Trump gives Xi rare airport welcome as Chinese leader begins US state visit
US President Donald Trump treated Chinese President Xi Jinping to a rare personal airport welcome Wednesday, kicking off a pomp-filled state visit aimed at smoothing superpower tensions on everything from AI and trade to Iran. The summit is expected to…
In Amish country, nurses go door to door to stop deadly spread of measles
Chester County public health officials did not wait long to launch a response to the growing measles outbreak in their community, which shares a border with Lancaster County, the epicentre of the outbreak. Jeanne Franklin, the director of the health…
Fact-checking Trump’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly – Truth or Fake
Donald Trump’s UN address was packed with claims that are misleading, false or exaggerated. He said the US has more munitions than it could ever use, despite reports of depleting stocks. He claimed the US and Venezuela hold 60% of the world’s oil,…
They were labelled ‘pervert glasses’. Will a camera-free version transform their image?
And other companies are trying to address privacy concerns in different ways – without getting rid of the camera. The Taiwanese firm HTC recently launched Vive Eagle glasses, which cost less than a quarter of Snap’s. Thomas Dexmier, a vice…
Turkey to hand over military base in northern Iraq to Baghdad
Turkey will hand over control of its base in Bashiqa in northern Iraq to Baghdad, the Turkish presidency announced Wednesday in a joint statement with its neighbour. «In light of progress achieved by these security measures implemented by Iraq, Turkish…
Oleshky: Residents eating garden weeds in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
Burying the bodies of people killed in Oleshky has been restricted by Russian occupation authorities, residents say. This has made counting the dead even harder. They «do not allow us to bury the dead if they were killed by a drone, stepped on a landmine…
AI leaders urge caution at UN, with Anthropic chief pledging to slow down
Leaders of major AI firms told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that the technology calls for heightened vigilance, with Anthropic‘s CEO pledging to slow down where needed to ensure the safety of new releases. «This moment calls for extreme…
OpenAI agent ‘infiltrated’ Australian government website, PM says
An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI «infiltrated» an Australian government website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said. The agent gained unauthorised accessed to a statistics portal containing «non-sensitive Medicare…
OpenAI AI agent breached Australian government website, PM says
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday an AI agent developed by OpenAI infiltrated an Australian government website in June, accessing public and non-public files in the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government…
The arms race in space and how the UK is defending itself
The head of Britain’s Royal Air Force has warned that we we now face an unprecedented threat in space, which could have a devastating effect on the satellites we rely on for communication, internet, bank transfers and satnav. A defence source has…