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One in four unconcerned by sexual deepfakes created without consent, survey finds
Senior UK police officer says AI is accelerating violence against women and girls and that technology companies are complicitOne in four people think there is nothing wrong with creating and sharing sexual deepfakes, or they feel neutral about it, even when the person depicted has not consented, according to a police-commissioned survey.The findings prompted a senior police officer to warn that the use of AI is accelerating an epidemic in violence against women and girls (VAWG), and that technology companies are complicit in this abuse. Continue reading...
Mining giant BHP drops latest bid to buy rival Anglo American
FTSE 100-listed miner forces Australian company to walk away from takeover after rebuffing second approachBusiness live – latest updatesBHP has walked away from another attempt to take over rival miner Anglo American after it was again rebuffed, failing in a last-minute effort to disrupt the planned merger with Canadian mining business Teck Resources.The Australian mining company reportedly became interested in making another offer for FTSE 100-listed Anglo last week, more than a year after abandoning a £39bn attempt to buy the business. Continue reading...
In His Words: The Evolution Of Trump's Rhetoric About Zelenskyy And Putin
Donald Trump said during his White House campaign that if he won the 2024 election, he would be able to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours. But in 10 months since he took office, the road to peace deal has has been fraught with changing dynamics
US Woman In 'Slender Man' Stabbing Case Cuts Off Monitoring Device, Goes Missing
Morgan Geyser, now 23, admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death in 2014 to please the online horror character Slender Man.
"That Doesn't Exist": Trump's DOGE Shuts Down With 8 Months Left On Its Charter
US President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate, ending an initiative launched with fanfare as a symbol of Trump's pledge to slash the government's size
"Should've Told Us Hosting G20 Is Difficult": South African President To PM Modi
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that his country has learnt a lot from India about hosting the G20.
Suicide bombers strike security force headquarters in Pakistan, killing 3
Police say two suicide bombers have attacked the headquarters of a security force in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least three officers and wounding 11 others
Udo Kier, German actor who starred in 200 films spanning Lars von Trier to Ace Ventura, dies aged 81
Actor who appeared in My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Armageddon and Dogville, as well as Madonna music videos and video games, died on SundayUdo Kier, the German actor who appeared in 275 roles across Hollywood and European cinema, including multiple films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier, has died aged 81.Kier died on Sunday morning, his partner Delbert McBride told Variety. The actor died in hospital in Palm Springs, California, his friend the photographer Michael Childers announced on social media. No cause of death was given. Continue reading...
‘An inner duty’: the 35-year quest to bring Bach’s lost organ works to light
Musicologist Peter Wollny chanced upon the manuscripts in 1992 and authenticating them took half of his lifetimeThe best fictional detectives are famed for their intuition, an ability to spot some seemingly ineffable discrepancy. Peter Wollny, the musicologist behind last week’s “world sensational” revelation of two previously unknown works by Johann Sebastian Bach, had a funny feeling when he chanced upon two intriguing sheets of music in a dusty library in 1992.His equivalent of the Columbo turn, from mere hunch to unravelling a secret, would take up half his life. Continue reading...
Optimism ahead of pope's visit to Turkey
Pope Leo XIV is set to embark on his first trip abroad with a visit to Turkey, marking a key event in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity
US set to label Maduro-tied Cartel de los Soles as a terror organization. It's not a cartel per se
President Donald Trump’s administration is set to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization
Brazilian revelers at Rio’s Pride march rejoice after Bolsonaro’s preemptive jailing
Thousands of revelers have gathered on the Copacabana boardwalk for Rio de Janeiro’s annual Pride parade
