Steven Spielberg, the director, watches a scene from his 1977 movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz. They talk about the acting of Richard Dreyfuss, the wide screen format used in the movie, and the music by John Williams.
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Steven Spielberg directed the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in 1977.
He appeared in a video with Ben Mankiewicz from Turner Classic Movies.
They reviewed a specific scene from the movie together.
They discussed actor Richard Dreyfuss’ performance in the scene.
The film uses a widescreen format, which means the picture is wider than usual.
John Williams composed the music for the movie, and it was part of their discussion.
The video is available on CBS News and their app.
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Several violent attacks linked to opposition against artificial intelligence (AI) have raised concerns among researchers and law enforcement. These incidents show that rapid AI development can fuel extremist feelings and sometimes violence against tech leaders and companies.
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A 20-year-old man from Texas was arrested for trying to burn down OpenAI’s headquarters and CEO Sam Altman’s house.
The suspect carried an anti-AI manifesto, lighter, and kerosene.
In Italy, an influencer was charged with planning anti-tech attacks inspired by the Unabomber.
Two attackers in San Diego cited AI-related grievances in a deadly mosque attack.
An Indianapolis city councilor was shot at with a note saying “NO DATA CENTERS.”
Researchers say AI grievances are fueling old and new extremist groups across political views.
Anti-tech extremism is linked to fears about surveillance, job loss, and AI’s societal impacts.
Historical tech backlash, like the 19th-century Luddites, shows similar fears during major technology shifts.
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A new weekly injection called retatrutide has been tested in people with type 2 diabetes. It showed greater reductions in blood sugar and body weight compared to a placebo over 40 weeks, by targeting three hormones that regulate appetite, blood sugar, and energy use.
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Retatrutide acts like three gut hormones: GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon.
The trial involved 930 adults with type 2 diabetes not already on diabetes medication.
After 40 weeks, participants lost between 11.5% and 15.3% of their body weight on retatrutide, compared to 2.6% with placebo.
Blood sugar levels (measured by HbA1c) fell by about 1.7-1.9 points with retatrutide versus 0.8 with placebo.
Retatrutide also improved cholesterol and blood pressure.
Side effects were mostly mild to moderate, with digestive symptoms being most common.
Some experts say more studies are needed to compare retatrutide to existing drugs like semaglutide or tirzepatide.
The drug could help people needing stronger treatment for type 2 diabetes, but lifestyle changes remain important.
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Scammers use fake websites that look like real stores to trick people who use ChatGPT for shopping advice. These fake sites appear in ChatGPT’s answers and can steal money and personal information from buyers. Experts warn shoppers to be careful and check website addresses before making purchases online.
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ChatGPT sometimes shows fake websites as sources in its shopping answers.
Scammers made cloned sites of stores like Russell & Bromley and Dunelm.
Russell & Bromley went into administration and was bought by Next, so its official site no longer exists.
Fake sites offer big discounts and may ask for payment by bank transfer, which is risky.
Legitimate UK store websites usually end with .co.uk or .com without extra words like “official” or “deals” in their names.
Experts advise going directly to a retailer’s official website instead of following AI links.
ChatGPT removed the fraudulent websites from its search index after being alerted.
If someone shares bank details on a fake site, they should report it to their bank and fraud authorities.
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Sriram Krishnan, a senior adviser on artificial intelligence at the White House, announced he will leave his position at the end of this month. He played an important role in helping the Trump administration create plans related to AI.
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Sriram Krishnan is a tech investor and senior policy adviser on AI.
He has worked closely with President Donald Trump's administration on AI strategies.
Krishnan helped develop plans to guide AI technology and policy efforts.
He confirmed on a Saturday that he will step down at the end of the current month.
His role focused on advising the White House about AI issues and innovations.
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A campaign called Stop Killing Games is challenging video game companies that shut down online servers, making games unplayable. The group, started by YouTuber Ross Scott, submitted a petition to the European Commission after Ubisoft announced it would close servers for its game The Crew, which had over 12 million players.
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Ubisoft released the online-only game The Crew in 2014 and announced its shutdown in 2024.
When servers shut down, players lose access to the game, even if they paid for it.
Stop Killing Games was created in 2024 by Ross Scott to fight against companies disabling games completely.
The campaign collected nearly 1.3 million signatures and took the issue to the European Parliament.
Ubisoft said the shutdown was due to server and licensing issues and argued customers only bought a license to use the game, not permanent ownership.
A class-action lawsuit against Ubisoft in California was withdrawn in June 2025.
The video game industry says shutting down servers is necessary when games are no longer profitable and warns proposals to prevent shutdowns could raise costs.
Stop Killing Games wants companies to stop completely disabling games, not to keep servers running forever.
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A new inhaler device is being developed as an alternative way for people with Type 1 diabetes to take insulin. This method could replace the need for insulin injections.
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The inhaler delivers insulin through the lungs instead of using needles.
It could help millions of Americans living with Type 1 diabetes.
The device aims to make insulin use easier and less painful.
Research is ongoing to confirm the safety and effectiveness of the inhaler.
This new method could improve quality of life for insulin users.
It offers a non-invasive alternative to daily injections.
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The UK government is considering new actions to stop misinformation on social media during public crises. Officials are concerned that false information spreads quickly on platforms like Elon Musk’s X, especially during events that cause unrest.
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Riots in Southampton followed the police response to a fatal stabbing, with misinformation spreading on social media.
A parliamentary committee recommended that Ofcom, the UK media regulator, require social media platforms to follow “crisis response protocols.”
The committee found that social media algorithms helped spread misleading and hateful messages quickly during recent unrest.
The government is exploring ways to promote trusted sources and allow users to reset what content algorithms show them.
Labour MP Jess Asato is suing Elon Musk’s xAI company over harmful sexual content created by an AI tool on X.
The Online Safety Act was criticized as ineffective in stopping misinformation and has not been fully enforced during recent events.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall emphasized the government’s goal to combat hate and promote hope through social media.
Elon Musk has used his platform to share posts related to the Southampton case, reaching millions of followers.
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Freya India talks about how social media takes advantage of girls’ worries and pressures. She discusses her book that looks at how companies and media use young girls' feelings to sell things and create trends.
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Freya India is a writer who contributed to The Free Press.
She appears on CBS Saturday Morning to discuss her book called "GIRLS®: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything."
The book explores how companies use young girls' emotions and insecurities to promote products and ideas.
The discussion focuses on social media’s role in shaping girlhood experiences.
Paramount Skydance owns both The Free Press and CBS News.
The article and video are available on CBS News platforms and apps.
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The article discusses how Generation Z, the group born roughly from the mid-1990s to early 2010s, takes breaks from constant internet use. It highlights an event designed to help teenagers step away from digital devices and spend time offline.
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Generation Z is the first group to grow up with the internet always available.
The article focuses on how members of Gen Z choose to disconnect from digital screens.
An event was held to encourage teens to reduce their internet and device use.
The goal of the event is to help young people spend more time offline.
The report was featured on the CBS Saturday Morning show.
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The article explains that the excitement around AI has gone through three stages: doubt, hype, and now a more cautious view. Companies using AI are finding it can be very helpful but also very costly, and the expected savings or benefits are not always showing up as predicted.
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AI investments first faced skepticism, then strong enthusiasm, and now careful evaluation.
Some companies, like Uber and Amazon, are limiting AI use because it became too expensive or was used inefficiently.
GitHub switched its AI coding assistant to a pay-per-use model, surprising many users with the real cost.
A survey of large companies showed that AI has not yet delivered the expected financial savings.
OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, admitted that the connection between AI spending and revenue is a valid concern.
Early AI adopters are feeling the cost challenges, while many companies have just started using AI.
The stock market showed a sharp drop partly due to worries about how fast AI demand will grow.
Experts say AI works best when used carefully for specific tasks, not applied everywhere at once.
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The New York State Senate and Assembly approved three new laws related to data centers, costs of surveillance services, and digital stalking. Other proposed laws about the environment, housing, and entertainment were not approved and will not move forward. The bills will now go to Governor Kathy Hochul for her approval.
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New York lawmakers passed three bills focused on data centers, surveillance pricing, and digital stalking.
The bills apply new rules and protections in these areas.
Several other proposed laws on environmental protection, housing, and entertainment were abandoned.
The approved bills will be sent to Governor Kathy Hochul to sign into law.
The move affects how data centers operate and how consumers are protected against certain digital harms.
The legislature prioritized regulating technology-related issues over other policy areas this session.
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In 2025, players of the online game EVE Online lost about £400,000 worth of virtual assets during a large in-game war. The game lets players build, trade, and fight in a deep, strategic space setting where digital items can be permanently destroyed, affecting players financially.
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EVE Online is a space-themed online game launched in 2003 where players explore, trade, and form alliances.
Players create and trade virtual ships, weapons, and space stations, often investing real money into the game.
Some players spend thousands of hours and several thousand pounds on their in-game assets.
A Titan-class ship in the game is valued at about £741.
The 2025 conflict destroyed in-game assets worth hundreds of thousands of pounds for players.
The game’s economy is complex enough to require an economist from Iceland’s Central Bank to manage it.
Players cannot convert their in-game wealth back into real money.
The 2025 war was the result of years of rising tensions and conflicts between player factions.
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A new art exhibit in San Jose highlights the important work women have done in creating the technologies we use today. The exhibition aims to show a more complete history by including women's contributions, which have often been ignored or forgotten.
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Women have been key in developing many modern technologies.
Their roles have sometimes been overlooked or minimized in history.
The art exhibit presents stories and achievements of women in technology.
The exhibition is located in San Jose.
The report was made by special correspondent Mike Cerre for a series called CANVAS.
The exhibit is part of efforts to give a fuller, more accurate view of technological history.
It focuses on arts and culture around technology.
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The U.S. Energy Department announced that a small nuclear reactor developed by Antares Nuclear Inc. has reached "criticality," meaning it can now sustain a nuclear chain reaction needed to produce energy. This is a key step toward the reactor producing electricity in the next few years, and it is the first advanced reactor to reach this milestone under a government pilot program started last year.
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Antares Nuclear Inc. developed a small nuclear reactor called a microreactor.
The reactor reached "criticality," which means it can keep a nuclear reaction going by itself.
This milestone is essential for the reactor to start producing electricity.
The development took place at Idaho National Lab.
The program began last year under President Trump to boost nuclear energy in the U.S.
Antares is the first private company to reach this milestone in the pilot program.
The project involved the Energy Department, other contractors, and support from the U.S. Army.
The goal is to speed up advanced nuclear power development in the country.
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A security researcher found that the Sound Blaster Katana V2X speaker can be hacked over Bluetooth without pairing or proof of identity. By sending special commands, an attacker could replace the speaker’s software and then use it to control a connected computer remotely.
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The speaker connects to PCs, Macs, and Linux devices via USB or Bluetooth.
It uses a proprietary protocol called CTP to communicate between devices.
Bluetooth connections to the speaker do not require authentication or pairing.
One command allows firmware updates without any security checks like code signing.
The speaker runs FreeRTOS, an open-source operating system.
The researcher modified the speaker’s USB profile to make it act like a keyboard.
This allowed the speaker to send keystrokes to the connected PC remotely.
Bluetooth is always active on the speaker, even in sleep mode, increasing risk.
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A small modular nuclear reactor developed by Antares reached a key milestone called criticality in its first test at the Idaho National Laboratory. This means the reactor's nuclear reactions became self-sustaining, though it has not started producing electricity yet.
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President Trump issued an order to speed up nuclear power development, aiming for three new reactor designs to reach criticality in about a year.
Antares’ reactor is the first new design to reach criticality under this effort.
The reactor uses TRISO fuel pellets, which have a uranium core surrounded by protective carbon layers and a ceramic shell to improve safety.
TRISO fuel design helps prevent meltdowns and stops dangerous radioactive material from escaping.
Antares surrounds the fuel with graphite to slow down stray neutrons that could create unstable isotopes.
The reactor uses liquid sodium to take heat away, transferring it to pressurized nitrogen, which will drive a turbine to generate power later.
The current test reactor (Mark 0) is not connected to power generation but is used to collect safety data and validate designs.
Antares collaborates with the Department of Defense’s Project Pele and has NASA support for its work.
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Anthropic, a company that makes AI tools, has asked other leading AI labs to work together to pause the development of advanced AI systems. They warn that these fast-improving AI systems could become hard for humans to control and call for a global, coordinated effort to slow down and study AI safely.
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Anthropic proposes a coordinated pause on developing advanced AI to prevent loss of human control.
The company’s Claude chatbot is part of a fast-growing group of AI tools that can perform tasks quickly.
Anthropic plans to work with others to explore how to safely slow or pause AI progress.
OpenAI disagrees and says governments, not companies alone, should set AI rules and safety measures.
AI could soon advance to “recursive self-improvement,” where AI designs even better AI by itself.
Researchers warn about AI tools that might improve hacking and spread across networks.
Anthropic wants the pause to help research how to align AI with human values and ensure safety.
A recent U.S. government order asks AI labs to voluntarily share their most powerful AI models for cybersecurity review before public release.
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President Donald Trump plans to meet with leaders of major artificial intelligence (AI) companies to discuss the US government investing in their businesses. The goal is to create a partnership between these companies and the American public, with talks expected at the White House soon.
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President Trump will meet executives from leading AI companies next week at the White House.
The government wants to take a financial stake in AI companies to benefit the public.
Major US AI companies include Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Anthropic.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently met with Senator Bernie Sanders, who suggested a government fund owning 50% of AI firms.
Trump has been considering government investment in AI for about a year and finds Sanders' ideas somewhat similar to his own.
Anthropic, an AI company, met with White House officials recently despite an ongoing lawsuit with the Department of Defense.
Anthropic supports President Trump’s Executive Order on AI and works closely with the government on national security.
There is a focus on controlling AI development to ensure human involvement and safety.
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