a digital simulacrum of Sam Altman. But after about 100 days of texting and emailing the OpenAI CEO for an interview—with no response, he claims, and with financiers hounding him to make good on his original pitch—Lough was at his wit’s end. He’d…
Has flu peaked? What the figures tell us
Jim Reed,Health reporter, Wesley Stephenson,BBC Verifyand Nick Triggle,Health correspondent Getty Images The NHS remains on high alert over flu, health bosses say, but there are clear signs the surge in the virus has come to an end for now at least. Community spread appears to have stabilised, the UK Health Security Agency says. Meanwhile, the…
Inside Kaggle’s AI Agents Intensive Course with Google
After setting a Guinness World Record in April with over 280,000 participants in Kaggle’s 5-Day GenAI intensive course with Google, we thought we’d seen the peak of global interest. Yet the excitement was only growing. Our partnership with Kaggle to host the 5-Day AI Agents Intensive Course surpassed all expectations, welcoming over 1.5 million learners…
Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The Working Families Party said Thursday that it is putting out a specific recruitment call for people who are organizing against data centers in their communities to run for office. The announcement comes amid a period of heightened political turmoil around data centers, as some high-profile Democrats wade into the fight. Earlier this week, three…
How are hospitals in your area affected?
Hospitals across the UK are seeing high levels of flu cases this winter. The NHS in England has said it is on “on high alert” after seeing the highest ever number of flu cases in hospital for this time of year, in the week ending 14 December. You can use our tool below to find…
ACIP Vote Drives Online Engagement About Hepatitis B Vaccine, And Posts Claim a VAERS “Cover-Up” of COVID-19 Vaccine Deaths — The Monitor
VOLUME 37 December 18, 2025 Highlights Nearly two weeks after a CDC vaccine advisory panel voted to end the universal recommendation that newborns be vaccinated for hepatitis B, online conversations about childhood vaccination schedules and parental choice have continued at elevated levels, with many prominent accounts celebrating the decision as a victory for medical freedom….
People fake weight to obtain skinny jabs, says Chelsmford GP
Alexander StevanovicEssex Fiona Graham Dr Fiona Graham says people use exercise weights, bottles of water under their arms and books to falsify their weight A GP says she has experienced patients putting “weights on their backs” to falsify readings in order to be prescribed weight-loss injections online. Fiona Graham, who runs a private clinic in…
Positive trends related to public IP ranges from the year 2025
Since the end of the year is quickly approaching, it is undoubtedly a good time to look back at what the past twelve months have brought to us… And given that the entire cyber security profession is about protecting various systems from “bad things” (and we’ve all correspondingly seen more than our share of the…
‘Wicked’ Director Jon M. Chu on ‘What Makes Art Beautiful’ in the AI Era
Manisha Krishnan: OK. So it sounds like you’re potentially open. You’re not closing the door on working with AI basically? Jon Chu: I don’t know. Manisha Krishnan: OK. That’s fair. I do want to talk a little bit about Crazy Rich Asians because I love that movie, but also I sort of wonder, did you…
