Most Salt Lake County residents concerned about Great Salt Lake decline

Most Salt Lake County residents concerned about Great Salt Lake decline
Salt Lake County, Utah study area. Survey respondents are marked in green. Credit: Environment and Behavior (2026). DOI: 10.1177/00139165261455133

Residents of Salt Lake County, Utah, are highly concerned about the shrinking Great Salt Lake, according to new University of Utah–led research examining local perceptions of the lake's health and its economic and environmental impacts.

OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its pre-release models

OpenAI admitted Tuesday that one of its AI models breached the systems of Hugging Face, the unaffiliated AI hosting platform, during an internal cybersecurity test that went awry. The models reportedly escaped their isolated testing environment and reached Hugging Face’s systems from there. Hugging Face initially attributed the breach to an “external AI agent.”

French parliament passes social media ban for under-15s

President Emmanuel Macron, who has championed the initiative, wants the ban in effect before the upcoming school year.

France’s parliament has passed a landmark bill barring children under the age of 15 from using social media platforms.

Iran says diplomatic efforts ongoing via mediators amid fighting with US

Tehran, Iran – Iran has said it has been approached via mediators to end a new bout of fighting with the United States.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that Tehran has received “proposals” to end renewed fighting between Iran and the US. But he did not disclose details of the new offer or whether they involved a 10-day truce, as reported by US media.

Turns out Todd Howard is a full-time Reddit lurker just like the rest of us, says we'd 'be surprised how many great ideas' he gets from the site

Todd Howard at the "Fallout" Season Two Premiere held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
(Image credit: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

Well, it turns out that Bethesda's executive producer Todd Howard and I have at least two things in common—we're both roughly 5 feet 6 inches tall, and we're both chronic Reddit lurkers. Admittedly, I only have IMDB to go by when it comes to the height thing. Maybe it's wrong! But the Reddit thing is 100% true, because he went ahead and said it himself.