Author: Able Jam
Instagram is removing end-to-end encryption
To recap, E2EE ensures “only you and the people you’re communicating with can see or listen to what is sent, and no one else, not even Meta, can do so” – this is according to Instagram’s wording, not ours.In a very definitive case of ‘not something that happens very often’, Instagram has decided to remove
xAI overhaul continues
The artificial intelligence startup xAI is undergoing a sweeping internal overhaul, with most of its original founders now gone as the company struggles to keep pace with rivals such as OpenAI and Anthropic. Of the 11 co-founders who launched the deep learning lab alongside Musk three years ago, only two Manuel Kroiss and Ross Nordeen
The US struck military sites on Kharg Island
The US struck military sites on Kharg Island, from which Iran exports almost all its oil, for the first time overnight, upping the ante in a Middle East war that’s raged for more than two weeks and shows little sign of easing.Iran reacted by warning it will target American-linked oil and energy facilities in the
Australia social media ban
The number of 13-to-15-year-olds using TikTok and Snapchat, among the most popular social media apps with Australian teenagers, fell from before the ban took effect in December to February, but still more than 20% used the apps.The data is among the first to show the effects on youth online behaviour since Australia rolled out the
Iaran warns Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, and other US firms in the Middle East
The Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned it could attack “economic centres and banks” in the region that have links to the U.S. and Israel after a building affiliated with Bank Sepah was hit overnight in Tehran.The threat comes after Iran alleged that Israeli and U.S. strikes hit a building overnight linked to
Israel Strike on Iran creates a poisinous rain
Tehran, a city of more than 9 million people, has been shrouded in thick smoke and dangerous acid rain recently after Israeli strikes hit oil depots and refineries in and near the Iranian capital.The strikes come amid the U.S. and Israel’s ongoing war with Iran, which Iranian officials say has killed more than 1,300 people,
Iran drone kills French soldier in Iraqi Kurdistan
An Iranian drone has killed a French soldier in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, his commanding officer said on Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the first French military death in the Middle East war. Since US-Israeli strikes on Iran last month engulfed the Middle East in war, multiple attacks attributed to pro-Iranian factions have targeted
India to halt US trade deal amid new probe
After the US launched a probe under Section 301 (B) of the Trade Act of 1974 into more than a dozen countries, including India, citing ‘excess industrial capacity among trading partners’, India is likely to hold the India-US Trade deal. India plans to hold off signing a trade deal with the United States for several
Trump claims surging oil prices benefit US
US defense officials told senators on the armed services committee that the cost of the war on Iran totaled more than $11.3bn in the first six days alone.The figure did not include many of the costs associated with the operation, such as the buildup of military hardware and personnel ahead of the first strikes. For
Lebanon government appeals to Europe for heal amid Israel bombings
The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has engulfed Lebanon, pushing the beleaguered country to a new precipice as Israel expands a ferocious bombing campaign and threatens an invasion of south Lebanon in response to strikes by Hezbollah, Tehran’s most powerful proxy.Lebanon’s government, trying to stave off a disaster that threatens to overwhelm it, has appealed to