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Rare 19th-century coins found after fire at historic tavern
Last December, flames engulfed Ohio's Overfield Tavern Museum. Now archaeologists get to dig beneath the floorboards. A 50 cent coin from 1817 (left) and an 1846 Liberty head one-cent coin (right) are just two of the numerous objects uncovered in a dig in Troy, Ohio. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Out of the ashes of a devastating fire, archeologists are uncovering exciting insights into Ohio history.
Mystery Object From 'Space' Strikes United Airlines Flight Over Utah
Government investigators are gathering data to confirm what exactly cracked the windshield of a 737 Max aircraft at above 30,000 feet. An United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplane, similar to the one that was struck, approaches San Diego International Airport for a landing.Photograph: Kevin Carter; Getty Images Save this storyThe National Transportation Safety Board confirmed Sunday that it is investigating an airliner that was struck by an object in its windscreen, mid-flight, over Utah. "NTSB gathering radar, weather, flight recorder data," the federal agency said on the social media site X. "Windscreen being sent to NTSB laboratories for examination." The strike occurred Thursday, during a United Airlines flight from Denver to Los Angeles. Images shared on social media showed that one of the two large windows at the front of a 737 MAX aircraft was significantly cracked. Related images also reveal a pilot's arm that has been cut multiple times by what appear to be small shards of glass.
Beware the eye in the sky! AI traffic cop catches thousands of drivers texting behind the wheel
Marjorie Taylor Greene's revenge mission: Ex-GOP strategist reveals why firebrand has turned on Trump administration Accountant arrested after'opening fire on MAGA supporter' in row over Trump sign... as victim recalls bullets whizzing past his head'Half the internet' goes down after Amazon cloud outage leaving millions unable to use Ring, Alexa, and banking apps - as experts say we'can't rule out a cyberattack' This is exactly how I look this good at 68 - and you can too: World-famous make-up guru BOBBI BROWN reveals her 10 beauty tricks to hide wrinkles, tighten skin... and the one thing that's almost as good as a facelift Shocking behavior that led to little girl's horror plunge from Disney cruise ship is revealed for first time Keri Russell, 49, SLAMS plastic surgery trends in Hollywood and admits it feels'strange' to look natural Doctors expose the truth about melatonin... as terrifying side-effects soar Trump drops expletive as he issues blunt response to millions of'No Kings' protesters Shock new twist in death of ex-NFL star Doug Martin, 36, as it emerges he died'after brief struggle with police' How I lost 4st fast WITHOUT weight-loss jabs. Virginia Giuffre's memoir appears in book shops a day early: Prince Andrew accuser details multiple encounters with the disgraced royal and reveals how her traumatic childhood made her'perfect victim' for Epstein Greedy waitress chases down customer and calls cops because he didn't tip her: 'Who said he's obligated to tip?' Bailey Zimmerman debuts new cosmetic procedure after revealing he's been'insecure' about it since childhood Are you anxious, tired and have difficulty concentrating? You could be suffering from this common but widely misunderstood condition - and here's how to help yourself: DR MAX PEMBERTON Biden's former mouthpiece Karine Jean-Pierre reveals how ex-president left her'enraged and heartbroken' as she turns on Democrats Sarah Ferguson could turn on Andrew to'save her own skin' if cash runs low - as he faces potential police probe into'dirt digging' after losing his titles Sharon Stone played her mother who tied her to a bed to go party now the real daughter tells the story'Casino' didn't dare show Beware the eye in the sky! READ MORE: How AI cops are already patrolling Britain's streets Whether it's sending a quick text or casting an eye over your emails, those tempted to look at their phone while driving are finally being caught out. UK trials of an AI'traffic cop' have successfully detected thousands of drivers using their phone behind the wheel.
BBC at scene of 'brazen' Louvre jewel theft
BBC at scene of'brazen' Louvre jewel theft A manhunt is under way for a gang of thieves who carried out a broad daylight raid on Paris's Louvre Museum, and stole jewels described as priceless. The gang appear to have used a mechanical ladder to reach a first-floor window, before breaking into display cases and escaping on motorbikes. The BBC's Hugh Schofield is outside the museum where the extraordinary, daring and brazen robbery took place. Drone footage shows blaze destroying the historic Bernaga Monastery in Italy. Could a Corrie cameo be on the cards for Daniel O'Donnell?
Zelensky ready to join Trump-Putin talks if invited
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would be ready to join Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at a proposed summit in Hungary if he were invited. The US and Russian presidents announced on Thursday they planned to hold talks on the war in Ukraine in Budapest, possibly in the coming weeks. In comments released on Monday, Zelensky told reporters: If it is an invitation in a format where we meet as three or, as it's called, shuttle diplomacy then in one format or another, we will agree. Meanwhile, media reports have suggested his White House meeting with Trump on Friday descended into a shouting match - with the US side urging Ukraine to accept Russia's terms to end the war. Zelensky was guarded during his first press briefing since the talks, but still his comments made clear there were large areas of disagreement between the two sides.
A Dark Ecologist Warns Against Hope
For years, Paul Kingsnorth was one of the most visible members of the green movement. Then he walked away from it. Now he wants us to walk away from everything else. For Kingsnorth, the Industrial Revolution marked the point of no return, the moment when we decided to play gods and turn our backs on the Earth. In 2014, Paul Kingsnorth was sunk in doubt. He was forty-one and had been on the green movement's front lines since the nineteen-nineties--working for Greenpeace and EarthAction, chaining himself to a bridge, getting tear-gassed outside a G-8 summit.
AI-generated 'poverty porn' fake images being used by aid agencies
The charity said it wanted to safeguard'the privacy and dignity of real girls'. The charity said it wanted to safeguard'the privacy and dignity of real girls'. AI-generated'poverty porn' fake images being used by aid agencies AI-generated images of extreme poverty, children and sexual violence survivors are flooding stock photo sites and increasingly being used by leading health NGOs, according to global health professionals who have voiced concern over a new era of "poverty porn". "All over the place, people are using it," said Noah Arnold, who works at Fairpicture, a Swiss-based organisation focused on promoting ethical imagery in global development. "Some are actively using AI imagery, and others, we know that they're experimenting at least."
UK military to get powers to shoot down drones near bases
British soldiers will be granted new powers to shoot down drones threatening military bases. The plans, to be unveiled by Defence Secretary John Healey in a speech on Monday, are intended to allow troops to take faster, more decisive action. Four British airbases used by US forces reported mystery drone sightings last year, while drones have disrupted airspace across Europe a number of times in recent months. The new powers will only apply to military sites, but could be extended to civilian locations such as airports. Healey is set to announce the introduction of a kinetic option, first reported by the Daily Telegraph, that would enable British troops or Ministry of Defence (MoD) police to shoot drones posing a threat to a military site in the UK.
Hyperbolic Dataset Distillation
Li, Wenyuan, Li, Guang, Maeda, Keisuke, Ogawa, Takahiro, Haseyama, Miki
To address the computational and storage challenges posed by large-scale datasets in deep learning, dataset distillation has been proposed to synthesize a compact dataset that replaces the original while maintaining comparable model performance. Unlike optimization-based approaches that require costly bi-level optimization, distribution matching (DM) methods improve efficiency by aligning the distributions of synthetic and original data, thereby eliminating nested optimization. DM achieves high computational efficiency and has emerged as a promising solution. However, existing DM methods, constrained to Euclidean space, treat data as independent and identically distributed points, overlooking complex geometric and hierarchical relationships. To overcome this limitation, we propose a novel hyperbolic dataset distillation method, termed HDD. Hyperbolic space, characterized by negative curvature and exponential volume growth with distance, naturally models hierarchical and tree-like structures. HDD embeds features extracted by a shallow network into the Lorentz hyperbolic space, where the discrepancy between synthetic and original data is measured by the hyperbolic (geodesic) distance between their centroids. By optimizing this distance, the hierarchical structure is explicitly integrated into the distillation process, guiding synthetic samples to gravitate towards the root-centric regions of the original data distribution while preserving their underlying geometric characteristics. Furthermore, we find that pruning in hyperbolic space requires only 20% of the distilled core set to retain model performance, while significantly improving training stability. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work to incorporate the hyperbolic space into the dataset distillation process. The code is available at https://github.com/Guang000/HDD.
AI Adoption in NGOs: A Systematic Literature Review
Rotter, Janne, Bailkoski, William
AI has the potential to significantly improve how NGOs utilize their limited resources for societal benefits, but evidence about how NGOs adopt AI remains scattered. In this study, we systematically investigate the types of AI adoption use cases in NGOs and identify common challenges and solutions, contextualized by organizational size and geographic context. We review the existing primary literature, including studies that investigate AI adoption in NGOs related to social impact between 2020 and 2025 in English. Following the PRISMA protocol, two independent reviewers conduct study selection, with regular cross-checking to ensure methodological rigour, resulting in a final literature body of 65 studies. Leveraging a thematic and narrative approach, we identify six AI use case categories in NGOs - Engagement, Creativity, Decision-Making, Prediction, Management, and Optimization - and extract common challenges and solutions within the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework. By integrating our findings, this review provides a novel understanding of AI adoption in NGOs, linking specific use cases and challenges to organizational and environmental factors. Our results demonstrate that while AI is promising, adoption among NGOs remains uneven and biased towards larger organizations. Nevertheless, following a roadmap grounded in literature can help NGOs overcome initial barriers to AI adoption, ultimately improving effectiveness, engagement, and social impact.