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China’s foreign minister says Iran war ‘should never have happened’ Wang Yi cautioned against a return to the ‘law of the jungle’ but stopped short of criticising Trump directly War in the Middle East “should never have happened”, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has declared, even as he struck a more conciliatory tone with the US ahead of a highly anticipated visit by Donald Trump. Regime change, a key stated aim of the US president as the US and Israel continue to attack Iran, “will find no popular support”, Wang said on Sunday. “A strong fist does not mean strong reason. The world cannot return to the law of the jungle,” he added. Continue reading...

China’s foreign minister says Iran war ‘should never have happened’

Why women are disappearing from Europe’s tech workforce Workplace culture is the biggest reason why women are leaving their tech jobs, a new report shows.

Workplace culture is the biggest reason why women are leaving their tech jobs, a new report shows.

Majority consensus reached on Iran's next supreme leader, Mehr news reports A majority consensus over a ​successor to Iran's slain ‌Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has more ​or less been ​reached, Assembly of Experts ⁠member Ayatollah Mohammadmehdi Mirbaqeri ​said on Sunday, ​according to Mehr news agency.

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Few think that the world’s next trillion-dollar tech company will be European. But, perhaps for the first time, that does not seem a silly idea econ.st/3PlThCL

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Global breast cancer cases expected to reach over 3.5 million by 2050 | CNN Breast cancer mortality has decreased in high-income countries but increased in lower-income ones — a stark divide in outcome in the most common cancer among women worldwide.

Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among women globally, and the number of cases worldwide is estimated to reach over 3.5 million by 2050, new research has found.

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The U.S. and China running the world together? China says no thanks For China, President Donald Trump’s use of the term “G2” is an acknowledgment of its growing power. But for U.S. allies, it raises fears they could be cut out of decision-making.

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When will ChatGPT 5.4 come to CoPilot? 🤔

If only there was better public transport and high-speed trains instead of just planes...

A First for Humanity Confirmed: NASA's DART Mission Slowed the Asteroid's Orbit NASA heralded a new study published Friday documenting a first for humanity — "the first time a human-made object has measurably altered the path of a celestial body around the Sun." It was 2022's DART mission where NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid — and the experiment "could...

A First for Humanity Confirmed: NASA's DART Mission Slowed the Asteroid's Orbit

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British Columbia to make daylight saving time permanent The Canadian province is permanently ending the biannual time shifts for more light at the day's end. But research shows daylight saving increases health risks.

The Canadian province is permanently ending the biannual time shifts for more light at the day's end. But research shows daylight saving increases health risks. n.pr/4aY3rlG

There is no need to frequently change apps and constantly break the user experience: it is not innovation (how innovative can ordering pizza be? 🤷). It's only disruption and it frustrates users. So, either you make your apps much much easier, smarter, more accessible or leave them alone.

I think she should have won the nomination in 2008. She would have been more moderate on some issues, and Democrats would have had a very strong candidate (Obama) later too, instead of the current vacuum.

Top researcher leaves OpenAI due to Pentagon deal “Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got,” Caitlin Kalinowski said.

Top researcher leaves OpenAI due to Pentagon deal

The age of animal experiments may be waning Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome

How Anthropic's Claude Helped Mozilla to Improve Firefox's Security "It took Anthropic's most advanced artificial-intelligence model about 20 minutes to find its first Firefox browser bug during an internal test of its hacking prowess," reports the Wall Street Journal. The Anthropic team submitted it, and Firefox's developers quickly wrote back: This bug was seriou...

How Anthropic's Claude Helped Mozilla to Improve Firefox's Security

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Peter Thiel warned AI is coming for 'math people before word people.' Banks have already said smaller headcounts are possible | Fortune Last month, Block announced a 40% cut to its headcount, or about 4,000 jobs, and cited AI models as a top reason.

There is little doubt about this. Compare the improvement in symbolic math and reasoning between GPT 4.x and 5.x, and then between 5 and 5.2. They still make mistakes, but the improvement is impressive, and they are just generic models without help from other tools.
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OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons amid Pentagon contract | Fortune A senior OpenAI robotics leader says she left over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons as the company expands its work with the Pentagon.

What's crazy (not surprising, crazy) in all this, is that someone is considering the idea of using current AI models, with all the limitations they have and the mistakes they make, for autonomous weapons, an idea that is highly questionable on its own. 🤦
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It's not clear why? People have been driven to find "what wrong others did to them" for at least two decades, overanalyzing every detail and interaction to find what could be interpreted negatively and disturbed their "comfort". Obviously, it created doubt and diminished trust. 🤷

Gas Prices Soar To $3.41 Per Gallon As Iran Conflict Intensifies Oil prices have also surged, with WTI and Brent both peaking Friday at prices not seen in years.

Oil prices have also surged, with WTI and Brent both peaking Friday at prices not seen in years.

The majority of carbon emissions from #datacenters actually come from the devices that access them, so we’re missing a crucial measurement when reporting on data center sustainability. spectrum.ieee.org/data-center-...

The Drop in International Students Last Year Was Worse Than We Thought Visa issuances nosedived 36 percent, possibly reflecting weakening global interest in studying in the United States.

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Trump tariffs: Customs and Border Protection tells judge it can't comply with refund order CBP told Judge Richard Eaton that the technology upgrades it plans would save more than 4 million man-hours in processing refunds for Trump's tariffs.

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Once again, kudos to the United Airlines customer service on chat: 10 minutes, request addressed. It's been a recurring positive experience now. Keep it up! 👏

What We Forget About Covid Will Shape the Next Pandemic As the pandemic recedes, our collective memory is softening the fear and chaos. That shift could determine how we handle the next crisis.

As Covid recedes, our memory of the crisis is softening. What we forget — about overwhelmed hospitals, uncertainty and tradeoffs — will shape how we respond to the next pandemic.

Seven EU ministers ask Commission to keep rules on energy pricing Energy ministers from Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Portugal are concerned that the EU executive might change market rules, claiming the decision would undermine investments in clean power. Fears for the future of the bloc's carbon market are also growing.

Seven EU ministers ask Commission to keep rules on energy pricing

US to reinsure maritime losses in Gulf up to about $20 billion The U.S. will provide reinsurance for losses up to $20 billion in the Gulf region, to help provide confidence for oil and gas shippers during the war on Iran, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation said on ​Friday.

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Google joins Microsoft in telling users Anthropic is still available outside defense projects Cloud vendors are letting customers know that Anthropic's popular AI tools can still be accessed after the Department of Defense blacklisted the company.

Cloud vendors are letting customers know that Anthropic's popular AI tools can still be accessed after the Department of Defense blacklisted the company.

"Microsoft says Anthropic products remain available to customers despite Pentagon blacklist"

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Iceland plans referendum on EU membership negotiations The island nation applied for membership in 2009, in the aftermath of the financial crisis, but decided to suspend talks in 2015.

The island nation applied for membership in 2009, in the aftermath of the financial crisis, but decided to suspend talks in 2015. #EuropeNews