Oct 27 Watch 3:16 School principal documents Indonesia's worst wildfires in a decade By Sarah Clune Hartman Indonesia is battling its worst wildfires in more than a decade, made worse by El Niño. Many were deliberately set to clear land for farming, including palm oil plantations. More than 12,000 schools across Indonesia have closed because of the… Continue watching
Oct 27 Anthropic says risks for investors include blowback from runaway AI By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press The risks laid out by the San Francisco company in its filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission range from the mundane to involvement in cyberattacks and the spread of dangerous misinformation. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch Two doctors offer new ideas to prevent gun violence in America By William Brangham, Madison Staten, Solveig Rennan Sandbulte, Satvi Sunkara, Alexa Gold, Zoie Lambert America has an epidemic of gun violence that claims over 120 people every day. The country has debated what to do about this for years, but little has changed. Horizons moderator William Brangham explores gun safety and public health with… Continue reading
Oct 23 Two doctors offer new ideas to prevent gun violence in America By William Brangham America has an epidemic of gun violence that claims over 120 people every day. The country has debated what to do about this for years, but little has changed. Horizons moderator William Brangham explores gun safety and public health with… Continue reading
Oct 23 LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Vance By Associated Press It’s been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean, with storms spawning in assembly-line fashion near Hawaii and Mexico as El Niño conditions worsened by global warming create unusual weather. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 7:06 Christina Applegate's experience highlights challenges of diagnosing MS By William Brangham, Azhar Merchant When actor Christina Applegate revealed that she had been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis, it triggered not only an outpouring of empathy for her, but raised important questions about how often people are told they have the condition when they don’t. Continue watching
Oct 22 AI discovered a software vulnerability that could impact 70% of websites worldwide. The rush is on to patch it By Associated Press Governments and corporations worked throughout the night to update software. Continue reading
Oct 21 Meta must pay New Mexico $25 billion, its biggest fine ever, for deceiving users about Facebook privacy By Mikella Schuettler, Associated Press The verdict should be seen as a warning for tech companies that New Mexico will hold them accountable, state Attorney General Raúl Torrez said at a news conference. Continue reading
Oct 20 Christina Applegate says she was misdiagnosed and does not have MS By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Applegate revealed that despite the misdiagnosis, she still has “every symptom of someone with MS,” adding, “I still have to use wheelchairs when I go to the doctor’s office. I can’t walk from the car to the room.”… Continue reading
Oct 20 Marine life dramatically declined in Gulf of Mexico in years after BP oil spill, study finds By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press In the years after the 2010 BP oil spill, the number of fish in the deeper parts of the Gulf of Mexico dramatically declined. Continue reading