Bets on the fall of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro have shed light on the spectacular rise of prediction markets: portals where people place bets on everything from sporting events, to Trump’s next strikes, to the resurrection of Jesus. Some are profiting…
Japan’s Sanae Takaichi Wins Snap Election in a Landslide
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a sweeping mandate from voters for her economic agenda and tough stances on immigration and China.
UK Construction Firm Hit by Prometei Botnet Hiding in Windows Server
Cybersecurity firm eSentire’s TRU break down the Russian Prometei botnet attack on a UK firm, detailing its TOR usage, password theft and decoy tactics.
Trump’s EPA reapproves contentious weedkiller dicamba for some GM crops
Environmental groups said dicamba drift has damaged vegetable farms, trees and other critical plantsThe Environmental Protection Agency on Friday reapproved the weedkiller dicamba for use on genetically modified soybeans and cotton, a pesticide that ha…
‘The only honourable course’: Morgan McSweeney’s resignation statement in full
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Q&A with mathematicians behind the “First Proof” experiment, which tests AI’s mathematical competence on questions drawn from the authors’ unpublished research (Siobhan Roberts/New York Times)
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Q&A with mathematicians behind the “First Proof” experiment, which tests AI’s mathematical competence on questions drawn from the authors’ unpublished research — Large language model…
Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prison
Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporters said Sunday, as Tehran cracks down on all dissent following nationwide protests and the deaths of thousands at the…
Rescue teams search for survivors in building collapse that killed at least 2 in northern Lebanon
At least two people were killed and four rescued from the rubble of a multistory apartment building that collapsed Sunday in the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, state media reported.
Canada and France move into Greenland as US eyes the island
Canada and France have established consulates in Greenland after President Donald Trump doubled down on the US claim to the Danish territory
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Air Force bans airmen from using smart glasses due to ‘operational security’ issues
Other branches of the military have experimented with deploying smart glasses