Trump disavows spy chief Gabbard's take on Iran's nuclear program
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Rise in awareness of nicotine pouches among children, survey suggests
Getty Images Young people under the age of 18 are more aware of nicotine pouches, new data suggests. According to a survey commissioned by charity Action on Smoking and Health (Ash), the percentage of 11-17 year olds who said they knew of the pouches grew from 38% in 2024 to 43% this year. The survey…
Meeting summarization and action item extraction with Amazon Nova
Meetings play a crucial role in decision-making, project coordination, and collaboration, and remote meetings are common across many organizations. However, capturing and structuring key takeaways from these conversations is often inefficient and inconsistent. Manually summarizing meetings or extracting action items requires significant effort and is prone to omissions or misinterpretations. Large language models (LLMs) offer…
Did the US know about Israel’s attack all along?
Foreign diplomats at an event in Tehran this week mingled with little sense of urgency, waving away as posturing the US move to pull some non-essential personnel from the Middle East. Iran and the US were due to hold crunch nuclear talks in Oman on Sunday, and Washington was making a show, was the consensus…
Make videos accessible with automated audio descriptions using Amazon Nova
According to the World Health Organization, more than 2.2 billion people globally have vision impairment. For compliance with disability legislation, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the United States, media in visual formats like television shows or movies are required to provide accessibility to visually impaired people. This often comes in the…
Trump’s cuts to NASA and the National Science Foundation will have huge consequences
Artemis I sits at Launch Pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center Tribune Content Agency LLC/Alamy The Stern-Gerlach experiment is, in my opinion, truly the first test that forced the results of quantum mechanics onto the scientific community. Proposed by Otto Stern and conducted by Walther Gerlach in 1922, it showed that atoms have a quantum…
2025 U.S. Open tee times, pairings: Complete schedule, groupings for Round 1 on Thursday at Oakmont
Getty Images The third major of the year is upon us as the 2025 U.S. Open brings the world’s best golfers to one of the world’s toughest courses: Oakmont Country Club. With players beginning their battles against each other and the Oakmont course on Thursday, the USGA released the groupings we will get to see…
How Does A Pregnant Woman’s Weight Influence Her Child’s Infection Risk?
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Children born to women who are obese have a higher risk of landing in a hospital with a severe infection, a new study says. Infants under 1 year of age have a 41% increased risk of hospitalization for infection if their mom was…
Can the Gulf states become tech superpowers?
Few middle powers have the towering technological ambitions of the rich Gulf states. As they seek to shift their economies away from fossil fuels, the Emiratis want to lead the world in artificial intelligence (AI) and the Saudis want the kingdom to become home to startups in cutting-edge areas such as robotics. Those aspirations, however,…
Reddit users were subjected to AI-powered experiment without consent
The logo of the social media platform Reddit Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Image Reddit users who were unwittingly subjected to an AI-powered experiment have hit back at scientists for conducting research on them without permission – and have sparked a wider debate about such experiments. The social media site Reddit is split into “subreddits” dedicated…