Author: Vidya Saras

In 2017, then 9-year-old Kayla Unbehaun was abducted. For years, the South Elgin, Illinois police department searched for Unbehaun and her noncustodial mother, Heather Unbehaun, who was accused of the abduction, following her trail to Georgia, where they hit a dead end. During that time, the department signed a contract with Global Intelligence, and sergeant Dan Eichholz received a Cybercheck report that placed Unbehaun and her mother in Oregon, he tells WIRED. It was a new lead, but because Cybercheck didn’t provide any evidence to support its findings, Eichholz couldn’t use the report to obtain a search warrant.Unbehaun was finally…

Politics / October 15, 2024 At a town hall event in Oaks, Pennsylvania, Donald Trump appeared to give up on politics and spent 39 minutes nodding along to his favorite songs. Ad Policy Donald Trump and South DakotDonald Trump and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem dance to the song “Y.M.C.A.” at a campaign town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds on Monday, October 14 in Oaks, Pennsylvania.(Matt Rourke / AP Photo) In one dystopian scenario, future historians will record that the American republic died not with a bang or whimper but with a playlist. At a surreal…

Most doctors go into medicine because they want to help patients. But today’s health care system requires that doctors spend hours each day on other work — searching through electronic health records (EHRs), writing documentation, coding and billing, prior authorization, and utilization management — often surpassing the time they spend caring for patients. The situation leads to physician burnout, administrative inefficiencies, and worse overall care for patients.Ambience Healthcare is working to change that with an AI-powered platform that automates routine tasks for clinicians before, during, and after patient visits.”We build co-pilots to give clinicians AI superpowers,” says Ambience CEO Mike Ng MBA ’16,…

Change, he says, starts from within by identifying these stressors, then setting healthy boundaries and regularly taking a self-inventory. “Without making them feel guilty, we let CISOs know that we understand their struggle and that drinking away their stress is not effective, but rather a false solution, a betrayer of their ultimate state. We show them alternatives, how to be happier and more joyful in their work and lives. And our motto is that we won’t let them fail.” Non-drinking networking events can be more productive Sober 24 years now and having seen how alcohol plays such a big part…

Hollywood mourned many celebrities in 2024. Speed Racer star Christian Oliver (born Christian Klepser) died at the age of 51 during a fatal plane crash on January 5. Oliver was traveling home from a Caribbean vacation with his two daughters — Madita and Annik, whom he shared with wife Jessica Klepser — on January 4. The aircraft had engine trouble and fell into the ocean. The plane’s pilot also died onboard in the accident. In addition to being an actor, Oliver was also a realtor at Beverly Hills brokerage The Agency. “Christian, Madita and Annik, you will be missed. May…

Kenyan authorities on Tuesday failed to reveal the proposed tariff that India’s Adani Group will charge households and firms for building high-voltage power lines, falling short of the legal requirement of full disclosure. The Public Private Partnership Act requires a State agency shepherding a deal to publish in at least two national newspapers details relating to the project agreements, including “the project tariff, if applicable.” On Tuesday, Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) published details of the Sh96 billion Adani deal in one national newspaper, the Star, but failed to disclose Adani’s proposed tariff. Ketraco termed calls for the release of the…

Jeff and Donna Standridge (right and middle) and Keith Lowhorne (right) are all raising their grandchildren. More than 2.5 million children in the U.S. are raised by grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other extended family members — when their parents are unable to care for them. Drew Hawkins/Gulf States Newsroom hide caption toggle caption Drew Hawkins/Gulf States Newsroom Happy shouts and laughter fill the cafeteria at Locust Grove Baptist Church in New Market, Alabama — a small town just outside of Huntsville, in the northern part of the state. While the grandparents eat dinner, their grandchildren chase each other around the…

This announcement is not the first time a tech company has shared plans to help spot real-time deepfakes. In 2022, Intel debuted its FakeCatcher tool for deepfake detection. The FakeCatcher is designed to analyze changes in a face’s blood flow to determine whether a video participant is real. Intel’s tool is also not publicly available.Academic researchers are also looking into different approaches to address this specific kind of deepfake threat. “These systems are becoming so sophisticated to create deepfakes. We need even less data now,” says Govind Mittal, a computer science PhD candidate at New York University. “If I have…

You could get more opportunities to see supercharged auroras over the next few months, thanks to our very active sun.Solar activity waxes and wanes on an 11-year cycle. The current cycle, known as Solar Cycle 25, began in December 2019 and is still in its maximum phase, experts say.”Currently, we’re about two years into the maximum period, so we’re anticipating another year or so of maximum phase before we really enter the declining phase, which will lead us back to solar minimum,” Lisa Upton, co-chair of the Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel and lead scientist at Southwest Research Institute in…

Newcastle United will be looking to get back to winning ways against Brighton and Hove Albion next time out in the Premier League, after drawing blanks away at Everton last match. Fabian Hürzeler’s Brighton and Hove Albion stand in the way of the Magpies, who could have to rely upon Anthony Gordon as their lone striker for the test of the Seagulls again, despite the 23-year-old missing a decisive spot-kick at Goodison Park to cost his side a win. Eddie Howe will keep his fingers crossed that Alexander Isak could be back for this clash, away from having to rely…