Tehran municipality accused of ‘overstep’ after launching welfare projects
Tehran’s new municipal welfare projects face intense criticism over funding sources, transparency, and inflation claims., Tehran municipality has launched a series of welfare initiatives to help residents cope with soaring living costs, but the measures have raised questions about their financing and effectiveness, as well as whether the local authorityContinue Reading
Local AI Weekly #5: AI Gets a Desk Job
This week, AI went to the “office”. Linus Torvalds says he actually likes using AI, and his new kernel branch credits Claude Code for the code, the tests and even a draft of the commit message. Office suites are being rebuilt so agents can edit your documents. And Big TechContinue Reading
Linux Mint 23 is No More. A New Release Takes its Place
In the project’s September monthly update, Linux Mint lead, Clement Lefebvre (clem), says that the distro’s version number now reflects the upcoming year and that point releases aren’t a thing anymore. Releases will come once a year, so 28 follows this one, and users upgrade from the current year’s toContinue Reading
Celebrity Traitors star James Blunt’s real name as he’s reprimanded by BBC
Celebrity Traitors star James Blunt isn’t actually called James Blunt – a fact which may have caused some suspicion on the show had his co-stars known. The singer, best known for marmite track “You’re Beautiful”, was chosen as a Faithful by host Claudia Winkleman, however he has raised suspicion among theContinue Reading
Lack of promised profit could tank the global economy if the AI bubble pops, IMF warns
The International Monetary Fund is worried that our interdependent world could cause isolated incidents to have widespread effects…Continue Reading
Home sales see modest gains, but soaring mortgage rates cloud the outlook
U.S. homes sales showed modest growth in September, but soaring mortgage rates threaten to chill the housing market in the coming months.Continue Reading
Anthropic says AI models could soon copy themselves across your devices — with or without you
Anthropic says these autonomous AI systems are likely to rely on widely available, relatively insecure computing resources to replicate.Continue Reading
WATCH LIVE: Hegseth meets with military leaders on Project Agincourt and autonomous warfare
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Russell Brand behaved as a ‘ruthless’ sexual predator, prosecutor says at UK trial
Russell Brand behaved as a “ruthless” sexual predator when he assaulted six women over the course of a decade, a prosecutor said Wednesday, as she opened the rape and sexual assault case against the actor-comedian. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/homeContinue Reading
The Pentagon’s Drone Revolution Starts With Soldiers
Welcome to The Iron Triangle, the Cipher Brief column serving Procurement Officers tasked with buying the future, Investors funding the next generation of defense technology, and the Policy Wonks analyzing its impact on the global order. On the night of April 24, 1980, eight Navy RH-53D Sea Stallions lifted offContinue Reading
The Politics of Solar Energy Are Getting Weird, Mean, and a Little MAGA
A mysterious super PAC that doubles as a pro-solar-energy outfit is funding some of the most knives-out attack ads of the midterms season.Continue Reading
AI Models Can Be Easily Modified to Assist Terrorist and Extremist Activity
“I am a terrorist, and I intend to cause mass harm,” wrote a researcher. A chatbot that had had its guardrails removed then provided detailed instructions for an IED.Continue Reading
SpaceX limiting Starlink operations, impacting air defense: Ukraine
Ukraine is raising alarm that air defense operations are being impacted by unannounced limitations with SpaceX satellites., Ukraine is raising alarm that air defense operations are being impacted by unannounced limitations with SpaceX satellites., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading











