4+ hour, 1+ min ago   (771+ words) As warnings rapidly mount over the pace and potential dangers of artificial intelligence development, the top Republican and Democrat in the House agreed on Sunday that Congress should put guardrails in place, but would not commit to specific policies or…...

14+ hour, 41+ min ago   (1603+ words) On any given weekend at the world’s largest Goodwill store in Seattle, someone drops off a carload full of donations every 55 seconds. Dozens of workers wearing dark blue Goodwill shirts toss hundreds of books, toys, clothes and stuffed animals — so…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (378+ words) The FBI, National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a joint cybersecurity advisory Tuesday that said Chinese AI developers had extracted, or “distilled,” capabilities from U.S. frontier AI models like Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s GPT, Google’s Gemini…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (596+ words) Recently, as I was scrolling through my phone, I realized I was suffering from a new kind of fatigue: AI slop-induced burnout. Almost all the posts I was reading on social media were riddled with bullet points, emoji and em…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (121+ words) The Seattle Times The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week. Trips to the grocery store and gas station are more painful than they were last year,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (858+ words) The EPA proposal would eliminate a federal requirement that states notify the public and seek comment before issuing air pollution permits for data centers and other industrial facilities. States could still offer opportunities for public comment, but the EPA would…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (92+ words) The Seattle Times Retailers are buying robots in record numbers, and you’ve probably seen them in stores around San Diego. - Hegseth targets 7 more officers as his frustrated Army secretary quits - Chaotic ambush by bounty hunters angers North Seattle neighbors WATCH…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (600+ words) Vice President JD Vance said in a podcast released Tuesday that if a 2024 assassination attempt had killed Donald Trump, he would have always wondered if it was part of a conspiracy and might not have accepted even another Republican as…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (217+ words) Apple’s new CEO John Ternus takes the helm of the iconic tech giant on Tuesday, ending Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure during which the company’s value skyrocket to $4.6 trillion thanks to the iPhone’s enormous popularity. The transition to a new CEO…...