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Russia launches another major attack on Ukraine’s power grid
Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid and apparently snubbing U.S.-led peace efforts as the war approaches the four-year mark. Russia fired almost 300 drones, 18 ballistic missiles and seven cruise missiles at eight regions overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Apple will use Gemini to power Siri AI
Apple and Google have confirmed that Gemini’s models power the new version of Siri and other generative AI features.In June, it was reported that Apple was considering partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic for Siri (the voice assistant can currently tap ChatGPT for certain queries as part of Apple Intelligence). Two months later, Google emerged as
Greenland: U.S. plans to secure elements beyond China.
Trump has prioritized breaking China’s stranglehold on the global supply of rare earths ever since the world’s number two economy sharply restricted who could buy them after the United States imposed widespread tariffs last spring. The Trump administration has invested hundreds of millions of dollars and even taken stakes in several companies. Now the president
Malaysia and Indonesia blocks Grok for Generating sexual AI images
Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, as concerns grew among global authorities that it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images.The moves reflect growing scrutiny of generative AI tools that can produce realistic images, sound and text
NASA targets Artemis II rollout to pad
NASA could be sending a crew on the Orion spacecraft out past the moon in less than a month if everything falls into place. But first the agency has to get its rocket to the launch pad.That could be as early as next Saturday when the mobile launcher topped with the Space Launch System rocket
Getting Unwanted Instagram Password Reset Emails
A data breach may have impacted up to 17.5 million Instagram accounts, revealing sensitive data including usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. This type of data can be used by hackers to gain access to users’ accounts. Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes, which first reported the breach, advised users to change their passwords in the
Iran is prepared for war amid protests
Concerns continue to mount for Iranians who, as well as facing a crackdown by the regime, are also battling with an Internet blackout that went into place on Thursday, at the behest of the authorities. The protests, that started on Dec. 28 and were initially in response to the declining economic landscape, have grown exponentially,
Greenland’s party leaders firmly reject Trump’s push to acquire island
Greenland’s party leaders rejected President Trump’s repeated calls for the U.S. to take control of the island, saying that Greenland’s future must be decided by its people.Mr. Trump reiterated on Friday that he would like to make a deal to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous region that’s part of NATO ally Denmark, “the easy way.” He
beIN SPORTS selects Transmit to power enhanced video advertising
beIN SPORTS North America, the leading sports, media and entertainment organization and Transmit, the market leader in monetization technology for live sports, today announced a partnership to power enhanced advertising across beIN CONNECT, its OTT streaming app, in the U.S. and Canada. This collaboration brings Transmit’s in-stream ad formats and real-time monetization capabilities to beIN’s
Nvidia’s new Rubin architecture
Nvidia has surprise-announced their new Vera Rubin architecture (no relation to the recently unveiled telescope) at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The new platform, set to reach customers later this year, is advertised to offer a ten-fold reduction in inference costs and a four-fold reduction in how many GPUs it would take to