Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide by hanging on August 10, 2019, as ruled by the New York City Chief Medical Examiner and affirmed by the U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General after reviewing extensive evidence including surveillance footage, witness interviews, and autopsy results.

Epstein's body was discovered hanged in his cell at approximately 6:30 a.m. on August 10, 2019, autopsy-confirmed as suicide with injuries consistent with hanging rather than homicide, no illicit substances in toxicology, and no contradictory evidence from FBI and DOJ investigations despite some jail irregularities.

Google provides basic cloud infrastructure services to the Department of Homeland Security that are commercially available to any customer. The petition claims that Google's cloud and AI products have powered the agencies' surveillance and other immigration enforcement operations, though Google has not disclosed detailed information about the scope or nature of these contracts. The employees are demanding transparency about how DHS agencies specifically use Google products.

The petition was organized by No Tech for Apartheid, an advocacy group led by Google and Amazon workers. The four main demands are: (1) acknowledge the danger that US-based workers face daily due to the immigration crackdown, (2) host a Q&A session for workers on government and military contracts, (3) protect all Googlers—from cafeteria workers to data center employees—with immigration services, visas, and legal support, and (4) disclose all ties with DHS agencies and set red lines around how they use Google products.

In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino struck Earth with an extraordinarily high amount of energy—approximately 100,000 times more powerful than the highest-energy particle ever produced by the Large Hadron Collider. This detection was made by a network of neutrino detectors called KM3NeT located in the Mediterranean Sea. The energy level was considered 'impossible' because no known sources in the universe were thought capable of producing such power.

Physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst hypothesize that the neutrino may have originated from an exploding primordial black hole—specifically a 'quasi-extremal primordial black hole' with a hypothetical 'dark charge.' If confirmed, this would provide evidence for Hawking radiation, the existence of primordial black holes, and potentially explain dark matter. The team's research was published in Physical Review Letters and suggests that if such black holes possess this dark charge, there could be a significant population of them accounting for the universe's missing dark matter.

The NAD is a self-regulatory body under BBB National Programs that reviews advertising claims for truthfulness but lacks enforcement power, so its recommendations are non-binding. Verizon sued T-Mobile in federal court after NAD supported claims that T-Mobile's $1,000+ savings ads were misleading, as T-Mobile continued similar promotions despite prior NAD/NARB warnings in 2025 and 2026.

Verizon alleges T-Mobile's ads misleadingly claim customers can save over $1,000 annually by switching, exaggerating savings by over 100% by understating Verizon's bundled perks like Netflix with HBO Max or Hulu with Disney+ and ESPN+, while implying savings from plan costs alone.

The Google TV Streamer features double the RAM (4GB vs 2GB), quadrupled storage (32GB vs 8GB), a Gigabit Ethernet port for wired connectivity, AV1 codec support, and acts as a smart home hub with Matter and Thread compatibility.

It includes an integrated Google Home panel for controlling lights, thermostats, and cameras without leaving your streaming app, supports Matter and Thread as a border router, and offers quick, reliable responses with compatible devices like Nest.

Astronauts on the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station and the Artemis II mission, which will orbit the Moon, are permitted to bring their personal iPhones and other smartphones.

Previously, astronauts were limited to outdated equipment like 2016 Nikon DSLRs and over ten-year-old GoPro cameras; now, personal smartphones enable more spontaneous, high-quality photos and videos, with expedited approval processes for modern hardware.

9fin is an AI-powered debt market intelligence and data platform founded in 2016, specializing in leveraged finance (LevFin), private credit, distressed debt, CLOs, asset-based finance (ABF), and investment grade across regions including North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific. It provides real-time news, structured data, analytics, and AI workflows to help credit teams make faster decisions.

It means 9fin is negotiating with investors to raise new capital at a company valuation of up to $1 billion, which reflects high investor confidence in its growth potential in the competitive credit research market and supports expansion of its AI-native platform.

The summary refers to Anthropic's advanced generative AI models like Claude, integrated into enterprise tools such as Salesforce Agentforce 360, enabling conversational interfaces, autonomous agents, and industry-specific insights that automate tasks traditionally handled by vendor software, potentially disrupting legacy platforms.

Agentic AI refers to autonomous AI agents capable of independent decision-making and task execution, such as in customer support, supply chain, and device management; it extends beyond current genAI by handling complex workflows, challenging traditional enterprise software by embedding intelligence directly into operations.

Apple's updated guidelines target 'random or anonymous chat' apps, which the policy describes as 'Chatroulette-style experiences' and random or anonymous chat services. These are apps that facilitate connections between users without requiring identity verification and are often used for unmoderated conversations. The policy groups these apps with other problematic content categories including pornographic content, bullying, physical threats, and objectification of real people. While the policy doesn't name specific apps, analysts suggest it may be related to apps like bitchat (Jack Dorsey's peer-to-peer chat application) and reflects concerns about how anonymous platforms can enable harassment, particularly among younger users who are frequent users of such services.

Apple's policy allows removal of random or anonymous chat apps 'without notice,' meaning developers won't receive a warning before their app is taken down. This approach reflects Apple's effort to streamline enforcement against apps that facilitate harmful behavior. The policy update may serve multiple purposes: protecting minors from bullying and intimidation on anonymous platforms, and providing Apple with clearer legal justification for removing apps—particularly following criticism of its previous removal of ICE-Block and similar apps under vague 'objectionable content' policies. By explicitly naming 'random or anonymous chat' as a prohibited category, Apple is establishing a more transparent rule that gives the company clearer authority to remove such apps going forward, rather than relying on subjective interpretations of existing guidelines.