Mamdani pushes to ban ICE from NYC parking lots
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is urging the owners of private parking lots to prevent federal immigration officers from using their properties as staging areas. This plea follows an incident last week in which immigration officers shot 28-year-old Oscar Begal while he was riding in a car with hisContinue Reading
OpenAI investigation takes a turn: Saudi royal links emerge | Morning in America
A former OpenAI engineer charged with secretly recording confidential company meetings had been “mere days” away from absconding to Saudi Arabia before his arrest, federal prosecutors said in new court filings. NewsNation’s Brooke Shafer reports the latest on “Morning in America.” Start your day with “Morning in America,” NewsNation’s liveContinue Reading
How to Protect Humanity From AI
The Big Tech oligarchs pushing AI want the rest of us to think we’re powerless to stop it. They’re wrong. We have the power to rein in AI — before it’s too late. Here’s how.Continue Reading
A drone strike on a market in Abyei kills at least 153 people
A drone strike on a market in Abyei, a border region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan, hit a nearby fuel depot, killing at least 153 people and igniting a fire that was still burning Tuesday, a local official said. The Abyei administration’s caretaker information minister blamed Sudan ’s militaryContinue Reading
A Wealth Tax on Billionaires? California Voters to Decide Prop 40
As voters across the United States cast ballots on November 3, Californians are weighing whether to approve a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires in the state. The tax would apply to roughly 250 Californians who now hold an estimated $2.3 trillion in wealth. Supporters say the wealthContinue Reading
Microsoft’s AI Coding Agent Testing Tool Has Been Open-Sourced
Coding agents now decide which SDK to use and which tools to call, though something that works smoothly for a human developer can still leave an agent stumbling. Microsoft built Scope to find those failures. It runs the same task through different agents and scores what each one produces. TheContinue Reading
The Googlebook work test: Can an Android laptop get the job done?
In a weird way, I’ve been thinking about the idea of a Googlebook for well over a decade now — despite the fact that such a product has only officially existed for a matter of months. I’m relatively unusual in the world of tech journalism, y’see, in that I’ve beenContinue Reading
Follow the money: Who benefits from the UK’s Apple Pay crackdown?
The UK wants to take a chunk out of Apple Pay, as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) moves to force Apple to open access to its 12-year-old contactless payment system to rivals. The regulator has published a consultation document that proposes requiring Apple to allow competitors to use the near-field communication (NFC) chip on itsContinue Reading
Chinese official says economy resilient but recovery momentum remains weak
Chinese official says economy resilient but recovery momentum remains weakContinue Reading
How much power do Israeli settlers have over West Bank policy? | DW News
Settler violence and settlement expansion have surged under Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition. But how much influence does the settler movement really have over Israel’s West Bank policies and Palestinians’ future? DW correspondent Fanny Facsar reports from Israel and the occupied West Bank. This video also features an interview with IsaacContinue Reading
Trying to Read Behind Bars
Prison Banned Books Week started on October 19, with a focus on the Kafkaesque appeals process incarcerated people must use to challenge censorship.Continue Reading
King Charles welcomes Oman’s Sultan Haitham for state visit to UK
King Charles III and Queen Camilla, joined by Prince William and Princess Catherine, have welcomed Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tarik to Windsor at the start of a three-day state visit., Read MoreContinue Reading
Eastern Libya parliament approves 2019 maritime deal with Turkiye
The vote recognises Ankara’s maritime deal with Tripoli, ending Haftar’s 2020 boycott., The vote recognises Ankara’s maritime deal with Tripoli, ending Haftar’s 2020 boycott. Libya’s eastern-based parliament, backed by military commander Khalifa Haftar, which runs as an alternative to the UN-recognised legislature in Tripoli, has approved a maritime deal withContinue Reading