Amazon accuses Perplexity of covertly accessing customer accounts and disguising AI activity as human browsing Amazon sued a prominent artificial intelligence startup on Tuesday over a shopping feature in the company’s browser, which can automate placing orders for users. Amazon accused Perplexity AI of covertly accessing customer accounts and disguising AI activity as human browsing. … Read more
University of Queensland modelling says reef will suffer ‘rapid coral decline’ in coming decades but could still recover if targets met The Great Barrier Reef will undergo “rapid coral decline” until 2050 but could recover if global heating is kept below 2C, according to the most detailed modelling so far of the future of the … Read more
Among the 66 fatalities were six military personnel whose helicopter crashed on the island of Mindanao during a humanitarian mission Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 66 people dead with 26 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away scores of cars in a … Read more
Video shows man trying to kiss and embrace Claudia Sheinbaum, highlighting both security risk and harassment faced by Mexican women Claudia Sheinbaum, the president of Mexico, has been groped by a man as she mingled with citizens on the streets of Mexico City, raising questions about the lack of presidential security and the level of … Read more
At least two people in intensive care and suspect arrested after pedestrians and cyclists hit on Île d’Oléron Five people have been injured, two of them seriously, after a driver rammed into pedestrians and cyclists on Île d’Oléron, a popular tourist destination off France’s Atlantic coast, authorities have said. The driver has been arrested and … Read more
The New York City mayoral race exposed a city divided — and one facing enormous economic and political pressures come January. NEW YORK — The political, social and economic turmoil awaiting Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, whose ascendence has been tracked closely by both national Democrats and Republicans, will make his job especially fraught come Jan. 1. … Read more
The democratic socialist vanquished Andrew Cuomo in a contest being closely watched by national Democrats, Republicans and the White House. NEW YORK — Zohran Mamdani capped a sharp-elbowed campaign for New York City mayor Tuesday night with a historic win, cementing the democratic socialist as both a rising star and a divisive figure in the … Read more
After championing California’s successful gerrymander, the governor pushed fellow Democrats to do the same SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom challenged blue state leaders to follow California in redrawing their election maps minutes after voters here overwhelmingly approved Democrats’ redistricting plan. “We need the state of Virginia. We need the state of Maryland,” Newsom said in … Read more
The president previously said he had “an obligation to go” to oral arguments in the tariff case at the high court Wednesday. President Donald Trump said Sunday he won’t be in attendance at the Supreme Court this week for a pivotal legal showdown that could gut the tariff policy at the center of his economic … Read more
The move comes after a federal court ordered USDA to use emergency money for the nation’s largest food aid program during the government shutdown. The Trump administration on Monday agreed to move billions of emergency dollars to partially pay for food aid this month in response to a federal judge’s order, though some families may … Read more