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Native American activist Leonard Peltier left Florida prison nearly 50 years later, following a commute from former US President Joe Biden. On Tuesday morning, Peltier was removed from federal jail in Coleman, Florida, and was taken away by an SUV. He didn’t talk when he left prison. The 80-year-old Peltier became a global symbol of Indigenous rights after his conviction for murder in 1977. Groups like Amnesty International and supporters like actor Robert Redford are seeking his freedom. A member of Chippeweindian’s Turtle Mountain Band, Peltier has long maintained his innocence. “Today is finally free! They may have imprisoned me,…
Wall Street analysts are bullish at FutureVenture Global, the second purely traded liquefied natural gas company in the US Venture Global. Work for years. Venture shares then lowered their $25 IPO price to $15.96 per share as of the end of Friday. However, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, RBC Capital Markets and Mizuho Securities have all begun compensation for ventures equivalent to purchase ratings. Goldman has a price target of $29 and offers upsides of about 82% from its current level, while JP Morgan has a target of $25, suggesting a rise of about 57%. Investment…
Gig Marketplace Fiverr wants freelancers to train AI to work bodies and use it to automate future work. At the event on Tuesday, Fiverr announced the launch of several new initiatives aimed at attracting gig workers to its platform and equipping them with generative AI tools. Perhaps most ambitious is that programs that perform narration, graphic design, and certain related work to freelancers provide the ability to train AI on content and bill customers for access. Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman has pitched the move as a way to ensure gig workers will “provide unprecedented tools to expand their work while…
Elon Musk has spent decades building a universe of companies that has served as an incubator for up-and-coming engineers and a proving ground for his inner circle. That universe — an ecosystem of Silicon Valley tech titans, veterans of his companies like Tesla and SpaceX, and a crop of fresh-faced hackers and software engineers — has now collided with the U.S. federal government. The dozens of individuals who work under, or advise, Musk and the Trump-ordered Department of Government Efficiency — individuals who TechCrunch has identified or confirmed independently — reflects more than the billionaire’s proclivity to collect talent. They…
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok 3 has surged past Deepseek, earning the second spot among Apple’s US App Store free apps. This leap comes just 12 hours after the successful launch, thanks to the much-historical account of Grok 3 as “the smartest AI on Earth.” App Store data shows that Grok 3 stands behind Openai’s ChatGpt, which surpasses China’s Deepseek, but still continues to dominate as the world’s top chatbot. Grok 3 fails hexagon ball bounce test Not everything is smooth sailing on the Grok 3. Despite the rapid climbing of downloads, the chatbot struggled with coding tasks and followed…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration is giving American schools and universities to eliminate two weeks Diversity Initiative Or risk losing federal funds, raising the stakes of the president’s fight against “attraction,” and winging the confusion as the school rushes to follow.In a memo on Friday, the education department gave an ultimatum to cease the use of “racial preferences” as a factor in admissions, financial aid, employment, or other areas. Schools are given 14 days to complete practices treating students and workers differently for their race.The drastic demand could support education in countless ways. Memos target university admissions offices and…
February 18, 2025Ravi LakshmananVulnerability/Network Security Two security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Openssh Secure Networking utility suite. conditions. The vulnerabilities detailed by the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) are listed below – CVE-2025-26465-OpenSSH client contains versions 6.8p1-9.9p1 (comprehensive) logic errors that are vulnerable to active MITM attacks when the VerifyHostKeyDNS option is enabled. Client tries to connect to IT (introduced December 2014) CVE-2025-26466- OpenSSH client and server are pre-accepted between versions 9.5p1 and 9.9p1 (comprehensive) causing memory and CPU consumption Vulnerable to DOS attacks (Introduced (Introduced) August 2023) “If an attacker can perform a midterm attack via CVE-2025-26465, the…
The spotlight has become increasingly a key role in battery technology as the world competes to find urgent and sustainable solutions to meet its energy needs. From power vehicles and next-generation home appliances to enabling the potential for renewable energy storage, battery technology is at the heart of the latest technology and the transition to cleaner, energy-efficient future energy grids, and fossils Reduce fuel dependence and adoption of renewable energy sources. The quest for smaller, lighter, safer batteries is driving constant innovation across the field. And the need for efficient, long-lasting, faster, reliable batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) has become…
February 18, 2025Ravi LakshmananCyber Spy/Malware Chinese state-sponsored threat actors known as Mustang Pandas have been observed using new techniques to avoid detection and maintain control over infected systems. This involves injecting the malicious payload of a threat actor into an external process using a legitimate Microsoft Windows utility called the Microsoft Application Virtualization Injector (Mavinject.exe). analysis. “Attacks include deleting multiple files, including legitimate executables and malicious components, and deploying decoy PDFs to deflect victims,” said security researcher Nathaniel Morales. Nick Dye pointed out. “In addition, Earth Preta can use Setup Factory, an installer builder for Windows software to drop and…
Browsers are at the forefront of cyber threats, and attacks like browser man-like are becoming more common. The San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup is now focused on protecting web applications, and Mirortab has secured new funds to take part in this fight. Today, Mirrortab announced it has raised $8.5 million in seed funds. The round was led by Valley Capital Partners with backs from GV, Ludlow Ventures, Altman Capital Fund, Nextgen Venture Partners and Alumni Ventures. Mirrortab uses fresh capital to expand its capabilities, enhance integration and commercialize products. A new approach to web security Mirrortab is stepping into a crowded…