Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Whatever you believe about the future of AI, there’s probably a cult out there for you. Ideological factions have been drawing lines for years and they each seem to bring pseudoreligious trappings with them. If you believe AI will inevitably kill everyone on the planet you might want to join … Read more
Saturday’s demonstrators targeted South Korean auto giant Hyundai. In addition to criticizing the company’s reliance on coal-powered steel plants, which a report from climate groups linked to 506 pollution-related premature deaths in 2021, they also denounced the company’s reported labor practices. Last December, a Reuters investigation found undocumented children working in the automaker’s supply chain … Read more
Some 25 Russian invaders were killed, another 30 injured, and eight vehicles destroyed in a Ukrainian artillery attack on a Russian convoy of 11 supply trucks near occupied Hladkivka in Kherson Oblast’s Skadovsk district, Ukrainian military reported on Nov. 10. They included a video of the blaze. Screenshot from the video from t.me/operativnoZSU Read also: … Read more
The Philippines said a Chinese coast guard vessel on Friday deployed a water cannon at a ship bound to supply provisions to a military outpost near a disputed reef in the South China Sea. Manila’s embassy in Beijing protested the latest action with the Chinese foreign ministry, a Philippine government task force said in a … Read more
By Charlotte Greenfield (Reuters) – Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, previously the world’s top supplier, has plummeted since the Taliban administration banned the cultivation of narcotics last year, a United Nations report said on Sunday. The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said opium cultivation fell throughout the country to just 10,800 hectares (26,700 … Read more
TOKYO — Trade and economy officials from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies strengthened their pledge Sunday to work together to ensure smooth supply chains for essentials like energy and food despite global uncertainties. The nations promised to maintain “a free and fair trading system based on the rule of law and enhancing economic resilience … Read more
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Chinese coast guard ship and one of its militia vessels separately bumped a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat Sunday off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea “in dangerous, irresponsible and illegal actions,” Philippine officials said. They did not say if there were injuries or … Read more
Philippine officials say a Chinese coast guard ship and a militia vessel separately bumped a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat off a disputed shoal ByThe Associated Press October 21, 2023, 11:44 PM FILE – A Chinese coast guard ship, left, with a Chinese militia vessel, right, blocks Philippine coast guard ship, … Read more
SwitchBot If you’re looking for a way to automate your window curtains or blinds, get a button-pushing robot, or a smart lock without changing your existing lock, you’ll do well to go with SwitchBot’s products. But one thing you may not associate SwitchBot with is the robot vacuum and mop market — until now. SwitchBot’s … Read more
The United States is moving one of its carrier strike groups to the coastal waters of Israel. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Eastern Mediterranean. Austin said the US will also provide Israel more “equipment and resources, including munitions.” The United States is deploying an aircraft carrier and other … Read more