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Yemeni Hooti fighters have given Israel a four-day deadline to lift the blockade of food, drugs and aid to Gaza, and have threatened to resume “naval operations” otherwise. An ultimatum issued late Friday shows possible escalation from rebel groups after the attack ended in January following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. “We will notify the whole world. We are allowing a four-day deadline,” group leader Abdel Malik Al-Houthi said in a video statement. “This deadline is to allow mediators to continue their efforts. In four days, if Israeli enemies are preventing aid invasion into Gaza, maintaining full…
Kilgoris (AP) of Kenya – “I’m worth defending!” A group of girls as each takes a combat stance.They are trying to put into practice combat skills. No, they are not part of the martial arts club. They are Masai girls who live in a Western transmara boarding school Kenyadoubled as a rescue center for teens who escaped early marriage, Female genital mutilation.”We learn how to protect ourselves, how to protect our bodies,” said 14-year-old Grace Mscheni, who has lived and studied at the Encakenia Centre For Excellence since 2023.The center was founded in 2009 by Kakenian Tire, a Maasai woman…
AISPhere, the AI startup behind the popular AI-powered code editor Cursor, is debating raising hundreds of millions of people in rounds that could bring hundreds of millions of investors closer to $10 billion. Just a few months ago, the company was valued at $2.5 billion, showing an extraordinary jump to investor trust. According to those familiar with the debate, hundreds of millions of rounds are expected to bring hundreds of millions of times in the latest round, with prosperous capital leading the claims. The talks are still ongoing and the final conditions may change, but the scale of the negotiations…
Oklahoma City (AP) – Oklahoma’s top education official said he’s teaming up Country music singer Lee Greenwood By seeking donations to win statewide classrooms with $59.99 leather-bound “God Bless the Usa” to classrooms throughout the state after the Legislative Committee rejected his $3 million request to fund his efforts.State Principal Ryan Walters said this week that he is partnering with Greenwood to help secure the Bible. Approved by President Donald TrumpI’m going to school in Oklahoma.”The Bible is essential to understanding the exceptionalism, history and the development of all similar subjects in Western civilization and the American civilization,” Walters said…
China may be experiencing a second deep seek moment after sending a shockwave to the global tech stock market in February. A new AI agent called Manus is making waves in China, but it may not be long before it reaches the US Manus, the new Chinese AI startup, is built by the AI Manus takes action rather than answering questions. Unlike the typical AI assistants who spit out information, Manus completes the actual work. Just two days after its release, Manus is already praising social media. “It’s like a deep search + operator + Claude computer combination, and it’s…
Microsoft is accelerating its push to compete with its longtime collaborator, Openai, by developing its own powerful AI models and exploring alternatives to power products like Microsoft’s Copilot Bot. Microsoft has developed its own AI “inference” model that rivals models such as Openai’s O1 and O3-Mini. Openai is said to have rejected Microsoft’s request for technical details about how O1 works – taking away tensions between businesses. Microsoft is also developing a family of models with Openai itself called competitive MAI, and according to Bloomberg, it is reportedly considering offering it through the API later this year. In parallel with…
TechCrunch is on the ground at SXSW 2025, the annual technology, music, comedy and film conference launched in Austin on Friday in pursuit of this AI-centric era. Yes, we’re one sentence and the AI is already in the entrance. And why? A quick scan of the large SXSW schedule shows that the AI is at Austin’s center stage. It is worth noting that this year there appears to be a focus on how AI is applied to the real world. SXSW tends to reflect what the tech ecosystem of founders and supporters is working on. And it often coincides with…
Three British-based Bulgarians have been convicted by a London ju-san for spying on Russia for saying that police were “industrial scale.” The trio were accused of risking their lives for following orders on behalf of the Russian Intelligence News to carry out surveillance across Europe with Kremlin opposition, including journalists, diplomats and Ukrainian troops. During a ju apprentice at the old Bailey Court in London on Friday, Bulgarian nationals Katrin Ivanova (43), Vanya Gabellova (30), and 39-year-old Tikhomir Ivanchev were charged with spying for Russia after police said they were “industrial scale.” The trio worked on a series of surveillance…
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned on Friday that Agent AI could take risks to user privacy. Speaking on stage at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, advocates for secure communication, called the use of AI agents “put your brain in a jar,” warning that this new paradigm in which AI performs tasks on behalf of users has “profound issues” in both privacy and security. Whittaker explained how AI agents are sold as a way to add value to your life by handling a variety of online tasks for users. For example, AI agents can take on tasks such as searching…
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday it was canceling grants and contracts as the government explained that it had not cured anti-Semitism on campus, subtracting $400 million from Columbia University.The notification came five days after the federal agency announced they were Consider orders to stop work With a $51 million contract New York City University We will review eligibility for federal grants of more than $5 billion in future. And it came after Colombia established a new disciplinary committee Strengthened our own research Students who are critical of Israel are surprised by the advocates of free speech.However,…