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Pope Leo XIV is warning that the artificial intelligence race could become a new Tower of Babel — a dazzling human achievement that concentrates power, weakens truth and turns people into data points.Why it matters: The long-awaited document, Magnifica Humanitas ("Magnificent Humanity"), signals tha…
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Leo XIV uses first encyclical to push anti-war message that has angered Washington, warning against falling into a 'violent culture of power'
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Video shows man pinned to ground as he chants 'Free Palestine'; others march through Vienna airport chanting 'From the river to the sea'; police say they used 'proportionate force'
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In his first encyclical, a sort of manifesto, U.S.-born Leo focused mainly on the rise of artificial intelligence but also returned to an anti-war message that has caused tensions with Washington
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Fake automated commits injected GitHub Actions workflows containing payloads to steal credentials, CI secrets, keys, and tokens.
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Hackers accessed names, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial information, and medical data from third-party partner repositories.
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Published within a 15-minute window, the malicious tags introduced backdoors to exfiltrate CI secrets.
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Threat actors stole files containing names and protected health information from the healthcare organization’s systems.
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The affected third-party vendor has not been named, but one possible candidate is TriZetto.
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Sites belonging to major universities such as Harvard and Oxford, as well as DuckDuckGo, have been compromised in the attack.
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Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical uses AI as a lens to diagnose older problems: concentrated power, eroding democracy, and a tech elite that shapes the world to its own advantage.
Pope Leo called for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence in his long-awaited manifesto on the rapidly developing technology on Monday, and warned of “new forms of slavery” behind its rise.
The “just war” theory – espoused recently by the Trump administration – was “outdated”, Pope Leo XIV wrot…
Leaving her family behind is the toughest part for Hong Kong’s first astronaut as she blasted off on Sunday for her six-month mission, according to her elder sister.
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On the first leg of his four-day China visit, Pakistan’s prime minister – famed for “Sharif speed”, a term describing his swift execution of development projects – met his match in a leading AI tool.
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India’s ruling Hindu-nationalist party has ordered detention centres for undocumented Bangladeshis and Rohingyas in West Bengal state, sparking fear among minorities that it could lead to arbitrary expulsions.
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Hong Kong should harness the excitement sparked by the city’s first astronaut to set up a dedicated office to foster local aerospace technology and development, experts and a top government adviser have said.
Professor Zhang Peng, programme leader for aerospace engineering at City University, urged …
China and Serbia agreed to deepen security and economic cooperation, with the leaders of the two nations hailing the “ironclad friendship” and strategic bonds between their countries during Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s first state visit to Beijing.
In a comprehensive joint statement issued o…
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Apple removed 2,045 apps from the App Store in 2025 at the request of government authorities — in more than half of those cases, at the direction of Roskomnadzor. The figures come from Apple’s annual transparency report, which the independent Russian investigative outlet iStories was among the first…
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President Trump says that a deal with Iran to end the war is largely negotiated. And, Pope Leo XIV weighed in today on the rise of AI during his first encyclical.
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In his first encyclical, Leo insists ownership of artificial intelligence data must not be left solely in private hands.
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Judge says he is 'a bit saddened' by Levin's refusal to convene Judicial Selection Committee for 16 months despite mounting vacancies
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Eight Arab and Muslim countries are latest to condemn far-right minister over video showing him taunting activists kneeling on floor with their hands tied
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Terror group's chief said people have 'right to go down onto the streets and to bring down the government' in response to Israeli strikes, US sanctions on Hezbollah-linked bank
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Hundreds of British sailors in Gibraltar are getting ready to secure the vital oil pathway alongside France after US-Iran deal inked; clearing entire strait could take years
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A shipment of 15,000 tonnes of rice donated by the Chinese government to Cuba has arrived at the port of Havana, the island’s president said on Sunday.
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As Leo XIV prepares his first encyclical, technology firms and Western diplomats have worked to make their case inside the Vatican.
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Leo XIV is to issue his thoughts about artificial intelligence in the modern world, using a centuries-old form of papal communication called an encyclical, the first since he became pope.
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Issam Sharif says he was violently detained, beaten in custody, released next morning with fine for texting while driving; internal affairs examining complaint
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Speaking via diaspora activists, five anti-government residents describe country 'crushed' by intensified repression and inflation, and ask the US and Israel to 'finish regime off'
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We explore Israel’s long, remarkable history of holding itself morally accountable, and examines why, in the face of global condemnation, the country has suddenly become ultra-defensive
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Israel said to inform US it wants freedom of operation in southern Lebanon, although terms of deal reportedly stipulate it may only act if Hezbollah attacks first
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Lai, a police superintendent and…
China’s latest space mission, which includes Hong Kong’s first astronaut, lifted off on Sunday night.
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Tamar Steinberg takes the title in Portugal as fellow Israeli windsurfers place 2nd and 4th in women's tournament
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Cops filmed hitting anti-Israel activists and supporters with batons and dragging them on floor. Violence comes days after global outcry, including from Madrid, over Ben Gvir's taunting of bound, kneeling detainees
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Iranian Football Federation president says relocation from Arizona to Tijuana resolves potential visa issues amid Middle East tensions; team will enter US for matches through Mexico
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Suspect identified as Nasire Best, law enforcement official says; bystander also struck but unclear if by perpetrator or responding fire from security forces
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Russia says the large-scale attack, using drones and missiles, was retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on 'civilian facilities on Russian territory'
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Payload specialist Li Jiaying, a former Hong Kong police inspector, will be the first astronaut from the city to take part in a Chinese space mission
U.S. Secretary of State, who held a meeting with Jaishankar, described the first day of his visit as "fantastic"
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First responders said 32 people had been discharged for out-patient treatment
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The fragile ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hezbollah last month is holding. But satellite imagery shows that at least 46 of 54 towns and villages within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) “Yellow Line” in southern Lebanon have been heavily damaged or, in some cases, entirely flattened. Much of t…
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Ryan sits down at the Cogs of War mic for the last time to introduce Jonathan Panter, the new host and executive editor of Cogs of War. Jonathan shares his background, from naval officer to scholar. They discuss major defense tech issues, and Jonathan shares what he hopes to accomplish at the helm o…
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The first known sanction of its kind held CoreCivic responsible for destroying video in a case alleging wrongful death of an ICE detainee.
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Military says overnight strikes targeted underground weapons production site in Beqaa and other infrastructure in Tyre, where state media reports 'severe damage' to a hospital
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Twenty-three Israelis detained by Palestinian security forces after crossing into Area A city, which Israelis are prohibited from entering, then transferred to Israeli forces
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NY Post says Kataeb Hezbollah's Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, who is being held in US, pledged to assassinate president's daughter to avenge 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani
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French FM joins calls for EU to sanction far-right minister over video of him taunting bound activists, which he says is the latest in 'a long list of shocking statements and actions'
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"Our intention was first to draft a memorandum of understanding, a kind of framework agreement composed of 14 clauses," Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on state television
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Hong Kong’s first astronaut will operate a locally developed observatory that monitors key sources of greenhouse gas emissions on Earth during her time aboard the Tiangong space station, the research team behind the project has said.
The imaging equipment could pinpoint the location and intensity of…
Lai Ka-ying suffers from motion sickness, cannot stand hot weather, was not a top student and did not speak Mandarin – all of which made the 43-year-old mother of three an unlikely pick as Hong Kong’s first astronaut.
But the Hong Kong-born payload specialist on China’s Shenzhou-23 mission, which is…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday called India a natural partner and invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington, turning the page at least rhetorically on friction despite new-found US warmth towards China.
One week after joining US President Donald Trump on a state visit to Beij…
The 7.0.10,
6.18.33,
6.12.91,
6.6.141,
6.1.174,
5.15.208, and
5.10.257
stable kernel updates have all been released. The first four are huge
(the 7.0.10
review version had 1,146 commits) while 6.1.174, 5.15.208, and 5.10.257
are small updates for the "Fragnesia" vulnerability.
SpaceX has more to prove before flying Starship all the way to low-Earth orbit.
Expensive tickets and transport prices and a US travel ban mean few Haitians will be able to attend the matches.
Police backing away from initial assessment that deaths were murder-suicide and someone stole the gun; the couple had gone hiking in central Israel
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The Shack, rebuilt with help from the Bazan oil firm and Dutch and German volunteers, is dedicated in memory of soldier who defended the kibbutz and was later killed in Gaza
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Rescuers retrieved most of the 247 workers who were underground during blast in northern Shanxi province, in country's worst mining disaster in 17 years
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Author Daniel Okrent doesn't miss a beat analyzing the music, lyrics -- and complicated personality -- of the extremely secular Jewish maverick who revolutionized American musical theater
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Reports say Trump has reviewed possible targets but has not yet made a decision; Israel said frozen out of Iran talks and relying on regional sources and intel for details
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Central goals including denuclearization of Tehran remain unmet even as conflict lasts twice as long as US president said it would, leaving him with few appealing endgame options
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Saudi official says over 1.5 million Muslim pilgrims have come to kingdom, with more expected to arrive, to perform one of the five pillars of the faith
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The stealthy vulnerability impacts roughly 88 million domains and can be exploited to bypass DNS filtering and hide command-and-control traffic.
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A group of Hongkongers have started the city’s first corpse restoration team, aiming to provide affordable reconstruction services for badly disfigured bodies so the dead can be buried with dignity and their families can find some comfort.
The six-member team, under local funeral information sharing…
Pope Leo on Saturday called out companies who seek “dizzying” profits at the cost of environmental pollution, on a visit to an area in Italy known as a hotbed for illegal dumping of toxic waste.
On a visit to Acerra, about 220 km (137 miles) south of Rome, the first US pope urged the world to “reje…
After promising at COP30 to produce a voluntary global roadmap to stop forest loss by 2030, Brazil provided an update on the consultations this week
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The new cases include a driver who transported the country's first confirmed patient and a health worker.
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Mayor backs new 'Not on our Dime' legislation, which will likely further strain ties between mainstream Jewish groups and City Hall
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Jansa's stance on Israel and EU expected to shift country away from policies of outgoing Robert Golob, who adopted strong pro-Palestinian approach during his term
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