A reconnaissance flight a few days after the tsunami captured this photo of Tracy Arm fjord, showing bare sections of slopes on the far side where the tsunami stripped away vegetation Cyrus Read/U.S. Geological Survey A massive landslide in August 2025 caused the second-biggest tsunami ever recorded, with waters rising over 480 metres inside an…
DeepSeek is in talks to raise its first round of venture capital, and in just a few weeks, its potential valuation has soared from $20 billion to $45 billion, the Financial Times and Bloomberg reported. The Chinese AI lab came to prominence in early 2025 after launching a large language model that trained on a…
Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise ship, amid reports that a number of passengers have already returned to their home countries. Argentina, where the cruise to Antarctica departed, is consistently ranked by the World Health…
Former WNBA MVP Tina Charles has retired after 14 seasons in the league. “Today, I officially announce my retirement from basketball,” the eight-time All Star wrote in a post shared across her social media accounts Tuesday. “This game gave me everything and I’ll miss it deeply.” The veteran center — the No. 1 overall draft…
As The Boys heads into its final two episodes, Eric Kripke is stressing the importance of concluding every character’s story. The creator of the Prime Video series recently responded to social media complaints about “filler episodes” in the fifth and final season of the comic book adaptation, which releases its penultimate episode next Wednesday on…
Oil/Chemical Tanker “Bald Man” at the Port of Fujairah, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran limits marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, May 6, 2026. Amr Alfiky | Reuters Oil prices rose Thursday in volatile trading as investors continue to assess the latest developments in the Middle East amid…
The complaint sounds familiar. “I’m disappointed that you are working to incorporate AI garbage into the site,” one annoyed person, posting anonymously, said in an online message. “No-one is asking for this—we want you to improve the site, stop charging for new features.” Only, this is not a regular internet user moaning about AI being…
Shortage of petrochemical inputs drives up prices of packaging for food and medical products
To facilitate discussion and information sharing on activities at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, a public information session is being held 4–6 p.m., Wednesday, May 13, at the NASA Wallops Visitor Center. During the event, NASA will have information booths on the status on the causeway bridge construction, updates on beach replenishment, and a representative from the GLOBE program. Federal and state health experts will…
Today is Prince Archie’s seventh birthday, by the way. Of course they made sure to send out the Princess of Wales on some busywork mess. Yesterday evening, Kate’s office made the big splashy announcement that Kate plans to travel to northern Italy next week, something to do with Early Years or Shaping Us or whatever…
