Iran protests: Return of morality police met by defiance
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Day: July 28, 2023
Kevin McCarthy and Eric Swalwell’s heated exchange on House floor revealed
The beef between the House speaker and the California Democrat was reported by two lawmakers who witnessed the interaction
Google’s building A.I. into robots to teach them to throw out the trash
The Robotics Transformer 2 (RT-2) is a vision-language-action model trained on information on the web that can be translated into actions for the robot.
Russian Deputy Vitaly Milonov proposes to introduce forced insemination for unmarried women over 24 years old.
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Ron DeSantis sued over bid to restrict voting rights for people with past convictions
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition says governor has caused confusion and fear despite amendment that lifted lifetime banA voting rights group in Florida filed a lawsuit against rightwing governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, saying his a…
France’s Macron announces initiative to preserve primary forests of Papua New Guinea
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Friday a partnership to “remunerate” Papua New Guinea for its efforts to preserve the primary forest. The first of its kind, the deal is an environmental model that France wants to see reproduced elsewhere.
American Airlines has a tentative contract deal with its pilots. Southwest is still negotiating
American Airlines and the union for its pilots have agreed on a new contract, which will now go to a ratification vote.
Pentagon’s Austin accuses China of ‘bullying’ in Indo-Pacific
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with his Australian counterpart in Brisbane on Friday ahead of a ministerial meeting where he will be joined by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Hugging Face, GitHub and More Unite To Defend Open Source in EU AI Legislation
A coalition of a half-dozen open-source AI stakeholders — Hugging Face, GitHub, EleutherAI, Creative Commons, LAION and Open Future — are calling on EU policymakers to protect open source innovation as they finalize the EU AI Act, which will be the w…
Drink and drug-driver who killed woman and dogs in Chelsea jailed
Laszlo Dancs was doing three times the speed limit when he hit Olivia Riley on the embankment in LondonA driver who killed a woman and her three dogs while over the drink-drive limit and having taken cocaine has been jailed for six years and eight mont…