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New York Times chief: How and why publishers should fight AI ‘tsunami’

New York Times chief: How and why publishers should fight AI ‘tsunami’

Published by Sam Flores

New York Times chairman and publisher AG Sulzberger at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress on 1 June 2026. Picture: WAN-IFRA New York Times chairman and publisher AG Sulzberger has urged publishers to do more to fight the oncoming “tsunami” from AI giants jeopardising the information ecosystem. Sulzberger set out ways for news companies “both to stand up to abuses by AI companies and to prepare our own organisations to succeed in this new era” in a keynote speech on Monday at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Marseille. Warning that AI companies are committing “brazen theft” of intellectual property, Sulzberger revealed the New York Times has already spent more than $20m on its lawsuits against OpenAI/Microsoft and Perplexity since December 2023. This compares to the more than $2bn he revealed as the cost to The New York Times in 2025 alone of producing nearly half a million pieces of journalism, including articles, photos, videos and podcasts. Despite its strong stance, The New York Times has also done AI licensing deals such as with …

NASA satellite images show how a massive tsunami in Alaska changed the landscape forever

NASA satellite images show how a massive tsunami in Alaska changed the landscape forever

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. New satellite images are helping scientists understand a major tsunami that changed the landscape of a popular tourist destination in Alaska forever.  On August 10, 2025, a tsunami larger than the Eiffel Tower ripped through Tracy Arm fjord in southeast Alaska. The rapid retreat of the South Sawyer Glacier triggered a landslide that swept huge rocks down the picturesque waterway visited by millions aboard Alaskan cruises every summer. At least 64 million cubic meters of rock slid down the slope of the glacier. The rocks created an enormous tsunami that stripped trees and other vegetation from the opposing fjord wall up to 1,578 feet above sea level.  The NASA-USGS Landsat satellite images show the dramatic changes to the landscape. In one photo taken on July 26, 2025, the fjord is surrounded by green vegetation.  The shores of Tracy Arm on July 26, 2025. Image: NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. …

Huge landslide in Alaska caused 481m-high tsunami

Huge landslide in Alaska caused 481m-high tsunami

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A reconnaissance flight a few days after the tsunami captured this photo of Tracy Arm fjord, showing bare sections of slopes on the far side where the tsunami stripped away vegetation Cyrus Read/U.S. Geological Survey A massive landslide in August 2025 caused the second-biggest tsunami ever recorded, with waters rising over 480 metres inside an Alaskan fjord. The tsunami sped down the fjord at a speed of at least 70 metres per second and created a seiche, or reflecting wave, that sloshed around in the fjord for 36 hours. Only the 1958 Lituya Bay tsunami, also in Alaska, which spilled over a 530-metre-tall ridge, is known to be bigger. The region near Juneau, Alaska, is home to stunning landscapes where glaciers break off into waters enclosed by steep-sided fjords, attracting thousands of cruise ships each year. But because the tsunami occurred at 5.26am, deep within the Tracy Arm fjord in south-east Alaska, no tourist vessels were close to where the worst of the catastrophic event took place, says Dan Shugar at the University of Calgary, …

A 1,578-foot tsunami struck a popular Alaskan cruise destination. Now we know why.

A 1,578-foot tsunami struck a popular Alaskan cruise destination. Now we know why.

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. If you’re one of the roughly 1.6 million who took a cruise in Alaska last year, chances are you sailed through the Tracy Arm fjord. The picturesque, narrow fjord is a popular sightseeing area  and is part of the Tongass National Forest, about 40 to 50 miles south of the capital city of Juneau. In the early hours of August 10, 2025, an enormous landslide triggered a massive tsunami down the fjord. The tsunami was 1,578-feet-tall, or one-and-a-half times the height of the Eiffel Tower. Fortunately, no one was caught in the wave since it hit around 5:30 a.m. local time. If the tsunami hit later that day, about 20 cruise ships and numerous recreational boaters and kayakers could have been impacted by the giant wave. In a study published today in the journal Science, researchers studied this “near miss” event, finding that the continued effects of climate change were likely the cause.  The team studied several eyewitness stories …

‘Tsunami effect’: Hormuz blockade impacts global supply chains, developing countries curtail imports

‘Tsunami effect’: Hormuz blockade impacts global supply chains, developing countries curtail imports

Published by Sam Flores

With oil prices surging past $126 per barrel, Nadia Massih is joined by Amena Bakr, Head of Middle East Energy & OPEC+ Insights at Kpler in Dubai. The Hormuz blockade, she argues, exposes the fragility of global energy systems far more than political signalling ever could. Her warning extends beyond price volatility. She describes the broader economic repercussions as a “tsunami effect,” highlighting how supply chain disruptions and energy shortages ripple outward, particularly impacting import-dependent economies in Asia and vulnerable developing nations already curtailing consumption. Keywords for this article Source link

Powerful 7.5-Magnitude Quake Hits Northern Japan, Triggers Tsunami Warnings

Powerful 7.5-Magnitude Quake Hits Northern Japan, Triggers Tsunami Warnings

Published by Jenni Sidey

A powerful and shallow 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s northeast coast, triggering a tsunami at Kuji Port in Iwate Prefecture. Public broadcaster NHK initially warned that a tsunami up to 10 feet high was expected to hit the Iwate area on Honshu’s main island. However, so far, it has been reported to be about 31 inches high. The quake was reported shortly before 17:00 local time, rattled towers as far away as Tokyo, and forced the suspension of Shinkansen high-speed rail services in Iwate, NHK said. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the government had mobilized an emergency task force and urged citizens in affected areas to evacuate. “Possible damage and casualties are now being looked into,” Takaichi told reporters in Tokyo. Japan sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” one of the world’s most seismically active zones, where multiple tectonic plates collide and generate earthquakes. Since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, when a 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami sparked triple reactor meltdowns, Japan has overhauled its response and evacuation systems to improve disaster readiness. NHK cited the …

Strong 7.5 earthquake hits off Japan, tsunami warning issued

Strong 7.5 earthquake hits off Japan, tsunami warning issued

Published by Sam Flores

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan Monday, Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, issuing a tsunami warning for waves up to three metres (10 feet). The quake, which hit at 4:53pm (0753 GMT) in Pacific waters off northern Iwate prefecture, was strong enough to shake large buildings as far as Tokyo, hundreds of kilometres away. Around 40 minutes later, an 80-centimetre (31-inch) tsunami wave hit a port in Kuji in Iwate, according to the JMA. “Evacuate immediately from coastal regions and riverside areas to a safer place such as high ground or an evacuation building,” it said, warning that damage due to tsunami waves was expected. “Tsunami waves are expected to hit repeatedly. Do not leave safe ground until the warning is lifted,” it said. Footage from national broadcaster NHK did not show any immediate visible damage around several ports in Iwate. The JMA warned that more quakes could strike the area, at magnitude 8.0 or stronger. “The likelihood of a new, huge earthquake occurring is relatively higher than during normal times,” it said in a statement. …

Map: 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake in Indonesia Raises Tsunami Alerts

Map: 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake in Indonesia Raises Tsunami Alerts

Published by Sam Flores

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 4 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “light,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown.  All times on the map are Eastern Indonesia time. The New York Times A major, 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck in Indonesia on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The U.S. Pacific Warning Center initially said “hazardous tsunami waves are forecast for some coasts” in the region and that tsunami waves had been observed as a result of the quake. After about two hours and 15 minutes, the center said the danger had passed. The temblor happened at 7:48 a.m. Eastern Indonesia time about 79 miles northwest of Ternate, Indonesia, data from the U.S.G.S. shows. As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Aftershocks in the region An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that follows a larger one in the same general area. Aftershocks are typically …

“Entirely Demonic”: Catherine Austin Fitts Warns Financial Tsunami Coming Because Of Programmable Money

“Entirely Demonic”: Catherine Austin Fitts Warns Financial Tsunami Coming Because Of Programmable Money

Published by Jenni Sidey

Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Catherine Austin Fitts (CAF), publisher of “The Solari Report,” has been pushing gold (and silver) as an investment for the past few years.   The record high price, even though both have come down in price a bit, has proven her right–again.  Now, there is an overpowering change getting ready to hit the world.  CAF says: “What I call the Rothschild syndicate wants programmable money, and they don’t want anybody stopping it… That’s number one.  The second thing is most people do not understand what is coming in terms of what the distributive ledger technology is going to do, what it is going to do to the currency markets, to the stock and bond markets.  It is bubble economics and also control. …We are talking about something that is entirely demonic.   Let me give you a few examples:  Mr. Smith, this is the government calling, and we know you have three children.  We want one of them transgendered.  You can choose which one, but if you don’t transgender one of them, we will …

Anthropic CEO Warns of “Tsunami” on Horizon

Anthropic CEO Warns of “Tsunami” on Horizon

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Dario Amodei may boast many credentials, but we weren’t aware that meteorologist was one of them. This week, the Anthropic CEO warned of an impending AI “tsunami” that will upend human society as the tech surpasses human intelligence. And if you don’t believe him, he suggests, you’re simply lying to yourself. “It’s surprising to me that we are, in my view, so close to these models reaching human level intelligence, and yet there doesn’t seem to be a wider recognition in society of what’s about to happen,” Amodei said in an interview with Indian investor Nikhil Kamath on an episode the WTF Is podcast released Tuesday. “It’s as if this tsunami is coming at us, and it’s so close we can see it on the horizon,” he prophesized. “And yet people are coming up with these explanations, ‘oh, it’s not actually a tsunami… that’s just a trick of the light.’” Amodei’s comments echo the bold and often dire …