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BRENTWOOD, Calif.—It was 10:09 and 22 seconds on a Friday morning at Liberty High School when an alert dinged on James Geis’s phone: “High Vape Index.” He dashed out of the administrative building and ...

What do 200,000 T-shirts and a suitcase full of rat poison have in common? They all ended up in Scottsboro, Alabama, after airline passengers lost their luggage over the last year. Collecting those ...

Seven powerful AI systems are reshaping one-person businesses — automating real workflows, operating inside your computer and creating unprecedented leverage for founders bold enough to use them ...

KENT, Wash. — Teachers, parents, and students packed several rooms at the Kent School District (KSD) building for a school board meeting Wednesday night, after news spread that more than 100 teachers ...

Through the looking glass: When software historians talk about preserving the roots of modern computing, they usually mean source code or documentation. Now, they can mean the computers themselves – ...

The boss of Sidemen Entertainment has taken a swipe at the BBC just a few weeks after the corporation struck a landmark YouTube deal. Speaking at MIP London, Victor Bengtsson, who oversees the company ...

The Huntington Beach City Council majority refers to itself as the MAGA-nificent 7 for implementing MAGA’s Trump-inspired culture-war agenda at the local level, but the results have so far been less ...

Last month, Jason Grad issued a late-night warning to the 20 employees at his tech startup. “You've likely seen Clawdbot trending on X/LinkedIn. While cool, it is currently unvetted and high-risk for ...

Standing on principle no longer takes precedence—winning is what counts. In today’s politics, when you can push the boundaries and increase power, you do it. Republicans still fail to understand this.

After a brief reprieve, Peloton Interactive was back to reporting quarterly losses, as sales fell short of expectations and the number of subscribers fell to the lowest number in years. The ...

Internet Computer (ICP) jumped straight into the top 10 cryptos at launch, but it has since fallen more than 99%. Its AI platform might turn things around, but so far, Internet Computer's price is ...