Day: May 22, 2023
Iran’s president appoints new official in powerful security post, replacing longtime incumbent
Iran’s president has appointed a new official to take over the post of the secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, replacing the longtime powerful Ali Shamkhani
Reports DoD Overvalued Aid To Ukraine By $3 Billion Are ‘Extremely Problematic,’ Lawmakers Say
The leaders of national security committees in the House have called reports that the Pentagon miscalculated the value of weapons aid provided to Ukraine by $3 billion “extremely problematic, to […]
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Weather tracker: Guam and Philippines brace for Typhoon Mawar
Typhoon projected to affect US territory of Guam as early as Tuesday. Elsewhere, Europe is heating upOver the weekend, a rapidly intensifying region of thunderstorms in the western Pacific culminated in the formation of Typhoon Mawar.The movement of th…
Sudan: US-Saudi brokered ceasefire begins with reports of continued fighting
Deal to stop violence comes as journalists’ syndicate accuses paramilitary group of targeting reportersA weeklong ceasefire in Sudan intended to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid got off to a shaky start on Monday evening as witnesses in the capit…
An interview with AI researcher Timnit Gebru on her controversial sacking by Google in 2020, biases in AI and Big Tech, racism in Silicon Valley, and more (John Harris/The Guardian)
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An interview with AI researcher Timnit Gebru on her controversial sacking by Google in 2020, biases in AI and Big Tech, racism in Silicon Valley, and more — The Ethiopian-born computer scientist lost her …
Ukraine conflict: Biden backtracks on F-16s for Ukraine
The United States is to allow the transfer of Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft to Ukraine, President Joe Biden announced on 19 May.
NGA Working Toward Fully Immersive Digital Twin To Aid Training, Operations
ST. LOUIS—A unit within the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has begun an effort to develop an immersive environment that will start with integrating its various databases to create a digital […]
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