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AI Founder David Silver Pledges Entire Fortune From Ineffable Intelligence Sale to Charity

David Silver, the DeepMind veteran who led AlphaGo before founding AI startup Ineffable Intelligence, says he'll give away 100% of whatever he personally makes if the company is sold. He's part of a small but growing group of AI founders making similar pledges, raising real questions about whether philanthropy is the right fix for wealth this concentrated this fast.

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UK Hits 33 Days Over 30C This Year, One Shy of the 1995 Record, as Fifth Heatwave and Drought Expand

England is bone dry, reservoirs are cratering, and the country is one hot day from breaking a 31-year-old heat record as a fifth heatwave builds toward Thursday. More regions are set to be declared in drought this week while hosepipe bans spread and wildfire risk hits "exceptional" levels in the east and southeast.

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Google's Pixel 11 Launch Set for Wednesday: Prices Jumping $100, RAM Getting Cut on Pro Models

Google will unveil the Pixel 11 lineup Wednesday, August 12, at a Made by Google event in New York. Leaked pricing points to a $100 hike across the board and a reported RAM downgrade on Pro models, all while Google axes the base 128GB storage tier. If the leaks hold up, you're paying more for less memory and calling it progress.

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us politics 3 43m ago 3 min read

Teen Charged in Cousin Lily Peters' 2022 Murder Gets Resolution Hearing Instead of November Trial

Carson Peters-Berger, now 18, was set to stand trial in November for the 2022 murder of his 10-year-old cousin Lily Peters in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. A resolution hearing scheduled for August 26 will determine whether the case goes to trial at all, according to the Chippewa County District Attorney's Office. No plea deal or outcome has been confirmed yet.

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us politics 3 46m ago 3 min read

Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor Called on Country Stars to Speak Out on Guns After 2023 Nashville School Shooting

In the weeks after the March 2023 Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Ketch Secor urged fellow country musicians to break their political silence and push back on assault rifles, a stance he laid out in a New York Times op-ed and a CNN podcast interview. Three years later, no major wave of country stars followed his lead, and the industry's reluctance to engage on guns remains largely intact.

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us politics 3 49m ago 3 min read

Trump Draws Cheers at LIV Golf's Bedminster Stop as Tour Hunts for New Money

President Trump got a warm welcome Saturday at LIV Golf's New York event at his Bedminster, New Jersey club, his third time hosting the tour. The bigger story is off the course: LIV lost its only funder, the Saudi Public Investment Fund, in April and is now leaning on an unnamed new investor to survive past 2026.

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us health 4 53m ago 3 min read

Boat Capsizes Near Liberty Island, Killing Woman and 5-Month-Old Infant, 12 Others Rescued

A 22-foot bowrider flipped in New York Harbor near Liberty Island Saturday night, killing a woman and a five-month-old baby. Twelve others were pulled from the water and survived; the Coast Guard and NYPD are investigating what caused the capsizing. No arrests have been made and no charges have been filed.

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UK University Clearing Runs July 2 to October 19, With Results Day Set for Thursday, August 13

UK students who miss their grades, change their minds, or beat expectations have a system called clearing to sort out a university place, running through October 19. It works. Students just need to actually understand the rules before results land Thursday.

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us politics 5 2h ago 3 min read

Myanmar's Junta Says No to ASEAN's Demand to Free Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar's military-backed government rejected ASEAN's renewed call to unconditionally release detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi and signaled it may scrap the bloc's special envoy role after next year. The junta let a Red Cross official visit the 81-year-old Suu Kyi last week, its first outside contact with her in five years, but that gesture stops well short of what ASEAN asked for.

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us politics 6 2h ago 3 min read

Senate Panel Votes 8-5 to Hold Fauci in Contempt After He Invokes the Fifth 111 Times

The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer questions, citing his Fifth Amendment rights 111 times despite a pardon from former President Biden. The referral now heads to Attorney General Todd Blanche's Justice Department, setting up a fight over whether a pardoned witness can still legally plead the Fifth.

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British Women's Cycling Team Hess Collapsed in 2024, Left Suppliers and Riders Unpaid

Hess Cycling launched in 2023 with a 750,000-euro budget and promises to make Britain a force in women's cycling. Within two months of a title sponsor pulling out, the team collapsed, leaving at least one supplier owed over 50,000 pounds and riders describing broken promises. The wreckage exposes how thin the financial floor is under pro cycling teams compared to sports like football or Formula 1.

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us politics 4 3h ago 3 min read

Hawaii Republicans Pick Contractor Gary Cordery to Challenge Gov. Josh Green in November

Gary Cordery, a Honolulu contractor, won Saturday's GOP primary for Hawaii governor and will face Democratic incumbent Josh Green in November. Green has $3.5 million in the bank and a 56% approval rating, versus Cordery's $313,000, so this is a longshot bid to end a Democratic hold on the governor's office that dates back to 2010.

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Arizona Student Julissa Salazar Strangled Days Before Planned Breakup, Boyfriend Caught Fleeing to Germany

Tucson police say 20-year-old Varun Batchigari strangled his girlfriend, 19-year-old Julissa Rubi Salazar, then fled through Houston to Berlin before he was detained. He faces a first-degree murder charge and had an open assault case and a prior unreported sexual assault allegation against him.

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us defense 3 3h ago 2 min read

Report: Suspected Gangster Tied to Kushner's Albania Deal, Per WSJ Headline

A headline aggregated by Ground News attributes to the Wall Street Journal a report that a suspected gangster is causing complications for a Kushner-linked Albania deal. Beyond that headline, no further sourced details are available.

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us health 3 4h ago 3 min read

Riders Trapped Upside Down on Ocean City Boardwalk Ride, No Injuries Reported

A pendulum-style ride at Playland's Castaway Cove in Ocean City, New Jersey stopped mid-cycle in early July, leaving more than a dozen riders, including two 13-year-old girls, suspended upside down for five to seven minutes. No injuries have been reported, the cause of the malfunction is still unclear, and the ride reportedly stayed open afterward.

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us sports 3 4h ago 4 min read

WNBA Rescinds Caitlin Clark's Eighth Technical Foul, Fever Star Avoids One-Game Suspension

Caitlin Clark got called for a technical foul Saturday that would have triggered an automatic suspension under WNBA rules. The league reversed it within about two hours, letting her play Tuesday against the New York Liberty. The quick reversal raises fair questions about officiating consistency, even if the call itself looks like a bad one.

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us sports 5 4h ago 3 min read

USA Volleyball and FIVB Adjust Sex-Screening Rollout After Players Raise Privacy Concerns

USA Volleyball and the International Volleyball Federation said they've reached a deal to fix how SRY gene screening is communicated and administered, after members of the U.S. Women's National Team raised concerns. The eligibility rule itself, requiring biological females for the female category, is not changing. Separately, families in youth leagues have raised concerns about a specific opponent they believe is transgender.

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us defense 6 4h ago 1 min read

U.S. Weapons Drawdown in Iran Strikes Draws Scrutiny From Russia and China, Report Says

The New York Times reported that the United States is burning through weapons in its strikes on Iran, and that Russia and China are taking note of how quickly that stockpile is being used.

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Iran Releases 'First' Video of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. It's Old Footage From March.

Iran's Mehr News Agency released a video Saturday claiming to show Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei for the first time since he was reportedly wounded in a February 28 strike that killed his father. Analysts and social media users quickly identified the clip as recycled footage from March, undercutting Tehran's apparent attempt to quash reports he's near death. Attribution matters here: no outlet, Iranian, Israeli, or Western, has independently confirmed Khamenei's actual condition.

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us politics 5 5h ago 3 min read

Milwaukee Cop's Data Entry Error Leaves Wisconsin Woman Held at Gunpoint Twice in One Week

A Milwaukee Police Department staffer forgot to clear a vehicle alert from the Flock license plate camera system after a homicide investigation no longer needed it. That mistake got Amber Newell pulled over at gunpoint twice in a week, once on I-94 and once earlier in Milwaukee, with zero charges filed either time.

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