Iran threatens US amid nationwide protests over rising fuel prices
An Israeli official told the ‘Post’ that Netanyahu will convene a meeting on Gaza and a hostage deal, noting that “the prime minister is considering all available options regarding next steps. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached a decision for the full occupation of the Gaza Strip, including operations in areas where hostages are held,…
NYT correspondent’s conversation with Microsoft’s search engine leads to bizarre philosophical conversations that highlight the sense of speaking to a human In the race to perfect the first major artificial intelligence-powered search engine, concerns over accuracy and the proliferation of misinformation have so far taken centre stage. But a two-hour conversation between a reporter and…
JAKARTA, Feb 08 (Reuters) – Fika Juliana Putri, a 19-year-old shopkeeper in East Jakarta, plans to vote in Indonesia’s presidential election next week for a once-feared former special forces commander. She likes him, she says, because he’s cuddly. A doe-eyed cartoon version of Gen. Prabowo Subianto – produced using generative AI – is emblazoned on…
JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israel battles a prolonged war in Gaza, broad exemptions from mandatory military service for ultra-Orthodox men have reopened a deep divide in the country and rattled the government coalition, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fellow War Cabinet members staunchly opposed to his proposed new conscription law. By the end of the…
Dec 28 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who thought they were doing their browsing privately. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, put a scheduled Feb. 5, 2024 trial in the proposed class action on hold…
Taiwan is caught in the middle of a dangerous love triangle. Last week Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen was welcomed to New York – now she’s held a face-to-face meeting in California with the speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy. Supporters waved Taiwan flags; after the two politicians entered the Ronald Reagan Presidential…