1+ hour, 3+ min ago (381+ words) Thanksgiving is approaching, and many families are already stocking up for the feast that brings loved ones together. From the turkey centerpiece to the sides of rice, corn or pasta, it's a spread of colors. But behind those visible, familiar colors are hidden risks which many of us barely notice'risks that can seriously affect our health and the resilience of the food system. The immediate reason for the recent rise in turkey prices is attributed to the outbreak of avian flu, which reduced the size of the flock and caused supply shortages. What this price rise doesn't reveal are deeper zoonotic and supply chain risks in the feed-crop system behind your Thanksgiving meal. Here we explore these wider systemic risks through two questions. More than half of livestock giants disclose having just one or two suppliers of animal feed per…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago (347+ words) Your encrypted messages are now under threat. Not only does new commercial spyware put your private content at risk, it can also compromise your phone, providing attackers with access to everything " the keys to your digital life. Following its joint warning with the FBI, the U.S. federal agency responsible for cyber defense has just issued revised advice for iPhone and Android users. This includes a warning to "only use end-to-end encrypted communications." While CISA says new spyware attacks target Signal and WhatsApp, its core warning remains the same. Do not use text messaging between iPhones and Androids " it's not fully encrypted. The latest RCS protocol does add end-to-end encryption which is in test with Google, but Apple is notably silent on when this will come to iPhone. iPhone users are more likely to use iMessage than Android users are likely to…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago (383+ words) Earlier in the show, Gunther knocked off Carmelo Hayes in the match of the night in OKC. That's one semifinal bracket. The Smackdown portion of the bracket won't be settled or completely revealed until Friday. At this point, we still don't know who's replacing Sheamus, but that person will meet LA Knight in one of the quarterfinals matches. The other quarterfinals match will have Jey Uso taking on Rusev. The winners of those matches will presumably clash on December 5. The finals could take place on the December 8 episode of Raw or the December 12 episode of Smackdown. I'd expect it to be the latter, but that's not confirmed. During Friday's taped Black Friday edition of SmackDown in Denver, Colorado, WWE revealed who would step into Sheamus' spot. Following a backstage confrontation with R-Truth, The Miz received the opportunity to replace the…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago (1218+ words) Amir Husain is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, technologist, and author based in Austin, Texas. He is the Founder of Avathon (previously SparkCognition), a Unicorn AI company and was the founding CEO of SkyGrid, a joint-venture with Boeing to build an aerial operating system to power the next century of aviation. He is also the author of the best-selling books, Generative AI for Leaders, The Sentient Machine: The Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence and a co-author of the compilation Hyperwar: Conflict and Competition in the AI Century. Trillion Parameter Models, Tiny Software Kernels, And The Future Of AI In the late 1990s, as an undergrad at The University of Texas at Austin, I watched two giants of computer science share a stage that is still vivid in my mind: Edsger Dijkstra and Niklaus Wirth. Dijkstra had invited Wirth to speak. For anyone…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago (385+ words) Apart from the potential addition of a United States Open Challenge match with Ilja Dragunov or a Jade Cargill Women's WWE Championship title defense, the 2025 Survivor Series card appears to be complete. Following an eventful episode of Raw in Oklahoma City, here's a look at where the Survivor Series card sits. The Vision and Brock Lesnar squad won the War Games advantage thanks to a roll-up pin from Paul in the Raw main event against the Usos. The match was forgettable although wrestling fans were treated to this hilarious blunder from Lesnar just before the show went off the air. The fact that the pyro went off while Lesnar tried to get to his feet makes this even funnier. It'll be interesting to see if anyone takes a swipe at Lesnar for hitting the deck. I'm expecting to see the…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago (1166+ words) In today's column, I examine a somewhat startling reversal of sorts, namely that AI mental health apps are beginning to be used to assess human therapists as to their prowess in dispensing psychological guidance. This alternative form of usage contrasts with AI being focused primarily on providing mental health advice to end-users who are patients or clients. Well, not everyone is happy with this emerging approach, especially some psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists. Why are they displeased? The answer is straightforward. Nobody necessarily wants to be scrutinized by a lifeless AI that watches and evaluates their every utterance and action. It seems indubitably unfair, impractical, and wholly out of place. This analysis of AI breakthroughs is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI, including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here). There…...

2+ hour, 36+ min ago (177+ words) The dark side of the moon is real " but it's probably not what you think. There's always an unseen side to the moon because it's tidally locked to Earth, so it rotates just once during its monthly orbit. Consequently, we always see the same features on the moon, leading many to ponder what's on its dark side. Begin watching shortly after sunset. The moon will be low in the southwest, glowing in twilight. You'll see a slim, bright crescent " the part directly lit by the sun " but the full round shape of the moon may also be visible as a soft grey glow. A location with a clear view to the southwest is essential. Overhead, look for the Summer Triangle, a trio of bright stars made up of Vega, Deneb, and Altair. Altair sits closest to the moon, while Vega…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago (417+ words) It's one of the shortest totalities of the decade, but for eclipse chasers after a stargazing and safari experience on top of a total solar eclipse, Nov. 25, 2030, is a date to circle in the diary. Like most total solar eclipses, this event takes place mainly over the ocean, but at either end of the 9,033-mile (14,538-kilometer) path of totality, some thrilling experiences are possible in southern Africa and Australia. With careful planning, you can catch totality among sand dunes, game parks and the Outback. Botswana's Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park offers a unique combination: 2 minutes and 9 seconds of totality " if you travel slightly north of the park center " plus a prime chance to see springbok, wildebeest and the famed Kalahari lions. There's just a 25% chance of clouds. After crossing the Indian Ocean mostly unseen, totality resurfaces in southern Australia, where sunset eclipses…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago (172+ words) AI agents are the next level of business automation " smart digital assistants that don't just talk the talk, but also walk the walk. This means that, unlike ChatGPT-style chatbots that simply answer questions and generate content, they can plan and carry out complex tasks with minimal human input. Sounds good? Well, businesses are already putting them to work, and the good news is you don't need to be an AI expert or computer scientist to do it. So here are five high-impact ways that just about any business can start automating repetitive jobs, freeing up people's valuable time for more valuable, human-centric work. Some tools to take a look at if you want to start looking into customer service automation include boost.ai, ada, chatbase and Haptik. Options here include Salesforce Agentforce, Zoho CRM, Relevance AI and HubSpot. These are…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago (1214+ words) Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, is a Senior Contributor for Forbes who has been covering health, medicine, wellness and science for Forbes since 2015. He is a journalist, professor, researcher, entrepreneur, science humorist and avocado-eater, not necessarily in that order. His writing also appears in "A Funny Bone to Pick" for Psychology Today, Minded by Science and numerous other news outlets such as The New York Times, Time, The Guardian, The HuffPost, and STAT. For over two decades, Dr. Lee has led AI and computer modeling work in industry, academia and companies that he founded. Currently, he is a Professor of Health Policy and Management at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Public Health, Executive Director of PHICOR and the Center for Advanced Technology and Communication in Health (CATCH) and CEO of Symsilico. Previously, he served as a Professor at…...