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At an assisted living facility in New York State, a small crowd gathered at the entrance to the dining room at lunchtime, waiting for the doors to open. As one researcher observed, a woman, tired and frustrated, asked the man in front of her to move; she didn't seem to have heard."Come on let's go!" she screamed—and she pushed the walker at him.In Salisbury, Maryland, a woman woke up in the dark to find another resident in her bedroom at an assisted living complex. Her daughter, Rebecca Addy-Twaits, suspected her 87-year-old mother, who suffered from dementia and could become confused, was hallucinating the encounter.But the man, who lived down the hall, returned half a dozen times, sometimes during Mrs. Addy-Twaits' visits. He never threatened or harmed her mother, but "s...

After a four-day search, Greek authorities said Sunday they had found the body of Michael Mosley, a British medical journalist and documentary filmmaker who disappeared last week during a trip to the Greek island of Symi.His body was found on a beach in Agia Marina, Symi mayor Eleftherios Papakalodoukas said.His disappearance sparked an extensive search involving firefighters, police officers and volunteers. Authorities also used dogs and drones, and the Greek coast guard also joined the effort as fears grew that Dr Mosley had drifted into the sea.A spokeswoman for the Greek police, Constantina Dimoglidou, said the mayor, who was on a boat patrolling the coast with journalists from the state TV channel Ert, spotted Dr Mosley's body and recognized his blue T-shirt from the latest photo...

Every June, Apple unveils its latest iPhone software features at its futuristic Silicon Valley campus. But during its annual developer conference on Monday, the company will shine a spotlight on a feature that's not new: Siri, its talking assistant, which has been around for more than a decade.What will be different this time is the technology that powers Siri: generative artificial intelligence.In recent months, Adrian Perica, Apple's vice president of business development, has helped lead an effort to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses, said two people familiar with the work, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the effort.Perica and his colleagues have been talking to leading AI companies, including Google and OpenAI, looking for a partner t...

Israelis breathed a brief collective sigh of relief on Saturday when the army announced it had rescued four hostages held in Gaza for eight months after they were captured in the Oct. 7 attack led by Hamas.The four hostages were taken at the Nova music festival on October 7 and were rescued during an operation in the central Gaza town of Nuseirat on Saturday morning. The mission resulted in the deaths of dozens of Palestinians, including women and children. News of the rescue has raised renewed questions about the fate of those who remain in captivity and the proposed ceasefire agreement.How many hostages are still held in Gaza?Around 120 prisoners remain in Gaza. The Israeli army confirmed that at least 30 of them died.Earlier this month, the Israeli army informed the families of four ...

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SpaceX's launch of its giant Starship rocket on Thursday achieved a series of ambitious goals that Elon Musk, the company's chief executive, had set before its fourth test flight.Lifting off from SpaceX's launch pad at 7:50 a.m. in south Texas, near Brownsville, the Starship roared into the sky.After dropping from the upper stage, the booster managed to come to rest gently in the Gulf of Mexico while the second stage spacecraft traveled to the other side of the world, survived the scorching temperatures of atmospheric re-entry, and even made a splashdown checked. , in the Indian Ocean.The flight was not flawless and difficult technical obstacles remain. The successes, surpassing what was achieved during the previous test flight in March, offered optimism that Musk can realize...

Israeli troops have overrun much of Gaza since their ground invasion began in late October. But they managed to save only seven living hostages in three separate military operations, with around 120 prisoners remaining in Gaza. Several proposed rescue missions did not go forward for fear that hostages or law enforcement would die in the process, according to two Israeli defense officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive operation.In December, Israeli special forces attempted to rescue a hostage from Hamas captivity, according to the two defense officials. Sahar Baruch, an Israeli hostage, was killed during the firefight and two Israeli officers were seriously injured.According to one of the defense officials, Israeli intelligence first learned that Ms. Argam...

Sigmund Rolat, a Polish Holocaust survivor who used the wealth he amassed as a businessman in the United States to support cultural projects in his homeland, most notably a museum dedicated to the history of Jews in Poland that sits on the grounds of the ghetto of Warsaw, died May 19 at his home in Alpine, NJ. He was 93 years old.His son, Geoffrey, confirmed the death.Rolat believed that, except for the dark chapter of World War II, with Nazi atrocities in concentration camps such as Auschwitz and Treblinka in occupied Poland, the history of Polish Jewry was a mystery to most Jews and most Americans. He has donated millions of dollars to help build the interior and other elements of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which opened in 2014, and has become a major fundraiser an...

Days before gadget reviewers opined on the Humane Ai Pin, a futuristic wearable powered by artificial intelligence, the company's founders gathered their employees and encouraged them to prepare. Reviews could be disappointing, they warned.Humane founders Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri were right. In April, reviewers brutally panned the new $699 product, which Humane had marketed for a year with ads and at glitzy events like Paris Fashion Week. The Ai Pin was "totally broken" and had "glaring flaws," some reviewers said. One declared it “the worst product I have ever reviewed”.About a week after the reviews were published, Humane began talking to HP, the computer and printer company, about selling itself for more than $1 billion, three people familiar with the conversations s...

Four hostages kidnapped from the Nova music festival and held by militants in Gaza over the past eight months were rescued by Israeli forces on Saturday.Since the Hamas-led terrorist attack on October 7, Israel has freed only a small number of hostages through military force. Saturday's rescue efforts occurred in Nuseirat in central Gaza, where health officials said dozens of Palestinians had been killed.Here's what we know about the four hostages brought back to Israel.Noah ArgamaniNoa Argamani, 26, was taken hostage in the October 7 attack along with her boyfriend, Avinatan Or. Viral footage showed Ms Argamani being driven into Gaza on the back of a motorbike as she screamed in despair.Ms Argamani and her boyfriend were kidnapped during the Nova music festival in southern Israe...