September 8, 2025 4 min read Trump’s Health Cuts Leave States with Gaping Holes in Disease Surveillance AI now scans for bird flu and measles news, but public health officials say outbreaks can go undetected as the U.S. guts national and global tracking By Charles Schmidt edited by Josh Fischman Dead birds infected with bird…
Inside Apple’s splashy iPhone 17 lineup is a new chip: the N1. It’s a wireless networking chip made in-house by Apple, allowing its devices to support the latest networking technologies, including Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and the smart home protocol Thread. Apple previously used chips made by Broadcom to power Bluetooth and Wi-Fi within its…
For Alex Golesh, the grind never stops. Twenty-four hours after the biggest win of his career, an 18-16 victory at No. 13 Florida, the South Florida coach was already knee-deep in preparations for No. 5 Miami. But, as he exited a meeting on Sunday evening to field a phone call, Golesh allowed himself a moment to…
Justin Dini, who steered communications at Viacom and then continued to lead that corporate function amid multiple mergers, transactions, controversies and rebrandings, is departing the company. Dini joined Viacom in 2017 after a stint at blue-blood corporate communications firm Brunswick, reporting to former CEO Bob Bakish. In 2019, the company acquired free streaming outlet Pluto…
The spotlight at the Munich auto show this year is swinging back to BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen after previously focusing on Chinese automakers.
Imagine the year is 2050 and the world has devised a way to stop global warming. No, not by doing the hard work of cutting greenhouse gas emissions, but by spraying reflective particles into the stratosphere that dim the sun. The strategy works: temperatures at ground level stabilise, and life goes on as normal despite…
A bloodied female and her male companion were escorted out of SoFi Stadium during the fourth quarter of the Rams season opener Sunday along with two other spectators who had engaged in the same violent altercation. The woman and her companion were wearing jerseys of the Houston Texans, who the Rams defeated 14-9. Video clips…
Cardi B’s new album, Am I the Drama?, comes out on September 19th. She covers the latest issue of Billboard to talk about music, her first headlining tour (next year) and the state of American politics. In early 2024, Cardi said repeatedly that she wouldn’t get involved in the presidential election cycle and she wasn’t…
Nepal’s recent social media ban, part of a global censorship trend, helped set off widespread unrest, forcing the government to reverse course.
China’s surveillance state, the world’s largest, has its roots in technology provided by U.S. firms. The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralyzed in a hospital bed after a police beating with bricks.By then, surveillance was nothing new…
