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Meta says Threads now has 500M MAUs, adds a “Your Algo” tool that lets users control what they see in their feed, and brings Communities out of beta — Nearly three years after launching as a com…
Elon Musk’s Hunt on Migrants: Can Belfast Hold Him Accountable?
Elon Musk is a product of a state organized as a permanent hunt of humans. Apartheid South Africa ran on pass laws, racial registries, and a security apparatus whose daily work was pursuing a racialized population through the streets. He did not observ…
Iran deal says ‘loud and clear’ that Tehran won’t have a nuclear weapon: Trump
The US president also appeared critical of Israel’s strategy in Lebanon and suggested that neighbouring Syria could be better positioned to disarm Hezbollah.
Flag debate divides diaspora as Iran begin World Cup with New Zealand draw
Iran kicked off their World Cup with a tense 2-2 draw against New Zealand in Los Angeles. Overcoming several hurdles sparked by the US-Iran war, the team’s participation and representation in the Group G matches has been at the heart of multiple contr…
Watch: German chancellor surprises Trump with ‘Trump 47’ football jersey at G7
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presented U.S. President Donald Trump with a personalized football jersey during the G7 summit in France.
Flock Cameras Are Being Used for Stalking
There are over a dozen cases around the country where police officers are using the Flock surveillance camera system to obsessively and illegally stalk people.
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Modi arrives in France for G7 Summit
Evian (France), June 16. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Evian, France, on June 16 to participate in the G7 Summit, where he is expected to hold discussions with world leaders on major global challenges and issues of mutual interest. Announcing…
Cyber Leaders Urge Trump Administration To Ease Restrictions on Anthropic AI Models
The letter said it is dangerous to take away the best cyber defense capabilities “without a good reason” when America’s adversaries are rapidly advancing.
Alibaba’s AI unit Tongyi Lab launches the Qwen Robot Suite, its first family of AI models for robots, in pilot testing with some enterprise clients (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
Wency Chen / South China Morning Post:
Alibaba’s AI unit Tongyi Lab launches the Qwen Robot Suite, its first family of AI models for robots, in pilot testing with some enterprise clients — Alibaba unveils Qwen robot models to push A…
Chainguard, JPMorgan, BNY Team Up to Secure Open Source from AI Threats
Athena is a new an industry coalition to fix the vulnerabilities frontier AI models find before attackers can exploit them