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S.E.C. Moves to Scale Back Its Crypto Enforcement Efforts

Some in a special unit of 50 lawyers and staff members that had been assigned to regulate cryptocurrency are being reassigned in the agency.

The New York Times - 14h

Doomsday Clock Moves One Second Closer to Catastrophe

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shifted the hands of the symbolic clock to 89 seconds to midnight, citing the threat of climate change, nuclear war and the misuse of artificial intelligence.

The New York Times - 6d

Democrats: Americans' health on the line if Medicaid scaled back

Medicaid cuts would affect around 22 million people in states that expanded the program, according to a new analysis by the Democratic National Committee (DNC). "The state-by-state breakdown shows ...

The Hill - 6d

Israel's looming Unrwa ban a catastrophe, UN Palestinian refugee agency warns

The UN says critical aid deliveries into Gaza will be undermined when the ban starts on Thursday.

BBC News - 6d

'Diminished' PGA Tour could scale back - McIlroy

Rory McIlroy believes that golf fans could become "fatigued" by the wealth of options available to them and suggests there are "definitely too many" events on the current PGA Tour schedule.

BBC News - Jan. 28

Doomsday clock ticks down, closest ever to "global catastrophe"

The decades-old international symbol is meant to be a metaphor showing how close humanity is to catastrophe.

CBS News - Jan. 28

Doomsday clock ticks closer to catastrophe in dire global warning

The world moved yet closer to global catastrophe in 2024, with the hands of the Doomsday Clock ticking one second closer to midnight, the shortest time to zero hour in its 75-year history. The ...

The Hill - Jan. 28

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek says it was hit with 'large-scale malicious attacks'

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek said it was hit by a cyber attack on Monday that disrupted users’ ability to register on the site

ABC News - Jan. 28

Spanish fishers in Galicia report ‘catastrophic’ collapse in shellfish stocks

Climate crisis and pollution reported as possible reasons for dramatic fall in numbers of cockles, clams and mussels. A “catastrophic” collapse in shellfish numbers is being reported by Spanish ...

The Guardian - Jan. 28

DeepSeek hit with large-scale cyberattack, says it's limiting registrations

DeepSeek on Monday said it would temporarily limit user registrations "due to large-scale malicious attacks" on its services.

CNBC - Jan. 27

DeepSeek hit with large-scale cyberattack, says it's limiting registrations

DeepSeek on Monday said it would temporarily limit user registrations “due to large-scale malicious attacks” on its services, though existing users will be able to log in as usual.

NBC News - Jan. 27

Climate catastrophes call for state intervention on insurance

More public-private partnerships are the only viable model for a decent society

Financial Times - Jan. 27

Khan warns of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if Trump gives free hand to private equity

Joe Biden’s antitrust boss also raises prospect of powerful monopolies corrupting US politics

Financial Times - Jan. 26

WHO scales back hiring, travel as Trump's withdrawal set to hit funding

World Health Organization chief says agency already cutting back on hiring and travel with Trump withdrawal set to hit funding.

CBS News - Jan. 24

Russia suffering 'environmental catastrophe' after oil spill in Kerch Strait

Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

BBC News - Jan. 24

Scale AI Sued For Subjecting Contract Workers to ‘Depraved’ Content

The data-labeling giant faces its second class action, alleging that AI training projects traumatized the company’s freelancers.

Inc. - Jan. 23

‘Setting us up for catastrophe’: alarm at Trump attack on federal disaster agency

The president is now setting his sights on Fema, the agency responsible for helping Americans after major disasters. Donald Trump has suggested paring back or even dismantling the federal response ...

The Guardian - Jan. 23

Costco Defends Its Diversity Policies as Other Companies Scale Back

The membership club chain may face a shareholder challenge to its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives as a conservative think tank readies for another fight.

Inc. - Jan. 23

DeepMind’s new inference-time scaling technique improves planning accuracy in LLMs

With "Mind Evolution" LLMs can use search and genetic algorithms to generate and combine different solutions and find the optimal one.

VentureBeat - Jan. 22

Travelers withstands higher catastrophe losses as underwriting fuels earnings beat

Travelers Cos. executives confirm the Los Angeles wildfires will have a material impact on the insurer’s first-quarter earnings but say it’s too soon to specify the costs.

MarketWatch - Jan. 22

Israel launches deadly "large scale" offensive in occupied West Bank

Palestinian officials say Israeli forces kill at least 7 people in a new offensive in the occupied West Bank as Trump rescinds sanctions on settlers.

CBS News - Jan. 21

'In every street there are dead': Gaza rescuers reckon with scale of destruction

Gaza's Civil Defence agency said it feared there were more than 10,000 bodies still buried under rubble.

BBC News - Jan. 21

Wales 'lacks plan' to tackle scale of nature loss

One in six species - such as water voles and curlews - are at risk of vanishing from Wales.

BBC News - Jan. 20

Gazans anxiously await ceasefire, fearing last-minute catastrophes

Yahoo News - Jan. 17

Gazans anxiously await ceasefire, fearing last-minute catastrophes

Civilians in Gaza nervously await a ceasefire after 15 relentless months of war.

BBC News - Jan. 17

U.K. Announces Rapid Review Into Scale of Child Sexual Abuse by Grooming Gangs

Britain’s Labour government came under pressure to act after Elon Musk reignited a decade-old scandal involving child sexual abuse mainly by men of Pakistani heritage.

The New York Times - Jan. 17

Purpose-built AI hardware: Smart strategies for scaling infrastructure

This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “AI at Scale: From Vision to Viability.” Read more from the issue here. Enterprises can look forward to new capabilities — and strategic ...

VentureBeat - Jan. 16

Build or buy? Scaling your enterprise gen AI pipeline in 2025

Successfully scaling gen AI requires clear, high-value use cases, technological flexibility and an adaptive workforce.

VentureBeat - Jan. 16

JPMorgan Chase posts record profit as the bank's massive scale pays off

JPMorgan Chase on Wednesday posted record quarterly and annual earnings and revenue, reinforcing the company’s status as the biggest and most profitable bank in U.S. history.

NBC News - Jan. 15

JPMorgan Chase posts record profit as the bank’s massive scale pays off

The bank said profit rose 50% to $14 billion in the fourth quarter as noninterest expenses fell 7% from a year earlier.

CNBC - Jan. 15

S Korea impeached president arrested after investigators scale walls

They cut through barbed wires and braved freezing temperatures to reach Yoon, ending a weeks-long standoff.

BBC News - Jan. 15

Maps and images reveal scale of LA wildfire devastation

Maps and images showing how the fires currently affecting the Los Angeles area are developing.

BBC News - Jan. 15

Pension managers urge UK to ditch ‘megafund’ scale test

Ministers say consolidation of retirement schemes would cut costs and boost investment

Financial Times - Jan. 13

Watch: Before and after footage reveals scale of damage

From luxury villas to burnt out buildings - contrasting images show the destruction caused by the fires which raged across Los Angeles.

BBC News - Jan. 12

Photos of Los Angeles show catastrophic scale of devastation as blazes burn uncontrolled

The wildfires in Los Angeles continued to burn mostly out of control, with at least five blazes being fueled by dry conditions and ferocious winds in California.

NBC News - Jan. 10