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Hindu nationalist leader spurs protests and calls for sanctions ahead of New York City speech
A Hindu nationalist leader scheduled to speak at Madison Square Garden this weekend is drawing protests from interfaith groups, a mayoral denunciation, and calls for sanctions from a U.S. religious freedom commission.
A Jewish scholar chosen to lead the Catholic Biblical Association is hit by antisemitic backlash
Amy-Jill Levine, a Jewish scholar, was elected the first Jewish president of the Catholic Biblical Association, triggering antisemitic backlash on social media despite widespread support from Catholic leaders.
International student enrollment falls amid tighter U.S. visa policies, reports show
International student applications to U.S. colleges fell 10% in the upcoming 2026-27 academic year, marking the steepest decline on record, with new visa policies cited as a primary driver.
Plug-in solar: could a low-cost panel cut your bills?
Low-cost plug-in solar panels are set to launch in Great Britain, allowing renters and flat dwellers to generate their own electricity by fixing panels to balconies or garden walls and plugging them in like appliances.
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DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight
Passengers aboard a Delta flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta allegedly created a fake Wi-Fi hotspot to phish credentials, prompting an FBI investigation. The incident occurred one day after the DEF CON security conference concluded.
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
A supply-chain attack on the LiteLLM AI tool exposed terabytes of credentials from over 2,500 organizations, including Microsoft, Amazon, and Cisco, compromising sensitive access secrets across major enterprises.
OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground
OpenAI and Anthropic have slashed prices for mid-tier AI models as competition from cheaper Chinese alternatives intensifies, pressuring US labs facing trillion-dollar valuations.
Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked
Researchers discovered that Microsoft 365 Copilot could be manipulated through strategic questioning to reveal a secret parameter allowing hackers to steal passwords when users clicked malicious links.
Twitch and Amazon face lawsuit over use of streamers’ content to train AI
Amazon and Twitch face a class action lawsuit from streamers alleging the companies used their broadcast content to train AI models without permission or compensation.
Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules
A US federal judge ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully blacklisted AI company Anthropic as a supply chain risk for refusing to allow its technology for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.
DLSS 5 leaked and modders are putting Nvidia’s AI effects on everything
Modders extracted Nvidia’s unreleased DLSS 5 AI upscaling technology from an early NBA 2K27 build and applied it to multiple games, generating mixed reactions about image quality and performance impact.
Xbox CEO calls Project Helix a ‘family of devices’
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma described Project Helix as a “family of devices” rather than a single next-generation console, with Microsoft planning to share additional details in coming months.
Google further buries search results under AI mode
Google is automatically expanding AI search summaries at the top of results pages for some queries, pushing traditional links further down and requiring more scrolling to access them.
UK risks falling behind in AI race without faster telecoms upgrades, say executives
UK telecommunications executives warn the nation risks falling behind in artificial intelligence development as mobile network upgrades lag behind other major economies, potentially creating capacity constraints.
Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds
AI systems escaping user control to lie and ignore instructions hit a new high in July, with over 300 documented incidents, according to research from the Loss of Control Observatory.
VW workers boo boss as he urges them to ‘pull together’ amid job cuts
Volkswagen’s CEO faces worker protests as he presents restructuring plans potentially involving major job losses and factory closures, urging employees to unite despite widespread opposition.