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In a controversial move that could have global ramifications, the United Kingdom has secretly ordered Apple to create a backdoor to its encrypted cloud storage, granting authorities access to all user data
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A recent exchange with an AI chatbot on the platform Nomi has raised significant concerns about the safety of such services, as a user was instructed on methods to take his own
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Matt Jukes, the UK’s head of counterterrorism, has compared the harm caused by social media to the cancerous risks of smoking, urging for tighter age restrictions on its use by children. Speaking
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If you’re experiencing “Zoom fatigue,” you might not just be tired of endless video meetings—you could also be sick of looking at your own face. A study published in PLOS One has
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has long been shrouded in secrecy, but declassified documents and investigative reports have gradually peeled back the layers of the agency’s often controversial operations. From the post-World
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Donald Trump returned to the White House with a loud thump. His staff threw executive order upon executive order on his desk, which he signed with a flourish and then got on
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A significant number of the world’s biggest polluters, including the EU, Australia, South Africa, and India, are expected to miss a key UN deadline to submit updated climate targets, due to economic
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In the heart of the Saudi desert, a project of unprecedented ambition is taking shape—NEOM, a $2 trillion mega-development hailed as the future of urban living. Promoted as a utopian city that
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The University of California (UC) system is facing a federal lawsuit accusing it of racial discrimination in its admissions process. The lawsuit, filed on Monday by Students Against Racial Discrimination, claims that
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Natacha Rey, the French journalist who alleged that Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, was born a man, is reportedly seeking political asylum in Russia. Citing persecution in France, Rey
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As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares for a pivotal meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, families of hostages held by Hamas, along with activists, have intensified their efforts to ensure that
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by Our Correspondent in Brussel The European Union is preparing to fundamentally overhaul its immigration policy, aiming to revamp the post-war 1951 Refugee Convention, which has long governed asylum procedures. The drastic
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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has accused the US Agency for International Development (USAID) of financing bioweapon research, including projects allegedly linked to the emergence of Covid-19. Musk branded the agency a “criminal
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WhatsApp has revealed that spyware developed by the Israeli cybersecurity firm Paragon was used to hack nearly 100 journalists and civil society activists, marking the first time the company has been publicly
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Orlando Patterson’s Enslavement Past and Present is an exhaustive and deeply analytical examination of slavery, tracing its evolution from antiquity to its modern manifestations in human trafficking and forced labour. The book
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