Italy: Poisoning suspected in deaths of 18 wolves in national park5 minutes agoPaul KirbyEurope digital editorGetty ImagesItaly is home to about 3,300 wolves, according to a 2020-21 census by IspraPoisoning is suspected in the deaths of 18 wolves within a few days in a national park that straddles three regions of central Italy.After the carcasses of 10 wolves were found last week, another...

Meta Unveils New AI Model Developed by Costly, New Superintelligence LabsMeta unveiled its latest artificial intelligence model on Wednesday, its first since assembling a costly team to help the company better compete with its AI rivals.The new model, known as Muse Spark, was created by Meta Superintelligence Labs, a team of expensive AI leaders and developers assembled last year from other AI...

Two Americans sentenced for helping North Korea steal $5 million in fake IT worker scheme Two U.S. citizens were sentenced to seven and a half years and nine years in prison for their roles in a scheme to help the North Korean government place remote IT workers in American companies.  On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the sentencing of Kejia Wang and Zhenxing Wang,...

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 20 #778Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.Today's NYT Strands puzzle offers an interesting mix of words, and they all begin with the same two...

The 9,000-pound monster I don’t want to give back Before heading on a trip to Tahoe last weekend, GM offered me the use of the company’s 9,000-pound monument to excess – the new electric Escalade IQL (starting at $130,405) – for a week to test-drive. Before you continue, note that I’m not a professional car reviewer. TechCrunch has excellent transportation writers; I am not one of them. I’m...