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US researchers say they created 16 viruses using AI, prompting hopes for medical advances and concerns about misuse.Published On 7 Aug 20267 Aug 2026US researchers have announced the creation of new viruses using artificial intelligence, a scientific first that raises hopes for advances in medical treatments while also stoking anxiety about the dangers of the frontier technology.In findings published in the journal Science, researchers at Stanford University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard said they used a naturally occurring phage – a type of virus that infects bacteria – as a template to generate thousands of genomes with AI.Recommended Stories list of…
Antonio Banderas calls ex-wife Melanie Griffith one of his ‘best friends’Antonio Banderas says his relationship with ex-wife Melanie Griffith remains one of the closest in his life, more than a decade after their divorce. In an interview with PEOPLE published August 6, Banderas, 65, called Griffith, 68, “if not my best friend, one of my best friends,” describing their continued closeness as something that’s benefited their family.”When I go to Los Angeles, we get together anyway, we got a lot of fun. We laugh and we just… It’s a very healthy thing, and it was very healthy for our kids,” he…
NewsFeedNigerian security forces have rescued 308 people abducted in separate attacks in northern Niger and Kwara states. Kidnapping for ransom by armed groups and bandits has become a major crisis in Nigeria. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris has exclusive access to where families are recovering from the ordeal.Published On 7 Aug 20267 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
Joan Jett cancels two September shows after fractured vertebra surgeryJoan Jett has cancelled two upcoming tour dates after undergoing orthopaedic surgery to repair a fractured vertebra, with the rock icon now focused on physical therapy ahead of a planned return to the stage.A statement shared through Jett’s official social media channels on Wednesday confirmed the singer would be unable to perform at two previously scheduled September shows, in Costa Mesa, California on 5 September and Louisville, Kentucky on 24 September. “Following a recent injury, Joan Jett has undergone orthopedic surgery on a fractured vertebrae and will begin the necessary healing process,”…
Official says plane was irregularly cleared for departure before crash that killed 62 people outside Sao Paulo.Published On 7 Aug 20267 Aug 2026Brazil’s federal police have formally accused 16 current and former employees of the Voepass airline of actions contributing to the August 2024 crash that killed all 62 people on board the plane.Investigators on Thursday announced several acts of alleged malpractice, omission and negligence by the company.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listVoepass owner and president Jose Luiz Felicio Filho was among those formally accused over the accident that took place in the city of Vinhedo, outside Sao…
(from left) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. — Reuters/FileRIYADH: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey and will sign a joint defence agreement in Jeddah today, sources close to the Saudi military and government told AFP.Regional powers are looking to strengthen security ties against a backdrop of war between the US and Iran, which has drawn in Gulf states and disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea.”It was under discussion for a long time but the latest developments in the region expedite it,” the source said…
President Donald Trump, with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, speaks during an event to sign executive orders related to birthright citizenship and the polysilicon industry, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, August 6, 2026. — Reuters Trump signs two executive orders after defeat before Supreme Court.Birth tourism declared banned under the new policy.Orders affect children of foreign government employees.President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday in a new but narrower attempt to curtail birthright citizenship, once again challenging a provision of the US Constitution even though the Supreme Court rejected…
TikTok blames ‘moderator error’ for Perez Hilton’s self-harm livestreamTikTok has acknowledged that a “moderator error” allowed Perez Hilton’s disturbing self-harm livestream to remain online for roughly 15 to 20 minutes on Tuesday, despite the platform’s automated systems flagging the content for removal within minutes of it starting. A TikTok spokesperson explained the delay to Deadline, saying the automated moderation system correctly identified the stream and routed it to the platform’s U.S. moderation team, but a human error on that team’s end held up its takedown.During the stream, Hilton, whose real name is Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., appeared covered in what looked…
NewsFeedToday, a total of 6 companies own 90% of the American media market. A recent decision in the Trump administration now allows a single company to reach more than a third of US households, a concentration that hasn’t been seen since television’s birth nearly 70 years ago.Published On 7 Aug 20267 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
Peter Katsis, Backstreet Boys, Korn, Jane’s Addiction manager, dies at 69Peter Katsis, a music industry manager whose 35-year career touched an unusually broad range of artists, died Thursday from complications of congestive heart failure.A rep confirmed the news to Variety. He was 69.Katsis got his start in his early twenties in 1980s Chicago, managing the band Ministry during its early synth-pop days, before the group became a leading force in industrial music. He was also active in the city’s emerging dance-music scene at the time, working as an A&R executive at Trax Precision Records and booking early gigs for house pioneers…