An Algerian court has upheld the five-year prison sentence of French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal, rejecting prosecutors’ appeal for a harsher 10-year term. Sansal, author of 2084: The End of the World, was convicted in March under Algeria’s anti-te…

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Chinese AI models from DeepSeek and others are becoming more popular worldwide; Sensor Tower: ChatGPT has 910M global downloads compared with DeepSeek’s 125M  —  Chinese AI models are becoming more popular worldwi…

Unknown threat actors have been observed weaponizing v0, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool from Vercel, to design fake sign-in pages that impersonate their legitimate counterparts.
“This observation signals a new evolution in the weaponiza…

Billionaire Elon Musk reacted to his simmering feud with US President Donald Trump over the Republican’s flagship spending legislation, saying he was “tempted” to escalate the tensions but would “refrain for now”.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra pending an ethics probe over claims she was overly deferential during a leaked call with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen amid a tense border dispute. Critics say he…

Saudi Arabia is enforcing new menu regulations as part of its Vision 2030 public health drive. Restaurants and cafes must now display nutritional information, including sodium levels, caffeine content, and estimated calorie burn times. The SFDA aims to…