WA school district official tapped to lead Oregon Department of Education
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has appointed Charlene Williams, Evergreen Public Schools’ deputy superintendent, to serve as the next director of the Oregon Department of Education.
Day: June 30, 2023
Wagner’s Deep Links in Africa a Challenge for Russia
The mercenary group is so deeply enmeshed in the Central African Republic and several other nations that it can’t be easily replaced, experts say.
Man wanted on Jan. 6 charges arrested in former President Barack Obama’s Washington neighborhood
Law enforcement officials say a man wanted for crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has been arrested in the Washington neighborhood where former President Barack Obama lives.
Anthony Nesty is a significant presence at US swimming nationals in a sport struggling to diversify
In a sport still struggling to diversify, Anthony Nesty is a significant presence on the pool deck at the U.S. national championships.
Canadian nurse Sue Johanson, whose TV appearances helped destigmatize sex, is dead at age 93
Sue Johanson, a nurse who became a popular TV sex expert in Canada and the United States, has died.
Valve Reportedly Banning Games Featuring AI Generated Content
Valve has reportedly started banning Steam games featuring AI-created art assets, unless developers can prove they have rights to the IP used in the data set that trained the AI to create them. From a report: In a Reddit post spotted by games industry …
Gmail client-side encryption: A deep dive
Nicolas Lidzborski, Principal Engineer and Jaishankar Sundararaman, Sr. Director of Engineering, Google WorkspaceIn February, we expanded Google Workspace client-side encryption (CSE) capabilities to include Gmail and Calendar in addition to Drive, Doc…
Wagner ‘still recruiting mercenaries for Ukraine war despite Prigozhin exile’
Despite Vladimir Putin’s insistence that all private fighters sign contracts with Russia’s defence ministry, an investigation has found that the Wagner Group is still recruiting across Russia for mercenaries to fight in Ukraine.