Experts on how to raise the cost of war for Russia: ‘Be cleverer’

Scores of sanctions from the US, EU, UK and others have weakened Russia’s economy, but not its resolve to carry on fighting. What’s now needed is not just more but smarter penalties, experts say.
The Sun Chronicle

Attleboro-based Sturdy to use state funding share to offset cost of free, uncompensated care

ATTLEBORO — Sturdy Memorial Hospital will use its share of $17 million in state relief funds to offset the cost of free care it will provide this year. Sturdy’s portion of the funding is $790,000. The ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Military Is Struggling to Deploy AI Weapons

Lockheed Martin is developing new technology to allow F-35 fighter pilots to control drones. WSJ toured the company’s Fort Worth, Texas, facility to see the jets and futuristic tech. Photo: Lockheed ...
Reuters

Meta's AI system Llama approved for use by US government agencies

WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - U.S. government agencies will be able to use Meta Platforms' (META.O), opens new tab artificial intelligence system Llama, a senior administration official said, as the ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Teacher arrested for using 'poop' spray in school, cost campus more than $50K in repairs

FLORENCE, S.C. (WKRC/WPDE/CNN Newsource) - A teaching assistant has been arrested following a series of disturbances at a high school, where a mysterious odor plagued the campus for weeks. Alexander ...
MacRumors

Will the Rumored Lower-Cost MacBook Use an A18 Pro or A19 Pro Chip?

Over the past few months, there have been rumors about a more affordable MacBook powered by an iPhone processor launching in late 2025 or early 2026. However, it is not entirely clear yet whether the ...
IEEE

Plan Optimal Collision-Free Trajectories With Nonconvex Cost Functions Using Graphs of Convex Sets

Abstract: The recently developed approach to motion planning in graphs of convex sets (GCS) provides an efficient framework for computing shortest-distance collision-free paths using convex ...
Rolling Stone

John Oliver Kept His Emmys Speech Short ‘To Cost Nate Bargatze Money’

John Oliver stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday after winning two Emmys for Last Week Tonight, and he took the opportunity to reflect on being forced to keep his acceptance speech short. Oliver ...
STAT

Lilly will let small biotechs use its AI models at no cost

Eli Lilly has developed artificial intelligence models that can help predict the behavior of potential drug candidates, based on the data the drugmaker has collected over the last two decades and at ...
The New York Times

L.A. Ruling Complicates Trump’s Threats to Send Troops to More Cities

As Democratic cities brace for possible military deployments, Democratic governors see in a lower-court ruling the potential for legal protections. By Charlie Savage Reporting from Washington, D.C. A ...
Staten Island Advance

Staten Island man using AI to rep himself in court battle. A legal ‘checkmate?’ Or a risky move?

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island man embroiled in a civil case with his former employer says he’s hired the best attorney he can find: Artificial intelligence. Richard Hoffmann, 42, of Annadale, ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

Software Microsoft announces it will automatically install the Copilot AI app alongside desktop versions of 365 products like Word, Excel and PowerPoint this October—and it seems like there's no way ...