The suspected attacks against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah are the latest in a series of covert operations that Israel’s government refuses to acknowledge but which are alleged to have been carried out by Israeli operatives. Munich massacre response Israel’s alleged history of planting explosives in telecommunication devices goes back as far as 1972, as part of its revenge for ...
Scientists are creating “humanity’s last exam” to test AI and see when it has reached expert-level intelligence. People are being asked to submit their questions and create “the world’s most difficult artificial intelligence test” by the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI. “Existing tests now have become too easy and we can no longer track AI developments well, ...
Russian officials are accusing Meta of “overt censorship” after the company banned Russian state media networks from its apps. RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other state media accounts were blocked around the world over claims they carried out covert operations to influence social media users. The Russian Embassy in the UK has now told Sky News the ban “casts doubt on ...
The UK and its Five Eyes allies have issued a cyber attack warning over a China-backed “botnet” of more than 260,000 compromised devices. Businesses have been urged by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and its allies in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand to protect their devices from possible attacks. It says a company based in China, with ...
British scientists have stored DNA information for an entire human on a crystal, which could be used to bring back humanity if we become extinct. The team from the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) used lasers to inscribe the data on a 5D crystal, which they said can survive for billions of years. Unlike other storage formats, it ...
At the beginning of August, two of the most important indexes of American stocks — the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 — took a sharp downward turn. On Aug. 5, the Dow closed down more than 2.6 percent; the S&P was down nearly 3 percent. Donald Trump and his allies jumped on the news. Stock prices have ...
NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs will remain behind bars after a federal judge ordered the music mogul to remain in federal custody as he awaits trial after his arrest this week. Combs was arrested Monday by federal agents on multiple charges, including racketeering and sex trafficking. The indictment, unsealed Tuesday, accuses Combs of using his lifestyle, media and music ...
Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday called on Latino leaders from across the country to help her mobilize Hispanic voters as her campaign ramps up its efforts to court this key demographic, which plays a pivotal role in several swing states. “I truly believe that America is ready to turn the page on the politics of division and hate. And ...
A Senate Republican badgered an Arab American activist Tuesday during a congressional hearing about hate crimes with questions about whether she supported terrorist organizations, finally telling her that she should “hide your head in a bag.” Sen. John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana questioned Arab American Institute Executive Director Maya Berry during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, asking her whether she ...
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump insisted a rally here on Wednesday was more than an add-on for a fundraising swing: He’s serious about winning the state of his birth, which has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1984. He made similar promises in 2016 and 2020, going on to lose by more than 20 points both ...