An American woman who joined the Islamic State group before being caught by anti-IS forces in Syria was found guilty on Tuesday of receiving military training from the jihadists. American woman convicted of getting military training from Islamic State Halima Salman, 27, was one of hundreds of foreign women who went or were taken to … Read more
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani saw an outpouring of support online after a report alleged he’s using the NYPD gym for pickup basketball games with friends. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is reportedly using the NYPD gymnasium for basketball games with friends, which a report has claimed is disrupting recruits’ training. (REUTERS) Mamdani … Read more
Anthropic paused training of its next-generation AI model for more than a month because of security concerns. The company wanted to strengthen protections against the theft of its AI model weights and intellectual property before continuing the training process, according to its initial public offering (IPO) filing. Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals AI training delays and … Read more
Technology is only one part of Tan’s approach. Shared Skies created a 50-page environmental justice guide in English and Spanish and distributed it to more than 60 low-income schools, reaching approximately 30,000 students. At 17, Nathan Tan has already taken on a problem that can be difficult even for adults to see, let alone solve: … Read more
The restoration preserved some of the aircraft’s original components in unexpected ways. (Photo: Vintage Aviation News) A World War II-era training aircraft that spent nearly five decades packed away in boxes after its retirement, moving with its private owner from one place to another, has now been restored to airworthy condition.The WACO UPF-7, serial number … Read more
Port Houston has awarded $500,000 in Community Grants to 32 organisations serving communities across the Houston Ship Channel region. The funding will support programmes ranging from workforce training and STEM education to healthcare access, food assistance, environmental projects and neighbourhood improvements. According to Port Houston press release distributed via Business Wire, the latest grant cycle … Read more
US embassies and consulates cancel all visa appointments across the world until September 1. Thousands of visa applicants all across the world received emails from their embassies and consulates that their visa appointment has been cancelled and will be rescheduled only after September 1. This happened to non-immigrant visa applicants, which include student visas, work … Read more
The US Army on Friday (local time) announced a temporary halt to all Apache helicopter training missions, two days after a crash in Texas killed both soldiers on board.“The stand-down will remain in effect until we have a better understanding of the root cause of the accident,” the Army said in a statement.The cause of … Read more
Twitch faces ‘furious’ streamer backlash as Amazon AI training opt-out appears enabled by default Twitch is facing criticism after a new setting appeared to allow Amazon to use streamer channel content to train generative AI models. The setting is turned on by default, meaning streamers have to change their privacy settings if they do not … Read more
Jordan Salinas was identified as the ‘hero’ who confronted Chad Williamsthe Twin Falls In-N-Out shooter, in Idaho. Videos of Salinas went viral showing him take on the shooter with a suppressor fitted pistol. Jordan Salinas was identified as the ‘hero’ who confronted Twin Falls shooter Chad Williams. (Facebook/Jordan Salinas) While authorities have not officially confirmed … Read more