Think America’s housing market is frozen solid? Not so fast — new home sales just staged a surprise comeback. In August, sales of newly built single-family homes jumped 20.5% to an annual rate of 800,000 units. This was the fastest pace since early 2022 and well above forecasts. What’s Behind The Sudden Rush? Think big
Could a machine really outguess the world’s best human forecasters? That’s exactly what happened this summer when a British AI system cracked the top 10 of an elite global prediction contest. It outperformed dozens of professionals on everything from US wildfire acreage to political bust-ups between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. ManticAI, co-founded by a
What if a chatbot meant to “help” ends up doing the opposite? That’s the unsettling question Nate Soares, president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, wants the world to consider. Soares points to the tragic case of Adam Raine, a US teenager who died by suicide after months of conversations with ChatGPT. “These AIs, when
What’s the price tag of security? For Norway, it’s a cool £10 billion—the amount it’s shelling out for at least five British-built Type 26 frigates. The deal isn’t just big—it’s the UK’s biggest-ever warship export by value. For Britain, the benefits are clear: 4,000 jobs secured “well into the 2030s,” most at BAE Systems’ shipyards
Robots sprinting, tumbling, and even crashing into each other—welcome to Beijing’s World Humanoid Robot Games. Kicking off on Friday, the three-day spectacle brings together 280 teams from 16 countries. All eager to prove just how far artificial intelligence and robotics have come. Think Olympics, but for humanoids. Competitions range from track and field to table
Hulkamania has left the building. Hulk Hogan—the wrestling legend with the golden locks, booming voice, and larger-than-life persona—has died at 70. Born Terry Bollea, Hogan passed away at his Florida home after suffering a cardiac arrest, according to his manager. From body-slamming Andre the Giant to starring in Rocky III, Hogan wasn’t just a wrestler—he
What happens when a sacred institution is rocked by a scandal so shocking it sounds like a crime thriller? In Thailand, police have arrested a woman dubbed “Ms Golf” who allegedly seduced and blackmailed at least nine monks. She collected nearly $12 million over three years. Police found over 80,000 photos and videos in her
After a tense, 24-hour political showdown, Donald Trump’s massive tax-and-spending plan—cheekily dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—has finally cleared the Senate. The “One Big Beautiful Bill” has finally cleared the Senate. But don’t break out the fireworks just yet. The vote? A nail-biter. With three Republican senators defecting, it landed at a dead-even 50-50. Enter
Could Donald Trump soon be adding “Nobel Peace Prize winner” to his résumé? Pakistan certainly thinks so. Islamabad just announced it’s nominating the former U.S. president for the prestigious award. It claims his “decisive diplomatic intervention” helped defuse last month’s flare-up between India and Pakistan. In a post on X, Pakistan hailed Trump’s “stellar statesmanship,”
OpenAI just landed a $200 million deal with the US Department of Defense to build cutting-edge AI prototypes for military use. Think AI not just for combat, but for everything from better cybersecurity to helping soldiers navigate the health care system. It’s OpenAI’s first big government partnership—and it’s a bold one. The company insists all
What if the plastic bottle you tossed in the ocean dissolved like sugar in tea? Japanese researchers might be turning that into reality. A team from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and the University of Tokyo has developed a plastic. It completely dissolves in seawater within hours. It leaves no harmful trace behind.
The 30-year-old Harvard researcher from Russia has been sitting in ICE detention since February. U.S. officials accused her of lying about bringing biological materials—yes, frog embryos—into the country. But now, a federal judge in Vermont says she can be released on bail while her criminal case plays out. Petrova’s arrest at Boston Logan Airport sparked
