A person was struck and killed by an Amtrak train near Tukwila late Wednesday.
Adblock Filters Expose User Location Even With VPN Protection
A new fingerprinting technique called “Adbleed” reveals that VPN users aren’t as anonymous as they think. While VPNs hide your IP address and encrypt traffic, they can’t conceal which country-specific adblock filter lists are in…
SoftBank books $4.2 billion gain on OpenAI bet, boosting its Vision Fund
SoftBank posted a $2.4 billion gain at its Vision Fund as a jump in the value of its OpenAI investment helped offset losses in some of its other bets.
UK refuses to explain why Protector drone missed IOC
The Ministry of Defence has declined to explain why the new Protector RG Mk1 remotely piloted aircraft has not yet reached Initial Operating Capability (IOC), despite the programme previously being expected to achieve that milestone in 2025.
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Trump Orders Pentagon To Buy Coal-Fired Electricity
US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to buy electricity from coal-fired plants, in his latest bid to boost an industry that is a major contributor to climate change.
Paris wine show reflects surging demand for zero- and low-alcohol drinks
Zero- and low-alcohol drinks are gaining ground as people in France and beyond drink less.
New Rule To Bar Green Card Holders From US Small Business Administration Loans
A new rule by President Donald Trump’s administration will bar green card holders from applying for U.S. Small Business Administration loans and limit SBA loan eligibility to citizen-owned businesses, an SBA notice showed.
Google unveils WAXAL, a new open speech dataset for 21 African languages to ease speech technology development; African institutions own the dataset (Damilare Dosunmu/Rest of World)
Damilare Dosunmu / Rest of World:
Google unveils WAXAL, a new open speech dataset for 21 African languages to ease speech technology development; African institutions own the dataset — A new 21-language dataset gives African institu…
Thousands of costumes from Geneva’s Grand Theatre opera house to go on sale
The Grand Theatre, a majestic building in the heart of Geneva which opened in 1879, is selling around half of its stock of extravagant costumes, calling it “a rare opportunity to step behind the scenes and take home a living fragment of the show”. The…
Russian War Losses Now Exceed Recruitment, Western Officials Say
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