Aaron Showalter

Published In Science Translational Medicine Volume 16 | Issue 778 December 2024 Article versions Submission history Received: 5 April 2024 Resubmitted: 24 June 2024 Accepted: 20 November 2024 Permissions Request permissions for this article. Acknowledgments We thank B. Czeskis, J. Ficorilli, M. Herrera, A. MacFarland, and Y. Qian for technical support. We thank A. Bueno, K. Burris, M. Coghlan, A. Konkar, K. Lansu, J. Moyers, and R. Samms for helpful discussions during the preparation of the manuscript.

An anti-Semitic maniac busted into a Jewish nursing home in the Bronx and threatened to rob and kill an 84-year-old man — who bravely fought back, police said Sunday. Alen Califano, 41, broke into the New Jewish Home on University Ave. near W. 192nd in the West Bronx at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Puffing on a joint, he bolted up to the fourth floor, where he wrecked property in one of the rooms before moving to another, cops said. That’s where the suspect encountered an 84-year-old man.

Now it’s the robot that stole Christmas. Retailers must do more to stop Grinch-like scammers armed with cyber bots from snapping up the hottest holiday toys and reselling them at crazy high markups, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday. The bots use complex programming that can locate the product page of a popular toy even before the item goes on sale. Then, the software scoops up thousands of products before a potential customer even has the time to manually type in shipping and payment details online.