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Happy New Year! Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a Chinese cyberattack on the U.S. Treasury Department, the latest U.S. security assistance to Ukraine, and a state of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago. A ‘Major’ Breach The U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday that Chinese state-sponsored actors had hacked into some department […]
A debate over what shape hardline immigration policies will take regarding high-skilled work visas has become the first major policy dispute among prominent supporters of United States President-elect Donald Trump – just weeks ahead of the Republican’s new presidential term. On one side are members of Trump’s so-called “Make America Great Again”, or MAGA movement, […]
If 2023 was artificial intelligence’s breakout year, then 2024 was when the rules of the road were established. This was the year that U.S. government agencies acted on the White House executive order on AI safety. Over the summer, the European Union’s AI regulation became law. In October, the Swedes weighed in as the Nobel […]
Patrick Woodward and Megan Nollet talk about very unique discoveries and what they might reveal of ancient cultures. Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I’m Patrick Woodward. Voice 2 And I’m Megan Nollet. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. […]
The artificial intelligence start-up said the new system, OpenAI o3, outperformed leading A.I. technologies on tests that rate skills in math, science, coding and logic. Source link
Less than a week after Washington ratcheted up its chip export controls, Beijing responded with a pointed escalation on Dec. 9: an antitrust probe into Nvidia, the United States’ leading chipmaker and a linchpin in artificial intelligence hardware. The investigation threatens to impose steep fines and disrupt Nvidia’s operations in China. By the end of […]
Amnesty International has revealed that phones belonging to Serbian activists and journalists have been hacked by Serbian intelligence and police using Israeli spyware and other mobile device forensics tools. The software is being used “to unlawfully target journalists, environmental activists and other individuals in a covert surveillance campaign”, Amnesty said on Monday. Many individuals who […]
Son had made a similar pledge in 2016 to spend $50bn over Trump’s four-year term. It’s unclear how SoftBank will fund the new investment. President-elect Donald Trump, with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at his side, has announced that SoftBank will invest $100bn in the United States over the next four years in what would […]
This year, the Global Engagement Center, an agency that leads the U.S. State Department’s efforts to counter foreign disinformation, offered a $1 million grant to applicants proposing a video game “that builds cognitive resilience to authoritarianism and promotes democratic norms and values.” The posting showed just how seriously the U.S. government takes gaming—a $455 billion […]
Dark chocolate is thought to have many health benefits – from guarding against cardiovascular disease to lowering blood pressure. Now, a new study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) suggests eating dark chocolate could also reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Scientists and medical professionals believe this could be significant because diabetes […]