Crooked Bough News Round-up

+ Due to AI fakes, the “deep doubt” era is here—Enlarge (credit: Memento | Aurich Lawson) Given the flood of ...

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+ Catching The BOAT: Gamma-Ray Bursts and The Brightest of All Time—Down here at the bottom of our ocean of air, its easy to get complacen...

+ Bringing the Horror of Seaman into the Real World—A little under 25 years ago, a particularly bizarre game was released ...

+ From High Level Language to Assembly—If you cut your teeth on Z-80 assembly and have dabbled in other assem...

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+ House Looks To Make KOSA And COPPA Worse—If you had that Congress was going to take bad “protect the children” ...

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+ Massive UFO Encounter: Air Force Crew Faces Unidentified Craft Over Nuclear Silo—Air Force crew encounters a massive UFO over a nuclear missile silo, r...

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+ EU General court annuls $1.7 billion antitrust fine against Google—Google has avoided a European Union $1.7 billion antitrust penalty ove...

+ Federal Reserve expected to cut interest rates for first time since 2020—"Will they or won't they and by how much" appears to be the question o...

+ AI-generated election disinformation can subtly influence voters, deepen political divide—Experts warn that false images, video and audio created by artificial ...

+ 'Massive' drone attack forces Russian authorities evacuate town, shutter schools—A massive drone attack on Russia's Tver region to the northwest of Mos...

+ AI-generated election disinformation can subtly influence voters, deepen politicial divide—Experts warn that false images, video and audio created by artificial ...

+ $100M will be targeted to schools, rural communities to boost U.S. healthcare workforce—The federal government on Tuesday released details on new plans to exp...

+ On This Day, Sept. 18: Hurricane Isabel strikes North Carolina—On Sept. 18, 2003, Hurricane Isabel slammed into the North Carolina co...

+ Delta flight makes emergency landing after pressure issue makes passengers' noses, ears bleed—A cabin pressure issue on a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City...

+ North Korea launches ballistic missiles for second time in a week—North Korea launched several ballistic missiles into the East Sea on W...

+ UAW President Shawn Fain announces strike authorization votes against Stellantis—United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain announced Tuesday he wi...

+ 9 killed, 2,800+ wounded when Hezbollah members' pagers explode across Lebanon—At least nine people were killed and some 2,800 others were injured Tu...

+ 6 charged in Rhode Island cockfighting operation—Six men were arraigned and charged with violations of the Animal Welfa...

+ Senate Republicans block second Democrat-led IVF protection bill—The U.S. Senate on Tuesday failed in another attempt to reach a soluti...

+ FBI investigating powdery packages mailed to state election officials—Threatening letters containing packages of non-toxic powders arrived a...

+ Report: Venezuela ramps up efforts to quash opposition as human rights crisis grows—Venezuela's government is ramping up efforts to repress peaceful prote...

+ $100M will be targeted to schools, rural communities to boost U.S. healthcare workforce—The federal government on Tuesday released details on new plans to exp...

+ Border agents to use aerostat in Florida Keys to track illegal immigration, drug smuggling—A tethered balloon over the Florida Keys will help border agents monit...

+ House Speaker Johnson plans Wednesday vote on short-term government funding, SAVE Act—U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., intends to hold a joint vote o...

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+ 22 Amazon Prime Perks You Might Not Be Using—Your membership gets you more than free two-day shipping. Here’s what ...

+ Apple iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max Review: Smarter iPhones—Apple Intelligence might be overhyped, but it brings some helpful capa...

+ Laura Loomer Is MAGA at Its Most Extreme—and She's Closer to Donald Trump Than Ever—Right-wing agitator and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer has Donald Tr...

+ Project 2025 Would Drastically Cut Support for Carbon Removal—The Heritage Foundation’s plan for a potential Trump second term has l...

+ It’s the Last Day of the All-Clad Factory Seconds Sale—All-Clad cookware is the best you can buy—and it has a price tag to ma...

+ Josh Johnson Has Become the Funniest Guy on the Internet. That Is Not a Joke—The Daily Show correspondent and TikTok phenom once said the web was a...

+ RSV Can Be a Killer. New Tools Are Identifying the Most At-Risk Kids—RSV infects almost every child before they turn 2, and kills more than...

+ Most US Teens Use Generative AI. Most of Their Parents Don't Know—A news survey shows that AI use among high schoolers has exploded in r...

+ Did a Chinese University Hacking Competition Target a Real Victim?—Participants in a hacking competition with ties to China’s military we...

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