A second suspect has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist in an upmarket Manhattan home for weeks in an effort to steal his cryptocurrency. William Duplessie, 32, turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday after his alleged accomplice was arrested last week. Their alleged victim told police he was hung off…
An artist’s impression of the exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b’s unusual orbit around a pair of brown dwarfs ESO/L. Calçada In a first, a pair of unusual stars has been revealed to have an equally unusual companion – an exoplanet that orbits them perpendicularly. Astronomers may think they know what is normal for stars and planets,…
Ethar Shalaby BBC News Arabic Noura’s family archive Noura and Mohamed at their home in Gaza City before the war began, where they hoped to raise a family “My nerves are shattered,” says Noura, a 26-year-old Palestinian woman, explaining that she has been “left with nothing”. After years of IVF treatment, she became pregnant in…
ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA – JUNE 24: Magic Johnson on stage during the TSP Live 2022 conference at The … More Hotel at Avalon on June 24, 2022 in Alpharetta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images) Getty Images Now that the Knicks players have signed off on firing Tom Thibodeau, Magic Johnson says “there’s a lot of…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK has agreed that no goods can enter Gibraltar except after Spanish checks as part of its deal to remove border controls for people moving between the two territories, according to British and European…
Data and AI tools enable broad surveillance of social media Tada Images/Shutterstock The US government is expanding its surveillance of social media to monitor millions of visitors and immigrants – and its embrace of more data analytics and artificial intelligence tools could increase scrutiny of US citizens as well. “It is nearly – if not…
For an AI model to perform effectively in specialized domains, it requires access to relevant background knowledge. A customer support chat assistant, for instance, needs detailed information about the business it serves, and a legal analysis tool must draw upon a comprehensive database of past cases. To equip large language models (LLMs) with this knowledge,…
Singing to your infant can significantly boost the baby’s mood, according to a recent Yale study published May 28 in Child Development. Around the world and across cultures, singing to babies seems to come instinctively to caregivers. Now, new findings support that singing is an easy, safe, and free way to help improve the mental…
Nitrous oxide – known colloquially as “laughing gas” – has many uses, from a painkiller during dental procedures to a whipping agent for canned whipped cream. While its euphoric side effects have long been known, the rise of vaping has helped create a perfect delivery vehicle for the gas – and a perfect recipe for…
Topline Larry Ellison reclaimed his spot among the world’s three richest people Thursday as shares of his cloud computing titan surged to an all-time high following earnings, marking the latest back-and-forth near the top of Forbes’ rich list amid the artificial intelligence arms race. After eclipsing Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg…
