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On Thursday evening in Manhattan's Financial District, hundreds of protesters braved the cold to protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after an agent fatally shot a woman at close rang...
A Secret Service agent stands guard as US President Barack Obama answers questions during a town hall event at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, March 6, 2015. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images F...
Many Hilton-branded properties are operated by independent franchise owners. Kevin Carter/Getty Images Hilton said Tuesday that it is removing a Minnesota hotel operator from its system after a video ...
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the country will take action against X following reports that the platform's Grok AI chatbot is generating sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors , as reported e...
Dominion Energy, an offshore wind developer and utility serving Virginia's "data center alley," filed suit against the Trump administration this week over its decision to pause federal leases for larg...
Article URL: https://www.stanfordlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2012/05/Kahan-64-Stan-L-Rev-851.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46553818 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...
X's Grok chatbot hasn't stopped accepting users' requests to strip down women and, in some cases, apparent minors to AI-generated bikinis. According to some reports, the flood of AI-generated images i...
Article URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/blog/collection-spotlight-vietnam-war-press-on-the-front-lines/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46483876 Points: 3 # Comments: 0...
On December 31st, a brand-new account on Polymarket placed a bet: Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela, would be out of office by the end of January. It was the first in a series of increasi...
The US Cyber Trust Mark Program, an Energy Star-style certification for smart home security, could be winding down less than a year after it launched. Safety testing company UL Solutions has announced...
Shortly before the US military launched an attack on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro , an account on Polymarket made some very suspiciously timed investments. The prediction mar...
Where's the Trump Phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week . We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump Phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the...
Apple and Google are being dragged into the uproar around X's AI chatbot that has continued to virtually undress women in images without their consent this week. In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook and ...
Just over a year after being sentenced to five years in prison for the theft of billions of dollars in Bitcoin , hacker Ilya Lichtenstein is free. Lichtenstein announced his release in a post on X, sp...
In a good and just society, it would have been possible to bury Charlie Kirk without either threatening mass violence toward his enemies or making light of his death with a furry sex meme. But America...
Article URL: https://www.karlsnotes.com/running-venezuela-the-return-of-the-american-protectorate/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46482234 Points: 6 # Comments: 1...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said more than 150 U.S. aircraft were used....
China’s economy has successfully weathered mounting shocks, including US tariffs and technology curbs, and continues to innovate despite a challenging environment, according to the mouthpiece of the r...
A world order built around great power spheres of influence is a recipe for instability and conflict...