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HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuba is fighting a wave of mosquito-borne illnesses including dengue and chikungunya virus that have swept the island in recent weeks, affecting nearly one-third of the population and sickening swaths of workers, the country’s top epidimiologist said late on Wednesday.Dengue fever has long plagued Cuba but has grown worse as an economic crisis hampers the government’s ability to fumigate, clean roadside trash and patch leaky pipes. Chikungunya, once rare on the island, has also spread quickly in recent months.”The situation is acute,” said Francisco Duran, the country’s chief epidimiologist. He said the government was working “intensely” as during…
Apple on Thursday introduced a new set of App Review Guidelines for developers, which now specifically state that apps must disclose and obtain users’ permission before sharing personal data with third-party AI. The change comes ahead of the iPhone maker’s plan to introduce its own AI-upgraded version of Siri in 2026. That update will see Apple’s digital assistant offer users the ability to take actions across apps using Siri commands, and will be powered, in part, by Google’s Gemini technology, according to a recent Bloomberg report. At the same time, Apple is ensuring other apps aren’t leaking personal data to…
Don’t try to run before you can walk — or walk before you can stand.One of Russia’s first humanoid robots, known as AIDOL, toppled over in front of a crowd in Moscow during its reveal on Tuesday as “Gonna Fly Now,” the theme song from the movie “Rocky,” played in the background.A Moscow news agency posted the video of the robot’s fall after the incident.The company, a Russian startup called Artificial Intelligence Dynamic Organism Lab, or AIDOL, like the robot’s name, posted a statement to Telegram on Thursday in response to the media attention.”We know that many are worried about…
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University System regents on Thursday required professors to receive approval from the school president to discuss some race and gender topics, tightening rules months after a viral video of a student confronting an instructor over her lessons threw the flagship campus into upheaval.The new policy will apply to all 12 schools within the system, including at Texas A&M, the flagship campus that is one of the largest universities in the country.The new policy states that no academic course “will advocate race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity”…
Apple’s latest iPhone feature could save you from having to fumble for your passport while traveling.The tech giant launched on Wednesday a way for iPhone and Apple Watch users to carry a virtual version of their US passport using information from the real thing. It can be used for domestic travel at TSA checkpoints at more than 250 US airports, the company said.The new Digital ID feature in the latest version of iOS 26 adds passports to a range of government-issued IDs that can be included in the Apple Wallet. The iPhone maker touted the security and privacy of the…
Google is updating NotebookLM, its AI note-taking and research assistant, with a new tool to help users simplify complex research, along with support for additional file types. The service is rolling out “Deep Research,” a tool that will automate and simplify complex online research. Google says the tool acts like a dedicated researcher, as it can synthesize a detailed report or recommend relevant articles, papers, or websites. Deep Research can take your question, create a research plan, and then browse websites on your behalf. After a few minutes, it will present you with a source-grounded report that you can add…
Vital federal funding is on the way for Head Start centers that were thrown into crisis by the government shutdown, but it could take time before some children who rely on the federal program can return to preschool. Some centers that missed out on federal payments had to furlough staff. Others had to shut down entirely, destabilizing thousands of needy families around the country. And operators fear it could take weeks more for overdue payments to be processed.Even when agencies receive long-delayed grant money, centers will have to rehire staff members and bring back families — both of which may…
DENVER (AP) — Rick George, the athletic director at Colorado who hired football coach Deion Sanders, is stepping away from his role at the end of the academic year.The university announced his decision Thursday with the football team on a bye week. George plans to move into an advisory role to the chancellor and serve as director of athletics emeritus. He will help raise money for the department.George was brought on as Colorado’s athletic director in July 2013. One of his biggest moves was in December 2022 when he hired Sanders, the former NFL star known as Coach Prime, who…
A chemical spill injured dozens of people, some seriously, and forced hundreds to evacuate from a western Oklahoma city on Wednesday night, according to local officials. Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday morning.The incident occurred around 10 p.m. local time in Weatherford, Oklahoma, where an 8,500-gallon tanker truck began leaking toxic ammonia, Weatherford Police Chief Angelo Orefice told CBS News on Thursday morning. Responding crews stopped the leak, he said, and the airborne chemical had dissipated to a level deemed safe for people to return.The leaking truck was parked in the lot outside of a Holiday Inn Express hotel, said Weatherford…
Palantir CEO Alex Karp said being a billionaire has its perks, including giving his childhood dog a final resting place closer to home.”One of the crazy things about having resources is you can do things that mean a lot to you,” Karp told podcaster Molly O’Shea during an interview that was posted on Tuesday.Karp said he secured an agreement that allowed him to exhume the remains of his childhood dog, Rosita, from the Philadelphia home where he grew up.The Palantir CEO said that “through all sorts of ways,” he got in touch with the person who bought the house, “and…