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In the lead up to the Tumbler Ridge school shooting in Canada last month, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar spoke to ChatGPT about her feelings of isolation and an increasing obsession with violence, according to court filings. The chatbot allegedly validated Van Rootselaar’s feelings and then helped her plan her attack, telling her which weapons to use and sharing precedents from other mass casualty events, per the filings. She went on to kill her mother, her 11-year-old brother, five students, and an education assistant, before turning the gun on herself.   Before Jonathan Gavalas, 36, died by suicide last October, he got…

Introduction The alphabet game is afoot! Pixel 10a and iPhone 17e launched side by side, putting a fresh spin on the affordable Pixel and the economy-class iPhone. Today, we will explore the new iteration of Google’s A series, the Pixel 10a. The Pixel 10a comes in fresh colors, an improved design with a newer Gorilla Glass 7i protection and a flat camera setup on the back. Though oddly, that’s about it in terms of upgrades. The Pixel 10a seems like a rereleased Pixel 9a. It packs the same 6.3-inch P-OLED screen with 1080p resolution and 120Hz refresh rate, the same…

JEONJU, South Korea, March 13, 2026 — Drug-drug interactions (DDI) can cause adverse drug reactions during the co-administration of multiple drugs, necessitating accurate and scalable prediction tools. While deep learning models have shown promise recently, most models show poor performance against drugs not encountered during training. Now, researchers have developed a lightweight and scalable model, called DDINet, designed specifically to predict unseen drug interactions. This innovative model achieves superior accuracy in predicting interactions for unseen drugs, with potential for practical deployment. (Shutterstock) Managing complex medical conditions often requires the simultaneous use of multiple different drugs, referred to as polypharmacy. While…

And then there were two: Of the original 11 co-founders who kickstarted xAI with Elon Musk three years ago, only two remain as the deep learning lab continues a personnel overhaul to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI. That rebuilding, insists Musk, is by design. “xAI was not built right first time around, so is being rebuilt from the foundations up,” Musk said Thursday on his social media platform, X. By most measures, it isn’t going all that smoothly. The most immediate pressure is competitive. This week, xAI co-founders Zihang Dai and Guodong Zhang left the outfit after Musk complained that…

You might not know this, but Amazon Prime Video actually has a higher-tier subscription, similar to Netflix, which offers an ad-free experience. Most people just get Prime Video as part of their Amazon Prime subscription. Well, this is one tier above that and costs extra – $4.99 a month, up from $2.99 after this new price hike. The service also has a new name – Prime Video Ultra. It’s not all bad news, though. Amazon actually invested quite a bit in upgrading this new Ultra tier. It now comes with the option to watch 4K/UHD streams with optional Dolby Vision…

SEATTLE AND SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 13, 2026 — Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, and Cerebras Systems today announced a collaboration that the companies claim will, in the coming months, deliver the fastest AI inference solutions available for generative AI applications and LLM workloads. The solution, to be deployed on Amazon Bedrock in AWS data centers, combines AWS Trainium-powered servers, Cerebras CS-3 systems, and Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) networking. Later this year, AWS will also offer leading open-source LLMs and Amazon Nova using Cerebras hardware. “Inference is where AI delivers real value to customers, but speed remains…

The engagement focused on identifying financing mechanisms to accelerate Ethiopia’s digital transformation and expand the country’s digital infrastructure ecosystem Ethio telecom ’s CEO, Frehiwot Tamru, along with her executive team, met with leadership from Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP)  at the organization’s headquarters in Rome to explore potential strategic collaboration and financing support for the telecom operator’s ambitious “Next Horizon: Digital & Beyond” strategy. The engagement focused on identifying financing mechanisms to accelerate Ethiopia’s digital transformation and expand the country’s digital infrastructure ecosystem. During the discussions, Ethio telecom presented its strategic priorities for the next three years, including the large-scale expansion…

The brand-new MacBook Neo is projected to be a hit in terms of sales and could turn out to be one of Apple’s most important laptops in recent memory. While its main claim to fame is the relatively affordable $599 base price ($499 for students), the Neo is also Apple’s most repairable laptop in a long time. YouTuber Phone Repair Guru performed a teardown of the Neo, and the results are fascinating. Apple opted for an easily repairable design with key components like the battery, speakers, trackpad, USB ports and display held in place only with screws and connectors. Virtually…

When the user asks “What enemy military unit is in the region?” the AIP Assistant guesses that it’s “likely an armor attack battalion based on the pattern of the equipment.” This prompts the analyst to request a MQ-9 Reaper drone to survey the scene. They then ask the AIP Assistant to “generate three courses of action to target this enemy equipment,” and within moments, the assistant suggests attacking the unit with either an “air asset,” a “long-range artillery,” or a “tactical team.” The user tells the assistant to send these options to a fictional commander, who ultimately chooses the tactical…

Through this collaboration, BIF and Scalar Energy Africa aim to strengthen the innovation ecosystem across Southern Africa, creating new pathways for economic growth and technological advancement. In Gaborone, Botswana, the Botswana Innovation Fund (BIF)  and Scalar Energy Africa  have unveiled a pioneering business programme designed to accelerate the growth of Southern Africa’s next generation of climate and digital technology startups. The launch ceremony took place on March 10, 2026, at Hotel430 in Gaborone’s Central Business District, with senior representatives from the Ministry of Communications, Knowledge and Technology, and the Ministry of Minerals, Green Technology, and Energy Security in attendance. The…