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The RockYou2024 leak, which exposed almost 10 billion passwords in July of last year, might seem like old news, but its impact is still felt today. It’s considered the largest…
What Nearly Brainless Rodents Know About Weight Loss and Hunger
Do we really have free will when it comes to eating? It’s a vexing question that is at the heart of why so many people find it so difficult to…
Trump Pardons Paul Walczak, Whose Family Sought to Publicize Ashley Biden’s Diary
President Trump has pardoned a Florida health care executive whose mother played a role in trying to expose the contents of Ashley Biden’s diary. The pardon of the executive, Paul…
Elon Musk Could Make Mars His Next Business Venture
Elon Musk is leaving his full-time Washington assignment next month to try to save Tesla (which has seen its stock battered), to keep up with SpaceX (which is positioned to…
David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94
David Paton, an idealistic and innovative ophthalmologist who started Project Orbis, converting a United Airlines jet into a flying hospital that took surgeons to developing countries to operate on patients…
Trump Administration Live Updates: Justice Dept. Temporarily Reverses Cancellation of Student Visas
On March 11, about 50 judges gathered in Washington for the biannual meeting of the Judicial Conference, which oversees the administration of the federal courts. It was the first time…
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
A federal prosecutor in Washington has contacted The New England Journal of Medicine, considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal, with questions that suggested without evidence that it was biased…
F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs
Federal health officials have reversed the decision to fire a few dozen scientists at the Food and Drug Administration’s food-safety labs, and say they are conducting a review to determine…
China Rejects Trump Claim of Tariff Talks With Xi
President Trump, whose trade war with China has rattled financial markets and threatened to disrupt huge swaths of trade, suggested on Friday that he had been in touch with Xi…
Israel’s A.I. Experiments in Gaza War Raise Ethical Concerns
In late 2023, Israel was aiming to assassinate Ibrahim Biari, a top Hamas commander in the northern Gaza Strip who had helped plan the Oct. 7 massacres. But Israeli intelligence…