Australian woman charged with poisoning 1-year-old girl, posting videos for donations, police say

A woman in Australia has been arrested on allegations she gave a 1-year-old girl a variety of drugs to make her sick over a period of several months, then posted videos of the infant online for sympathy and donations, local police said. The child was subjected to “immense distress and pain” for over two months, … Read more

The path forward for gen AI-powered code development in 2025

This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “AI at Scale: From Vision to Viability.” Read more from this special issue here. Three years ago AI-powered code development was mostly just GitHub Copilot.  GitHub’s AI-powered developer tool amazed developers with its ability to help with code completion and even generate new code. Now, at the start … Read more

‘We lost so many’: Gaza cautiously waits for ceasefire as bombing continues | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, Palestine – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip woke up on Thursday to the sound of renewed bombing, adding trepidation to the joy they felt at the news that a ceasefire had been agreed between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas the night before. They hope that announcement will mean an end … Read more