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Scientists Reconstruct 315000 Year Old Face Of One Of Earliest Known Humans

Scientists have reconstructed the face of one of the earliest known members of our species, giving us an idea of what humans may have looked like around 315,000 years ago. And the result is surprisingly familiar. The reconstruction is based on ancient Homo sapiens fossils discovered at Jebel Irhoud in Morocco, a site that changed scientists' understanding of when our species first appeared.Researchers used a three-dimensional composite skull, based mainly on a fossil known as Irhoud 1, to rebuil

Why Is Spotify Down Everything To Know About Outage

Spotify users across the country are reporting issues with the music streaming platform on Tuesday morning, September 29. The outage is confirmed by DownDetector, as the site received reports with a spike around 9:45 a.m. EDT, reaching more than 18,000 by 10:24 a.m.Over 3,500 reports were received shortly after the outage began at 9:30 a.m. Asbury Park Press noted more than 900 reports shortly after 9:00 a.m. Spotify said on its official status page: "We're aware of some issues right now and are

Nasa Moon Mission In Jeopardy After Spacex Starship Engine Failure During Orbital Debut

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) plan to send astronauts back on the Moon by 2028 could be jeopardy after the Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Starship suffered an engine failure during its orbital debut. Though the Starship reached orbit for the first time on Monday, marking a major breakthrough after years of testing, the flight didn't go entirely to plan. One of the spacecraft's three Raptor engines shut down prematurely, forcing SpaceX to cut what was supposed to be a 10-ho

Can A Chinese Ai Weather System Help Pakistan Manage The Impacts Of A Changing Climate

The first time Muhammad Irfan Virk entered the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) in Beijing, in 2024, he was captivated. "I was proud of how far we had leapfrogged technologically, especially over the last two years," said the director of Pakistan's National Weather Forecasting Centre. "But the CMA's forecasting office was something else - it was almost sci-fi." Virk was part of a team of Pakistan Meteorological Department forecasters sent to the CMA to help tailor its weather forecast

Sc Conducts Tech Driven Multi City Hearings

The Supreme Court on Monday conducted tech-enabled hearings across multiple locations, with benches, counsel and litigants participating from different cities through video link. Fully digitised case files supported the proceedings, allowing the benches to access case records without physically transferring paper books between the principal seat and branch registries. In one proceeding, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi presided over the bench from the Principal Seat, Islamabad, whi

2 Pakistani Pilots Train In China For Historic Space Mission

Two Pakistani pilots are memorising Mandarin, spinning in centrifuge drills and learning to eat, sleep and repair equipment while weightless as a decision nears on which one will become the first foreign astronaut aboard China's Tiangong space station. The voyage into space would be a first for the South Asian nation. It is part of broader cooperation with Beijing that straddles the Belt and Road Initiative and has produced Chinese-launched Pakistani satellites, a joint satellite-navigation syst

Anthropic highlights catastrophic AI risks to humanity

Anthropic has warned potential investors that increasingly advanced AI systems could pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity, according to its IPO prospectus. The company's IPO prospectus, reviewed by " "Our development of highly advanced models, platforms, and applications and expansion of use cases could further increase the risk that our models cause harm," Anthropic said in the filing. While public companies routinely outline product risks to investors, few, if any, have issued wa

OpenAI scraps planned October launch of GPT-6.1 Astra over safety concerns

OpenAI has abandoned the planned October launch of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal tests raised concerns over the model's ability to remain within authorised limits and accurately report its actions, the ChatGPT maker confirmed on Monday. OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman and rival Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei earlier this month joined industry leaders in calling for a slower pace of AI development and stronger safety measures.OpenAI has warned that Astra, its flagship GPT-6 model, can at times eva

Scientists Discover Alien Life On Saturns Moon Heres What They Found

Scientists trying to work out whether life could survive on one of Saturn's moons have recreated its hidden ocean in a laboratory. Then they put life in it and it survived. Researchers in Germany simulated conditions believed to exist beneath the frozen surface of Enceladus, a small icy moon that has become one of the most promising places to search for life beyond Earth.The team used water, salts, carbonates and powdered rock to mimic the moon's highly alkaline ocean and reactions taking place

Screen Time Linked To Lower Grades Mental Health Problems In 28 Million Children

Parents have been told for years that children shouldn't spend too much time staring at screens. One of the largest studies yet suggests those warnings aren't entirely misplaced although the answer isn't as simple as taking away the phone. Researchers analysed evidence covering more than 2.8 million children across 64 countries to examine how screen use was linked with development, school performance and mental health.Higher exposure was associated with lower overall academic achievement and poo

Elon Musk sleeps with his bed propped up on books: Does his strange health hack work?

Elon Musk can afford almost any bed and pillow money can buy and yet his solution to one nighttime problem, however, apparently involves a pile of books. The Tesla and SpaceX boss revealed that he props up the head end of his bed using books, creating a slight slope that he says helps with digestion and acid reflux while he sleeps. "The whole bed should have a slight downward tilt towards your feet," Musk wrote on X while responding to a discussion about nighttime reflux.It sounds like another e

Trump Meets Anthropic Ceo Months After Bitter Feud What Changed

United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump spent much of this year fighting with Anthropic and its CEO Dario Amodei over how far artificial intelligence should be allowed to go. On Sunday night, the two sat down for dinner at the White House. It was their first private one-on-one meeting and a remarkable change in tone after months of attacks, lawsuits and disagreement over AI safety.The 80-year-old Republican president described Amodei as "very highly respected," despite previously mocking the

Nvidia Unveils Platform To Prevent Ai Agents From Going Rogue

Nvidia has released a new software platform that allows AI developers to set safeguards to stop AI agents from going rogue. Nvidia called this new software Open Agent Safety Platform, rolled out on Monday, September 28, 2026. The release comes after artificial intelligence giants OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google reported recent incidents in which their AI models broke out of the restricted environment and tried to hack other companies and access their computer systems.Nvidia vice president an

Spacex Ready To Send Starship To Orbit In Milestone Launch

SpaceX is set to send its giant Starship rocket on its first orbital flight attempt early Monday, September 28, 2026. According to SpaceX's website, the 75-minute launch window begins at 8:15 a.m. ET from its headquarters in Starbase, Texas.It will be SpaceX's first attempt to send Starship into orbit, allowing the company to deploy its first batch of new generation Starlink satellites. Since 2023, SpaceX has made 13 attempts, with nearly half of its various prototypes of Starship ending in mid-

Pakistans Space Dream Nears Liftoff As China Prepares To Choose First Astronaut

Bill Gates warns against unchecked AI use

Bill Gates delivered one of his starkest public warnings yet on artificial intelligence. Telling NBC's Meet the Press, he said that the technology is powerful enough to enable catastrophic harm if left without meaningful government oversight. "AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that, you know, cause a billion deaths," Gates told moderator Kristen Welker. "There's never been a weapon as powerful as the combination of people with ill intent using the latest AI tools." Gates argued t

Bill Gates Joins Calls For Ai Safeguards Including Legislation

AI requires safeguards that go beyond self-regulation, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said in an interview that aired on Sunday, calling for legislation to be passed in Congress. "You need law enforcement and the politicians to get into the discussion about what safeguards and monitoring look like," Gates said in a taped interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" program. "And that has to be a required thing." A sudden groundswell has risen in favor of federal intervention after OpenAI said in July t

Pakistani Startup World Context Hosts Robotics Hackathon At Uc Berkeley

Pakistani robotics data company World Context hosted its first-ever robotics hackathon at the University of California, Berkeley, bringing together 13 teams as part of its efforts to expand artificial intelligence and technology trade between Pakistan and the United States. The hackathon, held in partnership with Blockchain at Berkeley, was sponsored by Google Gemini, ElevenLabs, The Hackathon Company, Lovable, Praxis Robotics and UC Berkeley Startup.Participants used datasets provided by World

Openai Works To Understand Full Scope Of Agent Activity As User Data Leak Emerges

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON: Two months after OpenAI disclosed the accidental hacking of Hugging Face, the ChatGPT maker is still working to understand the full scope of its rogue agent activity, two people briefed on the matter told The latest example came on Friday when OpenAI said its agents had leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users. OpenAI declined to say if the images were AI-generated or identified real people.It also declined to say when the images were posted. The disclosure and researcher re

Minecraft Live 2026 List Of Everything Announced

Mojang hosted Minecraft live on September 26, 2026, delivering a packed showcase of announcements for the franchise. Major announcements from Minecraft Live 2026 are The Sift, Ice Caves, and Microsoft Dungeons 2. The Sift is coming to Microsoft Java and Bedrock edition in 2027.It is Minecraft's first new dimension in more than 14 years, joining the Overworld, Nether, and End as the game's official fourth dimension. The Sift will debut first in Minecraft Dungeons 2, described as an environment ri

NASA plans new telescope to hunt for water, worlds hidden from James Webb

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has teased a new and more powerful telescope that could help humanity see parts of the universe that were even invisible with the American space agency's James Webb Space Telescope. NASA is now moving ahead with another space telescope called PRIMA, designed to look at wavelengths of infrared light that are largely beyond Webb's reach. If everything goes to plan, it could launch in 2033. PRIMA, short for Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astr

OpenAI Investigates Rogue AI Agents Targeting Government Sites

OpenAI's safety and security committee is facing growing scrutiny following revelations that the company's AI agents went rogue and probed U.S. government websites this summer. The committee, meant to have the final word on whether OpenAI's system is safe, has kept a low profile but plays a powerful role at the company. Now, a series of high-profile incidents involving rogue AI is raising questions about whether the group is equipped to handle the risks posed by increasingly autonomous systems.

World's First AI Toothbrush Vanishes From Stores After Users Report Issues; Dyson Mum On Cause

Dyson spent six years developing a toothbrush with a camera, machine learning, and a jet that shoots liquid between your teeth. Less than a month after its launch, finding one to buy has become difficult. The $499 Dyson CameraJet has disappeared from stores and online listings in several countries after customers reported problems including leaking water, charging failures, and units that stopped working shortly after being used.Dyson admits something went wrong with some of them; however, the e

Nobel Laureate Nergis Mavalvala Urges Greater Investment In Science And Research

Nobel Prize-winning LIGO collaboration scientist and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) physicist Dr Nergis Mavalvala has called for greater investment in science and research, saying curiosity and access to opportunities are key to advancing knowledge. Mavalvala made the remarks while delivering the 10th Yohsin Lecture at Habib University in Karachi on Friday. Speaking about the importance of curiosity-driven research, she said some of the most consequential scientific discoveries bega

Rdr2 Star Roger Clark Weighs In On Arthur Jason Echoes In Gta 6

Since the release of Grand Theft Auto VI 'Extended Look' on Netflix, the gaming community has been looking for clues to draw parallels between Arthur Morgan and Jason, one of the protagonists of GTA 6. Rockstar Games, though, has kept many details under wraps as we're inching closer to the November launch. The comparison made its way to a Red Dead Redemption panel talk, held at FanX Salt Lake Comic & Culture Convention on Friday, September 25, where Roger Clark and John Marston actor Rob Wiethof

Spotting Ai Writing How Reliable Are The Detectors

Claims that Canadian-Haitian writer Thelyson Orelien used AI tools to write his best-selling debut novel are rocking the French literary world and posing questions about how AI can be detected. An X account with a handful of followers sparked the controversy by claiming that the AI-detecting programme Pangram had concluded the tale of a Haitian migrant travelling to Canada had been largely written by a text-generator such as Claude or ChatGPT.Orelien, 38, denies the allegations and has said he w

OpenAI says its AI agents posted user images online in error

OpenAI acknowledged on Friday that its artificial intelligence tools had posted images from ChatGPT users onto online sites without the company's knowledge, the latest example of AI agents operating outside their bounds. The company also confirmed a New York Times report that its tools had accessed websites of US federal agencies, saying they retrieved only publicly available information. Links to the 53 uploaded images were not publicly listed and were accidentally posted on image-hosting sites

Robot Spacecraft Sent To Save Nasa Swift Observatory Returns To Earth After Failed Mission

NASA's bid to save a 22-year-old space telescope is over and the robotic spacecraft sent for the rescue mission returned to earth today after a failed mission. LINK entered Earth's atmosphere yesterday (Friday) after being in orbit for 85 days. The plan for the spacecraft was to find NASA's 22-year-old Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and boost its orbit using its thrusters.This would give the aging telescope at least a few more years in space. NASA contracted Katalyst Space Technologies for $30 m

Growing Backlash Against Ai In Classrooms Threatens Trumps Education Agenda

A conservative reaction is now causing complications for the Trump administration's efforts to utilise artificial intelligence in American schools, as Republican states are increasingly introducing laws that limit the use of technology in the classroom. While the White House is advocating for the use of AI in education, promoting Alpha School - a private educational network where kids study academics through AI technology for two hours a day - as a prime example of what the future holds, the Fir

Pope Leo warns AI could create ‘Paradise of Machines' that controls our lives

Pope Leo has warned that humans risk losing part of what makes them human as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly involved in everyday life. The first American pope made AI one of his first subjects after arriving in France on Friday for a four-day visit, his first to the country as pontiff. Speaking at the Elysee Palace, Leo warned against allowing technology to create what he called a "paradise of machines" that increasingly controls people's lives.He called for greater ethical judgeme

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