Why China, a One-Party State, Is Backing Elections in This Country
The vote in Myanmar, widely seen as a sham, is a bid for legitimacy by the military government. It is also a way for Beijing to exert its influence there.
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In 2025, AI became a lightning rod for gamers and developers
2025 was the year generative AI made its presence felt in the video game industry. Its use has been discovered in some of the most popular games of the year, and CEOs from some of the largest game studios claim it’s being implemented everywhere in the industry including in their own development processes. Meanwhile, rank-and-file…
bitchy | First trailer for Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’: concerning or exciting?
One of my favorite classes in college was Greek mythology. So much fun, full of gorgeous imagery and incredible stories. One of my least favorite parts of the class was studying The Odyssey, the tale of Odysseus trying to return home to his wife Penelope after the Trojan War. It takes him a DECADE to…
Rams’ Matthew Stafford not concerned about Pro Bowl selections
Matthew Stafford was voted to the Pro Bowl this season, but the Rams veteran quarterback stopped concerning himself about the recognition more than a decade ago. In 2011, the then third-year pro passed for more than 5,000 yards and 41 touchdowns for the Detroit Lions. Stafford thought he had a chance to make the NFC…
North Korea Unveils the Completed Hull of What It Calls a Nuclear Submarine
The debut followed the North’s first test of a new surface-to-air missile and the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered attack sub for a port call in South Korea.
Red teaming LLMs exposes a harsh truth about the AI security arms race
Unrelenting, persistent attacks on frontier models make them fail, with the patterns of failure varying by model and developer. Red teaming shows that it’s not the sophisticated, complex attacks that can bring a model down; it’s the attacker automating continuous, random attempts that will inevitably force a model to fail. That’s the harsh truth that…
College football bowl season: MVP picks for all 36 matchups
Dec 24, 2025, 11:55 PM ET The 2025 bowl season is in full swing and ESPN’s college football experts are here to highlight the best performances. We’ll pick MVPs from each of the 36 bowl games from Dec. 13 to Jan. 2. These are our experts’ picks and won’t necessarily align with the official bowl…
They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.
The Trump administration said five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet had been barred from entering the United States.
What Parents in China See in A.I. Toys
new video loaded: What Parents in China See in A.I. Toys transcript Back transcript What Parents in China See in A.I. Toys A video of a child crying over her broken A.I. chatbot stirred up conversation in China, with some viewers questioning whether the gadgets are good for children. But the girl’s father says it’s…
MADONNA CELEBRATES THE SEASON WITH HER TWINS IN FESTIVE NEW PHOTOS
Madonna and her twins are getting into the holiday spirit. On Tuesday, the singer took to Instagram to share new photos of herself with her 13-year-old twins, Estere and Stella. In the images, the trio looked festive as they posed together in coordinated looks against a red backdrop. One photo showed Madonna posing with her…