Urgent research needed to tackle AI threats, says Google AI boss

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan kick off in just under two weeks, and for those who have cut the cord, there are plenty of ways to catch all the action without a traditional cable or satellite TV subscription. Also: The best live TV streaming services Where can I watch the Olympics? The Olympics officially…

YouTube has started to block third-party mobile browsers from using a background playback loophole. Background playback is supposed to be limited to YouTube Premium subscribers through the official iOS or Android app, but many people have been using browsers like Brave, Vivaldi, and Edge to get background playback without a subscription. Not anymore. “Background playback…

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it was terminating around $500 million in BARDA contracts associated with mRNA vaccine development. It was far from the first cut to public funding of mRNA research made on unscientific grounds. Despite consensus on mRNA’s merits, non-experts have sown doubts about the technology’s safety, leading…