The new White House “arcade” website lets users live out their pixelated border patrol fantasy.Mother Jones illustration; Whitehouse.gov Get your news from …
World
By the time he retired from the Marine Corps, in 1931, Major General Smedley Butler had served in Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, the …
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. …
Xi Jinping’s visit to Egypt for the first time in a decade, and during the Iran war, comes as U.S. allies broaden …
- War/Military
US and Canadian court data exposed in Thomson Reuters breach
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogSealed court information and sensitive personal data were exposed in a breach of a Thomson Reuters records platform affecting courts in at …
- World
Trump administration threatens to cut Smithsonian support in latest claim of ideological bias
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThe Trump administration is threatening to withdraw support for the Smithsonian Institution, accusing its leadership of presenting a “radical ideology” that weakens …
The deal, though, offers a clear distillation of Trump’s world view. It’s materialist, transactional, and wholly untethered to any concerns about the …
- Africa
Yair Netanyahu, Israeli PM’s son, angers UK right over Falklands comment | Benjamin Netanyahu News
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogComments by Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, backing Argentina’s claim to the British-controlled Falkland Islands have caused …
AI Agents can be incredibly useful, but their autonomous actions can be incredibly dangerous if not adequately controlled. Max Brin is developing …
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. …
Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a press conference to announce a one-year moratorium on student AI usage in NYC public schools. NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx …
- War/Military
Breaking: Defense Minister nominee Kang Shin-chul acknowledges diverse opinions on military academy integration – 조선일보
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogBreaking: Defense Minister nominee Kang Shin-chul acknowledges diverse opinions on military academy integration 조선일보
With such comments, Bush is referring to a tradition that former Presidents don’t criticize those who follow them. After leaving office, in …
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you …
- War/Military
New pro-Ukraine hacker group targets Russian companies with custom ransomware
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA ransomware group believed to be linked to pro-Ukrainian hackers is targeting Russian organizations with custom malware and demanding multimillion-dollar payments, according …
Some houses in one Johannesburg neighbourhood are in danger of collapse because of illegal mining. Known as Zama Zamas, around 34,000 illegal …
- World
US Forest Service Chief With Industry Ties Pushed for More Logging on Public Lands – Mother Jones
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThe Misty Fjords National Monument, Ketchikan, AlaskaBriBar/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up …
- World
Rep. David Schweikert describes surviving deadly Grand Canyon flash flood
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogRep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., said he heard what sounded like “a freight train smashing into a boulder” as a Grand Canyon flash …
- War/Military
Is Trump’s ‘No War, No Peace’ strategy prolonging the Iran conflict? – The Business Standard
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogIs Trump’s ‘No War, No Peace’ strategy prolonging the Iran conflict? The Business Standard
Many Democrats of a certain age took the same message from the party’s 2024 debacle: Voters are sick of the old guard …
- World
The Lindsay Clancy trial reveals our failure on postpartum depression. Here’s how it gets better.
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogWe’re making this story accessible to all readers as a public service. Support our journalism by becoming a member today. The trial …
A failed mutiny in Niger over the weekend shows how important Russia’s Africa Corps mercenaries are in the country, according to analysts. …
- War/Military
China’s ‘Fire Ant’ campaign used compromised Cisco routers as platform for more attacks
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogChina-based hackers used an array of methods to compromise popular Cisco routers and use them as a jumping off point to monitor …
Officials in Texas’ third-largest county voted Tuesday to significantly reduce the number of polling sites for this fall’s midterm elections, drawing protests …
A reckoning with the “woke” years.
In tonight’s edition, Africa Disaster Relief is looking for 6 South Africans who went missing in the deadly floods on the border …
- War/Military
Experiment: Porting a PLC Exploit With AI Takes Hours and Hundreds of Dollars
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogResearchers at Forescout’s Vedere Labs used Anthropic’s Claude to port a working remote code execution (RCE) exploit from one WAGO programmable logic …
In the United States, building a data center now polls roughly as well as abolishing the police. If current trends continue, server …
- World
A Federal Judge Just Killed New York’s $75 Billion Climate Bill for Polluters – Mother Jones
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA coalition of climate organizations held a rally to deliver more than 125,000 petitions calling for Governor Hochul to sign the Climate …
Niger’s capital is back to normal after an intense week-end. A soldier mutiny took over Niamey on August 29, which was stopped …
