Can AI match the brilliance of the world’s best young minds? Not quite yet — but it’s getting scarily close. At this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Queensland, Australia, humans still reigned supreme. Five students scored a perfect 42 out of 42. But here’s the kicker: AI systems from Google and OpenAI also earned
What was meant to be just another morning of drills turned into a deadly scene in East Los Angeles. At least three police officers were killed Friday after an explosion tore through the parking lot of the Biscailuz Center Academy Training Facility. The blast struck around 7:30 a.m., shaking the area and sending emergency crews
Imagine discovering your new favorite band only to find out… they don’t actually exist. That’s exactly what happened with The Velvet Sundown, a rising “folk-rock” act that racked up over a million Spotify streams. Before the big reveal: they’re completely AI-generated. From their mellow harmonies to vintage promo pics, everything about the band was fake.
Imagine being 400 feet underground, five miles from daylight, when the earth suddenly shifts. That’s exactly what 31 tunnel workers in Los Angeles faced late Wednesday. A section of a massive wastewater tunnel collapsed beneath Wilmington. Miraculously, all made it out alive. Thanks to a swift and heroic response from over 100 emergency personnel, the
Imagine waking up to a message saying you’ve just won over a million kroner. A new home? That long-overdue holiday? Done. Now imagine finding out… it was all a mistake. That’s exactly what happened to thousands of Norwegians. State-owned gambling company Norsk Tipping sent out incorrect Eurojackpot winnings. The culprit? A currency conversion blunder—multiplying by
Should your personal data be floating around on servers in China? Germany’s data protection chief says absolutely not. She’s calling on Apple and Google to pull Chinese AI app DeepSeek from their app stores. “DeepSeek hasn’t convinced us that German users’ data is safe in China,” said Meike Kamp, Germany’s data commissioner. The app collects
Imagine billions of usernames and passwords floating around online, just waiting to be exploited. That’s exactly what cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews have uncovered — and the numbers are staggering. According to their latest report, a jaw-dropping 16 billion login credentials have been leaked and compiled into massive datasets. We’re talking passwords for everyday platforms like
Is the world sliding into a new nuclear arms race? According to a new report, it’s starting to look that way—and China’s rapid buildup is leading the charge. By early 2025, China’s nuclear arsenal has reportedly hit 600 warheads, expanding by about 100 warheads a year since 2023. That’s the fastest growth of any nation,
What would it take to turn down $4 million a month? For Tirso “TJ” Dominguez—once a hotshot pilot for drug traffickers—it was the promise of five times more from none other than Pablo Escobar. In the new podcast Cocaine Air, Dominguez breaks his silence after decades. He reveals how he went from a grieving 20-year-old—duped
What happens when an earthquake strikes—and you’re behind bars? In Karachi’s Malir Jail, chaos. More than 200 prisoners escaped early Tuesday after tremors shook the overcrowded prison. The tremors prompted panic, fear, and ultimately, a jailbreak. “Inmates started shouting around midnight, terrified the building would collapse,” one prison superintendent told the BBC. The fear quickly
Outside a Jewish museum near the U.S. Capitol, two Israeli embassy staffers were gunned down late Wednesday. Their killer shouted “Free Palestine” as he opened fire—an act that US President Donald Trump slammed as “anti-Semitism, plain and simple.” The couple, young and in love, were planning to get engaged next week in Jerusalem. “He bought
What happens when two entire countries suddenly lose power? For Spain and Portugal, the answer came crashing in on Tuesday. Trains stopped mid-track, elevators froze mid-floor, and internet and phone signals vanished like a magician’s trick. “It’s like something out of a movie,” said Carlos Candori, 19, who had to evacuate the Madrid metro. “No
