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Israel acknowledges troops killed 2 Palestinians after video captures shooting on a Gaza beach
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians and wounded a third on Gaza’s beach, the military acknowledged Saturday, responding to a video that showed one man falling to the ground after walking in an open area and then a bulldozer pushing two bodies into the garbage-strewn sand.The military said troops opened fire after …
Israel’s high court says the government must stop funding seminaries. Could that topple Netanyahu?
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court ruling curtailing subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men has rattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition and raised questions about its viability as the country presses on with the war in Gaza.Netanyahu has until Monday to present the court with a plan to dismantle what the justices called a system that …
Israel-Hamas war: Doctors visiting Gaza stunned by the war’s toll on Palestinian children
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome impact Israel’s war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children still left them stunned.One toddler died from a brain injury caused by an Israeli strike that fractured his skull. His cousin, …
Children’s author Kouri Richins hit with new charges alleging earlier attempt to kill her husband
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband in 2022, then published a children’s book about grief, now faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly drugging him weeks earlier on Valentine’s Day.Kouri Richins, 33, is accused of killing her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl at their …
Earliest version of Mickey Mouse set to become public domain in 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films and books that will become public domain as the year turns to 2024. In a moment many close observers thought might …
TikTok Gets Tougher in Performance Reviews, and Employees Are Spooked
Oct. 29, 2023 11:36 am ET SINGAPORE—TikTok is asking managers across the world to give more employees lower ratings in performance reviews, a move that staff fear could reduce bonuses and lead to layoffs, people familiar with the matter said. In mid-October, managers were told by senior management and staff in human resources that they needed …
These College Dropouts Want to Automate Your Job Away With AI
Updated Oct. 23, 2023 9:12 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Govind Gnanakumar was in diapers when Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard. Like the Meta founder, he won’t wait for a university diploma to start his business. The 19-year-old dropped out of the Georgia Institute of Technology in May to focus full time …
A Florida man who shot down a law enforcement drone faces 10 years in prison
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of shooting down a law enforcement drone being used at a business near his Florida home could be sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Wendell Doyle Goney, 52, of Mount Dora, pleaded guilty Thursday in Ocala federal court to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, according …
Don’t expect quick fixes in ‘red-teaming’ of AI models. Security was an afterthought
BOSTON (AP) — White House officials concerned by AI chatbots’ potential for societal harm and the Silicon Valley powerhouses rushing them to market are heavily invested in a three-day competition ending Sunday at the DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas. Some 3,500 competitors have tapped on laptops seeking to expose flaws in eight leading large-language …
Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China
In recent weeks, Apple Inc. has accelerated plans to shift some of its production outside China, long the dominant country in the supply chain that built the world’s most valuable company, say people involved in the discussions. It is telling suppliers to plan more actively for assembling Apple products elsewhere in Asia, particularly India and …
