Advances in artificial intelligence are making it a cinch to create so-called deepfake images, videos and audio recordings, raising concerns that bad actors could bombard people with hyper-realistic scams and spread disinformation. Deepfakes that use the voices and likenesses of public figures, including celebrities or political candidates, can also deceive the public in various ways, security…
Coffee appliance company Bodum USA is recalling 5.9 million French press makers, warning that the glass carafe can break and cause burn injuries. Bodum USA is the American subsidiary of a Danish-Swiss company that specializes in coffee hardware. So far, the company has received 70 reports of glass carafes breaking, 48 of which resulted in…
A short interruption in the Maine senate debate from Oct. 15 is still relevant a week before Election Day. Democratic nominee Troy Jackson told five-term incumbent Sen. Susan Collins to “shut up,” after she said a protester was “obviously one of Troy’s supporters.” Jackson has since been asked to apologize, which he declined to do,…
Washington — Washington state’s chief election official told the Justice Department on Wednesday that a list of 400 people the federal government alleges are noncitizens who are registered to vote in the state is “not reliable” and contained “many” people who are U.S. citizens. Steve Hobbs, the Washington secretary of state, was responding to a…
DoorDash said Thursday that it will buy Instacart for $17 billion, uniting one of the nation’s top grocery delivery services with a major food delivery company. DoorDash, which will pay $65 per share for Instacart, said the acquisition will benefit communities by enabling more supermarkets to use Instacart’s platform to run their websites. “Instacart has…
As New Mexico officials sounded alarms this month about a growing fentanyl crisis, a veteran Drug Enforcement Administration agent has alleged the agency has contributed to the problem by allowing the deadly pills to reach the streets. “For three years, I’ve told my DEA managers that we’re allowing dangerous amounts of fentanyl to hit the…
Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon’s top military planner, a Pentagon official told CBS News late Wednesday. Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia is the latest in a series of generals to be ousted. The firing comes even as President Trump is weighing renewed strikes on Iran in the eight-month-long war. Sylvia…
Page, Arizona — Doug Herrera still lives in the house his father built, though his dad died some time ago from cancer. Herrera wonders if that illness could have been linked to pollutants from nearby uranium mining. Now, he worries that a possible new neighbor — a proposed $10 billion mega data center — could imperil…
Washington — Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center are asking a judge to allow them to subpoena a former informant who has provided material to the Justice Department, saying that investigators are treating the witness like he is “part of the prosecutorial team itself.” Defense attorneys for the civil rights nonprofit accused the government…
Apple’s first foldable iPhone went on sale on Oct. 23, and some new owners report that their devices are already broken. Within days of the new iPhone Duo hitting stores, photos and videos of cracked screens began popping up online. Consumers said the device’s inner screen broke down the middle near the hinge where the…
