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Singapore Covers Reservoir With 122, 000 Solar Panels to Boost Clean Energy
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (562+ words) Singapore has transformed part of its water infrastructure into a renewable energy asset by covering about 45 hectares (111 acres) of Tengeh Reservoir with more than 122, 000 floating solar panels, a project that has become a key component of the city-state's push to…...
Oracle Sounds Alarm Over Critical People Soft Flaw
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (493+ words) Oracle has issued an emergency security advisory warning customers about a critical vulnerability in its People Soft software after a reported large-scale exploitation campaign linked to the cybercrime group Shiny Hunters, with security researchers confirming active attacks against enterprise systems....
Streator Tornado Destroys Homes, Knocks Out Power Across Illinois Region
7+ hour, 29+ min ago (582+ words) A tornado confirmed by the National Weather Service (NWS) tore through Streator, Illinois, on Thursday evening, destroying homes, downing power lines and forcing road closures as a severe weather outbreak swept across parts of Illinois and Indiana. The tornado struck…...
Anthropic Backtracks After Backlash Over Claude Fable 5 'Hidden' AI Restrictions
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (370+ words) Anthropic is revising the safeguards in its newly launched Claude Fable 5 model after criticism from AI researchers, developers and startup founders who argued the company was quietly limiting work on advanced AI systems. The backlash emerged days after Anthropic introduced…...
Cyclone Senyar Landslides Killed 58 Tapanuli Orangutans, Study Finds
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (479+ words) Cyclone Senyar-triggered landslides killed an estimated 58 Tapanuli orangutans in Indonesia's North Sumatra province in November 2025, according to a study published June 10 in the journal Current Biology. The loss represents roughly 7% of the species' remaining global population of about 800 individuals. Scientists…...
AI Is Moving Faster Than Governments Can Keep Up, Warns Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (678+ words) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has issued one of his strongest warnings yet about the pace of artificial intelligence (AI) development, arguing that governments are struggling to keep up with a technology that could soon transform economies, national security and global…...
World's Largest Whale Graveyard Discovered in Indian Ocean
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (414+ words) A vast 745-mile-long "whale supercorridor" hidden deep beneath the southeastern Indian Ocean has been identified as the largest, deepest and oldest known concentration of whale remains ever discovered. The site offers scientists a rare glimpse into more than 5 million years…...
Anthropic Rolls Out Safer AI Model
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (558+ words) Anthropic on Monday released Claude Fable 5, its most capable AI model made available to the public, alongside a restricted version called Claude Mythos 5 for a small group of vetted security researchers and government partners. Fable 5 is described as a Mythos-class…...
Scientists Discover 7, 000+ Unknown Microbes Thriving Nearly 36, 000 Feet Beneath the Ocean Surface
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (432+ words) Scientists have discovered more than 7, 000 species of microbes in the deepest known part of Earth's oceans, revealing that this extreme environment is far more alive and diverse than previously believed. The discovery was made in the Challenger Deep, a section…...
From Arctic Ice to Spain: Total Solar Eclipse 2026 Maps a Rare Path
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (680+ words) A total solar eclipse will sweep across Greenland, Iceland, Spain and a narrow section of northeastern Portugal on Aug. 12, 2026, marking the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Europe since 1999. The event is expected to attract millions of skywatchers while…...