Posts by Liam Redmond
AI Agent Safety Gets an Open Platform From Nvidia
NVIDIA unveiled the Open Agent Safety Platform on Monday, an open set of tools for AI agent safety, meant to keep agents inside the limits their owners set. It pairs a software runtime called OpenShell with a hardware watchdog called Sentry. Most founders will never run NVIDIA chips, yet the idea behind this launch applies…
Read MoreWho Is Yaniv Hayoun? Bloodied Flydubai Passenger Who Helped Subdue ‘Terrorist’ Co-Pilot Meets Netanyahu in Israel After Hijacking Attempt
A passenger who helped subdue the alleged hijacking suspect aboard Wednesday’s flydubai flight met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after landing in Israel, still wearing a blood-stained T-shirt. Yaniv Hayoun met Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport after the rescue flight arrived, with his shirt still marked by blood from the incident. He was among…
Read MoreJazz Chisholm returns as Yankees shake up lineup for Game 2 vs. Red Sox
Jazz is back, and so is a left-handed heavy Yankee lineup. After sitting in favor of Anthony Volpe against Red Sox lefty Payton Tolle in Tuesday’s Game 1 win, Jazz Chisholm Jr. returned to the lineup for Game 2 on Wednesday against right-hander Sonny Gray as the Yankees looked to sweep the AL wild-card series.…
Read MoreCalifornia Flooding: Why the State Is Bracing for a Bigger Threat in October
California is preparing for a potentially dangerous rise in coastal water as a large Pacific “Kelvin wave” moves toward the state, with the warm-water system expected to reach Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area in early October. Scientists warn that the added water level could make coastal flooding worse when combined with high…
Read MoreCaitlin Clark screams at Candace Parker after broadcast rip-job during WNBA playoffs
Some tension appeared to flare between Caitlin Clark and a WNBA legend Tuesday night, but it seemed to in the spirit of a bit of fun. During the fourth quarter of the Fever’s 99-89 series-tying Game 2 win over the Aces, Caitlin Clark pulled off an amazing yet daring move to drain a pull-up 3-pointer…
Read MoreAI Voice Agents Get Faster and More Human With ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs released two new speech models on Monday, named v4 and v4 Turbo. Aimed at AI voice agents, they speak 90 languages, answer with less delay, and copy a voice from roughly ten seconds of audio. Here is the deal. If you want to build a phone line, a support bot, or a sales caller,…
Read MoreTrans New York Times exec’s in-laws were lying in wait before grisly killing as full charges revealed: prosecutors
The elderly in-laws and alleged killers of trans New York Times tech exec Jonathan McKinsey were charged with murder and allegedly “lied in wait” for him before the killing. Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, were both charged with murder and a myriad of special allegations and circumstances linked to the crime on Wednesday…
Read MoreMulberry May Reshape Gut Bacteria, but How It Is Processed Could Matter Most
Mulberry may influence the bacteria living in the gut and affect processes linked to metabolism, according to a review published June 30, 2026, in Biomolecules and highlighted by Wroclaw Medical University on Sept. 30. The researchers found promising effects from mulberry leaves, fruits, and their extracts in laboratory and animal studies, but they have not…
Read MoreCitrix NetScaler Vulnerability Puts Your Company Network at Risk
A serious Citrix NetScaler vulnerability, in fact two of them in ADC and Gateway, is under attack, and attackers used them for weeks before the public learned about it. Citrix released patches on Sunday, and the bugs are tracked as CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772. If your company uses remote access through a NetScaler device, this is…
Read MoreGrim new details revealed in Cornell student’s account of alleged gang rape: ‘Instantly horrified’
The Cornell University student at the center of an alleged fraternity gang rape scandal at the Ivy League school described how the events of that night “felt like coercion” in a report to a campus police officer at the time. The now-former student, referred to only as Jane Doe, did not use the term “gang…
Read MoreDisney Layoffs: Hundreds of Jobs Cut in Fourth Round As AI Reshapes Company
Walt Disney Co. has laid off a few hundred employees, mainly in its human resources and technology departments, in another round of corporate job cuts announced Tuesday, Sept. 29. The latest layoffs are part of CEO Josh D’Amaro’s effort to streamline the entertainment giant as it also prepares for wider changes driven by artificial intelligence.…
Read MoreCalifornia high school girls spark fury with blackface photo in African-American studies room
Four California high school girls have been slammed for posting a meme of themselves posing in blackface inside an African-American studies classroom. The girls, who have not been identified, posted the racially charged picture from San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, with their skin artificially darkened. In it, they are seen mimicking an AI-generated…
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