Desperate to communicate with the outside world, Iranians are increasingly travelling to the border with Iraq, where Iraqi SIM cards and impromptu hotspots became a hot commodity, they told Euronews.
Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade blows despite the ceasefire
Israel has taken responsibility for Wednesday night’s strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying he personally authorised the attack to kill a top Hezbollah Commander identified as Malek Balou. The continue…
English elections see Labour Party punished and gains for populist Reform
Partial results from local elections held yesterday in England show big losses for the governing Labour Party and gains for the anti-immigration Reform UK, fuelling doubts over Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s future just two years after he was elected i…
FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF OPERATION SINDOOR
By Aroonim Bhuyan New Delhi, May 8. Dr Prahlada Ramarao is widely regarded as the architect of India’s Akash missile system, one of the country’s most complex air-defence systems under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme. In a detailed …
Three dead after volcano erupts on Indonesian island
Officials had previously issued warnings on climbing the active volcano due to safety concerns.
Could Mozilla Security Hot Air Fill Mythos Sails?
The Register asked for my opinion on the Mozilla blog post that pumps up Mythos. I gave them a short answer. Here’s the long form. As a disinformation historian, I see tell-tale signs all over the marketing post from Mozilla disguised as an engin…
Pink hair and red herrings: viral quiz invites you to guess politicians’ stripes from their photos
Guess the Party challenges players to pin candidates’ politics to their appearances, with guess rates varying wildlyIs a bristly grey moustache a telltale sign of a Reform candidate? Is pink hair a giveaway for the Greens? Perhaps a sharp suit is the b…
Musk v. Altman docs: Microsoft execs had reservations about funding OpenAI in 2018 but worried that withholding support could push OpenAI into Amazon’s arms (Wired)
Wired:
Musk v. Altman docs: Microsoft execs had reservations about funding OpenAI in 2018 but worried that withholding support could push OpenAI into Amazon’s arms — Leaders at the tech giant were skeptical of OpenAI—but wary …
Inequality causing 100,000 extra deaths a year from heat and cold in Europe
Findings come after third-hottest April on record globally and amid fears of more brutal European summer weatherEconomic inequality adds more than 100,000 deaths to the vast toll from heat and cold in Europe each year, research has found.Cutting the ov…
FBI’s lack of progress on Israeli killing of journalist ‘troubling’: CPJ
The CPJ says the ‘lack of concrete progress’ in the FBI investigation represents a failure by the US government.