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When your therapist is an alpaca: How helpful are animals in therapy?

When your therapist is an alpaca: How helpful are animals in therapy?

Stroking a dog or riding a horse can release oxytocin and ease stress and anxiety. Where does animal-assisted therapy truly…

July 8, 2026

OpenAI gets US approval for broad GPT-5.6 rollout, Axios reports

July 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved a broad launch of OpenAI's advanced GPT 5.6 model,…

July 8, 2026

Telstra outage in Australia disrupts trains and payments; no evidence of 'malicious' activity

By Renju Jose and Nikita Maria Jino SYDNEY, July 8 (Reuters) - Australia's biggest telecoms firm Telstra said it was…

July 8, 2026

Big Tech data centers are driving up power bills at America's Rust Belt factories

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) - For years, electricity costs for the Belden Brick Company in Sugarcreek,…

July 8, 2026

Telstra outage disrupts Australian train services, taxi payments

July 8 (Reuters) - An outage hit services of Australia's biggest telecommunications company Telstra on Wednesday, disrupting taxi payment systems…

July 8, 2026

Beijing is looking at curbing overseas access to China's top AI models, sources say

By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE, July 7 (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have held meetings with top tech firms over the past…

July 8, 2026

FCC denies US firm with Chinese links approval to provide telecom services

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it is adding California-based Digitalsystem…

July 8, 2026

US power use to beat record highs in 2026 and 2027 as AI use surges, EIA says

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) - U.S. power consumption, which hit its second straight annual record high…

July 8, 2026

Meta says US states are seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties in August youth safety trial

By Diana Novak Jones July 6 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms said in a court filing on Monday that four states…

July 8, 2026

Perplexity says it plans to use Nvidia's new CPU

By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, July 7 (Reuters) - AI startup Perplexity on Tuesday confirmed it plans to use Nvidia's…

July 8, 2026