Scientists have identified two new contenders for the world’s loudest bird—the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema—both of which can exceed 120 decibels, which is louder than a jackhammer, according to a study published on Tuesday in Evolution. These two bird species are now in the same league as the ...
Month: September 2026
Surveillance Finds a WaySurveillance Finds a Way
A thing I’ve been saying over and over is that surveillance companies can’t be trusted to regulate themselves or to make privacy decisions themselves, because one company’s red line is another company’s business opportunity. Today we’re investigating a company that saw Flock was not offering facial recognition and saw a ...
Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock CamerasSurveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras
As Flock continues to be the center of a nationwide conversation about automatic license plate reading cameras, the company has said that it doesn’t, and won’t, do facial recognition: “We will not add facial recognition to our devices,” Flock CEO Garrett Langley said in a recent video. But other, third-party ...
These Tech Workers Made ChatGPT Drive a Toyota CorollaThese Tech Workers Made ChatGPT Drive a Toyota Corolla
Some tech workers in San Francisco hooked up ChatGPT to a Toyota Corolla and got it to drive around a parking lot. This may not sound impressive in the age of the self-driving car until you realize that the LLM driving the car was a general purpose chatbot running on ...
Spain announces ban on evictions after protests over 87-year-old woman’s removal from flatSpain announces ban on evictions after protests over 87-year-old woman’s removal from flat
The ban is part of a number of proposals that must be approved in parliament within 30 days. ...
Watch: How did Burnham’s speech go down in the conference hall?Watch: How did Burnham’s speech go down in the conference hall?
The PM received a standing ovation as he spoke about his late dad while setting out reforms to social care. ...
Man City guilty of ‘sham’ contracts and misleading accountsMan City guilty of ‘sham’ contracts and misleading accounts
The Premier League confirms that Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges related to breaches of Premier League financial rules between 2009-10 and 2017-18. ...
Daniel Sandford on what’s next in the RAF Fairford investigationDaniel Sandford on what’s next in the RAF Fairford investigation
BBC correspondent Daniel Sandford explains where the investigation goes from here. ...
Body of newborn baby found on shoreline in Wales as police search for motherBody of newborn baby found on shoreline in Wales as police search for mother
The body of the newborn was found near Siliwen Road near the Menai Strait on Sunday. ...
No ‘deliberate’ contact to stop car in A66 crashNo ‘deliberate’ contact to stop car in A66 crash
No stinger was used by police before the fatal A66 crash, an initial investigation reveals. ...