Go to a small liberal-arts college if you can. I n the waning heat of last summer, freshly back in my office at a major research university, I found myself considering the higher-education hellscape that had lately descended upon the nation. I'd spent months reporting on the Trump administration's attacks on universities for, speaking with dozens of administrators, faculty, and students about the billions of dollars in cuts to public funding for research and the resulting collapse of " college life ."At Initially, I surveyed the situation from the safe distance of a journalist who happens to also be a career professor and university administrator. I saw myself as an envoy between America's college campuses and its citizens, telling the stories of the people whose lives had been shattered by these transformations. By the summer, though, that safe distance had collapsed back on me.

Gestala is the latest company to emerge from China's burgeoning brain-computer interface industry. It plans to access the brain with noninvasive ultrasound technology. China's brain-computer interface industry is growing fast, and the newest company to emerge from the country is aiming to access the brain without the use of invasive implants . Gestala, newly founded in Chengdu with offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong, plans to use ultrasound technology to stimulate--and eventually read from--the brain, according to CEO and cofounder Phoenix Peng. It's the second company to launch in recent weeks with the aim of tapping into the brain with ultrasound.

In a number of instances, investigation showed that while one Telegram channel had been shut down, another with a near-identical name remained active. In a number of instances, investigation showed that while one Telegram channel had been shut down, another with a near-identical name remained active. Millions of people around the world are creating and sharing deepfake nudes on the secure messaging app Telegram, a Guardian analysis has shown, as the spread of advanced AI tools industrialises the online abuse of women. The Guardian has identified at least 150 Telegram channels - large encrypted group chats popular for their secure communication - that appear to have users in many countries, from the UK to Brazil, China to Nigeria, Russia to India. Some of them offer "nudified" photos or videos for a fee: users can upload a photo of any woman, and AI will produce a video of that woman performing sexual acts.

Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. A body-worn camera shows the perspective of LAPD officers when arresting a suspect. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . LAPD officials are proposing changes to the department's data retention policy, seeking to purge millions of old records.

Damning new video shows Alex Pretti running at ICE agents and screaming in their faces before smashing feds' tail light Costco faces lawsuit over beloved $4.99 rotisserie chicken amid claims customers were misled What bread's really doing to your body: ROSAMUND DEAN gave it up for a month and tested her health before and after. From blood pressure, to cholesterol and her weight, the results are truly shocking... Man who Beckhams have gone to war with: Why David and Victoria fear'smiling crocodile' Nelson Peltz is behind Brooklyn's outburst... as ALISON BOSHOFF reveals 14-year legal row that proves his'bully billionaire' reputation Kim Kardashian says Harry and Meghan's team asked for removal of party photos when they'realised it was Remembrance Day' 'I can kill you at any time:' Surgeon's fatal threats to ex-wife before she was found dead with her new partner at home, new documents show Jealous killer's cold last words as he's executed for brutal murders of his ex and her new boyfriend Ilhan Omar accuses Trump of being'obsessed' with her as police identify potential liquid sprayed at her during town hall attack Weekend's monster storm to bring freezing temperatures to MIAMI as cold snap ices over millions of Americans Megyn Kelly blasts Alex Pretti for'stalking, harassing and terrorizing' ICE after video shows him kicking SUV's tail light and spitting at agents Telling detail stitched into Melania's Dior dress that hints at her true ambitions, as the First Lady rings the New York Stock Exchange bell: JANE TIPPETT The Kristi Noem call that left Tom Homan seething. The freeze-out no one saw... and why insiders say his Minneapolis mission is do or die Origins of Egypt's Great Pyramid upended as new clues point to lost civilization from 20,000 years ago Margot Robbie stuns in Elizabeth Taylor's iconic necklace as she is joined by Jacob Elordi at Wuthering Heights premiere in LA Hilarious live gaffe on David Muir's World News Tonight that'triggered behind the scenes meltdown' Alex Pretti spits at ICE agents and smashes federal SUV's tail light in shocking footage taken 11 days before he was shot dead Extraordinary transformation of beloved child star who has'self-canceled' and ditched Hollywood to live off grid in POVERTY as'Catholic extremist' NASA gives a glimpse inside Orion's cramped quarters where four astronauts will live for 10 days as they whizz around the moon - 'the smell would be intolerable!' With the first launch window for Artemis II now just days away, NASA has shared a glimpse inside the cramped quarters of the Orion spacecraft. Four astronauts - Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen - will spend 10 days living inside the capsule as they whizz around the moon.

May the 4th be with you The White House celebrates Star Wars Day. May the 4th be with you The White House celebrates Star Wars Day. Under Donald Trump, the White House has filled its social media with memes, wishcasting, nostalgia and deepfakes. Here's what you need to know to navigate the trolling I t started with an image of Trump as a king mocked up on a fake Time magazine cover. Since then it's developed into a full-blown phenomenon, one academics are calling "slopaganda" - an unholy alliance of easily available AI tools and political messaging.

The investment minister Jason Stockwood's remarks come as research shows the UK is losing more jobs than it is creating because of AI. The investment minister Jason Stockwood's remarks come as research shows the UK is losing more jobs than it is creating because of AI. Lord Stockwood says people in government'definitely' talking about idea as technology disrupts industries ESTLast modified on Thu 29 Jan 2026 03.59 EST The UK could introduce a universal basic income to protect workers in industries that are being disrupted by AI, the investment minister Jason Stockwood has said. "Bumpy" changes to society caused by the introduction of the technology would mean there would have to be "some sort of concessionary arrangement with jobs that go immediately", Lord Stockwood said. The Labour peer told the Financial Times: "Undoubtedly we're going to have to think really carefully about how we soft-land those industries that go away, so some sort of [universal basic income], some sort of lifelong mechanism as well so people can retrain."

Dozens killed in RSF drone attack in war-torn Sudan's South Kordofan Dozens of people have been killed in a drone attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a key town in war-torn Sudan's South Kordofan state, according to local media reports. Multiple areas of Dilling, including the headquarters of the Sudanese army's 54th Brigade and the central market, were struck by suicide drones during Wednesday's attack, the Sudan Tribune reported, citing local sources and medical groups. Dilling lies halfway between Kadugli - the besieged state capital - and el-Obeid, the capital of neighbouring North Kordofan province, which the RSF has sought to encircle. The RSF and the SAF have been waging a brutal civil war for control of Sudan since April 2023, which has killed thousands of people and displaced millions. Since the siege was lifted, Dilling has endured a wave of drone attacks that have destroyed service facilities and caused several casualties.

Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out - but it's going to take collective effort Summer after summer, I used to descend into a creek that had carved a deep bed shaded by trees and lined with blackberry bushes whose long thorny canes arced down from the banks, dripping with sprays of fruit. Down in that creek, I'd spend hours picking until I had a few gallons of berries, until my hands and wrists were covered in scratches from the thorns and stained purple from the juice, until the tranquillity of that place had soaked into me. The berries on a single spray might range from green through shades of red to the darkness that gives the fruit its name. Partly by sight and partly by touch, I determined which berries were too hard and which too soft, picking only the ones in between, while listening to birds and the hum of bees, to the music of water flowing, noticing small jewel-like insects among the berries, dragonflies in the open air, water striders in the creek's calm stretches. I went there for berries, but I also went there for the quiet, the calm, the feeling of cool water on my feet and sometimes up to my knees as I waded in where the picking was good. At home I made jars of jam. When I gave them away I was trying to give not just my jam - which was admittedly runny and seedy - but something of the peace of that creek, of summer itself.

Tesla has reported its first-ever decline in annual revenue on a busy day for corporate earnings that also saw the release of results from Microsoft, Meta and Samsung Electronics. Elon Musk's electric car company said on Wednesday that revenue fell 3 percent year-on-year to $24.9bn in the final quarter of 2025. Revenue for all of 2025 was $94.8bn, down from $97.7bn the previous year. The Austin, Texas-based company also revealed that it had agreed to invest $2bn in Musk's artificial intelligence start-up xAI - the developer of Musk's controversial Grok chatbot - as part of a push to lessen its reliance on the auto market. "Together, the investment and the related framework agreement are intended to enhance Tesla's ability to develop and deploy AI products and services into the physical world at scale," the company said in its earnings report.