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Sen. Rick Scott's bill aims to combat Chinese-linked cyberattacks
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (365+ words) Sen. Rick Scott is proposing a bill to prepare U. S. critical infrastructure against cybersecurity threats from China. The Florida Republican's recently announced legislation, the Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act, would create an interagency task force to monitor Chinese state-sponsored…...
Taiwan prosecutors investigate three people over Nvidia chip smuggling to China
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (216+ words) TAIPEI, Taiwan " Authorities in Taiwan are investigating three people on suspicion of using forged documents to smuggle computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China, prosecutors said Thursday. The high-performance AI servers were made by the San Jose, California-based Super…...
Capitalizing on wartime expertise: Ukraine weighs formation, export of for-profit military companies
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (1482+ words) KYIV, Ukraine " Ukraine is considering a step that would have seemed politically radioactive before the war: legalizing private military companies to turn the country's unmatched experience of modern warfare into an export business. On May 6, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he…...
Taiwan is the epicenter of the AI revolution
21+ hour, 50+ min ago (571+ words) If China invades Taiwan, it could destabilize the technological foundation of the free world Several months ago, while practicing law and journalism, I began studying artificial intelligence at Florida Atlantic University's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. What I…...
Director Pedro Almodovar declares "The U. S. is not a democracy right now" at Cannes
21+ hour, 34+ min ago (355+ words) Spanish director Pedro Almodovar declared that "The U. S. is not a democracy right now" in an interview with the Los Angeles Times published ahead of the Cannes Film Festival, where his new film, "Bitter Christmas," is competing in the main competition…...
Meta lays off 10% of its 78, 000-strong workforce, moves 7, 000 into AI roles
22+ hour, 2+ min ago (294+ words) Social media giant Meta laid off about 8, 000 workers on Wednesday among its 78, 000-person headcount. The company's workers in North America were told to work from home, coinciding with the layoffs, according to Reuters. In an email to the 8, 000 employees let…...
Vast sums of private capital fueling the U. S. military's drone drive
22+ hour, 54+ min ago (305+ words) TAMPA, Fla. " A "golden age of private capital" is driving the development and production of the small unmanned systems key to the Pentagon's Drone Dominance Initiative, a top Defense Department official told a major military conference Wednesday. Speaking at the…...
Minotaur," about murder and corruption in Putin"s Russia, jolts the Cannes Film Festival
1+ day, 13+ min ago (547+ words) CANNES, France " Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev sent shock waves through the Cannes Film Festival with a soberly damning crime film about murder and corruption in Russia, set against the conscription of young men into President Vladimir Putin's war with Ukraine....
Hayden Panettiere says Oscar winner exposed himself to her at 19 in new memoir
23+ hour, 34+ min ago (247+ words) Actress Hayden Panettiere is alleging that a "well-respected" Oscar-winning actor and director exposed himself to her at a private party when she was 19 years old, a claim she details in her new memoir released Tuesday. Ms. Panettiere, 36, best known for…...
Spaceports, space access: Leadership in space begins on the ground
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (555+ words) As China and other adversaries rapidly expand their space capabilities, the United States cannot afford to fall behind. Space is a strategic domain critical to our national security, economy, and way of life. From communications and navigation to weather forecasting…...