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Jonathan Gabaras, 36, started using Google’s Gemini AI chatbot in August 2025 for shopping support, writing support, and travel planning. He died by suicide on October 2nd. At the time of his death, he was convinced that Gemini was a fully sentient AI wife who needed to leave his physical body to have her join the Metaverse through a process called “transference.” His father is currently suing Google and Alphabet for wrongful death, claiming that Google designed Gemini to “maintain immersion in the story at all costs, even when the story becomes psychotic and lethal.” This case is one of…
Experimental therapies to treat rare diseases have always faced a difficult path to reach those who need them. The Food and Drug Administration says it is moving forward with new protocols to speed approvals, but criticism has grown in recent months that scientific and political pressures and staff cuts are affecting the agency’s approach to standards and regulatory requirements, which are actually hindering the delivery of these treatments to patients.Much of the criticism has been aimed directly at FDA Commissioner Marty McCulley. “The problem is that the secretary has replaced standards of safety and effectiveness with fear and support,” Rep.…
People look at Xiaomi’s humanoid robot “CyberOne” at the 2023 World Robot Conference held at the Beijing E-Tron International Exhibition and Convention Center in Beijing, China, on August 18, 2023.Video Visual China Group | Getty Imagesxiaomi The company’s president told CNBC that the company has introduced humanoid robots on a trial basis at its electric vehicle production plant in an effort to improve factory productivity.The two humanoid robots can complete 90% of the work in three hours, Lu Weibing told CNBC in an interview at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain. It is said that tasks such…
As Iran’s death toll since Saturday surpassed 1,000, Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth said the war was “just beginning.”listen to this article | 3 minutesinformationPublished March 4, 2026March 4, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareplus 2 googleAdd Al Jazeera to GoogleinformationU.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said more U.S. troops would arrive in the Middle East as the war with Iran escalates amid growing concerns about civilian casualties from U.S. and Israeli attacks.Hegseth said at a Pentagon press conference Wednesday that the U.S. and Israeli campaign against Iran is “just beginning.”Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”We’re not slowing…
montreal — By the time DJ Brinassa drops a pulsating house beat, Friday’s scantily clad crowd at Montreal’s newest outing is already glistening with sweat. It wasn’t just the subtle glow from the night dance floor. At 10 p.m., inside the RECESS Thermal Station (a sauna and cold plunge that regularly hosts DJ events and other gatherings), attendees sweated freely in a circular sauna, illuminated by flashy club-like lighting, arching their gym-trained bodies. Shirtless employees with artistic tattoos and multiple necklaces danced around the sauna while waving giant fans. In the outdoor lounge, couples cuddled up in cozy chairs by…
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery was “dreaming” of the Premier League title just a few weeks ago, but now faces a “cup final”-like match against Chelsea on Wednesday.Just five games ago, Villa were on top of their game, level on points with second-placed Man City and leaders Arsenal, four places behind. But after a disastrous February in which they won just one of their five league games, an unconvincing late win at home to Brighton, Emery’s side have now slipped to fourth place, with both Liverpool and Chelsea within striking distance heading into the final 10 games of the season.…
Traders at work at the New York Stock Exchange on March 3, 2026. new york stock exchangeof S&P500 Stocks were relatively unchanged Wednesday after a volatile pre-trade as investors focused on developments in the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran.Although a wide range of indices remained around the flat line, Nasdaq Composite It rose 0.4%. of Dow Jones Industrial Average Lost 113 points (0.2%).Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Wednesday that the United States plans to make a “series of announcements” to support the flow of oil through the Persian Gulf. This comes after President Donald Trump said on…
Elon Musk watches as President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Nov. 19, 2025.Brendan Smialowski AFP | Getty ImagesSince acquiring Twitter for about $44 billion in late 2022, Elon Musk has changed the company’s name to X, integrated the social media platform with artificial intelligence startup xAI, and then merged that company with defense contractor SpaceX. Musk’s next big step may be to take SpaceX public, perhaps in a record IPO. But before that, he needs to look back on his past. Musk is scheduled to…
State Rep. James Talarico, a Texas Democrat and U.S. Senate candidate, speaks at the Texas Primary Election Night event at Emo’s Austin in Austin, Texas, USA, early Wednesday morning, March 4, 2026. Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesState Rep. James Talarico defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett in an expensive and hotly contested Texas Senate Democratic primary, and the party is hoping for another November upset. Who Talarico will face will be determined by a May runoff between longtime Republican Sen. John Cornyn and MAGA favorite Ken Paxton. The race is expected to become increasingly tense in the coming months and…
He is a rejected monkey and the internet’s adopted baby animal. However, while you can’t take the punch home, you can curl up with your buddies if you have it in stock. Punch, a 7-month-old monkey at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo, is making headlines after forming a heartbreaking relationship with a stuffed orangutan given to him as a mother by the caretakers who raised him by hand. “Punch” baby monkey and mom stuffed animal Abandoned at birth at Japan’s Ichikawa Zoo, the six-month-old monkey has found solace in a stuffed orangutan that has won thousands of hearts online. “Punch” baby…